... paused again for a minute. Then she added, "But as rules are off, I may as well say that I have come here to-night on purpose. Just before father left, he told me that there was a little sealed packet"—Betty sat plump down on the side of her bed; Sylvia and Hetty caught each others hands—"a little sealed packet," continued Fanny, "which belonged to poor Miss Vivian—your aunt Frances—and which father was to take ... — Betty Vivian - A Story of Haddo Court School • L. T. Meade