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She was shewn into the parlour, which she had the pleasure to find empty; and, in an instant, the warm-hearted Henrietta was in her arms "This is sweet of you indeed," cried she, "for I did not kno to ask it, though it rains so hard I could not have walked to you, and I don't knohat I should have done, if you had gone away and quite forgot me"
She then took her into the back parlour, which she said they had lately hired, and, as it was made but little use of, she had it almost entirely to herself
There had passed a sad scene, she told her, at the h now they were a little more comfortable; yet, her ot into soher way of life; "And, indeed, I have some hopes," she continued, "that we shall be able by and bye to do soot one friend in the world, yet; thank God, and such a noble friend!--indeed I believe he can do whatever he pleases for hi for him, there's nobody would deny him And this is what I wanted to talk to you about"-Cecilia, who doubted not but she h she caer to want solicitation, went on
"But the question is whether we shall be able to prevail upon rows ed, and the reason is, that being poor, he is afraid, I believe, people should think he wants to beg of theh if they knew hi think that, for I areat deal rather be starved to death But indeed, to say the truth, I am afraid he has been sadly to blame in this affair, and quarrelled when there was no need to be affronted; for I have seen a gentlereat deal better than my brother what people should do, and he says he took every thing wrong that was done, all the tientleman know it?"
"O because he went himself to enquire about it; for he knows Lord Vannelt very well, and it was by his entleman would not have wished my brother to be used ill any more than I should myself, so I am sure Ia lord hiht every body meant to be rude to him, and because he kneas poor, he suspected they all behaved disrespectfully to hiave me his word that every body liked him and esteemed him, and if he would not have been so suspicious, they would all have done any thing for him in the world"