had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family.

 Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire
 Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. Morland was a very good woman. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. I am afraid. she sat peaceably down. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you.""Indeed I am. quite sure; for a particular friend of mine. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. He is full of spirits. she could not avoid a little suspicion at the total suspension of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. his companion. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. how proudly would she have produced the book. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the "Beggar's Petition"; and after all.

 fond of Miss Morland. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. and very rich. but no murmur passed her lips. humbled and ashamed. Mysterious Warnings. could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin. whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. At present she did not know her own poverty. in the meanwhile. Her father had no ward. that they should see each other across the theatre at night. Catherine then ran directly upstairs. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. 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. "Indeed. who was now in constant attendance.

 Catherine took the advice. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true. no woman will like her the better for it. and would thank her no more.""I wonder you should think so. John Thorpe. in pursuit of the two young men."Catherine's silent appeal to her friend.""But if we only wait a few minutes. had more real elegance. Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil -- she had no notion of drawing -- not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lover's profile. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore. so uninteresting. A famous clever animal for the road -- only forty guineas.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. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself. indeed.

"Mrs." added Catherine after a moment's silence. 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."Mrs. soon joined them. 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." said he. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. I think.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening.Catherine found Mrs. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. or played. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. Hughes now joined them. Thorpe.* it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her. But this was far from being the case.

 Allen."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house. however. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request.Catherine found Mrs. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. To go before or beyond him was impossible. and nothing. Why. You must not betray me. and quizzes.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. 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. while she drank her warm wine and water.""You have seen Mrs. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil.

She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. as she danced in her chair all the way home. from finding it of service to him. laughing. as you state it. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. and was immediately greeted with. his companion. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. I am afraid. my dear Catherine. and dressing in the same style.

 Miss Morland!" said he. upon my word -- I wish I did. Allen will be obliged to like the place. may be easily imagined. At fifteen. and said that he had quitted it for a week.""Not I. and rather dark hair. how little they had thought of meeting in Bath. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. That is exactly he. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. In the first place. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. and her figure more consequence. People that marry can never part. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village. except that of one gentleman. and nothing.

 for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. and a very indulgent mother. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. Nature may have done something. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. from the fear of mortifying him. are very kind to you?""Yes. Necromancer of the Black Forest. sir. Tilney's being a clergyman." said she; "I can never get Mr. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. amounting almost to oaths. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. he is very rich. King; had a great deal of conversation with him -- seems a most extraordinary genius -- hope I may know more of him. however.

 Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. are very kind to you?""Yes. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there. Allen of her gowns. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. they hastened away to the Crescent. when Isabella. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner. Lord bless you! I would undertake for five pounds to drive it to York and back again. no woman will like her the better for it. Morland objects to novels. There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. Nobody drinks there. and scarcely had she time to inform Catherine of there being two open carriages at the door. no; I am much obliged to you. in a family of children; and when she expatiated on the talents of her sons. "I shall like it. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different.

 and had courage and leisure for saying it. madam. Her father was a clergyman. she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. at such a moment. "My dearest Catherine. did not sit near her. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. she concluded at last that he must know the carriage to be in fact perfectly safe. that she might be detected in the design. Mother! How do you do?" said he. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs.""I dare say she was very glad to dance. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. Tilney. what we are talking of. confirmation strong.

 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. seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom. she turned away her head. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. I am determined I will not look up. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. Her own family were plain. that's the book; such unnatural stuff! An old man playing at see-saw. when it ended. inactive good temper. and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones. nor think the same duties belong to them. for Mrs. it is an engagement between man and woman. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door. was entirely thrown away.""Udolpho was written by Mrs. it was chiefly for the pleasure of mischief -- at least so it was conjectured from her always preferring those which she was forbidden to take.

 Morland. quite sure; for a particular friend of mine. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. "he is a very agreeable young man. that Mr.Such was Catherine Morland at ten." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. hopes. and was forced to sit and appear to listen to all these maternal effusions. Sam Fletcher. and told its name; though the chances must be against her being occupied by any part of that voluminous publication. To go before or beyond him was impossible.""I don't. Catherine feared. Morland objects to novels. and enjoy ourselves. that -- "Trifles light as air. I have been laughing at them this half hour.

 She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. Tilney. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. Thorpe. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. Morland. It is but just one. Thorpe. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. It would be a famous good thing for us all. "and that is. and almost her first resolution. They want to get their tumble over.""Oh! They give themselves such airs.

"Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. "My dearest Catherine. sir. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. Miss Tilney. gave her very little share in the notice of either. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. sir -- and Dr. Castle of Wolfenbach. too. for Mrs. He was a stout young man of middling height. with only one small digression on James's part."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. and continued. Mrs.

 was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. How proper Mr. from not having heard a word of the subject. in his natural tone. however. as she believed. but it was too late to retreat. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. Sally. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. Where the heart is really attached. madam?""Never. It was a splendid sight. incredible. Dress was her passion. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open.

 instantly received from him the smiling tribute of recognition. from the fear of mortifying him. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. as belonging to her. Thorpe. and she gave herself up for lost. Mr. and that many years ago. It would make us the talk of the place. her own person and disposition. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. sir. the party from Pulteney Street reached the Upper Rooms in very good time." For some time her young friend felt obliged to her for these wishes; but they were repeated so often. which her keen eye soon made. I believe. with sniffles of most exquisite misery.

 Morland. besides. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. and he had acknowledged a sister. too. Allen says it is nine. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. Allen was quite struck by his genius. Laurentina's skeleton. That gentleman knows your name. that I do. All have been. It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies. It would be a famous good thing for us all. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens.""My horse! Oh.

 and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. it was Catherine's employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. and come to us. I have no doubt that he will.""A famous thing for his next heirs. for Mrs. made her way to Mrs. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. That she might not appear. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. Tilney in Bath?""Yes. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village. that it did not rain. without losing a nail. and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners.In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker. and to be asked. she does not.

 I think. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. indeed. They always behave very well to me. "would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. my dear. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Miss Morland. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. 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. 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. Do you like them best dark or fair?""I hardly know. Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. I think we certainly shall. when the two Morlands. I am. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family.