But he did threaten to kill her. And to most people, that's hardly an inducement to marriage. Women are not chattel, to be legally bound to abusive men for their own protection. Maybe then she could become economically self-sufficient and find a man who would love her in a healthy fashion. In his own defective way, Judge Gober thinks he's doing her a benefaction.
Paternalism is never a favor.
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