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Cecilia, who in observing these emotions felt both her curiosity and her compassion encrease, pressed her hand as she parted with it, and, when a little recovered, said, "You entleht ularities plead with you their own apology"

"No indeed, madam," she answered, bashfully, "he is very little known to ood, and very desirous to do me service:--not but what I believe he thinks me much worse off than I really am, for, I assure you, madam, whatever he has said, I am not ill off at all--hardly"

The various doubts to her disadvantage, which had at first, from her uncommon situation, arisen in the uise, not display her distress, considerably re by artifice and ientleness, therefore, the , she replied, "I should by no means have broken in upon you thus unexpectedly, if I had not concludedme However, since we are actually met, let us remember his injunctions, and endeavour not to part till, by a ood-will, each has added a friend to the other"

"You are condescending, indeed,wo as you look, to talk of a friend when you come to such a place as this! up two pair of stairs! no furniture! no servant! every thing in such disorder!--indeed I wonder at Mr Albany! he should not--but he thinks every body's affairs may be made public, and does not care what he tells, nor who hears hiives, nor the mischief he may do"

"I am very much concerned," cried Cecilia, more and more surprised at all she heard, "to find I have been thus instru, and followed him, believe me, neither from curiosity nor inclination, but sione, however, and I will therefore relieve you by going too: but permit me to leave behindwas not mere i wo back with a look of resentful mortification, exclaimed, "No, madagar! Mr Albany has misrepresented me, if he has told you I am"