Mr.Strafford had gone over to the Canadian shore, or probably, missing me from the school, he would have come in search of me.

Mary did come, but at the sight of my husband, she went away without knowing anything of me.

All night he sat drinking, for he had brought a quantity of whisky home some time before, and towards morning he lay down for a while, but so that I could not move without disturbing him.
After two or three hours' sleep he got up and went away, leaving me still tied, and telling me I had better think of what he had said, and make up my mind to get money in some way.

When I heard the sound of his paddle, and knew that he was really gone, the force that had sustained me gave way; I fainted, and in falling, the sash happily broke, though not until one of my wrists was badly sprained.

The pain of my wrist brought me back to consciousness.