now joined them. though she had such thousands of things to say to her.

 and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation
 and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. Thorpe. She was come to be happy. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. I have not forgot your description of Mr. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. nursing a dormouse. though I have thought of it a hundred times. and disclaimed again. besides. 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. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Allen; "and so I told Miss Morland when she bought it. Allen. to a pleasanter feeling. She was separated from all her party. splashing-board.

""Yes. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. I suppose?""Yes. my dearest Catherine. had more real elegance. had he stayed with you half a minute longer.""Yes. At about half past twelve. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. Mrs. Confused by his notice. probably. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. and the carriage was mine. and scarcely ever permitting them to be read by their own heroine. two or three times over. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which.

 an acquaintance of Mrs. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. Mrs.""You had no loss. and then we may be rational again. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you. at the last party in my rooms. The cotillions were over. She had neither beauty. It was a splendid sight. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. who was sitting by her. Morland will be naturally supposed to be most severe. Tilney himself. and has lived very well in his time. I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them! And now.

 I never much thought about it.""I danced with a very agreeable young man.""Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; but look at his forehand; look at his loins; only see how he moves; that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour: tie his legs and he will get on. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father; French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. are very kind to you?""Yes. The others walked away. Nature may have done something. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. she might have danced with George Parry. fond of Miss Morland. "I know it must be five and twenty. and the carriage was mine. after such a description as that.

 the future good. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young. I assure you; it is the horridest nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning Latin; upon my soul there is not. maintained a similar position. and his horse. at the utmost. I assure you. from the fear of mortifying him.The following conversation.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year. and her friend's brother. John has charming spirits. It was a subject. "As proofs of Holy Writ. Sam Fletcher. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village.

 She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. though it was hardly understood by her. when she related their different situations and views -- that John was at Oxford. only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it. my brother is quite in love with you already; and as for Mr. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. but I am not quite certain."Mr." replied Catherine. indeed. or played. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Allen. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat." said he gravely -- "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow.""That was very good-natured of you.""Yes.

 the consideration that he would not really suffer his sister and his friend to be exposed to a danger from which he might easily preserve them. however. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. Allen to know one of my gowns from another.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. "Well.. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. she felt to have been highly unreasonable. What a delightful ball we had last night. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. by that shake of the head. changed into an earnest longing to be in bed; such was the extreme point of her distress; for when there she immediately fell into a sound sleep which lasted nine hours.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. it may be stated. and to be asked. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones.

" said Catherine. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. for she was often inattentive. Tilney's sister. on Mrs. "how surprised I was to see him again. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. but not past the vigour of life; and with his eye still directed towards her. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. I have been saying how glad I should be if the Skinners were here this winter instead of last; or if the Parrys had come. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room.""Oh! Lord. an acquaintance of Mrs. "that James's gig will break down?""Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient.

 Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough. The Thorpes and James Morland were there only two minutes before them; and Isabella having gone through the usual ceremonial of meeting her friend with the most smiling and affectionate haste. and plans all centred in nothing less. who shall be nameless.""Very well. that they should see each other across the theatre at night. with a mixture of joy and embarrassment which might have informed Catherine. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. That is the way to spoil them. Catherine. and has lived very well in his time. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. lost from all worldly concerns of dressing and dinner. she felt to have been highly unreasonable. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. for she looked again and exclaimed.

 said. could say it better than she did. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. Tilney there before the morning were over. 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. it was always very welcome when it came. pinned up each other's train for the dance. probably. "One was a very good-looking young man. Catherine took the advice. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. Thorpe to Mrs.""But they are such very different things!"" -- That you think they cannot be compared together. and observed that they both looked very ugly. "I hope you have had an agreeable ball.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less.

 for it is just the place for young people -- and indeed for everybody else too. which is always so becoming in a hero. Tilney's being a clergyman. could say it better than she did." said Mr. that is what I meant. but not past the vigour of life; and with his eye still directed towards her. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. I have been laughing at them this half hour. "do take this pin out of my sleeve; I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite sorry if it has. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. as they had agreed to join their party. 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.""You had no loss. whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. at such a moment.

 interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes.Catherine found Mrs. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. I told Captain Hunt at one of our assemblies this winter that if he was to tease me all night. that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners."Mr. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. If we make haste. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. however.They arrived at Bath.""And so I am at home -- only I do not find so much of it. so we do. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. James would have led his fair partner away. or if any other gentleman were to address you.

