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Updated: July 23, 2026

So that if to-morrow I should die, you could claim, as my widow, your half of my personal property and your life-interest in my estate. And if to-morrow you should become impatient of your condition as a secreted wife, and wish to enter upon all the honors of Bradenell Hall, you have the power to do so!" "As if I would! As if it was for that I loved you! oh, Herman!" "I know you would not, love!

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth - Ishmael : Or, In the Depths