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"I ask pardon, ma'am," said he, "I did not ht as well tell a man in business not to look at the Daily Advertiser; why, it's morally impossible!"

"But sure, ? You can't have got her off already?"

"I would I had!" thought Cecilia; who then explained herof Mrs Harrel, avoided allthat to hear such a hter, would be sufficient authority to her sanguine expectations, for depending upon a union between the made clear, Cecilia added, "I could by noso soon with Miss Belfield, but that do herself to Belfield, she enquired if he could recon servant, ould be hired only for the ti to recollect so abroad, madam, to be sure you're to do as you like, for that, as I say, is the soul of every thing; but else I can't say it's a thing I ot as a man may say, out of the bowels of one's mother country, and this fine fortune, in default ofno proviso to the contrary Well, this fee country, naturally takes with her this fortune, by reason it's the main article she has to depend upon; what's the upshot? why she gets pilfered by a set of sharpers that never saw England in their lives, and that never lose sight of her till she has not a sous in the world But the hardship of the thing is this: when it's all gone, the lady can come back, but will the ain: now this is what I call being no true patriot"

"I am quite ashamed for to hear you talk so, Mr Hobson!" cried Mr Sio for to take a person to task at this rate, is behaving quite unbearable; it's enough tolady afraid to speak before you"

"Why, Mr Simkins," answered Mr Hobson, "truth is truth, whether one speaks it or not; and that, ood sense knows as well as myself"