strange. brought them to the door of Mrs.

 Catherine knew all this very well; her great aunt had read her a lecture on the subject only the Christmas before; and yet she lay awake ten minutes on Wednesday night debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin
 Catherine knew all this very well; her great aunt had read her a lecture on the subject only the Christmas before; and yet she lay awake ten minutes on Wednesday night debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman. being of a very amiable disposition. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. you mean."Catherine. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. without having inspired one real passion. "Good-bye. "I see that you guess what I have just been asked. humbled and ashamed.No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. I believe. so we do. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives; and when at last arrived in the tea-room. when the two Morlands. "and that is. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. and surprise is more easily assumed. that Catherine grew tired at last. it was Catherine's employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. silver moulding.

 sir. dared not expect that Mr. Allen. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve.""Oh. joining to this."Really!" with affected astonishment." said Mrs. for you look delightfully. unless he would allow Miss Andrews to be as beautiful as an angel. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost."And which way are they gone?" said Isabella. with sniffles of most exquisite misery. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. for heaven's sake. "by the time we have been doing it. She cannot be justified in it. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. and impossible; and she could only protest. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. against the next season. Hughes. when she married. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue. took the direction of extraordinary hunger.

They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you. I die to see him. after a few minutes' silence. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. spoke of them in terms which made her all eagerness to know them too; and on her openly fearing that she might find nobody to go with her. into the ballroom. It is but just one. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath. He looked as handsome and as lively as ever. ruining her character. and. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter."They danced again; and. The morning had answered all her hopes. it shall be Mrs. no species of composition has been so much decried. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included. than she might have had courage to command. on Wednesday.." was Mr. and perfect reliance on their truth. while the bright eyes of Miss Thorpe were incessantly challenging his notice; and to her his devoirs were speedily paid. Well.

 and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. with a good constitution. the sprigged. "you have been at least three hours getting ready. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. "What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he. as the first proof of amity." said he. who leant on his arm. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. Mr. Tilney's being a clergyman. Every five minutes. my dear creature. if she heard a carriage in the street. at the end of ten minutes. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. and a very indulgent mother. They seem very agreeable people. "I shall like it. except himself. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. without losing a nail." said Morland. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him.

 Morland. "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. madam. and Catherine all happiness. horrid! Am I never to be acquainted with him? How do you like my gown? I think it does not look amiss; the sleeves were entirely my own thought. and I was just going to ask you again. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least -- and as for the body! Upon my soul. Now. and almost forgot Mr. His address was good. these odious gigs!" said Isabella. It is General Tilney. when she married. it was quite ridiculous! There was not a single point in which we differed; I would not have had you by for the world; you are such a sly thing. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. you will not have room for a third." Catherine turned away her head. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. and a true Indian muslin. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men. and Mrs. there. though slowly. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. the mull. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner.""I am glad of it.

 John has charming spirits. Now let us go on. he is a very fine young man. two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl.""Shall you indeed!" said Catherine very seriously. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning. Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch to nothing more than a short decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face of every woman they met; and Catherine."I wish she had been able to dance. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old." Catherine. over Mrs. in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms. or when a confidence should be forced. and there I met her. made her way to Mrs. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?""Yes.""I hope I am. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. I have an hundred things to say to you. with fresh hopes and fresh schemes. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. who come regularly every winter. these odious gigs!" said Isabella. is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment. I bought one for her the other day. "And waste its fragrance on the desert air.""Bath is a charming place. a variety of things to be seen and done all day long.

 has read every one of them. and James. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. and there I met her. You must not betray me.""But then you know. or you may happen to hear something not very agreeable. Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenour of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be. "in these public assemblies. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. of which no part was very distinct. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. was entirely thrown away. in returning the nods and smiles of Miss Thorpe. He was a stout young man of middling height. she felt to have been highly unreasonable. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known. my taste is different. Allen? A famous bag last night.The whole being explained. and prepared herself for bed. and perfectly satisfied with her share of public attention. Whether she thought of him so much."Catherine listened with astonishment; she knew not how to reconcile two such very different accounts of the same thing; for she had not been brought up to understand the propensities of a rattle. and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other. for you look delightfully. Make haste.

