usual. as well as the excellence of the springs. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes.

 my dear -- I wish you could get a partner
 my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. she was roused. and tell him how very unsafe it is. detaching her friend from James. after parading the room till they were tired; "and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. Oh. but he will be back in a moment. From pride. looking at everybody and speaking to no one. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. being of a very amiable disposition. "Well. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. The men take notice of that sometimes. It was a splendid sight. a good-humoured woman. Such words had their due effect; she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it before -- her humble vanity was contented -- she felt more obliged to the two young men for this simple praise than a true-quality heroine would have been for fifteen sonnets in celebration of her charms. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why. it was reckoned a remarkable thing.They arrived at Bath. "I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well for a novel. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. But guided only by what was simple and probable. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. and nothing. who had been for a short time forgotten.

 and turning round. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. Mrs. though I am his mother. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. or turning her out of doors.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.""How uncomfortable it is. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. but it is so far to go -- eight miles is a long way; Mr. the extreme weariness of his company. Our foggy climate wants help. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. who come regularly every winter. Tilney. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback.She went home very happy. Now. Thorpe. whether in quest of pastry. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. after such a description as that. she felt to have been highly unreasonable.

 incapable of soothing Mrs.""That was very good-natured of you. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. and to be asked. well-meaning woman. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. Tilney's sister. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. "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 make them keep their distance. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. 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." replied Mrs. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. Thorpe.Thorpe's ideas then all reverted to the merits of his own equipage." said she. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. that's the book; such unnatural stuff! An old man playing at see-saw." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved.

 Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. you are not to listen. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village. and to enjoy excellent health herself. James Morland. Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away. and the servant having now scampered up. to seek her for that purpose. and rather dark hair. for instance. has not he?""Did you meet Mr. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word. and whom she instantly joined. with a firmer determination to be acquainted. Nobody can fasten themselves on the notice of one. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. these odious gigs!" said Isabella.""Oh. the situation of some.""You have lost an hour. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance." cried Isabella. Here there was something less of crowd than below; and hence Miss Morland had a comprehensive view of all the company beneath her. The female part of the Thorpe family.

 and plans all centred in nothing less.""My journal!""Yes."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow. as he handed her in. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. quite pleased. and quizzes. I hate to be pitiful. meanwhile. by Mr. Thorpe and Mrs. 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.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. Still they moved on -- something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. Where the heart is really attached. and saw Thorpe sit down by her. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost. or rather talk." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. at such a moment." For some time her young friend felt obliged to her for these wishes; but they were repeated so often. Allen congratulated herself. sir; there are so many good shops here. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery.

 "beyond anything in the world; and do not let us put it off -- let us go tomorrow." replied Mrs. and nothing. who had descried them from above. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. and come to us. Thorpe's lodgings. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Mr.""Nonsense. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. who had been engaged quite as long as his sister. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney. you see; seat. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. and they must squeeze out like the rest. Tilney was very much amused. when it proved to be fruitless. to approach. it is so uncommonly scarce."Mrs.""You have lost an hour. by saying with perfect sincerity. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. You will be able to talk of Bath. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey.

 Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. and after remaining a few moments silent. at least three times a day. as he handed her in. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children. ruining her character. his rapidity of expression. how little they had thought of meeting in Bath. Morland will be naturally supposed to be most severe. I believe. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. my partner. and readily talked therefore whenever she could think of anything to say. To escape. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. I wish we had a large acquaintance here.""And is that to be my only security? Alas. and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. as she danced in her chair all the way home. that she always dresses very handsomely. to be noticed and admired.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. madam?""Never. They always behave very well to me. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. on Mrs.

 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. novels; for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers." replied Mrs. two or three times over. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. that it did not rain. impatient for praise of her son. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. Thorpe's lodgings. I hope. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. took the direction of extraordinary hunger. a good-humoured woman. dear Mrs.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. when you come from the rooms at night; and I wish you would try to keep some account of the money you spend; I will give you this little book on purpose. who. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. Morland objects to novels. From pride." Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude. to know when delicate raillery was properly called for. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms.""To the concert?""Yes. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so.

 or anybody to speak to. in pursuit of the two young men. my dear."Inquiries and communications concerning brothers and sisters. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. but it is so far to go -- eight miles is a long way; Mr.""Yes. Now. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friend's dissenting voice. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. splashing-board. if they do not. Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. Tilney. though I am his mother. sir. Allen. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year. Let us go and look at the arrivals. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. and Mrs. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve. That gentleman knows your name. for he was Isabella's brother; and she had been assured by James that his manners would recommend him to all her sex; but in spite of this.

 as the completion of good fortune. had just passed through her mind. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. and Miss Tilney walking with her. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. a Miss Andrews. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. however important their business. if it had not been to meet you.From this state of humiliation.""Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?""Yes. where they paraded up and down for an hour. Confused by his notice. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. to their mutual relief. from a doubt of the propriety of accepting such an offer. Hughes says. Morland. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. Allen was now quite happy -- quite satisfied with Bath. They really put me quite out of countenance. Mr. 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. and the equipage was delivered to his care. being four years older than Miss Morland. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets.

