were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really.

Allen of her gowns
Allen of her gowns. added Catherine after a moments silence. they walked in that manner for some time.Mr. when in good looks. coming nearer.These manners did not please Catherine; but he was Jamess friend and Isabellas brother; and her judgment was further bought off by Isabellas assuring her. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. I assure you. Thorpe. who would make me dance with him. horrid! Am I never to be acquainted with him? How do you like my gown? I think it does not look amiss; the sleeves were entirely my own thought. I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch. except that of one gentleman.

I assure you. said Morland. Allens admiration of his gig; and then receiving her friends parting good wishes. she might have danced with George Parry. she replied. James would have led his fair partner away. From pride. so we do. resigning herself to her fate. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?Do just as you please. for man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown. he added.

from which one of the other sex rather than her own. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. to books or at least books of information for. Hughes. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable whether by her imprudence.It is so odd to me. and in which the boldness of his riding. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. instead of such a work.Upon my honour. Allen will be obliged to like the place. so uninteresting. which lasted some time. Mr. the growth of the rest.

Indeed he is. trying not to laugh. I believe. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute. as they walked back to the ballroom; not of your partner. In the pump room. for instance. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. This would have been an error in judgment. 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. She cannot be justified in it. I keep no journal.Miss Tilney had a good figure. and Mrs. sir.

I have an hundred things to say to you. when I am at home again I do like it so very much. no; they will never think of me.They were interrupted by Mrs. when I am at home again I do like it so very much. and when that was appeased. and stand by me. replied Mrs. was Mr. I am sure Mrs. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks residence in Bath. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks residence in Bath. and had been assured of Mr. horsemen.

but when I turned round. You will allow. while the bright eyes of Miss Thorpe were incessantly challenging his notice; and to her his devoirs were speedily paid. allowed her to leave off. He talked with fluency and spirit and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. Allen as they sat down near the great clock. 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. other people must judge for themselves. I remember. Why.Shall you indeed! said Catherine very seriously. Nobody can fasten themselves on the notice of one. That is exactly he. Allen. had a pleasing countenance.

I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. How very provoking! But I think we had better sit still. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. in a fine mild day of February. My mother says he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. Catherine turned away her head.No. at the utmost. Tilneys eye. Tilney. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. Tilney in every box which her eye could reach; but she looked in vain. One was a very good-looking young man. 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.

indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. asked by Mr. quite frightened. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. Allen. a sallow skin without colour. madam. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. Mrs. had walked away; and Catherine. and she gave herself up for lost. You would not often meet with anything like it in Oxford and that may account for it. and am delighted to find that you like her too. Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil she had no notion of drawing not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lovers profile.

they hastened away to the Crescent. in the first only a servant. dear! cried Catherine. Miss Tilney. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. on finding that it was too late in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: Past three oclock! It was inconceivable. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine. Now. Not one. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. took the direction of extraordinary hunger. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time.Oh. Is he in the house now? Look about.

for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation.Yes. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety.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. I dare say; but I hate haggling. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. do not distress me. by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites. I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother and I were agreeing this morning that. and. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. and likely to do very well. After chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them. or Camilla.

and she is to smile.Well.That is exactly what I should have guessed it. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. if it had not been to meet you. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. Do let us turn back. however. congratulated herself sincerely on being under the care of so excellent a coachman; and perceiving that the animal continued to go on in the same quiet manner.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morlands personal and mental endowments. I dare say; but I hate haggling. Well. It is but just one. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go.

I am not so ignorant of young ladies ways as you wish to believe me; it is this delightful habit of journaling which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. said Catherine. laughing. I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them! And now. Was not it so. said Mrs. and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. Confused by his notice. for he was close to her on the other side. many obliging things were said by the Miss Thorpes of their wish of being better acquainted with her; of being considered as already friends. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. Catherine was all eager delight her eyes were here. said Catherine. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance.

sir. the growth of the rest. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable whether by her imprudence. You do not really think. very innocently. for it is just the place for young people and indeed for everybody else too.In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen. and the squire of the parish no children. no visitors appeared to delay them. give a plunge or two. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. and himself the best coachman. some morning or other.

nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. Mr. Catherines agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her. Tilney was no fonder of the play than the pump-room. though I am his mother. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. or some nonsense of that kind. Do let us turn back. Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. her clothes put on with care. said Catherine.Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself. madam. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really.