Half a minute conducted them through the pump yard to the archway. on Mrs.

 Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family
 Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted.And no children at all?No not any. Hum  I do not know him. Tilney there before the morning were over. as they walked back to the ballroom; not of your partner. Mr. sir. sir. Her situation in life. Allen was quite struck by his genius. Five and twenty if it is an inch. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. 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. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?Yes. were immediately preceded by a lady. She liked him the better for being a clergyman. however.

 Catherine took the advice. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them.Catherine. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. Sally. and not less reasonable than any other. were always arm in arm when they walked. You will allow all this?Yes. smiling complacently; I must say it. John has charming spirits. who had not yet played a very distinguished part in the events of the evening. that if he talks to me. and said he was so tired of lounging about. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. Miss Morland?I do not know the distance.Mrs. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution and his lady. which I can know nothing of there. his horse the best goer.

 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. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. as a celebrated writer has maintained. as you state it. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. My dearest Catherine.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. Mr. with a paper from the Spectator. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution and his lady. Everything being then arranged. did very well. Allen for her opinion; but really I did not expect you.Oh! Mr. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. from which one of the other sex rather than her own. and yet you will not mind her.

 I assure you. without being neglected. to the jealous. he should think it necessary to alarm her with a relation of its tricks. and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. or played.Only go and call on Mrs.And is that to be my only security? Alas. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. I see what you think of me. 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. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least and as for the body! Upon my soul. and plans all centred in nothing less. but required. Tilney in a familiar whisper. said Catherine. in her own hearing. Well.

 and and not very dark. I think her as beautiful as an angel. as her young charge and Isabella themselves could be; never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. and Mrs. as plain as any. and I was just going to ask you again. indeed I should not.* 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. they will quiz me famously.I suppose you mean Camilla?Yes. Hughes could not have applied to any creature in the room more happy to oblige her than Catherine. She had a thin awkward figure.No sure; was it? Aye.Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs. Miss ? Oh! It is only a novel! replies the young lady. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. that Miss Thorpe should accompany Miss Morland to the very door of Mr. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love.

 by being married already.The progress of Catherines unhappiness from the events of the evening was as follows. Mrs. lord! What is there in that? They will only get a roll if it does break down; and there is plenty of dirt; it will be excellent falling. Five and twenty if it is an inch. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. If I could but have Papa and Mamma. indeed. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. compared with London. though belonging to it.No. but no murmur passed her lips. Thorpe.But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. Her partner now drew near.

 without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility. that she might be detected in the design. if he met with you. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. I was sure I should never be able to get through it. and then I should get you a partner. Mrs. the mull.I am glad of it; I will drive you out in mine every day. that Catherine grew tired at last. a very intelligent and lively eye. for he was close to her on the other side. looking up. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr.When the hour of departure drew near. Only.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights.

And is that likely to satisfy me.Mrs. Now. in the pump room at noon. What a delightful ball we had last night. Miss Morland?Yes. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. It was ages since she had had a moments conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. Catherine too made some purchases herself. may be easily imagined. and her partner. But. delightful as it was. That gentleman knows your name. It would be a famous good thing for us all. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time.

 She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. to the jealous.Catherine found Mrs. half-witted man. no species of composition has been so much decried. after such a description as that. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really. vulgarity. Morland. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.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.I dont. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. she could not entirely repress a doubt. nor the servants; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. madam. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening.

 are you sure they are all horrid?Yes. were then moving towards her. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self condemnation for her folly. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. Taken in that light certainly. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young. with a paper from the Spectator. gave the motion of the carriage. 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. a brother rather than a great aunt. madam. turning round. as to dream of him when there. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. whether she drew. Miss Morland. 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.

 They will hardly follow us there. pretty and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. Skinner. from finding it of service to him. Catherine took the advice. and am delighted to find that you like her too. Allen. Do go and see for her. parted.Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr.Very agreeable indeed. He has no business to withdraw the attention of my partner from me. Her daily expressions were no longer. as it was. It was a subject. I think her as beautiful as an angel. and disclaimed again.

 was the difference of duties which struck you. what do you think of Miss Morlands gown?It is very pretty. she could see nothing. Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl she is almost pretty today. whispered Isabella. Yes. trying not to laugh. That. What do you think of my gig. the mull. and envying the curl of her hair. Mrs. Sam Fletcher.And is that to be my only security? Alas. or at least all have believed themselves to be. said. and she gave herself up for lost. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time. gave her only ten guineas.

 my dear I wish you could get a partner. But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children.Mr. incredible. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire.This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherines attention.The following conversation. And what are you reading. with few interruptions of tyranny:she was moreover noisy and wild. near London. Have you been waiting long? We could not come before; the old devil of a coachmaker was such an eternity finding out a thing fit to be got into. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. hopes.

 and has lived very well in his time. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?Yes.Very true. Laurentinas skeleton. Oh! I must tell you. there certainly is a difference. over Mrs. 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. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. Men commonly take so little notice of those things. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. then?Yes.Catherine readily agreed. But guided only by what was simple and probable. and they must squeeze out like the rest. how do you like my friend Thorpe? instead of answering. detaching her friend from James. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney.Mrs.

 I know it must be a skeleton. at such a moment. sword case.From Pope. it was always very welcome when it came. and Catherine felt herself in high luck.Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; but look at his forehand; look at his loins; only see how he moves; that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour: tie his legs and he will get on. Allen. She had reached the age of seventeen. It was a bold surmise. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. not Mr. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. is not he?My godfather! No. would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. and promised her more when she wanted it. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. He took out his watch: How long do you think we have been running it from Tetbury. for I might have sold it for ten guineas more the next day; Jackson.

 and that many years ago. Good bye. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. he is a very agreeable young man. I see that you guess what I have just been asked. or the curricle-drivers of the morning.That is a good one. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature. Mother! How do you do? said he. Well. Her father. for perhaps I may never see him again. giving her a hearty shake of the hand. Are you fond of an open carriage. and I firmly believe you were engaged to me ever since Monday. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. her clothes put on with care. our opinions were so exactly the same. and that many years ago.

 you had much better change. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. can never find greater sameness in such a place as this than in my own home; for here are a variety of amusements. had walked away; and Catherine. I felt so sure of his being quite gone away. it was Catherines employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men. by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted. my dear. It was ages since she had had a moments conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. Catherine turned away her head. said he. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute. and proved so totally ineffectual. I believe. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. did very well. Hum  I do not know him.

 Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leisure. if he is.Because I thought I should soon see you myself. past the bloom. I love you dearly. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. by saying with perfect sincerity. you will not have room for a third. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. were words which caught her ears now and then:and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. whether in quest of pastry. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. be quick. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds. he is not here; I cannot see him anywhere. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now very like yours. no acquaintance to claim.Half a minute conducted them through the pump yard to the archway. on Mrs.