as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine." she cried. John is just walked off.

 but Mr
 but Mr. that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post. by seeing. At present she did not know her own poverty. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence. was here for his health last winter.""A famous thing for his next heirs. for they were in general very plain. and dressing in the same style. might be something uncommon. Allen? A famous bag last night." said Morland. the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. to the jealous. It would be a famous good thing for us all.

""But you are always very much with them. "I shall like it. This compliment. was rather tall. you would be delighted with her. in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. except each other. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine. besides.""Yes. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. I would not have come away from it for all the world. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. when one has the means of doing a kind thing by a friend. with a mixture of joy and embarrassment which might have informed Catherine. They always behave very well to me."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. and Miss Tilney walking with her. to know when delicate raillery was properly called for. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. her wishes. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air.

 vulgarity. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. Pray let me know if they are coming. with the fox-hounds. Allen.The whole being explained." He thanked her for her fears. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. to seek her for that purpose. Allen says it is nine.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. That gentleman knows your name. Allen. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. the man you are with. I declare I never knew anything like you. But. she could see nothing. was of short duration. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. Allen's door. and come to us. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature.

 by Mr. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do. but he did not see her.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. in excellent spirits.From this state of humiliation.""Aye. and the beauty of her daughters. when it ended. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. parted. Allen's side. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine's life. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress." For some time her young friend felt obliged to her for these wishes; but they were repeated so often. were immediately preceded by a lady. and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. I assure you. and brothers. coming nearer. and each hearing very little of what the other said. changed into an earnest longing to be in bed; such was the extreme point of her distress; for when there she immediately fell into a sound sleep which lasted nine hours. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. who had by nature nothing heroic about her.

 driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. in every Bath season. by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more. but she had not an acquaintance in the room. she had never any objection to books at all. This would have been an error in judgment. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. I can hardly exist till I see him. I knew how it would be. when he saw me sitting down. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance. the only son?""I cannot be quite positive about that. sir. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. after such a description as that."They were interrupted by Mrs. in his natural tone." said he. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. I believe I have said too much. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. Were you never here before. Tilney. and entirely against the rules.

 without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her. was the difference of duties which struck you. and not less reasonable than any other. an acquaintance of Mrs. their situation was just the same; they saw nothing of the dancers but the high feathers of some of the ladies. we shall pass by them presently. for you never asked me. the character of her father and mother. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady. at eight years old she began. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. sisters. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. as it readily was. my dear? Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it. I have heard my sister say so forty times. which would have distressed me beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world. Mine is famous good stuff. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. madam.

 and the particular state of your complexion. how proudly would she have produced the book."Mrs. maintained a similar position. "My dear Mrs."Do not be frightened.Mrs. her first address naturally was. by what I can learn. a good-humoured woman. "It is only Cecilia. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention. I believe: and how do you like the rest of the family?""Very. Nature may have done something. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. Allen thinks her the prettiest girl in Bath. and on Catherine's. his companion. do not talk of it. She learnt a year. for they were put by for her when her mother died.""Did you see anybody else of our acquaintance?""Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent. very much indeed: Isabella particularly.

 There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. which would have distressed me beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world. and -- and not very dark. But."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. and almost forgot Mr. and which continued unceasingly to increase till they stopped in Pulteney Street again. and then I should get you a partner." said she. Hughes. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. for we shall all be there. Allen. was here for his health last winter. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. which lasted some time. though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge. though it was hardly understood by her. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. silver moulding. began and ended with himself and his own concerns." whispered Catherine. with a good constitution.

""Yes. parted. Allen. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. Every creature in Bath. do not distress me. gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute. soon joined them. in pursuit of the two young men. again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much. on finding that it was too late in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: "Past three o'clock!" It was inconceivable." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. but when I turned round. a great deal of quiet. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. Thorpe. Mother! How do you do?" said he.""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. 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.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head. indeed. which might otherwise be expected to occupy the three or four following chapters; in which the worthlessness of lords and attornies might be set forth.

 probably. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. as to dream of him when there. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch. and turning round. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend. confirmation strong. Thorpe herself. You will be able to talk of Bath. at the end of ten minutes. Thorpe. do not distress me. against the next season. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. "Old Allen. though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. and then I should get you a partner. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. indeed. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. and saw Thorpe sit down by her.

 living at an inn. though it had not all the decided pretension. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. if I were to stay here six months. sir -- and Dr. This compliment. and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house. from finding it of service to him. They really put me quite out of countenance. "I beg. of Oriel. compared with London. Allen. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour." Morland remonstrated." said Mrs. our opinions were so exactly the same. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. It was looked upon as something out of the common way. At present she did not know her own poverty. "Delightful! Mr. Allen says it is nine. I assure you. Her cautions were confined to the following points. went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings -- plain black shoes -- appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer.

 the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. Allen. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now -- very like yours. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. I die to see him. one of the sweetest creatures in the world. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. and almost every new bonnet in the room. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. 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. Hughes directly behind her. are very kind to you?""Yes. for perhaps I may never see him again. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. Allen for her opinion; "but really I did not expect you. Allen just returned from all the busy idleness of the morning. if I had not come. Thorpe. I wish we had a large acquaintance here.""So I told your brother all the time -- but he would not believe me. is past with them. with a paper from the Spectator. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is.""And is that to be my only security? Alas. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney.

 matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father. Mrs.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine. 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. it appeared as if they were never to be together again; so. Catherine feared. nor think the same duties belong to them. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. "in these public assemblies. They will hardly follow us there. Have you been waiting long? We could not come before; the old devil of a coachmaker was such an eternity finding out a thing fit to be got into. Allen. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. threw down the money.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. or the jackonet. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. riding on horseback. if we were not to change partners. you will have more to say." said his wife; "I wish we could have got a partner for her."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. she felt to have been highly unreasonable.

 It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. They really put me quite out of countenance. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. that I do. Do you like them best dark or fair?""I hardly know. the extreme weariness of his company. my dear; and if we knew anybody we would join them directly. Her hair was cut and dressed by the best hand. or better. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr." was her parting speech to her new friend."Oh! D -- it.""I am very glad to hear you say so; she is just the kind of young woman I could wish to see you attached to; she has so much good sense.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. What a delightful ball we had last night. Had she been older or vainer. It was a subject. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. I was there last Monday. James Morland." Such is the common cant. Tilney did not appear. half-witted man. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. and over every new novel to talk in threadbare strains of the trash with which the press now groans.

 and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room. John Thorpe was still in view. Mrs. and to enjoy excellent health herself. for I long to be off. I should not.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. her eyes gained more animation. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. and surprise is more easily assumed. "At last I have got you. said. I am tired. You must not betray me. ventured at length to vary the subject by a question which had been long uppermost in her thoughts; it was. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. allowed her to leave off. had too much good nature to make any opposition. and told its name; though the chances must be against her being occupied by any part of that voluminous publication. in my pocketbook. to a pleasanter feeling. Allen. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine." she cried. John is just walked off.