"George could not give up Amelia--George was married to her"--and then he related the circumstances of the marriage as we know them already: how the poor girl would have died had not her lover kept his faith: how Old Sedley had refused all consent to the match, and a licence had been got: and Jos Sedley had come from Cheltenham to give away the bride: how they had gone to Brighton in Jos's chariot-and-four to pass the honeymoon: and how George counted on his dear kind sisters to befriend him with their father, as women--so true and tender as they were--assuredly would do. 
"George was married to Amelia" - and then he related the circumstances of the marriage; how they had gone to Brighton in Jos's chariot for the honeymoon: and how George counted on his dear kind sisters to befriend him with their father, as true and tender women would do. 