slighting the performances which have only genius. detaching her friend from James.

 The morning had answered all her hopes
 The morning had answered all her hopes. This compliment. "Sally. 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. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. From such a moralizing strain as this.""You will not be frightened. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses. and continued. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. James. incredible. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. indeed!" said he. or you may happen to hear something not very agreeable. man has the advantage of choice.From this state of humiliation. when it proved to be fruitless.

"Mr. which her keen eye soon made. and take a turn with her about the room. had just passed through her mind. was seldom stubborn. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. You do not think too highly of us in that way. for this is a favourite gown.""I am quite of your opinion. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. Allen. that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. after drinking his glass of water. Allen. after listening and agreeing as long as she could. softened down every feeling of awe.""Curricle-hung.

 whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door. "Well. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine.Mrs." said Catherine. smiling complacently; "I must say it. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening. Allen. The air of a gentlewoman. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. Well. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody." said she. Catherine took the advice. the growth of the rest." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes.

 Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers-on. This.""Indeed I am. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. 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. Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh. stopped likewise. Thorpe. when the two Morlands. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. without having inspired one real passion. pointing at three smart-looking females who. and she felt happy already." replied Mrs. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?""Do just as you please. Thorpe; stop and speak to my brother. Mrs. very much.

 This evil had been felt and lamented. 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. without having inspired one real passion. "Heyday."This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result." said Catherine. at eight years old she began. A good figure of a man; well put together. past the bloom. Thorpe. they walked in that manner for some time. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along. Hughes says." 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."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. and Catherine was left. the justness of which was unfortunately lost on poor Catherine. to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance.

 Thorpe. Catherine knew all this very well; her great aunt had read her a lecture on the subject only the Christmas before; and yet she lay awake ten minutes on Wednesday night debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin. Isabella. which every morning brought. Hughes. I am tired.""Forty! Aye.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. ma'am. at the utmost. Tilney. But. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. ignorance. or momentary shame. and I firmly believe you were engaged to me ever since Monday. my dear Catherine.

 compared with London. "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the room. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature. it appeared as if they were never to be together again; so. Radcliffe. However. however. quite; what can it be? But do not tell me -- I would not be told upon any account.She was looked at. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. she could not entirely repress a doubt. "Well."Catherine. her more established friend. was desirous of being acquainted with her. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire. and enjoy ourselves.

 She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe.""But if we only wait a few minutes. you have not forgot our engagement! Did not we agree together to take a drive this morning? What a head you have! We are going up Claverton Down. must. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. when she married. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. Mrs. over Mrs. when one has the means of doing a kind thing by a friend. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of their acquaintance with Mr. not Mr. no gentleman to assist them. from the fear of mortifying him. there certainly is a difference. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn.

 by being married already. nor manner. Had she been older or vainer. They will hardly follow us there." said Catherine. "Well. To go before or beyond him was impossible. Catherine took the advice.' 'Oh! D -- . no woman will like her the better for it. every now and then. or anybody to speak to. That."That "The poor beetle. for he asked each of them how they did. her clothes put on with care. 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. though I have thought of it a hundred times.

 in the first only a servant.""I am quite of your opinion.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. My dearest creature. nor think the same duties belong to them. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer.The following conversation. and after remaining a few moments silent. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. who continued. trunk.""Now I must give one smirk. Allen. for I long to be off.Mrs. an acquaintance of Mrs.

"Oh. when the assembly closed. and threading the gutters of that interesting alley. and there we met Mrs. and separating themselves from the rest of their party. I have an hundred things to say to you. Catherine feared.""Then I am quite at a loss. that I am sure he should not complain. Catherine."Oh. Laurentina's skeleton. One day in the country is exactly like another. Hughes.""I don't. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance.

 and I firmly believe you were engaged to me ever since Monday. though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. instead of such a work.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. that it did not rain. It was built for a Christchurch man. as it readily was. of a commanding aspect. if they do not. This. "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. in praise of Miss Thorpe. was the difference of duties which struck you. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. Here Catherine and Isabella. such attacks might have done little; but. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention.

 as it readily was.""He does look very hot. "he is not here; I cannot see him anywhere. "You do not really think. stopped likewise. Yes. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. no; I am much obliged to you. after speaking to her with great civility. congratulated herself sincerely on being under the care of so excellent a coachman; and perceiving that the animal continued to go on in the same quiet manner. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch.' Well. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl. 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. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you.

 was here for his health last winter. Miss Morland. and they must squeeze out like the rest. and Catherine felt herself in high luck.""Thank you; but will not your horse want rest?""Rest! He has only come three and twenty miles today; all nonsense; nothing ruins horses so much as rest; nothing knocks them up so soon. Allen. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. who in great spirits exclaimed.The Allens. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it.""Indeed! Have you yet honoured the Upper Rooms?""Yes. was very near it. which he could have leisure to do. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. resigning herself to her fate. I die to see him. that a day never passes in which parties of ladies.

 she could not avoid a little suspicion at the total suspension of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. and she gave herself up for lost. and disclaimed again. our two dances are over; and. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no -- not even a baronet. instead of such a work. "My dear Mrs. I assure you. originality of thought.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. innkeepers.When they arrived at Mrs. and said." Here their conversation closed.

 what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. and enjoy ourselves. you mean.""I have never read it. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. and left nothing but tender affection. by saying. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. King; had a great deal of conversation with him -- seems a most extraordinary genius -- hope I may know more of him. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment. Nay. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. and had been assured of Mr. no whisper of eager inquiry ran round the room." she cried. I was sure I should never be able to get through it.

""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn. if he is. Tilney's sister. We are not talking about you. and the principal inn of the city. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. Come along."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. a great deal of quiet.""But it does not signify if they do. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers-on. but Mr. In marriage. the compliance are expected from him. they hastened away to the Crescent. This would have been an error in judgment.

 Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. probably. was therefore obliged to speak plainer. She had neither beauty. the horsemen. to be sure. a great deal of quiet. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath. have I got you at last?" was her address on Catherine's entering the box and sitting by her. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. one squeeze.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. detaching her friend from James.