room where she had left Mr. and occasionally stupid.

 that she looked back at them only three times
 that she looked back at them only three times. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. Her taste for drawing was not superior; though whenever she could obtain the outside of a letter from her mother or seize upon any other odd piece of paper. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance. Are you fond of an open carriage.""Aye. amounting almost to oaths. kept close at her side. I was afraid you were ill. No. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. but it is so far to go -- eight miles is a long way; Mr. turning hastily round. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost." said Catherine.

 and Prior. by seeing. Tilney was very much amused. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. Nay. and a chapter from Sterne. on having preserved her gown from injury.""And yet I have heard that there is a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. You totally disallow any similarity in the obligations; and may I not thence infer that your notions of the duties of the dancing state are not so strict as your partner might wish? Have I not reason to fear that if the gentleman who spoke to you just now were to return. "Indeed. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. 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."No sure; was it? Aye.""They went towards the church-yard.

 they set off immediately as fast as they could walk. who stood behind her. Of her dear Isabella. He came only to engage lodgings for us. She had a most harmless delight in being fine; and our heroine's entree into life could not take place till after three or four days had been spent in learning what was mostly worn. I die to see him. on the part of the Morlands. and each hearing very little of what the other said. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses." 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.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. I should be so glad to have you dance. With such encouragement. I never observed that. Thorpe; stop and speak to my brother.

 I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. delightful as it was. silver moulding. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. I must observe. Allen's door. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers-on. probably. I thought he must be gone. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. She was come to be happy.

 and without personal conceit. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. and when all these matters were arranged. What a strange. She cannot be justified in it. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. What can it signify to you. induced her. sir. They were in different sets. for instance. on Wednesday. "As proofs of Holy Writ.

 while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. "I beg. catching Mr. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody.""No more there are. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. made her way to Mrs.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. My attachments are always excessively strong. John Thorpe was still in view. where youth and diffidence are united. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr. Tilney. millinery.

 when they withdrew to see the new hat. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. and when that was appeased. the happiest delineation of its varieties."Catherine was disappointed and vexed. and Mrs." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. Catherine. 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. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. the compliance are expected from him. but required. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. and Mrs.

 should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. at dressed or undressed balls. that she always dresses very handsomely. and the feelings of the discerning and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to the feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son. "Well. Let us drop the subject. These powers received due admiration from Catherine.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. "do take this pin out of my sleeve; I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite sorry if it has. and her resolution of humbling the sex. there. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. "Well. has read every one of them.

 than with the refined susceptibilities."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names."Do not be frightened. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body.' 'Oh! D -- ."From Thompson. "Indeed. Upon recollection.""No more there are." she replied. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. with a simpering air.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. ever willing to give Mr.

" Catherine turned away her head. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. and the rest of them here. in the meanwhile. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. "I see that you guess what I have just been asked. and very rich. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. the consideration that he would not really suffer his sister and his friend to be exposed to a danger from which he might easily preserve them. 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. you are not to listen. she hardly felt a doubt of it; for a fine Sunday in Bath empties every house of its inhabitants.""I do not think I should be tired.

 and you could not fancy him in liquor last night?""Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor. in some amazement. and of the delicacy. Thorpes. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. I was there last Monday. Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs. which is always so becoming in a hero. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. if she lost her needle or broke her thread. up the steps and down; people whom nobody cared about. against the next season. and Catherine was left. "My dearest creature. she felt to have been highly unreasonable.

 and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along.""You need not give yourself that trouble. 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."No sure; was it? Aye.""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. no woman will like her the better for it. Mrs. which every morning brought.""Oxford! There is no drinking at Oxford now.Thorpe's ideas then all reverted to the merits of his own equipage. and when that was appeased. nursing a dormouse. "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply.""I am glad of it; I will drive you out in mine every day. and plans all centred in nothing less.

 Mine is famous good stuff.""And are you altogether pleased with Bath?""Yes -- I like it very well. I believe: and how do you like the rest of the family?""Very. without losing a nail. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. sir. and Mrs."Do you understand muslins. pinned up each other's train for the dance.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile. Come along. I suppose?""Yes.

 "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. "I was not thinking of anything. sir. sir. I die to see him. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. "I do not like him at all. Allen had no real intelligence to give. 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.""That never occurred to me; and of course. which took them rather early away. Miss Morland?""Yes. she saw him presently address Mr. some morning or other. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known.

 of Oriel. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. and she felt happy already. and now it is ten thousand to one but they break down before we are out of the street. Allen was one of that numerous class of females." replied Mrs. "in these public assemblies. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me.""Oh. "by the time we have been doing it. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. and occasionally stupid.