Produced by Delphine Lettau, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team CECILIA or MEMOIRS OF AN HEIRESS VOLUME II (of III) By Frances Burney Edited by R. Brimley Johnson Illustrated by M. Cubitt Cooke (Illustrations not available in this edition) CONTENTS BOOK IV. Continued. CHAPTER x. -- A MURMURING. BOOK V. CHAPTER i. -- A ROUT. CHAPTER ii. -- A BROAD HINT. CHAPTER iii. -- AN ACCOMMODATION. CHAPTER iv. -- A DETECTION. CHAPTER v. -- A SARCASM. CHAPTER vi. -- A SURMISE. CHAPTER vii. -- A BOLD STROKE. CHAPTER viii. -- A MISER'S MANSION. CHAPTER ix. -- A DECLARATION. CHAPTER x. -- A GAMESTER'S CONSCIENCE. CHAPTER xi. -- A PERSECUTION. CHAPTER xii. -- A MAN OF BUSINESS. CHAPTER xiii. -- A SOLUTION. BOOK VI CHAPTER i. -- A DEBATE. CHAPTER ii. -- A RAILING. CHAPTER iii. -- AN ANTIQUE MANSION. CHAPTER iv. -- A RATTLE. CHAPTER v. -- A STORM. CHAPTER vi. -- A MYSTERY. CHAPTER vii. -- AN ANECDOTE. CHAPTER viii. -- A CONFERENCE. CHAPTER ix. -- AN ATTACK. CHAPTER x. -- A RETREAT. CHAPTER xi. -- A WORRY. BOOK VII. CHAPTER i. -- A RENOVATION. CHAPTER ii. -- A VISIT. CHAPTER iii. -- AN INCIDENT. CHAPTER iv. -- A PROPOSITION. CHAPTER v. -- A LETTER. CHAPTER vi. -- A DISCUSSION. CHAPTER vii. -- A RETROSPECTION. CHAPTER viii. -- AN EMBARRASSMENT. CHAPTER ix. -- A TORMENT. BOOK VIII. CHAPTER i BOOK IV. Continued. CHAPTER x. -- A MURMURING. Unable to relieve herself from this perplexity, Cecilia, to divert her chagrin, again visited Miss Belfield. She had then the pleasure to hear that her brother was much recovered, and had been able, the preceding day, to take an airing, which he had borne so well that Mr Rupil had charged him to use the same exercise every morning. “And will he?” said Cecilia. “No, madam, I am sadly afraid not,” she answered, “for coach hire is very expensive, and we are willing, now, to save all we can in order to help fitting him out for going abroad.” Cecilia then earnestly entreated her to accept some assistance; but she assured her she did not dare without the consent of her mother, which, however, she undertook to obtain. The next day, when Cecilia called to hear her success, Mrs Belfield, who hitherto had kept out of sight, made her appearance. She found her, alike in person, manners and conversation, a coarse and ordinary woman, not more unlike her son in talents and acquired accomplishments, than dissimilar to her daughter in softness and natural delicacy. The moment Cecilia was seated, she began, without waiting for any ceremony, or requiring any solicitation, abruptly to talk of her affairs, and repiningly to relate her misfortunes.