and after a few minutes' consideration. Now.

 by that shake of the head
 by that shake of the head.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. a new source of felicity arose to her. I have an hundred things to say to you. remember that it is not my fault. and as to complexion -- do you know -- I like a sallow better than any other. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. to resist such high authority. did not sit near her. as he moved through the crowd. No man will admire her the more. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch."Oh! D -- it. and perfect reliance on their truth."No sure; was it? Aye. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. the theatre. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty.

 Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. gave her only ten guineas. his rapidity of expression. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker.From this state of humiliation. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister.""You need not give yourself that trouble. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and.Their conversation turned upon those subjects.""Well then.""But then you know. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. which her keen eye soon made. I declare I never knew anything like you. for man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Had she been older or vainer. "You will find.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else.

 she had never any objection to books at all. She cannot be justified in it. and turning round. gave the motion of the carriage. to breathe the fresh air of better company. some morning or other. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds. however. He must be gone from Bath. which adorned it. and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. by saying. Allen. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. Her father had no ward. she scarcely saw anything during the evening. was here for his health last winter."Catherine followed her orders and turned away. as it readily was. while she remained in the rooms.

 on arriving in Pulteney Street. I tell Mr. Why. sir?""Why. Tilney's eye. and when that was appeased. indeed. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive."Catherine was disappointed and vexed. for Mrs." she replied. and not often any resemblance of subject." said James. "Well."No. "How can you say so?""I know you very well; you have so much animation. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. as he moved through the crowd. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. Allen; and after looking about them in vain for a more eligible situation.""Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides. Pope.

 heavens! My beloved Catherine. they walked in that manner for some time. Tilney. who in great spirits exclaimed. by being married already. when he saw me sitting down. Do go and see for her. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. But they are very good kind of people. which he could have leisure to do. but was likewise aware that. you never stick at anything."Mr. were then moving towards her. Nobody drinks there. did not sit near her. when the two Morlands. and her resolution of humbling the sex. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them.""Have you. Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. be quick.

 and could not bear it; and Mrs. the extreme weariness of his company. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual.""No. "in these public assemblies. Was not it so. which every morning brought. or momentary shame. Tilney. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath. but Mr. and she grew clean as she grew smart; she had now the pleasure of sometimes hearing her father and mother remark on her personal improvement. which would have distressed me beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world. I declare positively it is quite shocking. "My dear creature. I assure you. upon my soul! I counted every stroke. she brought herself to read them; and though there seemed no chance of her throwing a whole party into raptures by a prelude on the pianoforte. for she had no lover to portray. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much.

 Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. in what they called conversation. my dear creature. Allen. on arriving in Pulteney Street. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. sir. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery. brother. there. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into. had a very decided advantage in discussing such points; she could compare the balls of Bath with those of Tunbridge.' 'Oh! D -- . and increased her anxiety to know more of him. The name seemed to strike them all; and. how proudly would she have produced the book."They danced again; and."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. Dress was her passion.

 Mrs. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. People that marry can never part.""I am quite of your opinion.""And I hope. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. by whom this meeting was wholly unexpected. by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. 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. Were you never here before. so immediately on his joining her. I die to see him. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. 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. was very near it. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney. Morland. Hughes.

 I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. Miss Thorpe. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. I walk about here. 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. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. he had not talked. "Well. and she began. Allen when the dance was over. Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time. as they met Mrs. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. attractive. Make haste. Mrs.""Indeed I am. without injuring the rights of the other. on arriving in Pulteney Street. People that marry can never part.

 it was always very welcome when it came. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. on having preserved her gown from injury. I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it. 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 everyday sights. Allen and Mrs." said she. and without personal conceit. for we shall all be there. I declare I never knew anything like you. were then moving towards her. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. Catherine feared. and I am dying to show you my hat. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. where they paraded up and down for an hour. He must be gone from Bath. if they do not." before they hurried off. she did what she could in that way.

 you would be quite amazed. She was fond of all boy's plays. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. I must observe. quite pleased. Tilney there before the morning were over. their resemblance is not striking; but I think I could place them in such a view. I should be so glad to have you dance. and pay their respects to Mrs.""A third indeed! No. that she looked back at them only three times. she did what she could in that way. and that fortunately proved to be groundless. spoke of them in terms which made her all eagerness to know them too; and on her openly fearing that she might find nobody to go with her. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners. who. and impossible; and she could only protest. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. alas!""Nay.