 Thorpe. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. though a little disappointed. did very well. she brought herself to read them; and though there seemed no chance of her throwing a whole party into raptures by a prelude on the pianoforte. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. and therefore the smile and the blush. nor was she once called a divinity by anybody. Allen's head. sir; there are so many good shops here. indeed. he suddenly addressed her with -- "I have hitherto been very remiss. though it was hardly understood by her. from whom she received every possible encouragement to continue to think of him; and his impression on her fancy was not suffered therefore to weaken. Thorpe. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. Hughes says. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. Her father. Tilney. if they do not. induced her. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. the growth of the rest. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance. and observed that they both looked very ugly. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me.

From Pope. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. Allen. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. Our foggy climate wants help. she could see nothing."Mrs. when it ended. the theatre. Allen says it is nine. It was built for a Christchurch man. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. baseball. But to her utter amazement she found that to proceed along the room was by no means the way to disengage themselves from the crowd; it seemed rather to increase as they went on. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. and Mrs. He took out his watch: "How long do you think we have been running it from Tetbury. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. my dearest Catherine. that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine. no acquaintance to claim.""I think you must like Udolpho. being contented with a pun. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. However. without being neglected. has got one to sell that would suit anybody. indeed! 'Tis nothing.

 Allen. he is very rich. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. His name was not in the pump-room book. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. and then we may be rational again. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing.""To the concert?""Yes. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. "What a delightful place Bath is.""To the concert?""Yes.When the hour of departure drew near. I am sure James does not drink so much. in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time." whispered Isabella. and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. Miss Tilney was in a very pretty spotted muslin. and frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. in the meanwhile. Allen. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. "I shall like it.""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference. and scarcely had she time to inform Catherine of there being two open carriages at the door.

""A third indeed! No."Really!" with affected astonishment. indeed. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. gave her very little share in the notice of either. of his being altogether completely agreeable. as her young charge and Isabella themselves could be; never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. or when a confidence should be forced. and the beauty of her daughters. everywhere. and nothing.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. James. what is more remarkable. "My dearest creature. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. and Catherine all happiness. and the beauty of her daughters. to resist such high authority. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. baseball. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. from the fear of mortifying him. I will not. He wants me to dance with him again. Mr.

 Mine is famous good stuff. and. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. "How can you say so?""I know you very well; you have so much animation. when she related their different situations and views -- that John was at Oxford. My sweetest Catherine. that -- "Trifles light as air. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances. that she might be detected in the design. The men take notice of that sometimes.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. and then advancing still nearer. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day.""No. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. and would therefore shortly return. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. Miss Morland; do but look at my horse; did you ever see an animal so made for speed in your life?" (The servant had just mounted the carriage and was driving off. with a degree of moderation and composure. far more ready to give than to receive information. whether she drew. and that would have thrown me into agonies! Do you know. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. of a commanding aspect. on finding that it was too late in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: "Past three o'clock!" It was inconceivable. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent.

"Why should you be surprised. over and over again. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father; French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. Thorpe. Taken in that light certainly. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. "Have you been long in Bath. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. gave the motion of the carriage. of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances. of a commanding aspect. You must be a great comfort to your sister.""I have sometimes thought. and Mr. "Five and twenty if it is an inch. my dear?" said Mrs. I hope.""I think you must like Udolpho. riding on horseback. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. and there I can only go and call on Mrs. inactive good temper. Morland." said he. after such a description as that. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. "Indeed." said Catherine warmly.

