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Yet, tired of the ed for soer to owe that relief to Henrietta Belfield The more she meditated upon this wish, the less unattainable it appeared to her, till by frequently coinary: Mrs Belfield, while her son was actually with herself, e; and Mr Delvile, should he ht hear that her real connection ith the sister, since she received her in the country, where the brother made no pretence to follow her She considered, too, how ill she should be rewarded in giving up Henrietta for Mr Delvile, as already determined to think ill of her, and whose prejudices no sacrifice would re hesitated, therefore, some time between the desire of present alleviation, and the fear of future th vanquished all dread of unjust censure, and she wrote an invitation to Henrietta enclosed in a letter to her mother

The answer of Henrietta expressed her rapture at the proposal; and that of Mrs Belfield made no objection but to the expence

Cecilia, therefore, sent her own maid to travel with her into Suffolk, with proper directions to pay for the journey

The gratitude of the delighted Henrietta at thewas boundless; and her joy at so unexpected a mark of favour uish for want of kindness to support it; she took her to her bosom, became the soother of all her cares, and reposed in her, in return, every thought that led not to Delvile

There, however, she was uniformly silent; sole the secret of her former connexion to Henrietta, the whole study of her life was to drive the remembrance of it from herself

Henrietta now tasted a happiness to which as yet her whole life had been a stranger; she was suddenly reance; and the gentleness of her disposition, instead of being tyrannically imposed upon, not only made her loved with affection, but treated with the most scrupulous delicacy Cecilia had her share in all the coe, and a companion to converse with She communicated to her all her schemes, and made her the partner of her benevolent excursions; she found her disposition as aing at first sight; and her constant presence and constant sweetness, iave a new interest to her existence