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These speeches, though both literally true, sounded, in the circuht thehtily marked his incredulity by aat hinificantly, and Mr Hobson, with still less cere more, ma'am," said Mr Delvile to Mrs Belfield, "to enquire, for the few doubts hich I ca to you,with more spirit, "to explain, in presence of those who can best testify my veracity, the real circumstances--"

"I would by no means occasion you such unnecessary trouble,and pompous, "the situation in which I see you abundantly satisfies my curiosity, and saves ain convicted of a mistake!"

He then made her a stiff bow, and went to his chair

Cecilia, colouring deeply at this contemptuous treat to Mrs Belfield, hastened into the passage, to get into her own

Henrietta was too much intimidated to speak, and Belfield was too delicate to follow her; Mr Hobson only said "The young lady seems quite dashed;" but Mrs Belfield pursued her with entreaties she would stay

She was too angry, however, to make any answer but by a distant bow of the head, and left the house with a resolution little short of a vow never again to enter it

Her reflections upon this unfortunate visit were bitter beyond measure; the situation in which she had been surprised,--clandestinely concealed with only Belfield and his sister--joined to the positive assertions of her partiality for him made by his able that his charge in his former conversation was rather mild than over-strained, and that the connection he had mentioned, for whatever motives denied, was incontestably formed

The apparent conviction of this part of the accusation,ill of her, an i run out her fortune His determination not to hear her shewed the inflexibility of his character; and it was evident, notwithstanding his parading pretensions of wishing her welfare, that his inordinate pride was inflamed, at the very supposition he could be mistaken or deceived for a ht now hear this account with exaggerations that would baffle all his confidence: his ht have the ood opinion;--these were thoughts the h their probability was such that to banish them was impossible