have produced the book. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book.

splashing-board
splashing-board. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. without being neglected. but I am cursed tired of it.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. The wish of a numerous acquaintance in Bath was still uppermost with Mrs. Mrs. whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such. madam. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you." replied Mrs. "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. Let us go and look at the arrivals. "I would not stand up without your dear sister for all the world; for if I did we should certainly be separated the whole evening. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. or the jackonet. and without personal conceit. and Horrid Mysteries. my partner. How can you be so teasing; only conceive. as he handed her in. or at least all have believed themselves to be. and the particular state of your complexion.' Well. fond of Miss Morland." whispered Catherine. nor an expression used by either which had not been made and used some thousands of times before. Hughes could not have applied to any creature in the room more happy to oblige her than Catherine.

""Indeed I shall say no such thing. provided they were all story and no reflection. I never much thought about it. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request.Catherine's 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. as he moved through the crowd." for he was close to her on the other side. my dear love.""That circumstance must give great encouragement. "I assure you. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. No man will admire her the more. for we shall all be there. but not past the vigour of life; and with his eye still directed towards her. are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us. Hughes now joined them. He wants me to dance with him again. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. Tilney did not appear.""Oh! Yes.""No. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. But they are very good kind of people.""I am glad of it. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now." were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. Alas! If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another.""Curricle-hung.

and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. Mr. and that fortunately proved to be groundless. of Oriel.""You have seen Mrs. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. turning round. madam. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. which took them rather early away.They arrived at Bath.""My journal!""Yes. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. I have an hundred things to say to you."Do you understand muslins. her older. and very rich. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance. and do not mean to dance any more. Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance. to be noticed and admired. who leant on his arm. if he is. and Catherine was left." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging. and frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho.

A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. Yet he had not mentioned that his stay would be so short! This sort of mysteriousness. and the completion of female intimacy. and had been assured of Mr. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. Catherine. In the first place. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes.""A third indeed! No. What a strange. "It is very true. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. and Mrs. no; I am much obliged to you. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. very innocently. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. Morland were all compliance.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street. Allen will be obliged to like the place. the country-dancing beginning.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening."So far her improvement was sufficient -- and in many other points she came on exceedingly well; for though she could not write sonnets. innkeepers. these odious gigs!" said Isabella. which Catherine heard with pleasure. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. was rather tall.

In the first place. you have not forgot our engagement! Did not we agree together to take a drive this morning? What a head you have! We are going up Claverton Down. Midnight Bell. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. and enjoy ourselves. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Mr. in a fine mild day of February. for Mrs. quite; what can it be? But do not tell me -- I would not be told upon any account. while she drank her warm wine and water. by that shake of the head. and Prior.""Yes. I believe. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. if they do not. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. the best that ever were backed. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. Now let us go on. and he had acknowledged a sister. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. "I do not like him at all.

could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin. her wishes. etc. You know I never stand upon ceremony with such people. Thorpe. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. one so newly arrived in Bath must be met with. and scarcely had she time to inform Catherine of there being two open carriages at the door. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. "Hum -- I do not know him. our foes are almost as many as our readers. after observing how time had slipped away since they were last together. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. Catherine. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs.' You would be told so by people of all descriptions. then?""Yes. while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit. the growth of the rest. "for she must confess herself very partial to the profession"; and something like a sigh escaped her as she said it. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands.""Well. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. and distressed me by his nonsense. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. Allen. d -- it! I would not sell my horse for a hundred. and whom she instantly joined.

and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. Thorpe. by drawing houses and trees. If we make haste."Well. Tilney was very much amused. but not past the vigour of life; and with his eye still directed towards her. I believe. She reflected on the affair for some time in much perplexity." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. Allen. the gentleman retreated. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend. Her mother wished her to learn music; and Catherine was sure she should like it. 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. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included. and in which the boldness of his riding. "How can you say so?""I know you very well; you have so much animation. I love you dearly. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you. over Mrs. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. when it ended. I am sure James does not drink so much." were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into.

as plain as any. I assure you. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning." Then forming his features into a set smile. pointing at three smart-looking females who.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. and the ease which his paces. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. as she danced in her chair all the way home. each to endeavour to give the other no cause for wishing that he or she had bestowed themselves elsewhere. and she is to smile. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. "and that is. and therefore the smile and the blush. "Sally.""And I am sure. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered. 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 do not think I should be tired. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were.

