The Misses Dobbin kept Miss Osborne acquainted with the state of Amelia's affairs; how she was living with her father and mother; how poor they were; how they wondered what men, and such men as their brother and dear Captain Osborne, could find in such an insignificant little chit; how she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature--but how the boy was really the noblest little boy ever seen--for the hearts of all women warm towards young children, and the sourest spinster is kind to them.

 they kept Miss Osborne acquainted with the state of Amelia's affairs - how she was living with her father and mother; how poor they were; how she was still an insignificant namby-pamby creature - but the boy was really the noblest little boy ever seen.
