C1271 The Desperate Life
It was still the same line. A woman in love would have her IQ drop drastically.
This was especially so for Alice, who had not had any love for her for more than twenty years. Now that she finally fell in love with a man, all the love that had been suppressed for far too long, once it had fully erupted, she would no longer want it.
It would be more appropriate to say that he had lost his wits