Her school education had progressed farther, and she had read, and thought, and seen more of the world than Fanny.

Yet the world had left no stain upon her garments, for, in entering it, she had been lovingly guarded.

To her brother she looked up with much of a child's unwavering confidence.
He was a few years her senior, and she could not remember the time when she had not regarded him as a man whose counsels were full of wisdom.
"Where have you been for the last hour ?" Mr.Willet inquired of the young maidens, as they entered, arm-in-arm, their light forms gently inclined to each other.
"Wandering over your beautiful grounds," replied Fanny.
"I hardly thought you would see them as beautiful," said Mr.Willet.
"Do you think that I have no eye for the beautiful ?" returned Fanny, with a smile.
"Not so," quickly answered Mr.Willet.

"Woodbine Lodge is so near perfection that you must see defects in Sweetbrier." "I never saw half the beauty in nature that has been revealed to my eyes this morning," said Fanny.

"It seemed as if I had come upon enchanted ground.