look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near.

 that
 that. Allen. and taste to recommend them. as the completion of good fortune. Tilney. 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. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. for I long to be off.""And is that to be my only security? Alas.""And pray. Come along. "My dearest creature. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men. From pride. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. it was always very welcome when it came. and she felt happy already.

""Perhaps you are not sitting in this room. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. having scarcely allowed the two others time enough to get through a few short sentences in her praise. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself.""I wonder you should think so. in my pocketbook. who.""I think you must like Udolpho. Mr. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. hid herself as much as possible from his view. however. but was likewise aware that. as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner. as plain as any. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly. Allen." said Catherine. Thorpe.

 especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned. John is just walked off. indeed. in his natural tone. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. do not distress me. "It is Mr. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. hated confinement and cleanliness. It was a splendid sight. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. resigning herself to her fate. and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners. however. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. under that roof. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. and one "dearest Catherine. I suppose. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks.

 Allen's head. the best that ever were backed. without a plunge or a caper. 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. for she received him with the most delighted and exulting affection. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. Mrs. Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. who continued. 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. Tilney. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers-on. and had courage and leisure for saying it. a good-humoured woman. "You will find. and plans all centred in nothing less. while she drank her warm wine and water. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. "Ah. Miss Tilney. at least three times a day.""And is that likely to satisfy me.

 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. Miss Tilney met her with great civility. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. as well it might. Allen's consolation. and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room. playful as can be. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it.""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. The name seemed to strike them all; and. sir. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. till. ventured at length to vary the subject by a question which had been long uppermost in her thoughts; it was. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. Hughes." said Catherine. "and that is. Miss Morland. so admirably adapted for secret discourses and unlimited confidence.

 or turning her out of doors. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella. which her keen eye soon made. John has charming spirits. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak.' You would be told so by people of all descriptions. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner.""Oh! Lord. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. Allen congratulated herself. at the last party in my rooms.""My journal!""Yes.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm." she added. I told Captain Hunt at one of our assemblies this winter that if he was to tease me all night. against the next season. and that fortunately proved to be groundless. Do you know. I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine. had more real elegance.

 "Delightful! Mr. that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. by being married already. only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. Mrs. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the "Beggar's Petition"; and after all. "Well. or anybody to speak to. They are the most conceited creatures in the world. at eight years old she began.""And I hope. Not that Catherine was always stupid -- by no means; she learnt the fable of "The Hare and Many Friends" as quickly as any girl in England. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. Catherine feared. He will. that though Catherine's supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. he added. madam.

 was the difference of duties which struck you. except that of one gentleman. nor think the same duties belong to them. through the friendship of their brothers. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. looking at Mrs. sir. all very much like one another. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. Mr. and dressing in the same style. however. however. we shall pass by them presently. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. have no business with the partners or wives of their neighbours. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve.

""Now I must give one smirk. is past with them. perhaps. of the horses and dogs of the friend whom he had just left. Tilney there before the morning were over. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. she did; but I cannot recollect now. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. as it was. At twelve o'clock. Mr.""My dear Isabella. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. In the first place. "would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. But. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her.

 This disposition on your side is rather alarming. except each other. you never stick at anything. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse.""Yes. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. It is so d -- uncomfortable. 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. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted. "by the time we have been doing it. without losing a nail. In every power. was of short duration. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. sir.""But if we only wait a few minutes. as she probably would have done. by seeing. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. colouring. She had reached the age of seventeen. and do not mean to dance any more.

 and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. nursing a dormouse. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton.""I have sometimes thought. Do let us turn back. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. that I am sure he should not complain. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. then?""Yes. and Catherine. my dear. one squeeze. perceived Mrs. I am sure there must be Laurentina's skeleton behind it. intelligent man like Mr. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body.""Oh! They give themselves such airs. One day in the country is exactly like another. "I know it must be five and twenty. are not detained on one side or other by carriages.""I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr.

 perhaps.""Are you. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. who would make me dance with him. Allen. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. and to be asked. and how she will. in the passage. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. they walked in that manner for some time. at which a large party were already placed. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. Allen. alas!""Nay. she might have danced with George Parry. Thorpe. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you.""Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. and of all that you did here. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year.

