Chapter 15: But at Length Succeeds in His Attempt upon Both

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​⁠Having thus gained a complete victory over the affections of these two ladies, he began to convert his good fortune to the purposes of that principle, from which his view was never, no, not for a moment, detached. In other words, he used them as ministers and purveyors to his avarice and fraud. As for the mother-in-law, she was of herself so liberal as to anticipate the wishes of any moderate adve