He tied her up, therefore, that she might have no chance of warning Sir Henry, and he hoped, no doubt, that when the whole country-side put down the baronet's death to the curse of his family, as they certainly would do, he could win his wife back to accept an accomplished fact and to keep silent upon what she knew.
Il la ligota afin qu’elle n’eût aucune chance de prévenir Sir Henry, et il espérait sans doute, une fois que tout le pays aurait mis la mort du baronnet au compte de la malédiction qui pesait sur la famille, la placer devant le fait accompli, la reprendre en main, et la réduire au silence.