I feel very angry with papa; and yet I have no right to be.

I suppose it is because I am in the wrong.

I deceived him about the engagement." "Bosh! You didnt tell him because you knew you couldnt trust him; and now you see how right you were." "Even so, Nelly, I must not forget all his past care of me." "What care has he ever taken of you?
He was very little better acquainted with you than he was with me, when you came to keep house for him and make yourself useful.

Of course, he had to pay for your board and lodging and education.

The police would not have allowed him to leave you to the parish.