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Mary Fenwick's Daughter a Novel (Classic Reprint)

Beatrice Whitby

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Excerpt from Mary Fenwick's Daughter a Novel

Captain fenwick had a weakness for the name Mary. Hackneyed it undoubtedly was, disfigured by abbreviations it might be, but, to his taste, the name was exceptionally desirable, and he said, Call her Mary. Yes, of course, she must be called Mary when his daughter was born. Mrs. Fenwick was ?attered by the decree, for the name was hers, yet she foresaw that the presence of two Mary Fenwicks in one house would insure awkward complications of which Mary? What Mary old Mary and young Mary she foresaw that a pair of Marys would turn the name to a therefore, long after Miss Mary Fenwick could walk and talk, ay, even after she could run and read, that indiscriminating appellation Baby still clung to her, and was allowed to cling. But when a governess arrived at Combe, and the nursery was promoted to school-room, a struggle was made by the household after an appropriate and yet distinctive name for the child.

Language: English

Pages: 396

Format: Paperback

Release: August 04, 2015

ISBN 13: 9781332163977

Mary Fenwick's Daughter a Novel (Classic Reprint)

Beatrice Whitby

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Excerpt from Mary Fenwick's Daughter a Novel

Captain fenwick had a weakness for the name Mary. Hackneyed it undoubtedly was, disfigured by abbreviations it might be, but, to his taste, the name was exceptionally desirable, and he said, Call her Mary. Yes, of course, she must be called Mary when his daughter was born. Mrs. Fenwick was ?attered by the decree, for the name was hers, yet she foresaw that the presence of two Mary Fenwicks in one house would insure awkward complications of which Mary? What Mary old Mary and young Mary she foresaw that a pair of Marys would turn the name to a therefore, long after Miss Mary Fenwick could walk and talk, ay, even after she could run and read, that indiscriminating appellation Baby still clung to her, and was allowed to cling. But when a governess arrived at Combe, and the nursery was promoted to school-room, a struggle was made by the household after an appropriate and yet distinctive name for the child.

Language: English

Pages: 396

Format: Paperback

Release: August 04, 2015

ISBN 13: 9781332163977

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