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5	!!The book:
6	%%* "Silas Wegg, you are a precious old rascal."
7	* Wegg tries to blackmail Boffin. He fails spectacularly, because there's a third will. Mr. Boffin has every reason to be furious with Wegg. But though he's angry he's still such a NiceGuy that he decides to give Wegg enough money to buy another stall, because he doesn't want to leave Wegg any worse off than he found him.
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9	!!The 1998 series:
10	* Twemlow defends Eugene and Lizzie's marriage when Lady Tippins and her friends mock it.
11	--> '''Twemlow:''' If this gentleman's feelings of gratitude, of respect, of admiration, of affection, induce him to marry this lady--
12	--> '''Party-goer:''' ''Lady''?
13	--> '''Twemlow:''' Why yes, sir. [[ArmourPiercingQuestion What else would you call her, if the gentleman were present?]]
14	--> ''[The other man doesn't answer]''
15	--> '''Twemlow:''' I say again, that if this gentleman's feelings induced him to marry this lady, then... he is the greater gentleman for the action. And she is the greater lady.

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