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"But words such as these," said shehave coquetted ere I had spoken, had you not drawn theood with the ill, and reht, you have now a trusty friend, as willing to be the partner of your serious as your happiest hours"

"Shew but as much firmness as you have sheeetness," cried he, "and I will fear to tell you nothing"

She reiterated her assurances; they then both sat down, and he began his account

"Is I here I had ordered a chaise, and stopped only to change horses till I reached Delvile Castle My father saith surprise, and received me with coldness I was compelled by my situation to be abrupt, and told him I came, before I accompanied my mother abroad, to ht myself bound in duty and respect to suffer no one to communicate to him but h terms, that if this affair concerned you, he would not listen to it I attempted to remonstrate upon this injustice, when he passionately broke forth into new and horrible charges against you, affir that he had them from authority as indisputable as ocular demonstration I was then certain of some foul play"-"Foul play indeed!" cried Cecilia, who no but too well by whom she had been injured "Good heaven, how have I been deceived, where most I have trusted!"

"I told hiross imposition had been practiced upon hier to conceal froe; imposition, he said, was not so easily played upon him, he left that for iven credit to a man of much consideration in Suffolk, who had known you from a child, who had solemnly assured him he had repeatedly endeavoured to reclaim you, who had rescued you from the hands of Jews at his own hazard and loss, and who actually shewed hined with your own hand"

"Horrible!" exclaiuilt and perfidy possible!"

"I was scarce myself," resumed Delvile, "while I heard him: I demanded even with fierceness his author, whom I scrupled not to execrate as he deserved; he coldly answered he was bound by an oath never to reveal him, nor should he repay his honourable attention to his family by a breach of his oord, were it even less fored I then lost all patience; to mention honour, I cried, was a farce, where such infamous calumnies were listened to;--but let me not shock you unnecessarily, you may readily conjecture what passed"