"But, Fanny," he cried, "did I not hear you scream? What was the
matter?"
"Nothing," hastily interposed Thomas; "she thought she saw it
lighten." Fanny looked at Thomas for a moment; but she was scared
and bewildered, and held her peace.
The three went down to the rendezvous together, where the rest of the
party had already assembled. Mrs. Broad had been very uneasy when
she found that Thomas and Fanny were the only absentees, and she had
urged George the moment she saw him to look for his sister without a
moment's delay. The excuse of the rain was given and accepted; but
Mrs. Broad felt convinced from Fanny's forward look that she had once
more thrown herself in the way of her beloved child, her delicate
Samuel. She was increasingly anxious that he should go to college,
and his papa promised at once to transmit the application.
Meanwhile, in the few days left before the examination, he undertook
to improve Thomas where he was weakest, that is to say, in Systematic
Theology, and more particularly in the doctrine of the Comforter.
CHAPTER XIX--"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO LEAVEN"
Mr. Isaac Allen, Fanny's father, was an ardent Whig in politics--what
in later years would have been called a Radical.
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