ARTHUR AND FANNY’S CONVERSATION.

now?” asked Martha, kissing a tear from
her father’s cheek. “IJ want to tell her
how happy she has made me, because she
loves you, and you will be so happy with
her.”

That night, when they went to bed,
Arthur and Fanny opened the door between
their rooms, and had a long talk about the
great pleasures and the great news that day ;
Martha’s visit to London; Arthur’s going
to live with the D’Eyncourts; and Aunt
Julia’s intended marriage with Mr. Claver-
ing, which Martha had been allowed to tell
her friends.

“Now, I am quite sure, Fanny,” said
Arthur, “that some old fashioned proverbs
are quite true. Before I say my prayers
to-night, I want to tell you how much you
are improved. Harry says that your fault
is very nearly gone, and that he knows you
take very great pains, now, not to exaggerate.
He says too, that I do not go about, now,
like a boy without any observation, who

might just as well be made of straw as of a
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