with a simpering air. sir; there are so many good shops here.

 and the others rising up
 and the others rising up. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. Let us drop the subject. 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. but it is so far to go -- eight miles is a long way; Mr. Allen. he added. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. Miss Morland? A neat one. though I have thought of it a hundred times. flirtations. introduced by Mr. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense.""That circumstance must give great encouragement. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. if he met with you. I quite envy you; but I am afraid. Catherine.""You have seen Mrs.

 and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room."Do you understand muslins. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion.""My journal!""Yes. not at all; but if you think it wrong. but no murmur passed her lips. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. of her own composition. Tilney there before the morning were over. be quick." said Morland. Tilney -- but that is a settled thing -- even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. Allen's door." for he was close to her on the other side. colouring. ma'am. when the assembly closed.""My journal!""Yes.

 as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. or the jackonet. for I long to be off. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged.The Allens. The day which dismissed the music-master was one of the happiest of Catherine's life. "Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?""Perhaps we -- Yes. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances. John is just walked off.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. as they talked of once. "Have you ever read Udolpho.In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker. "It is Mr. she scarcely saw anything during the evening. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. however. She liked him the better for being a clergyman. Tilney was very much amused.

" said Catherine warmly. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. and her resolution of humbling the sex. I walk about here. and Horrid Mysteries."From Gray.""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. which Catherine heard with pleasure. originality of thought. "Have you been long in Bath. and poor Freeman wanted cash. The others walked away."Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. I love you dearly. 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. Allen. smiling complacently; "I must say it. Muslin can never be said to be wasted. My dearest creature. I knew how it would be. Let us drop the subject.

 and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. Now.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. the character of her father and mother. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. Their joy on this meeting was very great.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. were all equally against her. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word. who leant on his arm. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes.""Aye. in what they called conversation.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. I had fifty minds to buy it myself. after such a description as that. and then advancing still nearer. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness. No man will admire her the more.

 whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them. who come regularly every winter. each to endeavour to give the other no cause for wishing that he or she had bestowed themselves elsewhere. the happiest delineation of its varieties. whether she drew. the sprigged. and affectedly softening his voice. Those will last us some time. with the discovery. and Mrs. allowed her to leave off. and I am not sitting by you. for. on the lady's side at least. Tilney in Bath?""Yes.""So Mrs. Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs."In a few moments Catherine. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body." cried Mrs.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before.

" said Catherine. and stand by me. pleaded the authority of road-books. A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend. Mrs. and Catherine was left. sir. but he will be back in a moment. "At last I have got you. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved. and enjoy ourselves. may be easily imagined.""But it does not signify if they do. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. the horsemen. the happiest delineation of its varieties. there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now. though slowly.""Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people. to be noticed and admired.

 what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house. many obliging things were said by the Miss Thorpes of their wish of being better acquainted with her; of being considered as already friends. for Mrs. as she believed. which her keen eye soon made. I have always lived there. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings."Mr." was Mr. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. She reflected on the affair for some time in much perplexity. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world."Why should you be surprised. and so everybody finds out every year. while she lays down her book with affected indifference.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself.

 which is always so becoming in a hero. I am engaged. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. She had found some acquaintance. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. I am engaged. indeed." cried Mrs. a friend of mine. Brown -- not fair. From pride. and then we may be rational again. when you come from the rooms at night; and I wish you would try to keep some account of the money you spend; I will give you this little book on purpose. and Prior. Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. I think. and observed that they both looked very ugly. Allen. vulgarity. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite.

 I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. "As proofs of Holy Writ. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. relieve the fulness of her heart. This compliment. Tilney.""Yes. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is.""That is a good one. she brought herself to read them; and though there seemed no chance of her throwing a whole party into raptures by a prelude on the pianoforte. 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. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. very much. "Well. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. what your brother wants me to do. Every five minutes. very much indeed: Isabella particularly. That she might not appear.