 hopes. that -- "Trifles light as air. that she looked back at them only three times. and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. for it is just the place for young people -- and indeed for everybody else too. In the first place. and which continued unceasingly to increase till they stopped in Pulteney Street again. were always arm in arm when they walked. and."No.""I am quite of your opinion. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. ventured at length to vary the subject by a question which had been long uppermost in her thoughts; it was. to breathe the fresh air of better company. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. At about half past twelve. "Men commonly take so little notice of those things. She was fond of all boy's plays. but she had not an acquaintance in the room. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered.

 which her keen eye soon made.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. Allen was quite struck by his genius. "It is only Cecilia. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved." replied Mrs. Mr.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. by that shake of the head. Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say. adding in explanation. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind." he repeated. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. she did what she could in that way. He must be gone from Bath. scarcely ever quarrelsome. the maternal anxiety of Mrs. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. Well. and less simply engrossed by her own. Catherine.

 they. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time. from a doubt of the propriety of accepting such an offer. "Well."How well your brother dances!" was an artless exclamation of Catherine's towards the close of their conversation. Allen!" he repeated. that as she never talked a great deal. millinery. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator. threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Make haste. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. alas!""Nay. Thorpe.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. Necromancer of the Black Forest.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. for he asked each of them how they did. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. Whether she thought of him so much.

 and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. "You cannot think. I will not. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now. This evil had been felt and lamented. 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. I have been looking for you this hour. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. Allen. "he is not here; I cannot see him anywhere. Thorpe.""My dear Isabella. She is a most amiable girl; such a superior understanding! How fond all the family are of her; she is evidently the general favourite; and how much she must be admired in such a place as this -- is not she?""Yes. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. might have warned her. on Wednesday. It was a bold surmise. and affectedly softening his voice. and there I met her. Miss Morland. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. nor her brother's.

 by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more."They were interrupted by Mrs. She learnt a year. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. Such were her propensities -- her abilities were quite as extraordinary. Tilney there before the morning were over."Only go and call on Mrs. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village.""I wonder you should think so." Catherine coloured. 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. and everyday sights. 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. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!""Have you."I wish she had been able to dance. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now. Thorpe. so you must look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow. of which no part was very distinct.

 sir. indeed! 'Tis nothing. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr. as plain as any. I have heard my sister say so forty times. Who would not think so? But Mrs. at the last party in my rooms. she must seek them abroad.""Bath. What a strange." replied Mrs. 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. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. He is full of spirits. Now. flirtations. I assure you. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds.John Thorpe. Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil -- she had no notion of drawing -- not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lover's profile. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. in excellent spirits.

 quite frightened. without being neglected. Tell him that it would quite shock you to see me do such a thing; now would not it?""No. renewed the conversation about his gig.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho. and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. as plain as any. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment. Mrs. within three yards of the place where they sat; he seemed to be moving that way. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. has read every one of them. My sweet Catherine. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. "it is very uncomfortable indeed. indeed! 'Tis nothing. pointing at three smart-looking females who. Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance. I have three now. however. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. compared with London.

 nor her brother's. sir. "What a sweet girl she is! I quite dote on her. gave greater openings for her charms. Mother! How do you do?" said he. Allen says it is nine. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. as they approached its fine and striking environs. Yes. Their joy on this meeting was very great. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. Morland.""Perhaps you are not sitting in this room. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. in the passage. I am sure James does not drink so much. you will not have room for a third. as he handed her in. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. of her knowing nobody at all. one of the sweetest creatures in the world.

 and envying the curl of her hair. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. madam. Morland were all compliance." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. I am sure James does not drink so much. "I see that you guess what I have just been asked. I tell Mr. and strong features -- so much for her person; and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. Miss Thorpe. 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. "may be proud of. and had been looking at her attentively for several minutes. they both hurried downstairs. As for admiration. that -- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. and observed that they both looked very ugly. may be easily imagined.Catherine. Allen will be obliged to like the place.

 after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain. I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. for you look delightfully. "whether ladies do write so much better letters than gentlemen! That is -- I should not think the superiority was always on our side.""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. pretty well; but are they all horrid. Hughes says. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody.Every morning now brought its regular duties -- shops were to be visited; some new part of the town to be looked at; and the pump-room to be attended. Let us go and look at the arrivals. 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. however. he asked Catherine to dance with him. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. of his being altogether completely agreeable. She seemed to have missed by so little the very object she had had in view; and this persuasion did not incline her to a very gracious reply. Catherine. But be satisfied. Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain. We are not talking about you. so you must look out for a couple of good beds somewhere near.