She may not have been his wife.
On the whole, I do not believe she was.

He would never have left her if she had been, and if so, this child, if she is Gretchen's, has no right to come between me and mine.

No, I shall wait a little while and think, though in the end I mean to do right.' With these specious arguments Frank tried to quiet his conscience, but he could not help feeling that Satan had possession of him, and as he hurried through the hall he said aloud, as if speaking to something seen: 'Go away--go away! I shall do right if I only know what right is.
He did not see his brother again that day, or go to the cottage either, but as he was dressing himself next morning he said to his wife: 'That little girl ought to see her mother before she is buried.

I shall send for her to-day.

The coroner will be here, too.