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His appearance, ht of her, he flew eagerly to meet her, and his eyes sparkled with pleasure as he approached her; a pleasure neither uised, but lively, unrestrained, and expressive

Cecilia, whose plans since she had last seen hi united with him for ever, and afterwards had determined to avoid with hihts were all recurring to her aiety, or feel at all gratified by his unembarrassed manners The openness of his attentions, and the frankness of his admiration, which hitherto had charmed her as marks of the sincerity of his character, now shocked her as proofs of the indifference of his heart, which feeling for her a ard, that affected neither his spirits nor his peace, he manifested without scruple, since it was not accompanied with even a wish beyond the present hour

She now, too, recollected that such had always been his conduct, one single and singular ave to her his letter for Mr Belfield, he seemed struck as she was herself by the extraordinary co-incidence of their ideas and proceedings: that earded as casual and transitory, and seeing him so much happier than herself, she felt ashary at her easy captivation

Reflections such as these, though they added fresh hts of his alliance, were yet so hu pleasure froet that the place she was in was even intended for a place of entertain in lively colours the loss his house had sustained by her quitting it, and dwelling with equal force upon the regret of his mother and his own, asked in a low voice if she would do him so much honour as to introduce hiuardian, I think I have a kind of claih as the request was likely to occasion s, she persuaded herself she was unwilling to coain repeated with Mrs Harrel, who, though she had several times seen him, had never been formally made known to him

The Harrels were both of the man whose family had prepared them rather to expect his scorn, and expressed their wishes that he would drink his tea in their party; he accepted their invitation with alacrity, and turning to Cecilia, said, "Have I not skilfully tih you have done me this honour with Mr and Mrs Harrel, I must not yet, I presuentle his eyes toward Sir Robert Floyer