Cecilia is the oldest daughter of the family, and she is going to college at the time of the opening scenes of the story. She is back home at for the summer break, and feeling a lot of discontent and restlessness, but not sure why. She has felt uncomfortable and ill at ease at home, and so is snippy and irritable, especially with Robbie. She isn't quite sure why she feels this way towards Robbie, but it becomes clear to her after the fountain incident and the misguided note that he sends to her.
As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that she is a very passionate person; she vigorously defends Robbie and disowns her entire family after they refuse to support him in the trials. She defends her love for Robbie, showing even more passion on that front. She is bitter and resentful to her family, and fiercely independent. After she rejects her family, she moves out, refuses money from them, and makes her own way in the world through her own hard work.
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