He has ideas about money, which seem singular to me,
knowing, as I do, how very generous he has been himself.
When I married, my fortune, as you knew, had been just
used in paying Chiltern's debts. Mr. Kennedy had declared
himself to be quite indifferent about it, though the sum
was large. The whole thing was explained to him, and he
was satisfied. Before a year was over he complained to
Papa, and then Papa and Chiltern together raised the
money,--L40,000,--and it was paid to Mr. Kennedy. He
has written more than once to Papa's lawyer to say that,
though the money is altogether useless to him, he will not
return a penny of it, because by doing so he would seem
to abandon his rights. Nobody has asked him to return it.
Nobody has asked him to defray a penny on my account since
I left him. But Papa continues to say that the money
should not be lost to the family. I cannot, however,
return to such a husband for the sake of L40,000. Papa is
very angry about the money, because he says that if it had
been paid in the usual way at my marriage, settlements
would have been required that it should come back to the
family after Mr.
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