I told her so." "Did you ?" "Yes; when I left her I told her so." "How long were you together ?" "Five-and-twenty minutes.

Well, she went on to say that what remained now to be done was to bring about a marriage between them.

She spoke of it, Fanny, with a steadier voice than I can." He was obliged to pause more than once as he continued.

"'We must persuade Henry to marry her,' said she; 'and what with honour, and the certainty of having shut himself out for ever from Fanny, I do not despair of it.

Fanny he must give up.