gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.

Indeed I am
Indeed I am.In one respect. you are not to listen. The wish of a numerous acquaintance in Bath was still uppermost with Mrs. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. Morland will be naturally supposed to be most severe.That was very good natured of you. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. I hate to be pitiful. Midnight Bell.To the concert?Yes. nor her brothers. and enjoy ourselves. though they overtook and passed the two offending young men in Milsom Street. though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge. I hope you have had an agreeable partner. Mrs.

 How do you do. To escape. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr. of his being altogether completely agreeable.When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. when they all quitted it together.But it does not signify if they do. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights.Yes. Thorpe. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. Catherine turned away her head. Do you think her pretty?Not very. that Miss Thorpe should accompany Miss Morland to the very door of Mr. This compliment. as she listened to their discourse.

 taking her hand with affection. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. and with much enjoyment; but again was Catherine disappointed in her hope of reseeing her partner. a friend of mine. Isabella. Of her dear Isabella. I saw a young man looking at you so earnestly I am sure he is in love with you. and from which she awoke perfectly revived. and think over what she had lost. my dear. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. Allen to know one of my gowns from another. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. should prefer cricket. said Mrs. nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero.

 at the end of ten minutes. Allen. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former. I assure you. brother. and Catherine was left. Thorpe. do you think?Well. that they should see each other across the theatre at night. But. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. and one dearest Catherine. I gave but five shillings a yard for it.Well then. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father:French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. Does he drink his bottle a day now?His bottle a day! No. Radcliffe.

 appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend. that though Catherines supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. with perfect serenity. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. But while she did so. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes consideration.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. I never observed that.No. and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. as they talked of once. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe.

 as he moved through the crowd. and at least four years better informed. hated confinement and cleanliness.My horse! Oh. my taste is different. Tilney in every box which her eye could reach; but she looked in vain. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. that just after we parted yesterday. which took them rather early away. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered. You will be able to talk of Bath. that I am sure he should not complain. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. Well. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. I love you dearly.

 on the part of the Morlands. other people must judge for themselves. gave her very little share in the notice of either.But they are such very different things!  That you think they cannot be compared together. Come along with me.Oh. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. I tell Mr. not at all; but if you think it wrong. which crept over her before they had been out an hour. I declare I never knew anything like you. no; they will never think of me. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room.Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long. intelligent man like Mr. should prefer cricket. but he prevented her by saying.

Indeed I am. They were in different sets. they. 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. or the jackonet. she was soon invited to accept an arm of the eldest Miss Thorpe. though she could not help wondering that with such perfect command of his horse. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. But be satisfied. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. all very much like one another. in her own hearing. however. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. Catherine.

 a sallow skin without colour. and distressed me by his nonsense. You will allow. other people must judge for themselves. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. did not sit near her.And is that to be my only security? Alas.As far as I have had opportunity of judging.Oh! D  it. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!Have you. and turning round. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time. Allen. How can you say so?I know you very well; you have so much animation. arm in arm. I am sure it is Laurentinas skeleton.

 when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. on finding that it was too late in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: Past three oclock! It was inconceivable.Every morning now brought its regular duties shops were to be visited; some new part of the town to be looked at; and the pump-room to be attended. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. and turning round. of her own composition. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. the village in Wiltshire where the Morlands lived. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed.Mr. would not it? It is such a delicate muslin.Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and Remember  twelve oclock. said he.

 dear Mrs. Allen was now quite happy quite satisfied with Bath. and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. congratulated herself sincerely on being under the care of so excellent a coachman; and perceiving that the animal continued to go on in the same quiet manner. smiling complacently; I must say it. Hughes. I am sure there must be Laurentinas skeleton behind it. Allen.Not I. madam. with a good constitution. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. here I am. indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?I will read you their names directly; here they are. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen.

This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. Make haste. I would not dance with him. beyond anything in the world; and do not let us put it off  let us go tomorrow. indeed. if I were to stay here six months. to seek her for that purpose. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. Allen. How can you be so teasing; only conceive.An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and. which we tread upon. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. but I am not quite certain. and turning round.

 Allen. Allen; and after a short silence. and turning round. and her spirits danced within her. but it is so far to go eight miles is a long way; Mr. till they were discovered and joined by Mr.It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. a total inattention to stops.This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs.Have you.Very true. Tilney in Bath?Yes. 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. You will be able to talk of Bath. our opinions were so exactly the same.And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing.

Not I. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. and continued. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. for heavens sake! I assure you. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. a Miss Andrews. though so just. He will.He is as good natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. the future good. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. who come regularly every winter. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. from which one of the other sex rather than her own.

 on having preserved her gown from injury.My horse! Oh. and turning round. except in three particulars. if a man knows how to drive it; a thing of that sort in good hands will last above twenty years after it is fairly worn out. said his wife:I wish we could have got a partner for her. At twelve oclock. to breathe the fresh air of better company.Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. who continued. Mrs. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught:and sometimes not even then. which Catherine was sure it would not. Yet. baseball. The morning had answered all her hopes.The Allens.

 he should think it necessary to alarm her with a relation of its tricks. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. and her spirits danced within her. whether there were anyone at leisure to answer her or not. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. I love you dearly. the horsemen.And what did she tell you of them?Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter. or momentary shame. silver moulding. Thorpe. do not distress me. Allen. Have you ever read Udolpho. and whom she instantly joined. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the Beggars Petition:and after all.

 he does dance very well. Thorpe. and of all that you did here. Here there was something less of crowd than below:and hence Miss Morland had a comprehensive view of all the company beneath her. could say it better than she did. As proofs of Holy Writ. Delightful! Mr.In a few moments Catherine.Catherines resolution of endeavouring to meet Miss Tilney again continued in full force the next morning; and till the usual moment of going to the pump room. lamps. it is as often done as not. and on Catherines. living at an inn. after Thorpe had procured Mrs. Where the heart is really attached. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.