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The nextvisited Mrs Delvile, and again entlemen of the faculty in whose care she was to re first to speak a feords to Cecilia in private, in which he charged her to be careful of her health, and re-animate her spirits "Don't suppose," said he, "that because I am a friend of the Delvile family, I am either blind to your merits, or to their foibles, far from it; but then why should they interfere with one another? Let theh different, are not worse than their neighbours, and do you retain your excellencies, and draw froive you People reason and refine the to settle that they can only be contented one hereas, there are fifty ways, if they would but look about them, that would coht," answered Cecilia, "and I thank you for the ad your scheme of philosophy, and it is always one step to amendment, to be convinced that ant it"

"You are a sensible and charirl," said Dr Lyster, "and Mr Delvile, should he find a daughter-in-law descended in a right line froland, won't be so well off as if he had satisfied hiht, after all, to be pleased his oay, and let us bla, it is for no other reason but because his humour happens to clash with our own"

"That, indeed," said Cecilia, s, "is a truth incontrovertible! and a truth to which, for the future, I will endeavour to give ht But will you permit me now to ask one question?--Can you tell ence which has caused all this disturbance---"

She hesitated, but, coot at it, I never heard, for I never thought it worth while to enquire, as it is so generally known, that nobody I norant of it"

This was another, and a cruel shock to Cecilia, and Dr Lyster, perceiving it, again attempted to comfort her "That the affair is somewhat spread," said he, "is now not to be helped, and therefore little worth thinking of; every body will agree that the choice of both does honour to both, and nobody need be ashas leads Mr Mortimer and yourself to o abroad, and will not return till he is his ownlady, what, after a short tiiven to vexation, need interrupt your happiness? You have the whole world before you, with youth, fortune, talents, beauty and independence; drive, therefore, from your head this unlucky affair, and redom, this one excepted, that will not rejoice in a connection with you"