You've chosen to take my wife,
and she's chosen to stay with you. Now, you've got to marry her and
make her a good woman,' I said.
"Then Paul Bargee stood off, and I saw what was passing through his
mind. And I went up to him and laid my hand on his shoulder and said:
'You know what I mean, and you know what manner of man I am that talks
to you like this; for you're no coward,' I said; 'but you marry Fanny
Montrose within a week after she gets her freedom, or I am going to kill
you wherever you stand. And that's the choice you've got to make, Paul
Bargee,' I said.
"Then I stepped back and watched him, and as I did so I saw the curtains
move and knew that Fanny Montrose had heard me.
"'You're going to give her the divorce?' he said.
"'I am. I don't intend there shall be a stain on her name,' I said; 'for
I loved Fanny Montrose, and she's always the mother of my little girl.'
"Then he went to a chair and sat down and took his head in his hands,
and I went out.
IV
"I came back to New York, and went to Mr.
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