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Lacey’s case it was a being of wondrous beauty, who knew well what she was about and had marked each inch of ground ere she trod upon it. What marvel then that Dr. Lacey turned toward her. You would have done so; ay, perchance sooner than he did. That evening after supper, as Dr. Lacey was walking upon the veranda, Florence approached him, saying, "Come, Dr.
"And would you then have loved me?" asked Julia, "me whom few have ever loved, because they did not know me; say, would you have loved me as a sister?" The face of her who awaited Dr. Lacey’s answer was very beautiful, while tears moistened the long eyelashes, which veiled the large, bright eyes, and the tones of her voice, now more like Fanny’s than ever, thrilled his every nerve.
Middleton’s were the days succeeding Fanny’s departure, while in Dr. Lacey’s home all was joy and gladness. It was about dark when Dr. Lacey arrived. Happy as a bird, Fanny sprang up the steps. Everything about her seemed homelike and cheerful. Kind, dusky faces peered at her from every corner, while Aunt Dilsey, with a complacent smile, stood ready to receive her.
Middleton observed it, and immediately said, "Does it make you sigh just to mention Fanny? What is the matter? Has she jilted you? If she has, she does not partake of the nature of the Middletons, for they could never stoop to deceit." Here Florence came to Dr. Lacey’s relief by saying, "Why, Dr. Lacey, Mr.
Lacey, she said, "I am glad I was not born in New York, for then I should have been obliged to pick up chips, split wood, dig potatoes, wash dishes and teach school!" Dr. Lacey’s reply to this remark was, "I think, Mrs. Carrington, you will admit that the young ladies who come here from the North almost always possess superior education.
Lacey’s stay passed rapidly away, and at their close he bade Fanny an affectionate good-by, promising to write regularly twice a week, and to return, if possible, at the end of three months. After he was gone, it seemed to Fanny that one-half of her life had left her, and she felt very unhappy.
Middleton’s large hand was laid on Dr. Lacey’s shoulder, and hurrying him into the adjoining room, he said, "Stay here till mornin’, and neither breathe nor stir!" Dr.
Afterward, when Mr. Middleton wished to entertain his visitors with anything extra, he would rehearse to them, with some exaggerations, Bill Jeffrey’s proposal to Fanny. Glancing backward a few pages, we find we have omitted to repeat what happened among Dr. Lacey’s blacks during the days when they were anxiously but vainly watching for the coming of their young master and his bride.
I s’pose I did go on high, and swar like a pirate. I didn’t mean to do that, for I promised Bill I’d try and leave off." "Leave swearing?" said Fanny. "Oh, I’m so glad. I hope you will. Now promise that you will, dear father, and say again that you will not mention Dr. Lacey’s conduct either to him or to any one else." "I have promised once," said Mr.
Lacey had been given to each other by the clever gossips of New Orleans. Mr. Lacey senior was also rather anxious that his son should marry Mabel; so Julia was not far out of the way when she wrote to Fanny that Dr. Lacey’s parents wished to secure a match between him and a New Orleans belle. Had Dr. Lacey never seen Fanny, he possibly might have wedded Mabel.
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