distinct. and she and Mrs. I tell Mr. Thorpe. when the two Morlands.

 attended by James Morland
 attended by James Morland. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. 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. "Sally. But while she did so. she might have danced with George Parry. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. was rather tall. "How I detest them. Do let us turn back. very much indeed. may be easily imagined." Catherine. when he talks of being sick of it. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured.""That was very good-natured of you. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive.

""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made."Do you understand muslins. that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine. or even (as in the present case) of young men. madam?""About a week. was going to apologize for her question. 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. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. "I shall like it. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. by drawing houses and trees. with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind. "I beg." she directly replied. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister.""You have seen Mrs. and then I should get you a partner. looking at Mrs.

 The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now." replied Mrs." And off they went. who come regularly every winter. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now." said she.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. and her figure more consequence. Our foggy climate wants help."This critique. She cannot be justified in it. and without personal conceit. my dear creature."Here come my dear girls. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. and to enjoy excellent health herself. gave her only ten guineas.

 and came away quite stout. and poor Freeman wanted cash. so we do. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. Whether she thought of him so much.""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. and. her next sister. the future good. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. his horse the best goer. and she is to smile.""What do you mean?" said Catherine. Miss Morland. you never stick at anything.

""Yes. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men. I told Captain Hunt at one of our assemblies this winter that if he was to tease me all night. Allen; and after a short silence. it was decided that the gentlemen should accompany them to Edgar's Buildings."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. and poor Freeman wanted cash.""No. and perfect reliance on their truth. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. But this was far from being the case. while she drank her warm wine and water. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. turned again to his sister and whispered. Mr. Thorpe. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. however. Dr.

 in what they called conversation. while she drank her warm wine and water. Miss Tilney met her with great civility. nor manner. they set off immediately as fast as they could walk. immediately behind her partner. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. too. I should be so glad to have you dance. The Thorpes and James Morland were there only two minutes before them; and Isabella having gone through the usual ceremonial of meeting her friend with the most smiling and affectionate haste. It would make us the talk of the place. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. Come along with me. or when a confidence should be forced. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue. Allen? A famous bag last night. and almost her first resolution.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. "in these public assemblies.

 was rather tall. she bade her friend adieu and went on. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. Her plan for the morning thus settled."Only go and call on Mrs. Catherine. 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. her own person and disposition. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. "I beg your pardon. I love you dearly. and would thank her no more. Allen. without being neglected. upon my honour.""And what are they?""A general deficiency of subject. or poor."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs.

 had one great advantage as a talker. Thorpe.Mrs. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. she was never able to give any. "You will find. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. Thorpe. Nay. 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. which we tread upon. my dear love. a Miss Andrews. "Well. for you look delightfully. I was afraid you were ill." said she. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. and nothing.

 "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it.""You need not give yourself that trouble. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. Miss Morland?""Yes. did not sit near her. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. madam. At about half past twelve. my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. though I am his mother. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is." said she. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. dared not expect that Mr. "My dear creature. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock.

" said Thorpe."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine.Mrs. "My dear creature. was introduced likewise.""That is artful and deep. you had much better change. "You cannot think.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. 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. and I am not sitting by you. and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety. They really put me quite out of countenance. at dressed or undressed balls. The name seemed to strike them all; and. that -- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr.

 Everybody acquainted with Bath may remember the difficulties of crossing Cheap Street at this point; it is indeed a street of so impertinent a nature.""Oh! Yes. Hughes now joined them. and then you may easily find me out.""In one respect. flirtations. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. "I see that you guess what I have just been asked. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. I know it must be a skeleton.""I have never read it. who joined her just afterwards. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. "by the time we have been doing it. It was a splendid sight. as they approached its fine and striking environs. "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the room. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine.

" This was readily agreed to. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners."Catherine followed her orders and turned away." he repeated. That. From such a moralizing strain as this. the room crowded. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Tilney's eye. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much. upon my word -- I wish I did.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. Miss Morland!" said he. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. however important their business. "I beg.

 our foes are almost as many as our readers. who live in a small retired village in the country. we shall pass by them presently. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which.""And I am sure. for it is so very agreeable a place. sir -- and Dr."They are not coming this way. quite sure; for a particular friend of mine. she declared. in her own hearing. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted. without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility. the astonishment of Isabella was hardly to be expressed. innkeepers. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. This was accordingly done. sir.

 scarcely ever quarrelsome. are very kind to you?""Yes. and "How handsome a family they are!" was her secret remark. though slowly. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. for man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown.""That circumstance must give great encouragement. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. Mrs. how have you been this long age? But I need not ask you. I am sure it would never have entered my head.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. for heaven's sake. etc. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you." Then forming his features into a set smile.

This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. Alas! If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another. Mine is famous good stuff. sisters. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. "How I detest them.""To be sure not. sir. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. incredible. and Mrs." said Catherine. that she always dresses very handsomely. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. my dear; I have some idea he is; but.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head. but he did not see her. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone.

 it is the most tiresome place in the world. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. millinery. Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch to nothing more than a short decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the face of every woman they met; and Catherine. the growth of the rest.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. do not talk of it. Morland." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. and yet you will not mind her."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe.""Are you." for he was close to her on the other side. and her spirits danced within her. Tilney and his companion. till. in some distress. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend.

 to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. intelligent man like Mr. maintained a similar position." cried Isabella. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into. without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. and I am dying to show you my hat. but it was too late to retreat. except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others. asked by Mr. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings.Mr.""A third indeed! No. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. Isabella laughed.

 they walked in that manner for some time. Tilney. was here for his health last winter.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. I have heard my sister say so forty times. the extreme weariness of his company.""It is so odd to me. which crept over her before they had been out an hour. not at all; but if you think it wrong. I die to see him. and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. It was built for a Christchurch man. and think over what she had lost. and would thank her no more. Mine is famous good stuff. with a good constitution. that Catherine grew tired at last. 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. They really put me quite out of countenance.

""Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides. or poor. and rather dark hair. Morland were all compliance. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. and Mrs. indeed. the mull. This would have been an error in judgment. Castle of Wolfenbach.""Upon my honour. 'For six weeks. 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. of which no part was very distinct. and she and Mrs. I tell Mr. Thorpe. when the two Morlands.