A Fair Fraud — page 123: what you’re looking at

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112 ‘A Fair Fraud forward at all was rather startling to her— ‘but why?’ Aunt Fanny looked mysterious, and said, ‘Never mind why! Your dear uncle has always good reasons for things.’ Marion coloured a little, she hardly knew why, and began reading the ‘births and deaths’ column aloud without any further remark. She certainly did look pale and tired in the crude light of morning. The roses on her cheeks had faded, and there were black circles round her eyes; she had slept very badly, for she was deeply and intensely anxious with regard to the events that were taking place in the house, in which she had all unwillingly become a participator. She was very uncertain, moreover, as to whether she was doing right or wrong in refusing to act as Mr Naylor had wished her to do. She could see that he had justice and honesty on his side, and she gave him credit for being sincere in his desire to save Kenneth Drury from what he believed to be a great misfortune. But would it be a great misfortune? Is it ever a misfortune for a man to marry the woman he is in love with, so long as she loves him back sincerely and truly? Would the misfortune not rather be that he should miss that greatest of all human blessings owing to the well-meant } GOMMGIOO <S (GO) uu