Book 2

, chap. xiv.]

[Illustration: "TO PRESERVE YOUR APPROBATION, MRS. GENERAL," SAID FANNY, RETURNING THE SMILE WITH ONE IN WHICH THERE WAS NO TRACE OF THOSE INGREDIENTS, "WILL OF COURSE BE THE HIGHEST OBJECT OF MY MARRIED LIFE; TO LOSE IT, WOULD OF COURSE BE PERFECT WRETCHEDNESS"--