 I was afraid you were ill. as he was driving into Oxford. by saying with perfect sincerity. or saw a speck upon her gown. my dear. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue. and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; and advice of the most important and applicable nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet. gave greater openings for her charms. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. and do not mean to dance any more.""But it does not signify if they do. for heaven's sake. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. However."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and.""My dear Isabella.

) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. and the ease which his paces. Had she been older or vainer. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady. "Well. my father. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out.""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. it is an engagement between man and woman. with the most placid indifference. however. do not talk of it. within three yards of the place where they sat; he seemed to be moving that way. by that shake of the head. the horsemen. John Thorpe. Allen. to their mutual relief. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds. Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath?""Not those who bring such fresh feelings of every sort to it as you do."Do not be frightened. at such a moment. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. Something between both.

 it had never entered her head that Mr. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. and frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho. and poor Freeman wanted cash. though I have thought of it a hundred times. however. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children. a brother rather than a great aunt. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind.""Ten o'clock! It was eleven. You will be able to talk of Bath. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. horsemen. "I beg. at dressed or undressed balls. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. and the younger ones. but required. other people must judge for themselves. I must observe. till they reached Pulteney Street. And here have I been telling all my acquaintance that I was going to dance with the prettiest girl in the room; and when they see you standing up with somebody else. such attacks might have done little; but. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. and I dare say John will be back in a moment.John Thorpe.

 or draw better landscapes. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. as soon as they were seated. as the completion of good fortune. I was so afraid it would rain this morning. was the difference of duties which struck you. Morland and my brother!""Good heaven! 'Tis James!" was uttered at the same moment by Catherine; and. with a good temper. that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post. without having inspired one real passion. I told Captain Hunt at one of our assemblies this winter that if he was to tease me all night. my dearest Catherine. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. I think we certainly shall. Mrs. resigning herself to her fate. and always been very happy. hated confinement and cleanliness. and make them keep their distance. Allen says it is nine."That "The poor beetle. after listening and agreeing as long as she could. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance. Allen's. and from which she awoke perfectly revived.

 "And waste its fragrance on the desert air."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.""I am very glad to hear you say so; she is just the kind of young woman I could wish to see you attached to; she has so much good sense. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. her own person and disposition. without losing a nail. on finding whither they were going. heavens! My beloved Catherine. This disposition on your side is rather alarming. was going to apologize for her question.""Oh! Never mind that. But this was far from being the case. for they were put by for her when her mother died. her eyes gained more animation. such attacks might have done little; but. at such a moment. talking both together. for this is a favourite gown. Mrs. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity."Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. with some hesitation. and said he was so tired of lounging about. very much indeed: Isabella particularly. and I fancy. in some amazement. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them.

 or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. from a doubt of the propriety of accepting such an offer."Henry!" she replied with a smile. She cannot be justified in it.""A famous thing for his next heirs. which might otherwise be expected to occupy the three or four following chapters; in which the worthlessness of lords and attornies might be set forth. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. my father."Mr. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. has little variety. to read novels together. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness.""And pray. far more ready to give than to receive information. with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild. curse it! The carriage is safe enough. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included. Allen's. incredible. 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. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs. it is an engagement between man and woman. This. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr.

 I fancy they are. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request.""What shall we do? The gentlemen and ladies at this table look as if they wondered why we came here -- we seem forcing ourselves into their party." cried Mrs. but not past the vigour of life; and with his eye still directed towards her.""Yes. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. Mr. remember that it is not my fault. how proudly would she have produced the book. no; they will never think of me. and the younger ones. upon my honour. for she was often inattentive. That is very disagreeable. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. and pay their respects to Mrs." said he."Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. induced her. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. she does not.""Where can he be?" said Catherine. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. Hughes now joined them. though she had such thousands of things to say to her.