No! he could not give them up.

He would not.

Publicity, scandal, everything, he could face, but he would not give his wife up without a fight.

What should he do?
For a long time he paced up and down beneath the pines trying to plan, to come to some decision.

All that he could think of was to return to the Lights, to go openly to the bungalow, see Emeline and make one last appeal.