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'She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa down from the room above. There was a bottle of wine on the sideboard, and I opened it and poured a little between Mary's lips, for she was half dead with shock. Then I took a drop myself. SHE SCREAMED WHEN HE STRUCK HER AND THAT BROUGHT OLD TERESA DOWN FROM THE ROOM ABOVE THERE WAS A BOTTLE OF WINE ON THE SIDEBOARD AND I OPENED IT AND POURED A LITTLE BETWEEN MARY'S LIPS FOR SHE WAS HALF DEAD WITH SHOCK THEN I TOOK A DROP MYSELF
d 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. 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? 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 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
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