"If you or your lawyers would like to examine Sir George's will, it is quite at your service; you will see here the proviso which I mentioned, that gives the entire fortune to Lady Griffin--Lady Crabs that is: and here, my dear boy, you see the danger of hasty conclusions.

Her ladyship only showed you the FIRST PAGE OF THE WILL, of course; she wanted to try you.

You thought you made a great stroke in at once proposing to Miss Griffin--do not mind it, my love, he really loves you now very sincerely!--when, in fact, you would have done much better to have read the rest of the will.

You were completely bitten, my boy--humbugged, bamboozled--ay, and by your old father, you dog.

I told you I would, you know, when you refused to lend me a portion of your Dawkins money.