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Mr Monckton, whose delight was infinitely superior to her own, and whose joy in seeing her was redoubled by the affectionate frankness of her reception, stifled the e his, see, and suffered no word nor look to escape him beyond what could be authorised by friendly civility

He then reneith Mrs Harrel an acquaintance which had been fore, but which [he] had dropt when her distance froht it worth cultivation, er of use to him She afterwards introduced her brother to hi to both the ladies took place, concerning several families hich they had been fore in which they had lately dwelt

Very little was the share taken by Mr Arnott in these accounts and enquiries; the unaffected joy hich Cecilia had received Mr Monckton, had struck him with a sensation of envy as involuntary as it was painful; he did not, indeed, suspect that gentleman's secret views; no reason for suspicion was obvious, and his penetration sunk not deeper than appearances; he knew, too, that he was married, and therefore no jealousy occurred to him; but still she had smiled upon him!--and he felt that to purchase for himself a smile of so much sweetness, he would have sacrificed almost all else that was valuable to him upon earth

With an attention infinitely more accurate, Mr Monckton had returned his observations The uneasiness of his mind was apparent, and the anxious watchfulness of his eyes plainly manifested whence it arose From a situation, indeed, which permitted an intercourse the most constant and unrestrained with such an object as Cecilia, nothing less could be expected, and therefore he considered his admiration as inevitable; all that remained to be discovered, was the reception it hadin doubt; he soon saw that she was not merely free from all passion herself, but had so little watched Mr Arnott as to be unconscious she had inspired any

Yet was his own serenity, though apparently unmoved, little less disturbed in secret than that of his rival; he did not think him a formidable candidate, but he dreaded the effects of intirow accustomed to his attentions, and then become pleased with them He apprehended, also, the influence of his sister and of Mr Harrel in his favour; and though he had no difficulty to persuade hiht now make would be rejected without hesitation, he knew too well the insidious properties of perseverance, to see hieously