But she is a young woman, and may marry if he offends her--or she may outlive him, for she comes of an uncommonly long-lived family.

And I ask you, as a gentleman and a man of the world, what allowance can my sister, Mrs.Pendennis, make to her son out of five hundred a year, which is all her fortune,--that shall enable him to maintain himself and your daughter in the rank befitting such an accomplished young lady ?" "Am I to understand, sir, that the young gentleman, your nephew, and whom I have fosthered and cherished as the son of me bosom, is an imposther who has been thrifling with the affections of me beloved child ?" exclaimed the General, with an outbreak of wrath.--"Have you yourself been working upon the feelings of the young man's susceptible nature to injuice him to break off an engagement, and with it me adored Emily's heart?
Have a care, sir, how you thrifle with the honour of John Costigan.

If I thought any mortal man meant to do so, be heavens I'd have his blood, sir--were he old or young." "Mr.Costigan!" cried out the Major.
"Mr.Costigan can protect his own and his daughter's honour, and will, sir," said the other.

"Look at that chest of dthrawers, it contains heaps of letthers that that viper has addressed to that innocent child.
There's promises there, sir, enough to fill a bandbox with; and when I have dragged the scoundthrel before the Courts of Law, and shown up his perjury and his dishonour, I have another remedy in yondther mahogany case, sir, which shall set me right, sir, with any individual--ye mark me words, Major Pendennis--with any individual who has counselled your nephew to insult a soldier and a gentleman.

What?
Me daughter to be jilted, and me grey hairs dishonoured by an apothecary's son.