Her strength was shattered, yet she was compelled to withstand his daily attacks.

He never failed to send for her to sit with him while the nurse took her exercise.

He would have no one else.

Ultimately he sought to tempt her with offers of gold! He agreed to add a codicil to his will, giving her an additional million dollars if she would perform a "simple service" for him.

That was the way he styled it: a simple service! Merely the dropping of four little tablets into a tumbler of water and holding it to his lips to drain! Suicide with a distinction, murder by obligation! One of his arguments was that she would be free to marry the man she loved if he was out of the way.