It means God's Heaven to him, while it means only an earthly paradise to the ordinary man.

It clutches hold of the one bit of immortal soul he has left, and nothing in this world can make it let go.

That's why I say it's a desperate business." "Yes, I can understand," said I.
"I schooled myself to the loss of her.

It was part of my punishment.
But now she has come back into my life.

Fate has willed it so.