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Fanny returned to London Partly, the slenderness of her resources gave

her no choice; partly, she had learned all there was to learn, and

would do no good by staying longer at Passy

She arrived with thirty shillings left out of Mr Mountjoy's ti, and found a roo people who

seemed respectable, which she could have for four-and-sixpence a week,

with board at a shilling a day This settled, she hastened to Mr

Mountjoy's hotel brimful of her news for Mrs Vimpany

Everyone knows the disappointment when the one person in the world whom

you want at the moment to see and to talk with proves to be out Then

the news has to be suppressed; the conclusions, the suspicions, the

guesses have to be postponed; the active brain falls back upon itself

This disappointreat as that at Berne--was experienced

by Fanny Mere at the hotel

Mr Mountjoy was no longer there

The landlady of the hotel, who knew Fanny, came out herself and told

her what had happened

"He was better," she said, "but still weak They sent him down to

Scotland in Mrs Vies, just as he felt able And I've got the address for you Here it

is Oh! and Mrs Vie Will you, she says, when you