Did you notice her?
She prefers to have her wait." "Who is Fanny ?" "Her father is old Ichabod Bowles, who lives on the Neck.

Last winter her mother sent for me, and begged me to take her.

I could not refuse, for she was dying of consumption; so I promised.

The poor woman died, in the bitterest weather, and a few days after Ichabod brought Fanny here, and told me he had done with womankind forever.

Fanny was sulky and silent for a long time.