That way, Malvolio was able to buy even more time for himself. He never thought of escaping. He just wanted more time to send his sister and mother to a far away city safely, and then find a good school for his sister. He wanted to save all the money for his sister, support her until she graduated from college, and let her start a career and a family. This way, it would have been worth it if he were to die.
If he wanted to take out that small amount of money that the Stevens family had saved in