But he has loved her,--as one man may love another,--solely with a view to the profit of his friend.

He has known all along that George and Amelia have been engaged to each other as boy and girl.

George would have neglected her, but Dobbin would not allow it.

George would have jilted the girl who loved him, but Dobbin would not let him.

He had nothing to get for himself, but loving her as he did, it was the work of his life to get for her all that she wanted.
George is shot at Waterloo, and then come fifteen years of widowhood,--fifteen years during which Becky is carrying on her manoeuvres,--fifteen years during which Amelia cannot bring herself to accept the devotion of the old captain, who becomes at last a colonel.
But at the end she is won.