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Captain Crawley survives, but George dies in the battle.
Amelia bears him a posthumous son, who is also named George.
She returns to live in genteel poverty with her parents.
Meanwhile, since the death of George, Dobbin, who is young George's godfather, gradually begins to express his love for the widowed Amelia by small kindnesses toward her and her son.
Most notable is the recovery of her old piano, which Dobbin picks up at an auction following the Sedleys ' ruin.
Amelia mistakenly assumes this was done by her late husband.
She is too much in love with George's memory to return Dobbin's affections.
Saddened, he goes to India for many years.
Dobbin's infatuation with Amelia is a theme which unifies the novel and one which many have compared to Thackeray's unrequited love for a friend's wife ( Jane Brookfield ).
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