"Who said that she was to belong to you?
She will be no burden to you; you are only told of this that you may not leave your money to her without knowing it.

She is provided for--that is, she wants nothing; she will do well enough; you need not trouble yourself about her." "But if she's Mary's child, Mary's child in real truth, I will trouble myself about her.

Who else should do so?
For the matter of that, I'd as soon say her as any of those others in America.

What do I care about blood?
I shan't mind her being a bastard.

That is to say, of course, if she's decently good.