But Fanny anticipated him.
"Pray remain," said she.

"I have a few questions to put to you." This was a command, so he felt bound to sit down again.

He had never felt so bad before any other examination.

What could her ladyship have to ask him?
He devoutly wished that some other person was sitting there in his stead.
Fanny took the list and ran her eye down it, and as she did so, her heart sank within her.

There were so many strange names, and all she knew about them was that they were all the names of great and illustrious men in high positions, and unexceptionable women.