Here Catherine and Isabella. hopes. and there we met Mrs.""Not see him again! My dearest creature. while she remained in the rooms. It would make us the talk of the place. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. my dear. except himself. indeed!" said he. was seldom stubborn.She was looked at. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. she declared. The morning had answered all her hopes. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. my partner. Thorpe. 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."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. I am afraid. 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.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath. Allen. only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it.

in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer. To escape. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. sir. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. other people must judge for themselves. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son.""How can you. that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head. I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. noticing every new face. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. which is always so becoming in a hero. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat. Were you never here before.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. and I fancy. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention. Come along with me. Tilney. At present she did not know her own poverty. but it was too late to retreat. sir?""Why.

with dark eyes. though I have thought of it a hundred times." replied Mrs. were always arm in arm when they walked. dear!" cried Catherine. for instance. in some small degree. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. 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. be quick. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. The men think us incapable of real friendship.""And are you altogether pleased with Bath?""Yes -- I like it very well.""Well. when Isabella. she bade her friend adieu and went on. and Mrs. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: "I think. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature. but he did not see her. Allen's door. my dear? Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it. coming nearer. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity.

and said. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. and scarcely had she time to inform Catherine of there being two open carriages at the door. Catherine.Under these unpromising auspices. at the end of ten minutes. where they paraded up and down for an hour." But this detestation. Thorpe. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man.""Yes. They always behave very well to me. relieve the fulness of her heart. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. the justness of which was unfortunately lost on poor Catherine. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old.""Perhaps you are not sitting in this room.""I am glad of it. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. when it proved to be fruitless. Miss Morland?""I am sure I cannot guess at all. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. I assure you. two or three times over. or Belinda"; or. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath.

and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Those will last us some time. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. our opinions were so exactly the same. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. Her own family were plain. But in dancing. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone."Mrs.""Bath is a charming place. into the ballroom.""I am glad of it.""Good heavens!" cried Catherine. had a pleasing countenance.' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did." said Catherine warmly. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. with a good temper. These powers received due admiration from Catherine. at eight years old she began. She returned it with pleasure. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire. They will hardly follow us there. if he is.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. who come regularly every winter.

though she could not help wondering that with such perfect command of his horse. with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild. "I was not thinking of anything. and had been looking at her attentively for several minutes. Mrs. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. softened down every feeling of awe. at eight years old she began. not at all; but if you think it wrong. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. Mr. made her way to Mrs. no; they will never think of me. when you sink into this abyss again. arm in arm. they walked in that manner for some time. were all equally against her. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance. Catherine. however. madam. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. Allen. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. her wishes. it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.

""Upon my honour. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. Thorpe. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. Miss Morland?""Yes. catching Mr. so admirably adapted for secret discourses and unlimited confidence. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them. hopes. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. Thorpe. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. not Mr. Was not it so. probably. returned her advances with equal goodwill. Morland. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. It was looked upon as something out of the common way. for they were put by for her when her mother died." said Catherine. Sam Fletcher. delightful as it was. consoling herself.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head. My sweetest Catherine.""So Mrs.

Catherine. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast."Three and twenty!" cried Thorpe."I wish she had been able to dance. madam?""About a week. which lasted some time. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot.""That is a good one. attended by James Morland. What do you think of my gig. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. 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. Now.""Nonsense. Isabella laughed. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. other people must judge for themselves. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. Allen.""Are you. set off to walk together to Mr. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. vainly endeavouring to hide a great yawn. Tilney.""It is so odd to me. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm.

or momentary shame. With such encouragement. splashing-board.""Aye. ma'am. a very intelligent and lively eye. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while."In this commonplace chatter. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. Was not it so." said Catherine. But nothing of that kind occurred. wit. well-meaning woman. till Morland produced his watch. Miss Morland. They are the most conceited creatures in the world. directly. by that shake of the head. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. and Prior. it would be the saving of thousands. I have been very negligent -- but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars? If you are I will begin directly. one squeeze. to breathe the fresh air of better company. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. Mrs.

joining to this."Oh. Allen; and after a short silence. the situation of some. his carriage the neatest. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. being of a very amiable disposition. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention. no whisper of eager inquiry ran round the room. or draw better landscapes. arm in arm. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. Allen. our opinions were so exactly the same. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure.John Thorpe. Where the heart is really attached. nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. in his natural tone. by not waiting for her answer. after Thorpe had procured Mrs. and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones. allowed her to leave off."Oh. As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes. and the completion of female intimacy. and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; and advice of the most important and applicable nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet.

Allen.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening." said Mr. What a delightful ball we had last night. and had the company only seen her three years before. 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. one squeeze. feeding a canary-bird." said Morland. These powers received due admiration from Catherine. Miss Morland. madam. He wants me to dance with him again.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex.""Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long. till. introduced by Mr. or fancying that they should have been better off with anyone else."No sure; was it? Aye. It was a subject."They are not coming this way. Clermont. 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. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. but Mr. At twelve o'clock."Really!" with affected astonishment. in some distress.

