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"You think, then, the quarrelthan the reconciliation?"

"O, a thousand ti, and deht to behave pretty, and seem contented"

"Those who presume to have any pretensions to your ladyship," said Cecilia, "would be made happy indeed should they hear your principles!"

"O, it would not signify at all," answered she, "for one's fathers, and uncles, and those sort of people, always make connexions for one, and not a creature thinks of our principles, till they find them out by our conduct: and nobody can possibly do that till we are ive us no power beforehand The le, but hoe can dance a minuet, or play a lesson upon the harpsichord"

"And what else," said Mr Delvile, who advanced, and heard this last speech, "need a young lady of rank desire to be known for? your ladyship surely would not have her degrade herself by studying like an artist or professor?"

"O no, Sir, I would not have her study at all; it's hty well for children, but really after sixteen, and when one is co to public places, and ordering new things, without all that torment of first and second position, and E upon the first line, and F upon the first, space!"

"Your ladyship ," said Mr Delvile, "that a young lady of condition, who has a proper sense of her dignity, cannot be seen too rarely, or known too little"

"O but I hate dignity!" cried she carelessly, "for it's the dullest thing in the world I always thought it ing to that you were so little a your pardon, Sir, I meant to say so little talkative"

"I can easily credit that your ladyship spoke hastily," answered he, highly piqued, "for I believe, indeed, a person of a family such as mine, will hardly be supposed to have co it!"

"O no, Sir," cried she, with pretended innocence, "nobody, I a to Cecilia, she added in a whisper, "You cannot iine, my dear Mrs Mortimer, how I detest this old cousin of mine! Now pray tell me honestly if you don't hate him yourself?"

"I hope," said Cecilia, "to have no reason"

"Lord, how you are always upon your guard! If I were half as cautious, I should die of the vapours in athat keeps ry; for the folks at our house let o out so seldoiving them a little torment is really the only entertainot to tell you a !"