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She resolved, however, as soon as the present difficulty was surmounted, to make another attempt to open the eyes of Mrs Harrel to the evils which so apparently threatened her, and press her to exert all her influence with her husband, by means both of example and advice, to retrench his expences before it should be absolutely too late to save him from ruin

She determined also at the same time dial she applied for the ing her own bill at the bookseller's, and putting in execution her plan of assisting the Hills

The nextshe arose early, and attended by her servant, set out for the house of Mr Briggs, purposing, as the weather was clear and frosty, to walk through Oxford Road, and then put herself into a chair; and hoping to return to Mr Harrel's by the usual hour of breakfast

She had not proceeded far, before she saw a , and the s of al with spectators She desired her servant to enquire what thisto see some malefactors pass by in their way to Tyburn

Alar the unhappy criminals, she hastily turned down die next street, but found that also filling with people ere running to the scene she was trying to avoid: encircled thus every way, she applied to a e house, and begged leave to step in till the one by The maid immediately consented, and she waited here while she sent her man for a chair

He soon arrived with one; but just as she returned to the street door, a gentle back to let her pass, suddenly exclai Delvile

"I cannot stop an instant," cried she, running down the steps, "lest the crowd should prevent the chair fro her in, "tell me what news you have heard?"

"News?" repeated she "No, I have heard none!"

"You will only, then, laugh at me for those officious offers you did so well to reject?"

"I know not what offers you mean!"

"They were indeed superfluous, and therefore I wonder not you have forgotten thes But I cannot is!" repeated he, "O live for ever French beads and Bristol stones! fresh offers may perhaps be made there, impertinent, officious, and useless as mine!"