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In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           Thisdeterminationisfinalandirrevocable.

           "Althoughthemoniesexpendeduponyouinyourminority,andthebillswhichyouhavedrawnuponhimsounsparinglyoflateyears,farexceedinamountthesumtowhichyouareentitledinyourownright(beingthethirdpartofthefortuneofyourmother,thelateMrs.Osborneandwhichrevertedtoyouatherdecease,andtoMissJaneOsborneandMissMariaFrancesOsborne);yetIaminstructedbyMr.Osbornetosay,thathewaivesallclaimuponyourestate,andthatthesumof2,000pounds,4percent.annuities,atthevalueoftheday(beingyourone-thirdshareofthesumof6,000pounds),shallbepaidovertoyourselforyouragentsuponyourreceiptforthesame,by

           "YourobedientServt.,"S.HIGGS.

           "P.S.Mr.Osbornedesiresmetosay,onceforall,thathedeclinestoreceiveanymessages,letters,orcommunicationsfromyouonthisoranyothersubject.

           "Aprettywayyouhavemanagedtheaffair,"saidGeorge,lookingsavagelyatWilliamDobbin."Lookthere,Dobbin,"andheflungovertothelatterhisparent’sletter."Abeggar,byJove,andallinconsequenceofmyddsentimentality.Whycouldn’twehavewaited?Aballmighthavedoneformeinthecourseofthewar,andmaystill,andhowwillEmmybebetteredbybeingleftabeggar’swidow?Itwasallyourdoing.Youwerenevereasyuntilyouhadgotmemarriedandruined.WhatthedeuceamItodowithtwothousandpounds?Suchasumwon’tlasttwoyears.

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