I merely said what I did just now to see if you were in earnest.

You do not love your wife any more.

She doesn't love you.
You are no good to her.

Now, I have a very friendly proposition to make to you.

If you want to leave Chicago and stay away three years or more, I will see that you are paid five thousand dollars every year on January first--on the nail--five thousand dollars! Do you hear?
Or you can stay here in Chicago and hold your tongue and I will make it three thousand--monthly or yearly, just as you please.