Major Dobbin came as quickly as he could back to England. He met Jos on the journey, and they travelled together. Jos told Dobbin that Amelia had not mentioned any plan to marry, and this news cheered the Major up considerably.

Dobbin hurried to Amelia's house as soon as he arrived in England. There he learned that Mrs Sedley had died, and that Georgy was now living with Mr Osborne. Georgy was happy in the old man's house. He did not think often about his mother. He did not understand her pain.

Mr Sedley died soon after Dobbin's arrival in the country, and Dobbin was now George's guardian. He had to pay a visit to Mr Osborne to discuss the boy's futures. Old Mr Osborne had looked through his son's papers, and he now realised that Dobbin had been sending Amelia money for years. He asked Dobbin to explain what had happened.

'Well, sir,' Dobbin told him, 'the marriage was very much my doing. I thought George had gone too far to let Amelia down. And so, when she was left without money, I did what I could to help her.'

Mr Osborne turned very red in the face.

'You did me a great injury,' he said. 'But you're an honest man, sir. Let me shake your hand.'

Dobbin did everything he could to make peace between the Sedley and the Osborne families.

'It's true that Amelia took your son away from you,' he said once to Mr Osborne, 'but you have also taken her son away from her.'

Finally Mr Osborne's hatred for the Sedleys began to fade away. He made a new will, leaving some money to Amelia as well as Georgy. He never met Amelia again, however, because he died suddenly after a heart attack.

Dobbin, meanwhile, had told Amelia that he loved her, but all she offered him was her friendship and gratitude.

Jos, Amelia, Dobbin and Georgy now went on a tour of Europe together. They stopped at a large town in Germany, and Jos went off - to play roulette. He was very surprised to be greeted by the woman sitting next to him.

'Mrs Crawley!' he gasped in astonishment.

'Call me Becky,' she replied softly. 'You always used to.'

Becky now used all her charm on the gullible Jos. She told him that she was very poor now, and that she had enemies who made her life miserable.

Jos told Dobbin that he had met Becky.

'Her again!' Dobbin exclaimed. 'She causes trouble everywhere.'