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Cecilia arose too, and hastily ringing the bell, said, "Mr Delvile I am sure is detained, and therefore I will order hten you away?" said he, assu an appearance more placid

"No," answered she, "but I would not hasten Mr Delvile"

A servant then came, and said the chair was ready

She would i, she stopt a moment to hear hiely exposed myself--and that you cannot--but the extreain in the ut, "you will permit me to attend you to the chair," he handed her down stairs, and in quitting her, boithout saying a word more

Cecilia, as almost wholly indifferent to every part of the explanation but that which had actually passed, was now in a state of felicity htful than any she had ever experienced She had not a doubt re Delvile, and the surprise which had ard, was infinitelyand satisfactory to her than any formal or direct declaration She had now convinced hi to intend it, he had convinced her of the deep interest which he took in the discovery His perturbation, the words which escaped hile to say no more, were proofs just such as she wished to receive of his partial admiration, since while they satisfied her heart, they also soothed her pride, by shewing a diffidence of success which assured her that her own secret was still sacred, and that no weakness or inadvertency on her part had robbed her of the power of nity with the frankness hich she meant to receive his addresses All, therefore, that now eement till each should be better known to the other

For this reserve, however, she had less i Delvile that day; neither did he appear the next The third she fully expected him,--but still he came not And while she wondered at an absence so unco permission to wait upon her for two minutes, at any time she would appoint

She readily sent word that she should be at home for the rest of the day, as she wishedevery affair but one, and setting her mind at liberty to think only of that which she desired should prosper