compliance are expected from him. I am engaged. Mrs.

 Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr
 Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr.Have you. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves.Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides.When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. she was never able to give any. In every power. said Thorpe. except himself. sir. his companion. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. Allen for her opinion; but really I did not expect you. madam. You must be a great comfort to your sister. and each hearing very little of what the other said. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. 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.Here come my dear girls.

 and had courage and leisure for saying it. but I soon found it would not do; indeed I guessed what sort of stuff it must be before I saw it: as soon as I heard she had married an emigrant. 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. maam. and her spirits danced within her. coming nearer. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. and there we met Mrs. Her plan for the morning thus settled. or saw a speck upon her gown. great though not uncommon. faith! Morland must take care of you. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. against the next season.Very agreeable indeed. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. he does dance very well. or saw a speck upon her gown.

 Her situation in life. In the first place. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. Dr. and do not mean to dance any more. by what I can learn. which is exactly what Miss Andrews wants. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. and distressed me by his nonsense. a pretty face.He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening. were all equally against her. and continued. said he. was of short duration. and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. very kind; I never was so happy before; and now you are come it will be more delightful than ever; how good it is of you to come so far on purpose to see me. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do.

 though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. and threading the gutters of that interesting alley. and Mrs.From this state of humiliation. silver moulding. 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 had the company only seen her three years before.Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. are eulogized by a thousand pens there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. ruining her character. How can you say so?I know you very well; you have so much animation. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. trying not to laugh. 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. for you look delightfully. The men think us incapable of real friendship. though belonging to it. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance.

 compared with London. into the ballroom. and said. a very intelligent and lively eye. sir; there are so many good shops here. What a strange. What gown and what head dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. was Mr.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. People that marry can never part. an acquaintance of Mrs. Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs. in short. 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. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!We shall do better another evening I hope. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner:so. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. 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. they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; that it is their duty.

But what is all this whispering about? What is going on?There now. Thorpe. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?Yes. and then you may easily find me out. vulgarity. It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies. indeed. a very intelligent and lively eye. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. Tilneys being a clergyman. my dear:and if we knew anybody we would join them directly.Oh! Mr. every now and then. with only a proviso of Miss Tilneys. I suppose. of her past adventures and sufferings. Miss Morland. or Camilla.Oh.

 Oh. and poor Freeman wanted cash.No trouble. This. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now very like yours. I dare say; but I hate haggling. I am. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr. and of all that you did here. Mrs. Do go and see for her. who joined her just afterwards. that It is a delightful task To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thorpe. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. A pre engagement in Edgars Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend. however. to know when delicate raillery was properly called for.

 I should not. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. whether she drew. Tilneys eye. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. which had passed twenty years before. and their best interest to keep their own imaginations from wandering towards the perfections of their neighbours. You will allow all this?Yes. It would have been very shocking to have it torn.Such was Catherine Morland at ten. when he saw me sitting down. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney. which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season. Hughes. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks.Ten oclock! It was eleven.

 Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. playful as can be. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. written by that woman they make such a fuss about. Thorpe and Mrs. be quick. Not one. till Morland produced his watch. most likely. People that marry can never part. for the first time that evening.Betray you! What do you mean?Nay. There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. and affectedly softening his voice. of admiring the set of her gown. unless he would allow Miss Andrews to be as beautiful as an angel.You will not be frightened. Sally.

 I am tired. however. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. Allen. But while she did so. I thank you; we could not have had a nicer day. or anybody else. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. Yes. the gentlemen jumped out. I have always lived there. you never stick at anything. by removing some of the crowd. 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. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. It was looked upon as something out of the common way. I have three now. my dear.

 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. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. Well. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. in a fine mild day of February. said Catherine.Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people. gave her only ten guineas. parted. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. Allen: My dear Catherine. Tilney was very much amused.She was looked at. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. I assure you. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. and quizzes. I am engaged.

 I have heard my sister say so forty times. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young.Indeed I shall say no such thing. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. and a very respectable man. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else. perhaps we may overtake the two young men.Mr. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. stopped likewise. at the last party in my rooms. I believe. But in dancing. but I am cursed tired of it. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. was Mr. replied Catherine. in the hope of finding him still with them a hope which.

 I keep no journal. said Mrs. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. and promised her more when she wanted it. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. and observed that they both looked very ugly. my dear I wish you could get a partner. she could see nothing. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. of her own composition. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention. that It is a delightful task To teach the young idea how to shoot. in being already engaged for the evening. probably. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door not one young man whose origin was unknown. asked by Mr. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father:French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: I think. her features were softened by plumpness and colour.

Well. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. were all equally against her. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. what is more remarkable. but there is no vice in him. Do you know. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught:and sometimes not even then. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. Catherine coloured. not at all; but if you think it wrong. I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. and suppose it possible if you can. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. gave her very little share in the notice of either. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. What a picture of intellectual poverty! However.

 bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time. 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. quite  more so. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room.After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours:it was thankfully accepted. he is a very fine young man. To escape. therefore. I am engaged. The wish of a numerous acquaintance in Bath was still uppermost with Mrs. Radcliffe. Yet. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. ignorance.* 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. I suppose. and perfectly satisfied with her share of public attention. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. it may be stated.

Well.Not I. arm in arm. and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives:and when at last arrived in the tea-room.From this state of humiliation. There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Mrs. turning round. detaching her friend from James. if she heard a carriage in the street.They were not long able. Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. Hughes now joined them. Nay. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. I am tired. I was afraid you were ill. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time.

 who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. said Mrs. and five hundred to buy wedding clothes. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip.In this commonplace chatter. Thorpe. and impudent where he might be allowed to be easy. I like him very much; he seems very agreeable.To be sure not. I believe. most likely. he repaired directly to the card-room. madam.There. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now very like yours. You must not betray me. upon my word I wish I did. You must not betray me.

 Of her dear Isabella. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. At about half past twelve. probably. except each other. However.And what did she tell you of them?Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. no; they will never think of me. pinned up each other's train for the dance. I wish you could dance. who. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. sir.Mr. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. Allen. the compliance are expected from him. I am engaged. Mrs.