“Tree, what are you doing here?” Barb asked. It is a rhetorical question. She knew he was here to take her in as slave (she was in no desire to be enslaved) or to bring her to a gallows to be hanged to her death!
Barb offered her wrists to Tree.
She is surrendering herself to be hanged. Barb has determined she will prefer to be hanged than spend any time as a man’s slave.
Barb offered her wrists to Tree.
She is surrendering herself to be hanged. Barb has determined she will prefer to be hanged than spend any time as a man’s slave.