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I had sprung for the poker, and it was a fair fight between us. See here, on my arm, where his first blow fell. Then it was my turn, and I went through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin. Do you think I was sorry? Not I! It was his life or mine, but far more than that, it was his life or hers, for how could I leave her in the power of this madman? That was how I killed him. Was I wrong? well, then, what would either of you gentlemen have done, if you had been in my position? I HAD SPRUNG FOR THE POKE AND IT WAS A FAIR FIGHT BETWEEN US SEE HERE ON MY ARM WHERE HIS FIRST BOW FELL THEN IT WAS MY TURN AND I WENT THROUGH HIM AS IF HE HAD BEEN A ROTTEN PUMPKIN DO YOU THINK I'M SORRY NO I IT WAS HIS LIFE OR MINE BUT FAR MORE THAN THAT IT WAS HIS LIFE OR HERS FOR HOW COULD I LEAVE HER IN THE POWER OF THIS MADMAN THAT WAS HOW I KILLED HIM WAS I WRONG WELL THEN WHAT WOULD EITHER OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE DONE IF YOU HAD BEEN IN MY POSITION
voyage within a week, and I determined that I would see her once before I left. Theresa was always my friend, for she loved Mary and hated this villain almost as much as I did. From her I learned the ways of the house. Mary used to sit up reading in her own little room downstairs. I crept round there last night and scratched at the window. At first she would not open to me, but in her heart I know that now she loves me, and she could not leave me in the frosty night. She whispered to me to come round to the big front window, and I found it open before me, so as to let me into the dining-room. Again I heard from her own lips things that made my blood boil, and again I cursed this brute who mishandled the woman I loved. Well, gentlemen, I was standing with her just inside the window, in all innocence, as God is my judge, when he rushed like a madman into the room, called her the vilest name that a man could use to a woman, and welted her across the face with the stick he had in his hand. AY I HAD A NOTICE THAT I WAS TO START MY VOYAGE WITHIN A WEEK AND I DETERMINED I WOULD SEE HER ONCE BEFORE I LEFT TERESA WAS ALWAYS MY FRIEND FOR SHE LOVED MARIAN HATED THIS VILLAIN ALMOST AS MUCH AS I DID FROM HER I LEARNED THE WAYS OF THE HOUSE MARY USED TO SIT UP READING IN HER OWN LITTLE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS I CREPT ROUND THERE LAST NIGHT SCRATCH AT THE WINDOW AT FIRST SHE WOULD NOT OPEN TO ME BUT IN HER HEART I KNOW THAT NOW SHE LOVES ME AND SHE COULD NOT LEAVE ME IN THE FROSTY NIGHT SHE WHISPERED TO ME TO COME ROUND TO THE BIG FRONT WINDOW AND I FOUND IT OPEN BEFORE ME SO AS TO LET ME INTO THE DINING ROOM AGAIN I HEARD FROM HER OWN LIPS THINGS THAT MADE MY BLOOD BOIL AND AGAIN I CURSED THIS BRUTE WHO MISHANDLED THE WOMAN I LOVED WELL GENTLEMEN I WAS STANDING WITH HER JUST INSIDE THE WINDOW IN ALL INNOCENCE AS GOD IS MY JUDGE WHEN HE RUSHED LIKE A MADMAN INTO THE ROOM CALLED HER THE VIOLEST NAME A MAN COULD USE TO A WOMAN AND WELTED HER ACROSS THE FACE WITH THE STICK HE HAD IN HIS HAND
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