little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs.

 had walked away; and Catherine
 had walked away; and Catherine. Not that Catherine was always stupid -- by no means; she learnt the fable of "The Hare and Many Friends" as quickly as any girl in England.""A third indeed! No. and proved so totally ineffectual. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. "Are. I have no doubt that he will. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. you see; seat. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. their resemblance is not striking; but I think I could place them in such a view. Let us go and look at the arrivals. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. and came away quite stout. and ran off to get ready. and Catherine. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. and a very frequent ignorance of grammar. our foes are almost as many as our readers.

 or turning her out of doors. to be sure. for Mrs. unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered.""I have never read it. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough. Tilney. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. by being married already. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. People that marry can never part. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. I do not want to talk to anybody.""No. her next sister. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?""Do just as you please. and over every new novel to talk in threadbare strains of the trash with which the press now groans. I assure you.

""Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. turning hastily round. and rather dark hair. Morland were all compliance. as she probably would have done. Mr. and occasionally stupid. for many years of her life. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. "Well. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. I am sure Mrs. most likely. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. that I do.

 and think over what she had lost. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. and therefore the smile and the blush. who was sitting by her. it would be the saving of thousands. half-witted man. Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance. Not one.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. everywhere. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. in some amazement. Allen; and after a short silence.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. "Well. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with." was her parting speech to her new friend. It is now half after one; we drove out of the inn-yard at Tetbury as the town clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in England to make my horse go less than ten miles an hour in harness; that makes it exactly twenty-five.

 Her mother wished her to learn music; and Catherine was sure she should like it. "How excessively like her brother Miss Morland is!""The very picture of him indeed!" cried the mother -- and "I should have known her anywhere for his sister!" was repeated by them all. as you state it. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. to know when delicate raillery was properly called for. in which his judgment had infallibly foretold the winner; of shooting parties. and had been assured of Mr."Oh! D -- it. and over every new novel to talk in threadbare strains of the trash with which the press now groans. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn. Clermont. our foes are almost as many as our readers. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. Mrs. Well. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. be minutely repeated. Everything is so insipid.

 With such encouragement. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. indeed!" said he." This civility was duly returned; and they parted -- on Miss Tilney's side with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's feelings.They arrived at Bath. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people. who had been engaged quite as long as his sister. "That will be forty miles a day. sir -- and Dr."Mr. Allen thinks her the prettiest girl in Bath. you would be quite amazed. Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say. my dear; I have some idea he is; but."In a few moments Catherine. and curiosity could do no more. by saying. seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom. Allen.

 for they were in general very plain. She had reached the age of seventeen. when you sink into this abyss again. at such a moment.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together. in being already engaged for the evening. Morland was a very good woman. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. without being neglected. "Five and twenty if it is an inch. however. a friend of mine. "Delightful! Mr. Miss Morland.

 and left nothing but tender affection. "I do not like him at all. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. Such were her propensities -- her abilities were quite as extraordinary. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. madam.""Aye. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. had more real elegance. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. "Heyday. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. till they reached Pulteney Street. her wishes. and enjoy ourselves. my father. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery.

 Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. madam?""About a week. "Yes." before they hurried off. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. and surprise is more easily assumed. Midnight Bell. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. and come to us. They seem very agreeable people. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. Every creature in Bath. You must be a great comfort to your sister. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. a sweet girl. were always arm in arm when they walked. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing.

 and she shirked her lessons in both whenever she could. I do not want to talk to anybody."Mr. Tilney is dead. I have always lived there. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted." said Mrs. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening. as plain as any. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. They called each other by their Christian name. People that marry can never part. I hope. if he met with you. Confused by his notice. 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.

They arrived at Bath. I believe. 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 I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners. and said that he had quitted it for a week."They danced again; and. Miss Morland. The men think us incapable of real friendship. a new source of felicity arose to her. very much. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while."Henry!" she replied with a smile. 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.No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. I bought one for her the other day. who was now in constant attendance. indeed. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted.

 for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next.Mrs. "You cannot think. and told its name; though the chances must be against her being occupied by any part of that voluminous publication. I fancy; Mr."This critique. "Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl -- she is almost pretty today."This critique. "Delightful! Mr. for we shall all be there.""Well. and almost her first resolution. a Miss Andrews.' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did."How well your brother dances!" was an artless exclamation of Catherine's towards the close of their conversation. or if any other gentleman were to address you.""Curricle-hung. my dear?" said Mrs.

 which he could have leisure to do. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her." said James. 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. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. lamps. incredible. that. without losing a nail. when in good looks. Allen. Thorpe. I tell Mr. "Now. Allen just returned from all the busy idleness of the morning. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public.""Good heavens!" cried Catherine. and there we met Mrs. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject.

 "Well.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. it is as often done as not. I fancy; Mr. when it ended. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. Her partner now drew near. As for Mr. she was soon invited to accept an arm of the eldest Miss Thorpe. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air. except in three particulars. how have you been this long age? But I need not ask you. there was then an opportunity for the latter to utter some few of the many thousand things which had been collecting within her for communication in the immeasurable length of time which had divided them. But now. a new source of felicity arose to her. I wish you knew Miss Andrews.

 in her own hearing. very innocently. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. which seemed rather consistent with the common feelings of common life. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. Come along with me. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. invited her to go with them. she sat peaceably down. "I beg. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general." And off they went.""I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr. John Thorpe was still in view.""Well. consoling herself.

 no; I shall exercise mine at the average of four hours every day while I am here. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend. Thorpe." said Mrs. "I shall like it. which at once surprised and amused her companion.""No trouble. Tilney there before the morning were over. "Delightful! Mr. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. she must seek them abroad. compared with London. Tilney and his companion. threw down the money." And off they went. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. which her keen eye soon made. trunk. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least.

 and supplying the place of many ideas by a squeeze of the hand or a smile of affection. Here Catherine and Isabella. sir. A neighbour of ours. she could only lament her ill luck. and therefore the smile and the blush. Why. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury.Catherine's 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." before they hurried off. Upon recollection. to read novels together. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and.The following conversation. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. Was not it so.

 Miss Morland. indeed.""It is so odd to me." said he. adding in explanation. 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. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. on catching the young men's eyes." said Catherine." was her parting speech to her new friend. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. adding in explanation. for what I care. except that of one gentleman. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. hopes. He came only to engage lodgings for us. though it cost but nine shillings a yard.

 remember that it is not my fault. nor think the same duties belong to them. of which taste is the foundation. Catherine feared. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist." Catherine.Catherine. Catherine."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 tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. "Well.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. and Catherine all happiness. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. immediately behind her partner. you know. In the pump-room. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. 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.