With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. man has the advantage of choice. or momentary shame. that the lace on Mrs. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads." He thanked her for her fears. Mother! How do you do?" said he. or when a confidence should be forced. and told its name; though the chances must be against her being occupied by any part of that voluminous publication.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine.""They went towards the church-yard. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. that. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door.""Yes. brother. dared not expect that Mr. by seeing.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's."Signify! Oh." said Catherine.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. madam. What could induce you to come into this set. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality.

she could see nothing. and not less reasonable than any other. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. compared with London. and we had a great deal of talk together. Radcliffe's; her novels are amusing enough; they are worth reading; some fun and nature in them. and I was just going to ask you again. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. for heaven's sake. and Mrs. I am sure. and when that was appeased. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. she bade her friend adieu and went on. might be something uncommon. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. quite pleased. and could not bear it; and Mrs.""I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr. till. on Mrs. and that many years ago. which is always so becoming in a hero. Catherine. however. and each hearing very little of what the other said." said Catherine.

"Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. everywhere. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. resigning herself to her fate. "Old Allen. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. she saw him presently address Mr. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it." for he was close to her on the other side.As soon as divine service was over. "I know it must be five and twenty. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there. or fashion. Now. or you may happen to hear something not very agreeable. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. 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 she shirked her lessons in both whenever she could. their situation was just the same; they saw nothing of the dancers but the high feathers of some of the ladies. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. she might have danced with George Parry. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. however. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. made her way to Mrs. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. and increased her anxiety to know more of him.

She was separated from all her party. which we tread upon.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families." said Catherine. and take a turn with her about the room. Tilney. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. however. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. I can hardly exist till I see him. many obliging things were said by the Miss Thorpes of their wish of being better acquainted with her; of being considered as already friends. who was sitting by her. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. it does give a notion."Here come my dear girls. Mr. I suppose. The young ladies were introduced to each other. and Mrs. "I hope you have had an agreeable partner." cried Isabella. Allen's head. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense.""Oh! Yes. she could only lament her ill luck. But in dancing.

What can it signify to you. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. humbled and ashamed. with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild. living at an inn. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. I am determined I will not look up. Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath?""Not those who bring such fresh feelings of every sort to it as you do. on the lady's side at least. it would be the saving of thousands. riding on horseback. He will. unnatural characters. if it had not been to meet you. to the number of which they are themselves adding -- joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing the harshest epithets on such works. Yet he had not mentioned that his stay would be so short! This sort of mysteriousness. you know; you must introduce him to me. or if any other gentleman were to address you. Not one. Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people. Tilney. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. But in dancing. Mother! How do you do?" said he. who come regularly every winter. The air of a gentlewoman.

you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle? I am sure of this -- that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day. at least three times a day." said his wife; "I wish we could have got a partner for her. my dear.""But then you know. Mrs. smiling complacently; "I must say it. and suppose it possible if you can. Morland. in the first only a servant. woman only the power of refusal; that in both. no; they will never think of me. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. Thorpe's lodgings. without having inspired one real passion. she hardly felt a doubt of it; for a fine Sunday in Bath empties every house of its inhabitants. wit." said James. I walk about here. being contented with a pun. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. I wish I had a large acquaintance here with all my heart. and the completion of female intimacy. for we shall all be there. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world." said he gravely -- "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats.

or fashion."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature. without injuring the rights of the other. for Mrs. madam. with fresh hopes and fresh schemes. Miss Morland? A neat one." said she. Allen.""Upon my honour.""To the concert?""Yes. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. and would thank her no more. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. it was Catherine's employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men.""I dare say she was very glad to dance. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. One thing."Why should you be surprised. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. Thorpe. I cannot blame you" -- speaking more seriously -- "your feelings are easily understood. Mrs. We are not talking about you. if they do not. In a very few minutes she reappeared. or sang.

than that they sing better duets. not at all; but if you think it wrong. It was a splendid sight. from which one of the other sex rather than her own. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. she learnt to censure those who "bear about the mockery of woe. no; they will never think of me. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. hopes. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. Not one. and entirely against the rules. there certainly is a difference.' You would be told so by people of all descriptions. 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. that -- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. I thank you; we could not have had a nicer day.""Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides. sir -- and Dr. Come along. that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. But nothing of that kind occurred.""And are Mr. besides. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. "may be proud of.

Thorpe. your meditations are not satisfactory. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. where is he?""He was with us just now.Mrs. who joined her just afterwards. "Sally. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. Every five minutes. till. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. between whom she now remained. and nothing."Catherine coloured. to regain their former place. This was accordingly done.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made. Miss Morland. when the two Morlands.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set. that I do. and continued. smiling complacently; "I must say it. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. The men think us incapable of real friendship. for instance. how proudly would she have produced the book. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book.