THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. CHAPTER I. I know her spirits are as coy and wild Much Ado about Nothing. "AUNT PARR," said Fanny, looking up suddenly from her work, will you tell me why you never married ?" If aunt Parr had not been the kindest aunt in the world, she might have felt a little angry at this question - scolded, or looked cross, perhaps; as it was, she smiled on her little niece, and said quietly, "Will you tell me why you ask?" Fanny coloured, and sat clipping the end of her thread with her scissors. VOL. I. B |