The new priest in Conception Bay - v. 2 Author:Robert Lowell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XXXIII. MISS FANNY DARE REPORTS. E next morning, Miss Dare came out from Mrs. Barre's to the road, as the Minister was passing by; and, having... more » saluted him, said, with a gay manner, which seemed to cost some effort,— " What do you think of private theatricals, for a Christian woman, Mr. Wellon ? and of my playing magistrate, as Portia played judge ? " Mr. Wellon was a minister, and stout enough to stand the shock of a woman's prettiness,—(and more than ever lovely was Miss Dare that day, for she had a tinge of color in her cheeks, and, in drawing her slight kerchief from her head, had disengaged some little locks of hair that did not know what to do with themselves ;)—Mr. Wellon wore a little more gravity than usual, perhaps. " I'm too dull to read your riddle," said he ; " will you interpret ?" " I will;—but first let me ask : Will you tell me,—how stands the case of our little Lucy, now ? Do tell me if any thing is found out ? " " Not much," said the Minister ; " we only hope she's not dead; and have some suspicions of which way she went." " Ah!" she answered, in much the same tone as before, though, in the mean time, her interest about SkipperGeorge's daughter had, evidently, been most eager. "You're not quite ready to trust a woman ; well, I'll tell you the result of my doings : I've entered the Convent at Bay-Harbor, under the protection of our Worshipful Stipendiary, who has such ' Catholic ' propensities ! " The Minister was mystified. - " That is, we have been down there in search of some trace of Lucy." " Mr. Naughton and you ? " exclaimed the Minister in astonishment. " Yes ; just Mr. Naughton and I ; only, — if I may take that liberty with the rules, — I ought to say 'I and Mr. Naughton ;' for, as I said, I was the magistr...« less