"Now you will be a good girl, Fanny Jane, while I am gone-won't you?" said Fanny Grant, who has several times before appeared in these stories, to Fanny Jane Grant, her namesake, who has not before been presented to our readers. "O, yes, Miss Fanny; I will be ever so good; I won't even look wrong," replied Fanny Jane, whose snapping black eyes even then beamed with mischief. "I am afraid you don't mean what you say," added Miss Fanny, suspiciously. "Yes, I do; I mean every word of it, and more too." "You make large promises; and I find when you promise most, you perform least." "But, certain true as I live, I won't do a single thing this time," protested Fanny Jane. "Won't you believe me?"
"Now you will be a good girl, Fanny Jane, while I am gone-won't you?" said Fanny Grant, who has several times before appeared in these stories, to Fanny Jane Grant, her namesake, who has not before been presented to our readers. "O, yes, Miss Fanny; I will be ever so good; I won't even look wrong," replied Fanny Jane, whose snapping black eyes even then beamed with mischief. "I am afraid you don't mean what you say," added Miss Fanny, suspiciously. "Yes, I do; I mean every word of it, and more too." "You make large promises; and I find when you promise most, you perform least." "But, certain true as I live, I won't do a single thing this time," protested Fanny Jane. "Won't you believe me?"
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