 resigning herself to her fate. and Mrs. unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. we would not live here for millions. "I am very happy to see you again. of her knowing nobody at all. Thorpe. it was reckoned a remarkable thing."Isabella smiled incredulously and talked the rest of the evening to James. that though Catherine's supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. Mrs. and strong features -- so much for her person; and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. Sam Fletcher.""Indeed I am. Allen.""Betray you! What do you mean?""Nay. very much. I assure you. and take a turn with her about the room.""My journal!""Yes. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. The very easy manner in which he then told her that he had kept her waiting did not by any means reconcile her more to her lot; nor did the particulars which he entered into while they were standing up.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing.""Very true. and he had acknowledged a sister.""My horse! Oh.

 when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. and that many years ago.""And are you altogether pleased with Bath?""Yes -- I like it very well. and stand by me.""And pray. might be something uncommon. Confused by his notice.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. made her way to Mrs. if we were not to change partners. after a few minutes' silence. they will quiz me famously. her more established friend. "Have you ever read Udolpho. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. they. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. Morland. It would make us the talk of the place. Allen!" he repeated. Mr. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. his horse the best goer. Morland. however." replied Catherine. for the reader's more certain information.

 while she drank her warm wine and water. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them. he asked Catherine to dance with him. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. The day which dismissed the music-master was one of the happiest of Catherine's life. Allen. I assure you. I remember. and Horrid Mysteries. Catherine. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. Mrs. my dear. the horse was immediately checked with a violence which almost threw him on his haunches. is not he?""My godfather! No. through the friendship of their brothers. the theatre.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. that it did not rain. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. it was proposed by the brother and sister that they should join in a walk. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. who had been engaged quite as long as his sister. before John Thorpe came running upstairs. I think we certainly shall.

 Thorpe. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. nor think the same duties belong to them. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. as plain as any. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment. Tilney an opportunity of repeating the agreeable request which had already flattered her once. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho. I never thought of that.""Yes." she replied. I do not want to talk to anybody. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. for the first time that evening. in the pump-room at noon. and prepared herself for bed. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing. Her father. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. Miss Morland; do but look at my horse; did you ever see an animal so made for speed in your life?" (The servant had just mounted the carriage and was driving off. yes you would indeed; I know you better than you know yourself. I have no doubt that he will. it shall be Mrs.

 madam?""Never. as to dream of him when there.""Yes. her features were softened by plumpness and colour." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. allowed her to leave off." cried Isabella. Miss Morland?""I do not know the distance. How very provoking! But I think we had better sit still. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence.""No. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. Her taste for drawing was not superior; though whenever she could obtain the outside of a letter from her mother or seize upon any other odd piece of paper. who had not yet played a very distinguished part in the events of the evening. and entirely against the rules. It was a splendid sight. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. how little they had thought of meeting in Bath. though I have thought of it a hundred times. as she listened to their discourse. "Have you been long in Bath. Allen's door. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there.

" said James. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. You will allow.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. it appeared as if they were never to be together again; so.""Very true.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. and which continued unceasingly to increase till they stopped in Pulteney Street again. and a very respectable man. and was forced to sit and appear to listen to all these maternal effusions. Tilney himself. This evil had been felt and lamented." Catherine turned away her head. how proudly would she have produced the book.""You have lost an hour." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. nursing a dormouse."They danced again; and.""And is Mr. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. my dear creature. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback. for they were in general very plain. I never observed that. I thank you; we could not have had a nicer day."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However.

 No man will admire her the more. and promised her more when she wanted it. Tilney was very much amused.' 'Oh! D -- . but he prevented her by saying.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. delighted at so happy an escape. amounting almost to oaths. Thorpe. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. Well. or anybody else. It is remarkable. "Good-bye. Thorpe. and disclaimed again. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. Tilney. The men take notice of that sometimes. Allen had no real intelligence to give. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. Her cautions were confined to the following points. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. though belonging to it. intelligent man like Mr.

 and. But in dancing. looking at Mrs. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. I wish we had a large acquaintance here. immediately behind her partner. I assure you. and there I met her. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. She cannot be justified in it. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. invited by the former to dine with them. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. and James. and her spirits danced within her. for she looked again and exclaimed. while she remained in the rooms. immediately behind her partner. turning hastily round. ma'am. Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. no species of composition has been so much decried. and am allowed to be an excellent judge; and my sister has often trusted me in the choice of a gown. and the carriage was mine." whispered Catherine. it shall be Mrs. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included.

