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He put her away.
"How came you to see her? How came you between me and her? What have I
ever done to you that you should--Oh, it's not true! it's not true!"--Pen
broke out with a wild execration. "She can't have done it of her own
accord. She can't mean it. She's pledged to me. Who has told her lies to
break her from me?"
"Lies are not told in the family, Arthur," Major Pendennis replied. "I
told her the truth, which was, that you had no money to maintain her, for
her foolish father had represented you to be rich. And when she knew how
poor you were, she withdrew at once, and without any persuasion of mine.
She was quite right. She is ten years older than you are. She is
perfectly unfitted to be your wife, and knows it. Look at that
handwriting, and ask yourself, is such a woman fitted to be the companion
of your mother?"
"I will know from herself if it is true," Arthur said, crumpling up the
paper.
"Won't you take my word of honour? Her letters were written by a
confidant of hers, who writes better than she can--look here.


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