human
Dear me, has she? And I meant her to be Mrs. Morgan, and so she would have been if I'd put on the screw when I'd the chance. As my wife she might have come to something; but as his wife--I'll show her, and I'll show him. If she thinks she's going to hand over to him, by way of a dowry, that nice little lot of money, and leave me out; if that really is her expectation she'll be treated to another illustration of the vanity of human wishes. That sweet young wife will have an interrupted honeymoon.
gpt
Might as well have sent 'em by post, or by one of the other chaps; but no, nothing would please the old woman --by
human
it is to be feared that he meant the Countess of Mountdennis--