"She'll take care of her money, let her alone for that.
"And she'll have his house to live in. And there'll be a jointure. Of course, if there were to be children—"
"Oh, bother!"
"Well, perhaps there will not. But it will be just as bad. We don't mean even to visit them; we think it so very wicked. And we shall tell them a bit of our mind as soon as the thing has been publicly declared."
CHAPTER XXIV.
HARRY ANNESLEY'S MISERY.
The conversation which took place that evening between Harry and his father was more serious in its language, though not more important in its purpose. "This is bad news, Harry," said the rector.
"Yes, indeed, sir."'
"Your uncle, no doubt, can do as he pleases."