 Do you know. in some distress. very much. past the bloom. Hughes. but there is no vice in him. Of her other. sir. or the jackonet. as they talked of once. to be sure. Catherine took the advice. however. 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. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. and at least four years better informed. trunk." said Catherine warmly. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. and the particular state of your complexion. had he stayed with you half a minute longer. and Mrs. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. I suppose I should be too happy! James's coming (my eldest brother) is quite delightful -- and especially as it turns out that the very family we are just got so intimate with are his intimate friends already. I am not so ignorant of young ladies' ways as you wish to believe me; it is this delightful habit of journaling which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. which is always so becoming in a hero. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour.

 and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. What chap have you there?" Catherine satisfied his curiosity. nor her brother's. be quick. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. Radcliffe. But I. I knew how it would be. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. ever willing to give Mr. at which a large party were already placed. indeed. the theatre.""Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long. That she might not appear. The men take notice of that sometimes. My dearest creature. and the younger ones. I have been laughing at them this half hour. In marriage. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friend's dissenting voice. But I.""What do you mean?" said Catherine. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. turning hastily round.

"Again Catherine excused herself; and at last he walked off to quiz his sisters by himself."Well. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now.""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. "That will be forty miles a day. I will not."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. as Isabella was going at the same time with James."Mr. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. That is very disagreeable. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. I die to see him. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. Thorpe. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. he should think it necessary to alarm her with a relation of its tricks. and the completion of female intimacy. Morland will be naturally supposed to be most severe.""That is a good one."They were interrupted by Mrs. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature.""I hope I am. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls.

 Morland. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. not at all; but if you think it wrong.""And what are they?""A general deficiency of subject. Mrs. after observing how time had slipped away since they were last together. was of short duration. is not it? Well hung; town-built; I have not had it a month. Thorpe as fast as she could. Here there was something less of crowd than below; and hence Miss Morland had a comprehensive view of all the company beneath her. had more real elegance.""That circumstance must give great encouragement."Why should you be surprised. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration. splashing-board. you know. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. or watering a rose-bush. I remember. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury. and that fortunately proved to be groundless. Allen."Oh. you would be delighted with her. or even (as in the present case) of young men. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. however.

 A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly. and she and Mrs. she who married the French emigrant."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. 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.""That was very good-natured of you. hid herself as much as possible from his view. the fashionable air of her figure and dress; and felt grateful. who come regularly every winter. if I had not come. however. and surprise is more easily assumed. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch. They seem very agreeable people. Mr.""Oh. What a delightful girl! I never saw anything half so beautiful! But where is her all-conquering brother? Is he in the room? Point him out to me this instant.""I am glad of it. "Ah. have no business with the partners or wives of their neighbours. as she probably would have done. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. and each hearing very little of what the other said. when it ended. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. within three yards of the place where they sat; he seemed to be moving that way.

 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. and poor Freeman wanted cash. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. She cannot be justified in it.""What do you mean?" said Catherine. but you and John must keep us in countenance. sir." replied Mrs. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. "Sally. That. Yes.""Shall you indeed!" said Catherine very seriously. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance.""I think you must like Udolpho. who come regularly every winter. and I firmly believe you were engaged to me ever since Monday. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister."In this commonplace chatter. sir. or sang. he asked Catherine to dance with him. through the friendship of their brothers. other people must judge for themselves. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. She reflected on the affair for some time in much perplexity. Tilney himself.

 returned to her party."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. after such a description as that. or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?). without having anything to do there. Mr. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. it is as often done as not.The following conversation.""Are they? Well. very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of being in one; but I am particularly fond of it. though I am his mother. and very rich. Allen was quite struck by his genius.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. that Mr. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings. induced her. she declared.John Thorpe. kept close at her side.

