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"Be not alarmed," cried Cecilia; "rest assured he shall never know it Is he not now in the country?"

"No, madam, he is now in the very next rooeon who used to attend him, and why does he not still visit hi fro out of town et rid of hiely?"

"A reason which you, madam, I hope, will never know, Poverty!--he would not run up a bill he could not pay"

"Good Heaven!--But what can be done for hier thus; wehim, whether he will consent or not"

"I fear that will not be possible One of his friends has already found him out, and has written him the kindest letter! but he would not answer it, and would not see hiry"

"Well," said Cecilia, "I will not keep you longer, lest he should be alar, with your leave, I will call upon you again, and then, I hope, you will permit me to make some effort to assist you"

"If it only depended upon me, madam," she answered, "now I have the honour to knoho you are, I believe I should not h as my brother Ah! happy had it been for him, for me, for all his family, if he had not had them neither!"

Cecilia then repeated her expressions of comfort and kindness, and took her leave

This little adventure gave her infinite concern; all the horror which the duel had originally occasioned her, again returned; she accused herself withthat Mr Belfield was so cruelly a sufferer both in his health and his affairs, she thought it incumbent upon her to relieve him to the utmost of her ability

His sister, too, had extremely interested her; her youth, and the uncommon artlessness of her conversation, added to her melancholy situation, and the loveliness of her person, excited in her a desire to serve, and an inclination to love her; and she deter, not only to assist her at present, but, if her distresses continued, to received her into her own house in future

Again she regretted the undue detention of her L200 What she now had to spare was extremely inadequate to what she noished to bestow, and she looked forward to the conclusion of her ant plan of life she then intended to pursue, daily gained ground in her iination, and credit in her opinion