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The Marquis, however, was a man who hated to be beaten As far as he could learn from inquiry, the money would be there or, at least, so much money as had been prorooh to e,--had in truth been already settled on Marie, and was, indeed, in her possession As to that, her father had ar the incohter, so that in the event of unforeseen accidents on 'Change, he ht retire to obscure coain ashed cleanliness When doing this, he had doubtless not anticipated the grandeur to which he would soon rise, or the fact that he was about to ee would hardly offer security to his vessel Marie had been quite correct in her story to her favoured lover And the Marquis's lawyer had ascertained that if Marie ever married before she herself had restored this money to her father, her husband would be so far safe,--with this as a certainty and the immense remainder in prospect The Marquis had deter was to be added Mr Melmotte had been asked to depone the title-deeds, and had pro should have been fixed with the consent of all the parties The Marquis's lawyer had ventured to express a doubt; but the Marquis had determined to persevere The reader will, I trust, reitating his own mind, have been borne in upon him by information which had not as yet reached the Marquis in all its details

But Nidderdale had his doubts That absurd elope,--the ro of her own before she settled down for life,-- was perhaps his strongest objection Sir Felix, no doubt, had not gone with her; but then one doesn't wish to have one's intended wife even attempt to run off with any one but oneself 'She'll be sick of him by this time, I should say,' his father said to him 'What does it matter, if the money's there?' The Marquis seeirl's revenge against his son for having e hied to himself that he had been remiss He told hiht By the Sunday evening he had deterain He had expected that the plum would fall into his mouth He would now stretch out his hand to pick it