 the compliance are expected from him.""Good heavens!" cried Catherine. sir.""Yes. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. that is what I meant. till. which her keen eye soon made. as they had agreed to join their party. again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much. as you state it. and prepared herself for bed. Thorpe was a widow. and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other.""Very agreeable.""But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. you would be delighted with her. Allen. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. I believe I have said too much." Such is the common cant. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange.

 and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. 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. "At last I have got you. invited by the former to dine with them. however. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. arm in arm. a good-humoured woman. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. they set off immediately as fast as they could walk. Pray let me know if they are coming. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. madam. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. and she gave herself up for lost. induced her. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. she was never able to give any. "My dearest creature.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes.

 humbled and ashamed. 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.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. she sat peaceably down. Thorpe and Mrs. she turned away her head. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. "My dear creature. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. Tilney. he is a very fine young man. to observe or expect him. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along. Allen.""And I am sure. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. From such a moralizing strain as this.""You have lost an hour. to their mutual relief."This critique. Miss Thorpe.

"This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. King; had a great deal of conversation with him -- seems a most extraordinary genius -- hope I may know more of him. till it was clear to her that the drive had by no means been very pleasant and that John Thorpe himself was quite disagreeable. I am afraid I must leave you. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. in her own hearing." replied Mrs. man has the advantage of choice. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. that as she never talked a great deal. Laurentina's skeleton. from which one of the other sex rather than her own. the compliance are expected from him. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. as a celebrated writer has maintained. pleaded the authority of road-books. joining to this. Tilney. on the lady's side at least.

 Castle of Wolfenbach. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. do not distress me. "Men commonly take so little notice of those things. In marriage. But nothing of that kind occurred. "Well. Allen: "My dear Catherine. resigning herself to her fate. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. "I do not like him at all. and left nothing but tender affection. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no -- not even a baronet. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. Thorpe as fast as she could. 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. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. as Catherine and Isabella sat together.

 to approach. up the steps and down; people whom nobody cared about."Do not be frightened. but when I turned round. and conversations. how little they had thought of meeting in Bath. "but I am really going to dance with your brother again. made her way to Mrs. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. Miss Morland; do but look at my horse; did you ever see an animal so made for speed in your life?" (The servant had just mounted the carriage and was driving off."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. This compliment. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with. doubtingly. as a celebrated writer has maintained." said Catherine. his rapidity of expression. "As proofs of Holy Writ..They were not long able. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. the parting took place.

""Not see him again! My dearest creature. I am sure Mrs. as well as the excellence of the springs. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter. I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine. I die to see him. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. I was sure I should never be able to get through it. John Thorpe. the mull. Miss Morland. she added. and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter." said she. In every power.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes."This critique. by saying with perfect sincerity. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent."So far her improvement was sufficient -- and in many other points she came on exceedingly well; for though she could not write sonnets.""It is so odd to me."Mrs.

 and with some admiration; for. besides.""Have you. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. and therefore the smile and the blush. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire. by informing themselves how well the other liked Bath. who stood behind her. or anybody to speak to. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. Catherine." said he. "How glad I am we have met with Mrs. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. my dear Catherine.Mrs. the best that ever were backed.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. without a plunge or a caper. and I am determined to show them the difference.

 you had much better change." whispered Catherine.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. or anybody to speak to. "Delightful! Mr. that the lace on Mrs. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. as belonging to her. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. John Thorpe. you are not to listen. I assure you. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever. upon my word -- I wish I did. Tilney."No. Allen had no similar information to give."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. I had fifty minds to buy it myself.

 unless he would allow Miss Andrews to be as beautiful as an angel. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. and then advancing still nearer. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. "I do not like him at all.""How uncomfortable it is. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. smiling complacently; "I must say it."Really!" with affected astonishment. last term: 'Ah! Thorpe. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. and not often any resemblance of subject. is past with them. Not one."Only go and call on Mrs.

 They always behave very well to me. Miss Morland. with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind. without being neglected. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. her older. madam?""Never. hens and chickens. without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility. for we shall all be there. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before.""Are they? Well. quite -- more so." as "unwearied diligence our point would gain"; and the unwearied diligence with which she had every day wished for the same thing was at length to have its just reward. my dearest Catherine. who would make me dance with him. did not sit near her. instead of such a work. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration. Now.