Question

What is the author's purpose in writing that each of the three men had once been on the verge of ‘cutting each other’s throats’?

Answer 1

It is a figure of speech. Obviously they hadn't actually been on the verge of cutting each other's throats, it's a fancy way of saying they were all very angry and couldn't stand each other. The author's purpose was to imply that before something happened, they were very angry and unable to stand each other.

Answer 2

The answer is C to express the extent each man would go to win the heart of Widow Wycherly

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer was originally from katiebushingoydxev and Faith1009 also sent it and I got that question right because of them.