And so, even though Mr. Osborne and Mr. Sedley were rivals in life, their deaths draw a parallel between them, suggesting that for as much as Mr. Sedley suffered over the course of his life, perhaps it is better to be like him than to be like Mr. Osborne, who was wealthy his whole life but so blinded by pride that he mostly caused misery to those around him by attempting to prevent George’s marriage and depriving Amelia of Georgy.