He tied her up, therefore, that she might have no chance of warning Sir Henry, and he hoped, no doubt, that when the whole country-side put down the baronet's death to the curse of his family, as they certainly would do, he could win his wife back to accept an accomplished fact and to keep silent upon what she knew.
Entonces procedió a atarla para que no pudiera avisar a Sir Henry, sin perder la esperanza de que cuando todos los habitantes de la zona atribuyesen la muerte del barones a la maldición familiar, como sin duda sucedería, su mujer aceptara los hechos consumados y guardase silencio sobre lo que sabía.