The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Dream Classics)

by Anne Brontë

‘Let me first establish my position as a friend,’ thought I,—’the patron and playfellow of her son, the sober, solid, plain-dealing friend of herself, and then, when I have made myself fairly necessary to her comfort and enjoyment in life (as I believe I can), we’ll see what next may be effected.’

Yikes.