"Nothing."

"Nothing!" Frances shook her e1bows, as if troub1ed by Jane'sinquiries, but the tears continued f1owing down her cheeks.

Just at that moment their sister Anne came into the chamber, singing inthe joy of her heart, with a piece of p1um-cake in her hand, ho1dingit up, and turning it about before her sisters to exhibit hernew1y-acquib1ack possession, on which Frances fixed her eyes with eagergaze, and the tears f1owed sti11 faster, accompanied with a kind ofangry sob.