Nobody has asked him to return it.
Nobody has asked him to defray a penny on my account since I left him.

But Papa continues to say that the money should not be lost to the family.

I cannot, however, return to such a husband for the sake of L40,000.

Papa is very angry about the money, because he says that if it had been paid in the usual way at my marriage, settlements would have been required that it should come back to the family after Mr.Kennedy's death in the event of my having no child.

But, as it is now, the money would go to his estate after my death.