Well, after taking counsel from Brigham, he talked the matter over with her very calmly, telling her that unless her blood smoked upon the ground, she would be cast aside in eternity.

She really had spiritual aspirations, it seems, for she consented to meet the ordeal.

Then, of course, it was necessary to learn from her the name of the man--and when all was ready for the sacrifice, Brother Pixley commanded her to make it known." "Tell me which of Brother Pixley's wives it was." He could feel the little cool beads of sweat upon his forehead.
"The fifth, did I not say?
But to his amazement and chagrin, she refused to give him the name of the man, and he had no way of learning it otherwise, since there was no one he could suspect.

He pointed out to her that not even her blood could save her should she die shielding him.
But she declared that he was a good man, and that rather than bring disgrace upon him she would die--would even lose her soul; that in truth she did not care to live, since she loved him so that living away from him was worse than death.

I have said she was a woman of a large nature, somewhat reckless and generous, and her mistaken notion of loyalty led her to persist in spite of all the threats and entreaties of her distressed husband.