How dar he ask ye to marry into a family which has not the means of providing for ye?
Ye've been grossly deceived and put upon, Milly, and it's my belief his old ruffian of an uncle in a wig is in the plot against us." "That soft old gentleman?
What has he been doing, Papa ?" continued Emily, still imperturbable.
Costigan informed Milly, that when she was gone, Major Pendennis told him in his double-faced Pall Mall polite manner, that young Arthur had no fortune at all, that the Major had asked him (Costigan) to go to the lawyers ("wherein he knew the scoundthrels have a bill of mine, and I can't meet them," the Captain parenthetically remarked), and see the lad's father's will and finally, that an infernal swindle had been practised upon him by the pair, and that he was resolved either on a marriage, or on the blood of both of them.
Milly looked very grave and thoughtful, rubbing the white satin shoes.
"Sure, if he's no money, there's no use marrying him, Papa," she said sententiously.
"Why did the villain say he was a man of prawpertee ?" asked Costigan.
"The poor fellow always said he was poor," answered the girl.

"'Twas you would have it he was rich, Papa--and made me agree to take him." "He should have been explicit and told us his income, Milly," answered the father.

"A young fellow who rides a blood mare, and makes presents of shawls and bracelets, is an impostor if he has no money;--and as for his uncle, bedad I'll pull off his wig whenever I see 'um.

Bows, here, shall take a message to him and tell him so.

Either it's a marriage, or he meets me in the field like a man, or I tweak 'um on the nose in front of his hotel or in the gravel walks of Fairoaks Park before all the county, bedad." "Bedad, you may send somebody else with the message," said Bows, laughing.