At first you resolved upon an elopement, but the redoubled vigilance with which every step of the young girl was watched made this impossible.

Then a black and terrible thought occurred to you both.

You resolved to kill yourselves--it was your one remaining means of deliverance.

Yes, you resolved to kill yourselves at once, on the self-same day, in the self-same manner.

For many days you deliberated together as to the best way of accomplishing your design.