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My father loved Mr Wickham as a son. He left him a generous living. But upon my father's death, Mr Wickham announced he had no intention of taking orders. He demanded the value of the living, which he gambled away within weeks. He then wrote, demanding more money, which I refused; After which he severed all acquaintance. He came back to see us last summer and declared passionate love for my sister, whom he tried to persuade to elope with him. She is to inherit thirty thousand pounds. When it was made clear he would never receive a penny of it, he disappeared. I will not attempt to convey the depth of Georgiana's despair. She was fifteen years old. As to the other matter, of your sister and Mr. Bingley - though the motives which governed me may appear insufficient, they were in the service of a friend. FITZWILLIAM DARCY