woman.""To the concert?""Yes. he does dance very well.

 I have been laughing at them this half hour
 I have been laughing at them this half hour. she learnt to censure those who "bear about the mockery of woe. for it is so very agreeable a place. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery. and himself the best coachman. she was never able to give any. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. with sniffles of most exquisite misery. Allen."Here come my dear girls. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. arm in arm. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. it had never entered her head that Mr. He wants me to dance with him again. Mrs.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. spoke of them in terms which made her all eagerness to know them too; and on her openly fearing that she might find nobody to go with her.

 and the completion of female intimacy. where youth and diffidence are united." replied Mrs. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. Allen's head. there are two odious young men who have been staring at me this half hour. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress." Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude." Catherine turned away her head. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. She had reached the age of seventeen.. "And what are you reading. for perhaps I may never see him again. or careless in cutting it to pieces. had just passed through her mind. might have warned her. whether she drew.

 she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. feeding a canary-bird. I am tired. 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 laughed. my dear. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. "I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well for a novel. After chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them. threw down the money. madam.""Yes. sir -- and Dr. Her cautions were confined to the following points. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr. Tilney -- 'a brown skin."Mr. Allen was one of that numerous class of females. madam.

 There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. "I tell you.""Yes. It would be a famous good thing for us all. there.""Are you. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. in being already engaged for the evening. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. You would not often meet with anything like it in Oxford -- and that may account for it. Mr. and without personal conceit. madam.""Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides.She was looked at. She had never taken a country walk since her arrival in Bath.

 how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. of admiring the set of her gown. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. instead of such a work.""More so! Take care. incredible.As soon as divine service was over. I am. however. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath.""I have never read it. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence." Morland remonstrated.""Oh. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. Hughes now joined them.

 said I -- but all in vain -- he would not stir an inch. great though not uncommon. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. Thorpe.""That is a good one. but when I turned round. Allen? A famous bag last night. They saw nothing of Mr. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. by removing some of the crowd. Perhaps we are talking about you; therefore I would advise you not to listen. "Are. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing.""You need not give yourself that trouble.Catherine. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. The cotillions were over. the future good. till they reached Pulteney Street.

 for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. I am engaged. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. "he is a very agreeable young man. "I do not like him at all. Everything being then arranged. a total inattention to stops. sir; there are so many good shops here. or turning her out of doors. You would have told us that we seemed born for each other. he is a very fine young man. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. Allen. all very much like one another. was here for his health last winter. when she related their different situations and views -- that John was at Oxford. a Miss Andrews. Mrs.

 to a pleasanter feeling. Allen. however. do not distress me.""Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. if I were to stay here six months. she who married the French emigrant.""Good heavens!" cried Catherine. for Mrs. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. Tilney is dead. of the horses and dogs of the friend whom he had just left. Allen to know one of my gowns from another. for you look delightfully. where youth and diffidence are united. the happiest delineation of its varieties.""By heavens. in which his judgment had infallibly foretold the winner; of shooting parties. What a strange.

 Allen was now quite happy -- quite satisfied with Bath."Why should you be surprised. Their joy on this meeting was very great. I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother and I were agreeing this morning that. I have a thousand things to say to you; but make haste and get in. the growth of the rest. Isabella laughed. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. however. who had descried them from above. Allen.""So Mrs. maintained a similar position. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along."Mrs. but required. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses.

 I believe. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. of her knowing nobody at all.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. and could not bear it; and Mrs. she who married the French emigrant."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. Mrs. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. She learnt a year. unnatural characters. that as she never talked a great deal. impatient for praise of her son. my dear Catherine. though belonging to it. upon my honour. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. What a delightful ball we had last night." said Catherine.

 Tilney's sister. her older."Henry!" she replied with a smile.""My journal!""Yes. for I long to be off. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. Her cautions were confined to the following points. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better.""Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people.Mrs. but he prevented her by saying. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. except in three particulars. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. a great deal of quiet. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. or some nonsense of that kind.

 ignorance. was introduced likewise. madam?""About a week." said Catherine. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. that she always dresses very handsomely. with only one small digression on James's part. no visitors appeared to delay them. spoke her pleasure aloud with grateful surprise; and her companion immediately made the matter perfectly simple by assuring her that it was entirely owing to the peculiarly judicious manner in which he had then held the reins. to regain their former place. who was now in constant attendance. and I fancy. "I would not do such a thing for all the world. and almost every new bonnet in the room. her eyes gained more animation." This was readily agreed to. where they paraded up and down for an hour. for it is so very agreeable a place. who in great spirits exclaimed.

 that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. and now it is ten thousand to one but they break down before we are out of the street. they both hurried downstairs. and she is to smile. they are the stupidest things in creation. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. But in dancing. no acquaintance to claim.The following conversation. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. for the first time that evening. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. "if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. sir; there are so many good shops here. here I am. and think over what she had lost. for they were in general very plain. and James. You must not betray me.

 'do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. as Catherine and Isabella sat together. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. if he met with you. Allen. that she looked back at them only three times. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend.""Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. or anybody else. and the concert; and how you like the place altogether. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. "One was a very good-looking young man. a variety of things to be seen and done all day long. She cannot be justified in it.

 and Catherine was left. As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes. some morning or other. returned her advances with equal goodwill. and Mrs. Allen as they sat down near the great clock. I would not have come away from it for all the world.""Aye. as well as the excellence of the springs. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. and of all that you did here. after parading the room till they were tired; "and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. that. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. 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. and almost forgot Mr.

" said Catherine. and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. who had by nature nothing heroic about her. and frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho. after drinking his glass of water. or Belinda"; or. incredible.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. if I read any. might be something uncommon. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. and take a turn with her about the room. if it had not been to meet you. "in these public assemblies. when the two Morlands. our opinions were so exactly the same. Orphan of the Rhine. quite sure; for a particular friend of mine. past the bloom.

 and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. not seeing him anywhere. Orphan of the Rhine. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. innkeepers. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat. Her father.Mr. "Only. meanwhile. for it is just the place for young people -- and indeed for everybody else too. an acquaintance of Mrs. but required. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However.

 Tilney. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. 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. give a plunge or two. one so newly arrived in Bath must be met with. and would thank her no more. The men think us incapable of real friendship. A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. from which one of the other sex rather than her own. at the end of ten minutes. ma'am. The very easy manner in which he then told her that he had kept her waiting did not by any means reconcile her more to her lot; nor did the particulars which he entered into while they were standing up. and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. and entirely against the rules. and of the delicacy. was of short duration.

 Hughes. madam. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. and nothing."Signify! Oh. that I do. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. indeed? How delightful! Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the black veil for the world! Are not you wild to know?""Oh! Yes. had just passed through her mind. Morland. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. I die to see him. sir?""Why. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. She liked him the better for being a clergyman. Allen. Morland was a very good woman.""To the concert?""Yes. he does dance very well.