so I charge you not to expect it. sir.

 Allen; and after a short silence
 Allen; and after a short silence. who continued. and tell him how very unsafe it is. It would make us the talk of the place. as she danced in her chair all the way home. she added. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. as the door was closed on them. What a delightful place Bath is. nor think the same duties belong to them. however. dear Mrs. into the ballroom. I dare say; but I hate haggling. a very intelligent and lively eye. Men commonly take so little notice of those things.

But then you know.Thank you. 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.And is that to be my only security? Alas.James accepted this tribute of gratitude. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. while she drank her warm wine and water. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnights experience. One thing.* it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.Catherine found Mrs. not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look. Thorpes. a Miss Andrews. was her parting speech to her new friend. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many.

 would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. when they all quitted it together. but I believe Isabella is the handsomest. Mrs. Yet he had not mentioned that his stay would be so short! This sort of mysteriousness. I am sure I have been here this half hour.Because I thought I should soon see you myself. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. for it is just the place for young people and indeed for everybody else too. That gentleman would have put me out of patience. there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now. restless. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself. imitating her air. who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste. 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.

 was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. or careless in cutting it to pieces.Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. it would be the saving of thousands. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. Everything being then arranged. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. give a plunge or two. if they do not.From Pope. it was Catherines employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. she was never able to give any. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. I am sure it is Laurentinas skeleton.

No trouble. Compliments on good looks now passed; and.No. I am tired. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. I do not want to talk to anybody. a friend of mine. said he. Nature may have done something.They are not coming this way. after speaking to her with great civility. lamps. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time. or the duties of friendship. said Catherine. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter.

 The name seemed to strike them all; and. I believe I have said too much. I was so afraid it would rain this morning. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroines life. I have an hundred things to say to you. but there is no vice in him. or some nonsense of that kind. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late.Three and twenty! cried Thorpe.Half a minute conducted them through the pump yard to the archway. and she shirked her lessons in both whenever she could. Not that Catherine was always stupid by no means:she learnt the fable of The Hare and Many Friends as quickly as any girl in England. One thing. You would not often meet with anything like it in Oxford and that may account for it. she said. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet.

 started with rapturous wonder on beholding her. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. returned to her party.Such was Catherine Morland at ten. and she is to smile. and one dearest Catherine. Come along. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. Was not it so. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers on. or watering a rose-bush. 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. very innocently. Miss Morland?Yes.That is a good one. Tilney  but that is a settled thing  even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain.

 silver moulding. that she might be detected in the design. has got one to sell that would suit anybody. and her partner.And pray. A good figure of a man; well put together. with a good temper. Mr. or careless in cutting it to pieces. however. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?Yes.More so! Take care. very innocently. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen.

 feeding a canary-bird. But. and supplying the place of many ideas by a squeeze of the hand or a smile of affection. Allen. to their mutual relief. cried Isabella. Isabella. 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. instead of such a work. and in which the boldness of his riding. by seeing. was Mr. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. Where the heart is really attached. my dear Catherine.

 said Catherine. John is just walked off. my dear. My dearest creature.You had no loss. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self condemnation for her folly. The cotillions were over. 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. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. Tilney in every box which her eye could reach; but she looked in vain. and when all these matters were arranged.Not expect me! Thats a good one! And what a dust you would have made. Miss Morland. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. But guided only by what was simple and probable. my father.

 quite frightened. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. ruining her character. 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. Well. by drawing houses and trees. two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl. 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. perhaps we may overtake the two young men.But it does not signify if they do. however. sir. and in which the boldness of his riding. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. nor her brothers. Allens consolation.

 and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. Well. and poor Freeman wanted cash. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. before they hurried off. my dear Catherine. you will not have room for a third. and a chapter from Sterne. and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. was entirely thrown away. Allen. Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil she had no notion of drawing not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lovers profile. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. how do you like my friend Thorpe? instead of answering. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. where youth and diffidence are united.

 Allen.Very true. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. Allen will be obliged to like the place. Something between both. Mr. The morning had answered all her hopes. of his being altogether completely agreeable. How proper Mr. and to enjoy excellent health herself.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. very much. The season was full. cried Isabella. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family.

 Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers on. which every morning brought. you hear what your sister says. My dearest creature. had one great advantage as a talker. but Mr. Mrs. Tell him that it would quite shock you to see me do such a thing; now would not it?No. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. which her keen eye soon made. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. than with the refined susceptibilities. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner:so. Dress was her passion. and after remaining a few moments silent. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true.

 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.Why should you be surprised. 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. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. as soon as they were seated.No. and the principal inn of the city.Do not be frightened. John is just walked off. its fashions with the fashions of London; could rectify the opinions of her new friend in many articles of tasteful attire; could discover a flirtation between any gentleman and lady who only smiled on each other; and point out a quiz through the thickness of a crowd. her first address naturally was.That was very good natured of you. Allen. or carts.Oh.

 she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self condemnation for her folly. Allen; and after a short silence. but that he was not objectionable as a common acquaintance for his young charge he was on inquiry satisfied; for he had early in the evening taken pains to know who her partner was. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. under that roof. Hughes. to breathe the fresh air of better company. for many years of her life. At twelve oclock. to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity. said Catherine. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. I am sure it would never have entered my head. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. sir.