You will be guided by me?"
"And you will not break your promise?" said Fanny.
"What promise?"
"To keep this from father a single week, or, until I can write to
Mr. Lyon, and give him the chance of making the communication
himself. This seems to me but just to him, as some interests,
unknown to us, are at stake."
"Believe me, my daughter, it will be wisest to let your father know
this at once."
"A week can make but little difference," urged Fanny.
"Consequences to your father, of the utmost importance, may be at
stake. He is, I fear, involving himself with this man."
"Mr. Lyon is true and honourable," said Fanny. "He committed an
error, that is all. Let him at least have the privilege of making
his own explanations. I will add to my letter that only for a week
longer can I keep his secret, and, to make an immediate revelation
imperative on him, will say that you know all, and will reveal all
at the end of that time, if he does not."
No considerations that Mrs. Markland could urge had any effect to
change the purpose of Fanny in this matter.
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