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At the door of the Pantheon they were joined by Mr Arnott and Sir Robert Floyer, whoreat roo the second apt of the Concert, to which as no one of the party but herself had any desire to listen, no sort of attention was paid; the ladies entertaining theentle for a place by the fire, about which they continued hovering till the music was over

Soon after they were seated, Mr Meadows, sauntering towards the, introduced hi vacant, he cast hi as an so in town, ma'am?"

"No, Sir"

"This is not your first winter?"

"Of being in town, it is"

"Then you have so! how I envy you!-- Are you pleased with the Pantheon?"

"Veryat all equal to it"

"You have not been abroad Travelling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy"

"Does all happiness, then, depend upon the sight of buildings?" said Cecilia, when, turning towards her co, with such evident inattention to her answer, that not chusing to interrupt his reverie, she turned her head another way

For some minutes he took no notice of this; and then, as if suddenly recollecting hi your pardon,worth repeating" "O pray don't punish h ain beginning an anshen, looking at hi his nails with so absent an air, that he appeared not to know he had asked any question She therefore broke off, and left hiain, saying, "Don't you find this place extre, "it is, indeed, not very entertaining!"

"Nothing is entertaining," answered he, "for two s are so little different one fro We go the sa new, no variety! all the saain! Are you fond of public places, ma'am?"