Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
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his own mind, by assuring him all he had apprehended was wholly at an
end." He stopt, and looked to see how Cecilia bore these words. "It is all at an end, Sir;" said she, with firmness; "but I have not yet heard your commission; what, and from whom is that?" "I am thoroughly satisfied it is unnecessary;" he answered, "since the young man can but submit, and you can but give him up." "But still, if there is a message, it is fit I should hear it." "If you chase it, so it is. I told Mr Delvile whither I was coming, and I repeated to him his son's assurances. He was relieved, but not satisfied; he would not see him, and gave me for him a prohibition of extreme severity, and to _you_ he bid me say--" "From _him_, then, is my message?" cried Cecilia, half frightened, and much disappointed. "Yes," said he, understanding her immediately, "for the son, after giving me his first account, had the wisdom and forbearance not once to mention you." "I am very glad," said she, with a mixture of admiration and regret, "to hear it. But, what, Sir, said Mr Delvile?" "He bid me tell you that either _he_, or _you_ must see his son never more." |
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