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He stopt, and looked to see how Cecilia bore these words

"It is all at an end, Sir;" said she, with firmness; "but I have not yet heard your cohly satisfied it is unnecessary;" he answered, "since the young ive hie, it is fit I should hear it"

"If you chase it, so it is I told Mr Delvile whither I was co, and I repeated to him his son's assurances He was relieved, but not satisfied; he would not see hiave me for him a prohibition of extreme severity, and to you he bid e?" cried Cecilia, half frightened, andher i me his first account, had the wisdolad," said she, with a ret, "to hear it But, what, Sir, said Mr Delvile?"

"He bid me tell you that either he, or you must see his son neverwith resentain, he meant not to desire it I return him, however, no answer, and I will make him no promise; to Mrs Delvile alone I hold es he may, I shall always hold myself free But believe me, Dr Lyster, if with his name, his son had inherited his character, his desire of our separation would be feeble, and trifling, co lady," said he, "to have given you this disturbance; yet I adet any little disappointment you ret? Mortiht wish to attach; but every woman cannot have him, and you, of all wo him, for scarcely is there another man you may not chuse or reject at your pleasure"

Little as was the consolation Cecilia could draw from this speech, she was sensible it became not her situation to make complaints, and therefore, to end the conversation she proposed calling in the Miss Charltons

"No, no," said he, "I one To- I shall but call to see how she is, and leave some directions, and set off Mr Mortimer Delvile accompanies me back: but he means to return hither in a week, in order to travel with hisabout a reconciliation between him and his father, whose prejudices are more intractable than any man's I ever met with"