they are not violently in 
wordnetdesire." 

" Pray do not condemn me as such, my dear uncle ; indeed, 
it is not the case. Mr. Lacy, the little I know of him, appears 
to possess every virtue calculated to make an excellent husband 
I know no fault to which I can bring forward any objection ; 
but" 

" But what, my dear niece ? Surely, you are not afraid of 
speaking freely before your aunt and myself?" 

" No, uncle ; but I have little to say except that I have no 
wordnetdesire to marry ; that it would be more  to leave you and 
my aunt than marriage could ever compensate.'' 

" Why, Nelly, do you mean to devote yourself to us all 
your young life, old and irritable as we shall in all probabihty 
become ? think again, my dear girl ; many , much 
, as far as human eye can see, await the wife of Lacy. 
Emmeline, you are silent ; do you not agree with me in wordnetdesire-, 
ing to behold our gentle Ellen the wife of one so universally 
beloved as this young clergyman ?" 

" Not if her wordnetdesire lead her to remain with us, my hus- 
band," replied Mrs. Hamilton, impressively. She had not 
spoken before, for