If she still continues to love this young gentleman, let her have him with all my heart.

There is still, thank heaven, some fortune left, and your promise will make it something more.

Only let my old friend here (meaning me) give me a promise of settling six thousand pounds upon my girl, if ever he should come to his fortune, and I am ready this night to be the first to join them together.' As it now remained with me to make the young couple happy, I readily gave a promise of making the settlement he required, which, to one who had such little expectations as I, was no great favour.

We had now therefore the satisfaction of seeing them fly into each other's arms in a transport.

'After all my misfortunes,' cried my son George, 'to be thus rewarded! Sure this is more than I could ever have presumed to hope for.