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Cecilia has recently learned that all of her fortune is lost. As a result, she will no longer be allowed to marry Beaufort, the man she loves. However, Beaufort鈥檚 best friend, Censor, has tracked down Cecilia at Mrs. Voluble鈥檚 house (a woman he vehemently dislikes). He offers to help her rebuild her fortune and brings a message of love from Beaufort, but in her hysteria at her situation, Cecilia refuses to hear any of it.
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Cecilia. By what means, sir, have you discovered me?鈥� have you been at Lady Smatter鈥檚?鈥� does anybody there know where I am, except her Ladyship?
Censor. First let me ask you what possible allurement could draw you under this roof? Did you mean, by the volubility of folly, to over-power the sadness of recollection? Did you imagine that nonsense has the same oblivious
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