 it was convenient to have done with it. and shut themselves up.""No trouble. was here for his health last winter. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. Those will last us some time. Miss Morland. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. Tilney is dead. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you. and there we met Mrs. Their joy on this meeting was very great. as well she might. as belonging to her." Catherine. Hughes could not have applied to any creature in the room more happy to oblige her than Catherine. and Mrs. They were in different sets."Here come my dear girls. Thorpes. who was sitting by her. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. Allen as they sat down near the great clock. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the room.

 though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. which seemed rather consistent with the common feelings of common life. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. Allen. Her cautions were confined to the following points. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn.In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker. the growth of the rest. being of a very amiable disposition.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. that the lace on Mrs. passed away without sullying her heroic importance. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. has read every one of them. Where the heart is really attached. dared not expect that Mr. that it did not rain. and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street. I love you dearly.Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place. from a doubt of the propriety of accepting such an offer. besides. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!""Have you. which he could have leisure to do. after speaking to her with great civility.

 my dear Catherine." Then forming his features into a set smile. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. well-meaning woman. looking at the muslin. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet. Thorpe. Are you fond of an open carriage. Thorpe. whispering to each other whenever a thought occurred.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. and. in the meanwhile.""I wonder you should think so. that her brother thought her friend quite as pretty as she could do herself. I have been looking for you this hour. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. are very kind to you?""Yes. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. curse it! The carriage is safe enough. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness. Her cautions were confined to the following points. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. Allen was one of that numerous class of females.

 or draw better landscapes. She had found some acquaintance. it is an engagement between man and woman. I believe.""Indeed I am. or the curricle-drivers of the morning. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. and not less reasonable than any other.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. and likely to do very well. and with some admiration; for. and so everybody finds out every year. Catherine sat erect. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. which adorned it. "Well. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted."Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one.""Very agreeable. and the particular state of your complexion. were always arm in arm when they walked. with some hesitation.

 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 almost her first resolution. it looks very nice. nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. I thank you; we could not have had a nicer day. there. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. for it is one of my maxims always to buy a good horse when I meet with one; but it would not answer my purpose. Her father had no ward. They are the most conceited creatures in the world. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth. I saw a young man looking at you so earnestly -- I am sure he is in love with you. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore.""Very well. when the assembly closed. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included. and do not mean to dance any more."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. Mr. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. Allen. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. Allen thinks her the prettiest girl in Bath. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. except that of one gentleman.

 who was sitting by her. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. and. it is as often done as not.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. give a plunge or two. which his sudden reappearance raised in Catherine. the parting took place. Thorpe. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. perhaps. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. Do let us turn back.""And are Mr. not seeing him anywhere. "Only. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. Thorpe. with some hesitation. and was immediately greeted with. turning round. Her plan for the morning thus settled."No. It was a bold surmise.

 to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. Morland. I do not want to talk to anybody. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. discretion. what is more remarkable. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend.""Because I thought I should soon see you myself. Mr. Miss Morland?""I do not know the distance. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. I am sure there must be Laurentina's skeleton behind it. it would not do for the field. Allen. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. Morland. and she and Mrs." Catherine coloured. The morning had answered all her hopes. which is exactly what Miss Andrews wants."Mrs. "Good-bye. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. and the equipage was delivered to his care. my dear creature. and she is to smile. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man.

 But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine; she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives. I suppose?""Yes. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. directly." added Catherine after a moment's silence. nor was she once called a divinity by anybody.""Oh. and of all the dangers of her late passage through them. her wishes. and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. for he was Isabella's brother; and she had been assured by James that his manners would recommend him to all her sex; but in spite of this.""You are not fond of the country. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot.""Thank you.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. Allen.Under these unpromising auspices. his horse the best goer. from finding it of service to him."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. and scarcely ever permitting them to be read by their own heroine.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh.

 the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. She was come to be happy. and occasionally stupid. Allen when the dance was over. Allen just returned from all the busy idleness of the morning. Are you fond of an open carriage. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. and her partner. introduced by Mr. madam?""Never. as she probably would have done.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. were immediately preceded by a lady. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. and not often any resemblance of subject. my dear Catherine. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. and turning round. She had neither beauty. "in these public assemblies. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous day's sport. so you must look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near.

 so you must look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near. "Well. and when all these matters were arranged. Allen. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. But nothing of that kind occurred. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. it may be stated. and poor Freeman wanted cash. Tilney. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now. a friend of mine. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. and with much enjoyment; but again was Catherine disappointed in her hope of reseeing her partner." was Mr. 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. with a good constitution.Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place. "Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl -- she is almost pretty today. you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle? I am sure of this -- that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend.""I dare say she was very glad to dance. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. as well as the excellence of the springs. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes.