“Give it up, and I just leaving this country forever! Give it up and maybe never have another chance. I tell you again, as I’ve told you before, I don’t care for her swag⁠—you may have it. But her husband was rough on me⁠—many times he was rough on me⁠—and mainly he was the justice of the peace that jugged me for a vagrant. And that ain’t all. It ain’t a millionth part of it! He had me horsewhipped !⁠—horsewhipped in front of the jail, like a nigger!⁠—with all the town looking on! Horsewhipped! ⁠—do you understand? He took advantage of me and died. But I’ll take it out of her .”

“Oh, don’t kill her! Don’t do that!”