But my affection was so great that I felt I could surmount all these; that we both could: and she has consented to unite her lot with mine, and to accept my heart and my fortune." "How much is that, my boy ?" said the Major.

"Has anybody left you some money?
I don't know that you are worth a shilling in the world." "You know what I have is his," cried out Mrs.Pendennis.
"Good heavens, madam, hold your tongue!" was what the guardian was disposed to say; but he kept his temper, not without a struggle.

"No doubt, no doubt," he said.

"You would sacrifice anything for him.
Everybody knows that.

But it is, after all then, your fortune which Pen is offering to the young lady; and of which he wishes to take possession at eighteen." "I know my mother will give me anything," Pen said, looking rather disturbed.
"Yes, my good fellow, but there is reason in all things.