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Mr Arnott now looked extre hiently said, "If this person will but wait a week or two, I should be extrelad, for really just now I cannot take up so much money, without such particular loss and inconvenience, that I hardly kno to do it: --but yet, if he will not be appeased, he must certainly have it"

"Appeased?" cried Mr Harrel, "you ht as well appease the sea in a stor a sh evidently in much uneasiness, said he would not fail to raise thehis leave, when Cecilia, shocked that such tenderness and good-nature should be thus grossly ied to speak with Mrs Harrel, and taking her into another room, said, "I beseech you, enerosity; per such a surieve indeed that your brother, who so nobly understands the use of e"

"You are vastly kind," said Mrs Harrel, "and I will run and speak to them about it: but which ever of you lends the money, Mr Harrel has assured me he shall pay it very soon"

She then returned with the proposition Mr Arnott strongly opposed it, but Mr Harrel seemed rather to prefer it, yet spoke so confidently of his speedy payment, that he appeared to think it a enerous contest ensued between Mr Arnott and Cecilia, but as she was very earnest, she at length prevailed, and settled to go herself the nextinto the city, in order to have the euardians never interfering in the executive part of her affairs

This arranged, they all retired

And then, with encreasing astonishment, Cecilia reflected upon the ruinous levity of Mr Harrel, and the blind security of his wife; she saw in their situation danger the , and in the behaviour of Mr Harrel selfishness theinjustice to his creditors, such utter insensibility to his friends, took fronant coenerosity of Mr Arnott so frequently abused, had now, for his sake merely, induced her to relieve him