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"But pray," cried she, "upon those occasions, always re sets off a co face If you are teh, think of Delvile Castle; 'tis an expedient I co too frisky: and it always succeeds, for the very recollection of it gives me the head-ache in a moment Upon my word, Mr Delvile, you ood health, after living so long at that horrible place You can't iularly expected to hear of your death at the end of every su"

"The estate which descends to a man from his own ancestors, Lady Honoria," answered Mr Delvile, "will seldom be apt to injure his health, if he is conscious of coraded their memory"

"How vastly odious this new father of yours is!" said Lady Honoria, in a whisper to Cecilia; "what could ever induce you to give up your char into this fusty old fae annulled You have only, you know, to take an oath that you were forcibly run aith; and as you are an Heiress, and the Delviles are all so violent, it will easily be credited And then, as soon as you are at liberty, I would advise you to marry my little Lord Derford"

"Would you only, then," said Cecilia, "have ain my freedom in order to part with it?"

"Certainly," answered Lady Honoria, "for you can do nothing at all without being le woman is a thousand times more shackled than a wife; for she is accountable to every body; and a wife, you know, has nothing to do but just to , "you consider as a trifle?"

"Yes, if you do but ht, then, indeed, to recommend to me my Lord Derford!"

"O yes, he will make the prettiest husband in the world; you may fly about yourself as wild as a lark, and keep hih he may coe to find fault to your face But as to Morti as you live; for the moment you have put him upon the fret, you'll fall into the du the opportunity of gaining some material point, make up at the first soft word"