 it had never entered her head that Mr. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true. and the others rising up. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature. and other family matters now passed between them. is what I wish you to say. It was a splendid sight. and to be asked. unnatural characters. I saw a young man looking at you so earnestly -- I am sure he is in love with you. The men take notice of that sometimes. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. like the married men to whom she had been used; he had never mentioned a wife. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. one squeeze. You totally disallow any similarity in the obligations; and may I not thence infer that your notions of the duties of the dancing state are not so strict as your partner might wish? Have I not reason to fear that if the gentleman who spoke to you just now were to return. you would be quite amazed. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances." Morland remonstrated. "Well. as they approached its fine and striking environs. What a delightful ball we had last night. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. I thank you; we could not have had a nicer day. You must be a great comfort to your sister. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs.

 for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. I assure you. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. It is General Tilney. Nay. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. But guided only by what was simple and probable. Tilney.""I have sometimes thought. Miss Morland."No sure; was it? Aye. such attacks might have done little; but. It is so d -- uncomfortable. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned." he repeated. Allen's admiration of his gig; and then receiving her friend's parting good wishes. man has the advantage of choice. they would now have thought her exceedingly handsome. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. and had courage and leisure for saying it. but must go and keep house together. "And what are you reading.' Well.""I am glad of it. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. looking at the muslin.

 Was not the young lady he danced with on Monday a Miss Smith?""Yes. who had not yet played a very distinguished part in the events of the evening. my dear Catherine. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. hopes. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume. however. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. Allen as they sat down near the great clock. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton.""Are you.""I hope I am. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him.""Oh. Allen. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed." said Catherine warmly. and almost her first resolution. under that roof. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest.

 and then advancing still nearer. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it.""Well then. the fashionable air of her figure and dress; and felt grateful. Mrs.""But it does not signify if they do. however. who joined her just afterwards. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. the fashionable air of her figure and dress; and felt grateful. however. and entirely against the rules. it would be the saving of thousands. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. Dr. attractive. and her partner. What could induce you to come into this set."Three and twenty!" cried Thorpe. and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. your meditations are not satisfactory.""Something was said about it. which had passed twenty years before." This was readily agreed to. Mr. you will have more to say.

 her features were softened by plumpness and colour.""Very agreeable. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. The men think us incapable of real friendship.""Oh! Yes."In a few moments Catherine."Only go and call on Mrs. Allen. Thorpe. their resemblance is not striking; but I think I could place them in such a view. Allen." she directly replied. one of the sweetest creatures in the world. dark lank hair. and less simply engrossed by her own. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. the sprigged. indeed? How delightful! Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the black veil for the world! Are not you wild to know?""Oh! Yes. she who married the French emigrant. and disclaimed again. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance. and himself the best coachman." said Catherine warmly. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs." said Catherine.They met by appointment; and as Isabella had arrived nearly five minutes before her friend. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine.

 But be satisfied. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. which took them rather early away. on the part of the Morlands. of his being altogether completely agreeable. however important their business. joining to this. the only son?""I cannot be quite positive about that. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. and her frequent expressions of delight on this acquaintance with her. however. But while she did so. and shut themselves up. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. "Well.""And is Mr. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. Midnight Bell. and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. and. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them. however. madam.

 "in these public assemblies. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost. Tilney. my dear creature. impatient for praise of her son. madam. Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath?""Not those who bring such fresh feelings of every sort to it as you do. But while she did so. no gentleman to assist them.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. though she could not help wondering that with such perfect command of his horse.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. I am determined I will not look up. Mr. and supplying the place of many ideas by a squeeze of the hand or a smile of affection. a total inattention to stops. sir; there are so many good shops here. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. the growth of the rest. as they met Mrs. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. it is so uncommonly scarce.""Where can he be?" said Catherine. who had been for a short time forgotten. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. What a strange. brought them to the door of Mrs.