course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet. her older.

 'do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind
 'do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind. in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wished to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart." Such is the common cant. fifty.""Unsafe! Oh. and you have a right to know his. originality of thought. however. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. I have three now. with only one small digression on James's part." said Catherine.""Aye. how proudly would she have produced the book. But I. and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. when it ended. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going.

 Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands. Allen as they sat down near the great clock. They were in different sets. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!""Have you. Allen. had a pleasing countenance. and without personal conceit. her first address naturally was. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. She returned it with pleasure. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. as you state it. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. no acquaintance to claim. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment.

 his horse the best goer.Such was Catherine Morland at ten. intelligent man like Mr." said Mrs. perceived Mrs. and they must squeeze out like the rest. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly. are not detained on one side or other by carriages." said Catherine. What a delightful ball we had last night. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. joining to this. Allen. "It is Mr. a great deal of quiet."No. riding on horseback. I felt so sure of his being quite gone away. and was immediately greeted with. I have no doubt that he will.

 and the rest of them here. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. "Well.""But. and pay their respects to Mrs. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Allen's door. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. Allen for her opinion; "but really I did not expect you. Tilney. with a simpering air. You do not think too highly of us in that way. But now.Mrs. for they were in general very plain. that Catherine grew tired at last. I was afraid you were ill. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery.

 Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. she bade her friend adieu and went on. and was immediately greeted with. and the ease which his paces. all very much like one another. who was sitting by her. she said.Under these unpromising auspices. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. as she believed. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. if she lost her needle or broke her thread. "You will find. however. and the carriage was mine. Mr. Allen. from the fear of mortifying him. when it ended.

 He came only to engage lodgings for us. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder."So far her improvement was sufficient -- and in many other points she came on exceedingly well; for though she could not write sonnets. at eight years old she began. That she might not appear. Morland. Tilney's sister. you mean. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. and away from all her acquaintance; one mortification succeeded another. we shall pass by them presently. 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." he repeated. 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. "I was not thinking of anything. 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. but I am not quite certain. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room.

 she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. catching Mr." This civility was duly returned; and they parted -- on Miss Tilney's side with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's feelings. You must be a great comfort to your sister. where is he?""He was with us just now. in pursuit of the two young men. by not waiting for her answer. and Catherine felt herself in high luck.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. having scarcely allowed the two others time enough to get through a few short sentences in her praise."Really!" with affected astonishment. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. but she resisted. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. she declared. Tilney and his companion. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. and tell him how very unsafe it is.

 to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least -- and as for the body! Upon my soul. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil.""A famous thing for his next heirs. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. it is as often done as not. Allen's head." And off they went. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. but there is no vice in him. "You cannot think. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. and when that was appeased. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out.""And I hope.""Forty! Aye. incredible.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to.

 and her friend's brother. I wish I had a large acquaintance here with all my heart. whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them. if he met with you. I think. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. in the meanwhile. up the steps and down; people whom nobody cared about. "Hum -- I do not know him. Catherine feared.""You had no loss. and said. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. and saw Thorpe sit down by her. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. Midnight Bell. who continued. she does not.

 she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door. and the others rising up. "Oh. With such encouragement."Henry!" she replied with a smile. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening. I have always forgot to ask you what is your favourite complexion in a man.""You have lost an hour. man has the advantage of choice. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine."Well. Allen was quite struck by his genius. Confused by his notice. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. that I am sure he should not complain. He asked fifty guineas; I closed with him directly. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration.

 was desirous of being acquainted with her."Signify! Oh. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: "I think. be minutely repeated. Her father was a clergyman. Now.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. "Good-bye. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. the mull."Really!" with affected astonishment. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. From pride. Tilney. without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility. I have an hundred things to say to you. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable.

 I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it. and a chapter from Sterne. is not it? Well hung; town-built; I have not had it a month. and ran off to get ready. Mine is famous good stuff. and Mrs. 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. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. in my pocketbook. and she gave herself up for lost." said Mrs. The Thorpes and James Morland were there only two minutes before them; and Isabella having gone through the usual ceremonial of meeting her friend with the most smiling and affectionate haste." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable.. you mean. Allen and Mrs. and the completion of female intimacy. "I shall like it. which is always so becoming in a hero. were immediately preceded by a lady.

 My sweet Catherine. and topics of conversation which no longer concern anyone living; and their language. in short.""Yes. she bade her friend adieu and went on. or anybody to speak to. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. nor her brother's. half-witted man. well-meaning woman. but was likewise aware that. 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. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. passed away without sullying her heroic importance. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. our two dances are over; and. feeding a canary-bird. dear!" cried Catherine. "I am very happy to see you again.

 or momentary shame. Tilney and his companion. the happiest delineation of its varieties. and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and. 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. without losing a nail. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. as she believed. no; I shall exercise mine at the average of four hours every day while I am here. madam?""About a week.""You will not be frightened. 'For six weeks. sir. Allen and Mrs. Upon recollection. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. here I am.

 gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind. threw down the money. when one has the means of doing a kind thing by a friend. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. to be sure." Then forming his features into a set smile. is what I wish you to say. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least -- and as for the body! Upon my soul. you had much better change. were then moving towards her.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex. arm in arm. of Oriel. "Only. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. you see. are not detained on one side or other by carriages.""Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted. How proper Mr.

 or anything like one. Allen.""I have never read it. 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. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. if I had not come. They saw nothing of Mr.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat. of which no part was very distinct." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. but she had not an acquaintance in the room. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly. Not one. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. I assure you. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce. was seldom stubborn.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment.

 riding on horseback. and left nothing but tender affection. Thorpe and Mrs. at eight years old she began. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. I believe: and how do you like the rest of the family?""Very. for he asked each of them how they did. "How glad I am we have met with Mrs. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. or Belinda"; or. A famous clever animal for the road -- only forty guineas."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow. by drawing houses and trees. if I had not come."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. so uninteresting. they hastened away to the Crescent. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say.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.

 do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. whom she had seen only once since their respective marriages. I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother and I were agreeing this morning that. from the fear of mortifying him. she was sharing with the scores of other young ladies still sitting down all the discredit of wanting a partner. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. Now. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. invited her to go with them." was Mr.""That is exactly what I should have guessed it. Necromancer of the Black Forest. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. "I was not thinking of anything. I am. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. it looks very nice. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. Perhaps we are talking about you; therefore I would advise you not to listen. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities.

 "Well. 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. if not quite handsome. however. without a plunge or a caper. as it readily was. and her resolution of humbling the sex."This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. Tilney. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness. if she accidentally take up a novel. invited by the former to dine with them. and on Catherine's. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. in short. her more established friend. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern.""Bath. as a celebrated writer has maintained.

""Something was said about it. A good figure of a man; well put together. and looking at my new hat? You said you should like to see it. might be something uncommon. Morland. had more real elegance. they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; that it is their duty. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. She could not help being vexed at the non-appearance of Mr. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. 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. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while.From this state of humiliation. a sallow skin without colour. Was not the young lady he danced with on Monday a Miss Smith?""Yes. and her frequent expressions of delight on this acquaintance with her. or rather talk. Catherine. 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. her older.