“It’smybelief，sir，thatyouhavenotthepowerortherighttoseparatethosetwo。”Dobbinansweredinalowvoice；“andthatifyoudon’tgiveyourdaughteryourconsentitwillbeherdutytomarrywithoutit。There’snoreasonsheshoulddieorlivemiserablybecauseyouarewrong-headed。Tomythinking，she’sjustasmuchmarriedasifthebannshadbeenreadinallthechurchesinLondon。AndwhatbetteranswercantherebetoOsborne’schargesagainstyou，aschargesthereare，thanthathissonclaimstoenteryourfamilyandmarryyourdaughter？”

　　AlightofsomethinglikesatisfactionseemedtobreakoveroldSedleyasthispointwasputtohim：buthestillpersistedthatwithhisconsentthemarriagebetweenAmeliaandGeorgeshouldnevertakeplace。

　　“Wemustdoitwithout。”Dobbinsaid，smiling，andtoldMr。Sedley，ashehadtoldMrs。Sedleyintheday，before，thestoryofRebecca’selopementwithCaptainCrawley。Itevidentlyamusedtheoldgentleman。”You’reterriblefellows，youCaptains。”saidhe，tyinguphispapers；andhisfaceworesomethinglikeasmileuponit，totheastonishmentoftheblear-eyedwaiterwhonowentered，andhadneverseensuchanexpressionuponSedley’scountenancesincehehadusedthedismalcoffee-house。

　　TheideaofhittinghisenemyOsbornesuchablowsoothed，perhaps，theoldgentleman：and，theircolloquypresentlyending，heandDobbinpartedprettygoodfriends。

　　“Mysisterssayshehasdiamondsasbigaspigeons’

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