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'It's very dull to be shut up in this cabin, said Mrs. Lascelles; 'come, Cecilia, let's go on deck. 'And leave me! cried Miss Ossulton. 'There is Phoebe here, aunt; we are going up to persuade the pirates to put us all on shore. Mrs. Lascelles and Cecilia put on their bonnets and went up. Lord B. took off his hat, and begged the honour of being introduced to the pretty widow.
"A hoax, child?" replied Miss Ossulton, sitting up on the sofa. Cecilia found that she had hit the right nail, as the saying is; and she brought forward so many arguments to prove that she thought it was a hoax to frighten them, and that the gentleman above was a man of consequence, that her aunt began to listen to reason, and at last consented to join the dinner-party.
"It's very dull to be shut up in this cabin," said Mrs Lascelles; "come, Cecilia, let's go on deck." "And leave me!" cried Miss Ossulton. "There is Phoebe here, aunt; we are going up to persuade the pirates to put us all on shore." Mrs Lascelles and Cecilia put on their bonnets and went up. Lord B took off his hat, and begged the honour of being introduced to the pretty widow.
Then it is no hoax after all; and I've been sitting down to dinner with a smuggler!" "Sitting down, madam! if it were to be no more than that but we are to take his arm up to the hotel. Oh dear! Cecilia, I am ordered on deck; pray, come with me!" Miss Ossulton rolled on the sofa, and rang for Phoebe; she was in a state of great alarm. A knock at the door.
Depend upon it, Miss Ossulton, that I shall have a most paternal solicitude to make you happy and comfortable." Had Cecilia Ossulton dared to have given vent to her real feelings at that time, she would have burst into a fit of laughter, it was too ludicrous. At the same time, the very burlesque reassured her still more. She went into the cabin with a heavy weight removed from her heart.
"Yes, you could, perhaps, if any of you had ever read it," replied Miss Ossulton, carelessly. "Upon my word, Cissy, you are throwing the gauntlet down to the gentlemen," observed Lord B.; "but I shall throw my warder down, and not permit this combat
Cecilia, I am ordered on deck, pray come with me!" Miss Ossulton rolled on the sofa, and rang for Phoebe; she was in a state of great alarm. A knock at the door. "Come in," said Miss Ossulton, thinking it was Phoebe; when Pickersgill made his appearance. "What do you want, sir? Go out, sir! go out directly, or I'll scream!"
'Come in, said Miss Ossulton, thinking it was Phoebe; when Pickersgill made his appearance. 'What do you want, sir? Go out, sir! go out directly, or I'll scream! 'It is no use screaming, madam; recollect that all on board are at my service. You will oblige me by listening to me, Miss Ossulton. I am, as you know, a smuggler; and I must send this lace on shore.
In the meantime, Miss Ossulton and Mrs Lascelles remained below, in the greatest anxiety at Cecilia's prolonged stay; they knew not what to think, and dared not go on deck. Mrs Lascelles had once determined at all risks to go up; but Miss Ossulton and Phoebe had screamed, and implored her so fervently not to leave them, that she unwillingly consented to remain.
"Because, madam, as Ponsonby never buys a horse without consulting me " "I cannot see the analogy, sir," observed Miss Ossulton, senior, bridling up.
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