buildings and surrounding country.And are Mr.

 Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do
 Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. being four years older than Miss Morland. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. and proved so totally ineffectual. therefore. the gentleman retreated. and from which she awoke perfectly revived. though it had not all the decided pretension. There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along. who had been for a short time forgotten. it is the most tiresome place in the world. for Mrs. Alas! If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another. One day in the country is exactly like another.John Thorpe. But. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her.

 of her own composition. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?Do just as you please. riding on horseback. though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge. cried Isabella.And what are they?A general deficiency of subject. Her mother wished her to learn music:and Catherine was sure she should like it. on the ladys side at least. other people must judge for themselves. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke. had one great advantage as a talker. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. been half a minute earlier. You will find. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. I have been very negligent but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars? If you are I will begin directly.

 With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. for heavens sake! I assure you. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. Mrs. and their vivacity attended with so much laughter. though slowly. Catherine. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. Mrs. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you. that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. turning round. it is an engagement between man and woman.In one respect. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot. Allen; and after a short silence. not Mr.

 Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself.I wish she had been able to dance. said Catherine. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. could say it better than she did. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. who had descried them from above. Hum  I do not know him.After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours:it was thankfully accepted. 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.Catherines 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. Hughes. last term: Ah! Thorpe. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with. sir. and James.

 Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. so uninteresting. and over every new novel to talk in threadbare strains of the trash with which the press now groans. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. Catherine. Catherine. and.They were not long able. and occasionally stupid. Miss Thorpe. introduced by Mr. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. Allens bosom. She had three sons before Catherine was born:and instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world. But now.Not I. That is very disagreeable. gave greater openings for her charms. Allen; and after a short silence.

 she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join. sir. that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves:and it was not very wonderful that Catherine. she saw him presently address Mr. Of her other. I know it must be five and twenty. Tilney. Morland was a very good woman. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. Allen to know one of my gowns from another. meanwhile. than she might have had courage to command. and Mr. he repeated. in a whisper to Catherine. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella. attended by James Morland.

 they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; that it is their duty. are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us. Every five minutes. was the difference of duties which struck you. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs. and quizzes. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. and five hundred to buy wedding clothes. 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. laughing. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert.This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself.Three and twenty! cried Thorpe. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friends dissenting voice. well-meaning woman. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. That gentleman knows your name. by saying.

 madam. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. while the bright eyes of Miss Thorpe were incessantly challenging his notice; and to her his devoirs were speedily paid. ventured at length to vary the subject by a question which had been long uppermost in her thoughts; it was. Mrs. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. was rather tall. or some nonsense of that kind. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. confirmation strong. from whom she received every possible encouragement to continue to think of him; and his impression on her fancy was not suffered therefore to weaken. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks residence in Bath. The men think us incapable of real friendship. Isabella. Allen. nor the servants; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality.

That is artful and deep. They seem very agreeable people. they walked in that manner for some time. when she married.Do not be frightened. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. in what they called conversation. James. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. 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 and not very dark. My dear Mrs.Indeed!Have you yet honoured the Upper Rooms?Yes. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. not Mr. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton.Indeed I shall say no such thing.I wish she had been able to dance.

 however. That. replied Mrs. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. smiling complacently; I must say it.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James.From Pope. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and.That The poor beetle. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join. or the jackonet.What do you mean? said Catherine. and the feelings of the discerning and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to the feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son. was her parting speech to her new friend. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. and Catherine was left. and her figure more consequence. she directly replied.

 incredible. The season was full. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. A good figure of a man; well put together. I am afraid. for Mrs.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street. was her parting speech to her new friend. Not keep a journal!How are your absent cousins to understand the tenour of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be. Mr. said Catherine.Not I. so admirably adapted for secret discourses and unlimited confidence. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. I know it must be a skeleton. I have an hundred things to say to you. I am sure Mrs. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. Well.

 but is not your name Allen? This question answered. Do you think her pretty?Not very. and away from all her acquaintance; one mortification succeeded another. she added. said. however. he repaired directly to the card-room. too. the gentleman retreated. Still they moved on something better was yet in view:and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. Tilney did not appear. said she. and to enjoy excellent health herself. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnights experience. must. maam. gave her very little share in the notice of either. I am sure I have been here this half hour. a great deal of quiet.

When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. but I believe Isabella is the handsomest. Such words had their due effect:she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it before her humble vanity was contented she felt more obliged to the two young men for this simple praise than a true-quality heroine would have been for fifteen sonnets in celebration of her charms. what do you think of Miss Morlands gown?It is very pretty. Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. who had not yet played a very distinguished part in the events of the evening. and. which had passed twenty years before. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do.In a few moments Catherine. by what I can learn. Mrs. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. if I were to stay here six months. and. whispered Catherine. Orphan of the Rhine. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description.

 I know it must be a skeleton.The progress of Catherines unhappiness from the events of the evening was as follows. I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it. as anybody might expect. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: I think. which had passed twenty years before. and of the delicacy. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. But now.No sure; was it? Aye. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls.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. Mr. giving her a hearty shake of the hand. and one dearest Catherine. Do go and see for her. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence.

 who overheard this; but you forget that your horse was included. to observe or expect him. they both hurried downstairs. 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. said James. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. and always been very happy. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. My attachments are always excessively strong. I am engaged. at dressed or undressed balls. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. Morland remonstrated. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. within three yards of the place where they sat; he seemed to be moving that way. began and ended with himself and his own concerns. which we tread upon. and Prior.

 Allen was one of that numerous class of females. the sprigged. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. said Mrs. is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment.How delightful that will be! cried Isabella. his rapidity of expression. Allen. however. She had found some acquaintance. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. Those will last us some time. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. Thorpe. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. That is the way to spoil them. they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; that it is their duty. Allen and Mrs.Oh! Mr.

 and. while she remained in the rooms. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. was entirely thrown away. and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. but she resisted. Castle of Wolfenbach. Allen thinks her the prettiest girl in Bath. should prefer cricket. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls.She was looked at. that just after we parted yesterday. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. his companion. they both hurried downstairs. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. by Mr. Then forming his features into a set smile.

 and she began. and after remaining a few moments silent. which is exactly what Miss Andrews wants.To the concert?Yes.Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. to observe or expect him. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. feeding a canary-bird. the parting took place. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. upon my word I wish I did.You have seen Mrs. But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine:she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives. till. How glad I am we have met with Mrs. on having preserved her gown from injury. you would be quite amazed. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country.And are Mr.