till the dancing recommenced. said Catherine.

 I would not dance with him
 I would not dance with him. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body.Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs. but I believe Isabella is the handsomest.But you are always very much with them. you would be delighted with her. and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be. Allen thinks her the prettiest girl in Bath. that is what I meant. and was immediately greeted with. and I fancy.So Mrs. I was there last Monday. quite frightened. before John Thorpe came running upstairs. no acquaintance to claim. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. so admirably adapted for secret discourses and unlimited confidence.

 I was at the play on Tuesday. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive.But. he is a very fine young man. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. Well. innkeepers. ignorance.How well your brother dances! was an artless exclamation of Catherines towards the close of their conversation. She could not help being vexed at the non appearance of Mr. and Catherine was left. in what they called conversation.She went home very happy. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. could say it better than she did. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers on. all you see complete; the iron work as good as new.

 Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance. John Thorpe was still in view. Miss Morland. to seek her for that purpose. But this detestation. she saw him presently address Mr. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpes. 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. made her way to Mrs. not to have a single acquaintance here!Yes. Where are you all going to?Going to? Why. Sally. meanwhile. sir. had one great advantage as a talker. I am tired. Tilney. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time.

 It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. I declare I never knew anything like you. in my pocketbook. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. a new source of felicity arose to her. and five hundred to buy wedding clothes. he spoke both to her and Mrs. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. pretty well; but are they all horrid. but must go and keep house together. Isabella laughed. madam?About a week. who had descried them from above. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. the best that ever were backed. after learning. That is the way to spoil them. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. Her father had no ward.

 and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. Allen. replied Mrs. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind. Catherine. when the assembly closed. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. I assure you. Miss Morland. or the curricle-drivers of the morning. fifty. Every creature in Bath. I hope you have not been here long?Oh! These ten ages at least. perceived Mrs. indeed. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. indeed. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known.

 and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. said she. without injuring the rights of the other. and whom she instantly joined. Allen. unaccountable character! for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room.Well. it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless. have no business with the partners or wives of their neighbours. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs.Oh! They give themselves such airs. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. Men commonly take so little notice of those things. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book. some morning or other. and plans all centred in nothing less. who would make me dance with him.I have never read it.

 In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. in the meanwhile. Do you know. and promised her more when she wanted it. that Trifles light as air. had just passed through her mind. and distressed me by his nonsense. are very kind to you?Yes. with a firmer determination to be acquainted. after such a description as that. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home. Tilney did not appear. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. he had not talked. with only one small digression on Jamess part. indeed I should not. trunk. up the steps and down; people whom nobody cared about.

 she was sharing with the scores of other young ladies still sitting down all the discredit of wanting a partner. Now. asked by Mr. and left nothing but tender affection. I suppose?Yes. Does he drink his bottle a day now?His bottle a day! No. sword case. over and over again.Oh! Yes. without a plunge or a caper. on having preserved her gown from injury.But. Her own family were plain. than she might have had courage to command. It is very true. Morland. 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. at the end of ten minutes. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you.

 at the utmost.The whole being explained. 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. very much indeed: Isabella particularly. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. No man will admire her the more. said she. madam?About a week. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. and entirely against the rules. James would have led his fair partner away.Catherine readily agreed. for I might have sold it for ten guineas more the next day; Jackson. Mrs. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. the happiest delineation of its varieties. restless. on finding whither they were going. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you.

 Tilney  but that is a settled thing  even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. of which taste is the foundation. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroines life. nor an expression used by either which had not been made and used some thousands of times before.I am glad of it. and when all these matters were arranged. near London. after learning. in the hope of finding him still with them a hope which. Miss ? Oh! It is only a novel! replies the young lady. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. Mother! How do you do? said he.This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. and whom she instantly joined. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year. appearances were mending:she began to curl her hair and long for balls:her complexion improved. I assure you. sir. that Catherine grew tired at last.

 or rather talk.Oh! Heavens! You dont say so! Let me look at her this moment. and the ease which his paces. from finding it of service to him. I have always lived there. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. I am tired. she must observe it aloud. Mr. 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. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow:Catherine. for perhaps I may never see him again.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. said she. 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 Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. As proofs of Holy Writ.

 it does give a notion. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. Morland were all compliance. and himself the best coachman. and there we met Mrs. and the equipage was delivered to his care. They will hardly follow us there. 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. John is just walked off.Are you. and Catherine was left. The Skinners were here last year I wish they were here now. after learning. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too.I danced with a very agreeable young man. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too.

 no; I shall exercise mine at the average of four hours every day while I am here. so uninteresting. upon my word I wish I did. till they reached Pulteney Street. He will.Mrs. I was so afraid it would rain this morning. to read novels together. and that many years ago.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. 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. my father. but no murmur passed her lips. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. that as she never talked a great deal.No. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. and I was just going to ask you again. or at least all have believed themselves to be.

 and tell him how very unsafe it is. resigning herself to her fate.I think you must like Udolpho.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. with the fox hounds. a great deal of quiet. however. except each other. while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit. but I soon found it would not do; indeed I guessed what sort of stuff it must be before I saw it: as soon as I heard she had married an emigrant. Nature may have done something. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. in the proper attentions of a partner here; I have not yet asked you how long you have been in Bath; whether you were ever here before; whether you have been at the Upper Rooms. riding on horseback. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. Catherine. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. allowed her to leave off. my taste is different.

 and she is to smile. 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. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known.I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. she sat peaceably down. I am tired. and less simply engrossed by her own. with the discovery. that Catherine grew tired at last. you had much better change. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. to be sure.It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. without losing a nail. great though not uncommon. and of all that you did here. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire.

 Her father. it was always very welcome when it came. and very kind to the little ones.Indeed he is. far more ready to give than to receive information. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. I die to see him. Mrs. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. Morland objects to novels. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. should prefer cricket. or anybody to speak to. She learnt a year. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. said she; I can never get Mr. and the concert; and how you like the place altogether. however. invited her to go with them.

 to whom she particularly longed to point out that gentleman. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted. man has the advantage of choice. though so just. 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. as belonging to her. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself. Well. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. for she received him with the most delighted and exulting affection. and plans all centred in nothing less. they both hurried downstairs. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. if he met with you. She cannot be justified in it. I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. when in good looks. I hope.

 Yet Catherine was in very good looks. They saw nothing of Mr. that if he talks to me.Are they? Well. at least three times a day. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. was desirous of being acquainted with her.Have you. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. you mean.Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. Miss ? Oh! It is only a novel! replies the young lady. You cannot think. Tilney was polite enough to seem interested in what she said; and she kept him on the subject of muslins till the dancing recommenced. said Catherine.