The Fair Carew Or Husbands and Wives Author:Carew General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Had Miss Drake done what was expected of her by the Marshams, and taken Fanny to stay with her till her wedding took place, she would by this time have been considerably enlightened as to the cause of that languor and abstraction which had lately become observable in the manners of Captain Romilly; but the heiress, aware that she had, in an unguarded moment, given some ground for expectations she now found it inconvenient to fulfil, had taken so little notice of her youthful bridesmaid since her arrival in town, that no communication of a nature at all confidential had as yet passed between them. Now, however, it occurred to her that Fanny might be useful in resolving certain conjectures arising upon the events of that unlucky drive into Maddox-street -- doubts, indeed, they could hardly be called, for being in constant communication with the Luttrels, she had heard the story of Carew's unexpected return to the bosom of his family ; and knew that when he made his appearance at Horton, it was with a beautiful daughter under his arm. It would be doing injustice, therefore, to Miss Drake's penetration if we were to suppose her inmuch doubt as to the identity of this young lady with the very pretty creature at Mr. Carew's lodging; but as Fanny Marsham was acquainted with Miss Carew, she would be able to certify the fact: and the thing had better be confirmed at once. The next morning, therefore, after a very disturbed night, the heiress hurried oiF to Mr. Fother- gill's; and fortune was so far propitious to her, that he, being engaged with his housekeeper, Fanny and she had the drawing-roo...« less