Later, Glen Stanly is shot and the title character is sent to jail, much to the sorrow of his love Lucy Tartan, who he forsakes to save his illegitimate half-sister by telling everyone they are married.  
The title character is provoked after receiving a letter of insults from his cousin and his love's brother.  That cousin becomes heir to the title character's fortune after he is expelled into a New York City tenement with the illegitimate Delly Ulver.  Later, Glen Stanly is shot and the title character is sent to jail, much to the sorrow of his love Lucy Tartan, who he forsakes to save his illegitimate half-sister by telling everyone they are married.  A vial of poison kept in Isabel's bosom ends up killing the title character.  Subtitled The Ambiguities, FTP, identify this novel by Herman Melville.
The title character is provoked after receiving a letter of insults from his cousin and his love's brother.  
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