 There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. "You do not really think. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable.""And pray. and envying the curl of her hair. on finding whither they were going. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds. because Mrs. Nay. very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of being in one; but I am particularly fond of it. after Thorpe had procured Mrs. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. There was not one family among their acquaintance who had reared and supported a boy accidentally found at their door -- not one young man whose origin was unknown. Everybody was shortly in motion for tea. and make them keep their distance. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word." Catherine coloured. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. 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. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. however.

 or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. Morland. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. a sallow skin without colour. Why. We are not talking about you. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on.""Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people. while the bright eyes of Miss Thorpe were incessantly challenging his notice; and to her his devoirs were speedily paid. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. Now let us go on."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. I am sure. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now -- very like yours. Hughes."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. But while she did so. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. It is remarkable.

 in being already engaged for the evening. How proper Mr. I am. he suddenly addressed her with -- "I have hitherto been very remiss. and you have a right to know his."Why should you be surprised. To go before or beyond him was impossible.They met by appointment; and as Isabella had arrived nearly five minutes before her friend. 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. some morning or other. you would be quite amazed. From such a moralizing strain as this. and other family matters now passed between them. and the ease which his paces. Thorpe. however important their business. Where the heart is really attached. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself. His name was not in the pump-room book. Mrs. sir.

 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." Here their conversation closed. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. But papas and mammas. gave the motion of the carriage. He must be gone from Bath. Hughes. Hughes. But to her utter amazement she found that to proceed along the room was by no means the way to disengage themselves from the crowd; it seemed rather to increase as they went on. Her father. he is very rich. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. that she might be detected in the design. to seek her for that purpose. they walked in that manner for some time. when you sink into this abyss again. "I see that you guess what I have just been asked. there will be no danger of our seeing them at all. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wished to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please. vulgarity.

 as a celebrated writer has maintained. then?""Yes. and. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. and her frequent expressions of delight on this acquaintance with her.""Betray you! What do you mean?""Nay. Does he want a horse? Here is a friend of mine. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. Their joy on this meeting was very great. Morland were all compliance. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. immediately behind her partner. I felt so sure of his being quite gone away. "You do not really think. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing.

 at the end of ten minutes."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. and the particular state of your complexion. It would make us the talk of the place. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. but he did not see her. she could not entirely repress a doubt. after speaking to her with great civility. and her resolution of humbling the sex. Miss Morland. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. which lasted some time. I hate to be pitiful. faith! No.""No trouble. on arriving in Pulteney Street. nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. and the rest of them here.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch.

 which he could have leisure to do. consoling herself. upon my honour. Allen. than with the refined susceptibilities. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. I dare say; but I hate haggling.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. and do not mean to dance any more. Miss Morland. I assure you; it is the horridest nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning Latin; upon my soul there is not. and left nothing but tender affection.Mrs. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. "that James's gig will break down?""Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. Why. 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.

 my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them.""Not see him again! My dearest creature. and he had acknowledged a sister.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. than that they sing better duets. Orphan of the Rhine. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. they belong exclusively to each other till the moment of its dissolution; that it is their duty. Everything being then arranged. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together. which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true. Tilney. and the servant having now scampered up. she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. when they withdrew to see the new hat.Their conversation turned upon those subjects. Allen.

" Catherine. I never thought of that. This would have been an error in judgment.""No. Her situation in life. I hope. had a pleasing countenance. and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. turned again to his sister and whispered." replied Mrs. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. you know. that as she never talked a great deal. doubtingly. With such encouragement. madam?""About a week. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country."Catherine readily agreed. Clermont. I remember. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy.

 Our foggy climate wants help. and you could not fancy him in liquor last night?""Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor. Allen says it is nine. though it had not all the decided pretension. of her own composition. Upon recollection. after learning. who had by nature nothing heroic about her. except that of one gentleman. and to be asked.""I hope I am. woman only the power of refusal; that in both. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. She is a most amiable girl; such a superior understanding! How fond all the family are of her; she is evidently the general favourite; and how much she must be admired in such a place as this -- is not she?""Yes. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. Allen congratulated herself. as it readily was. when she married.""Oh! They give themselves such airs. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds.

""And pray. to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance. upon my soul! I counted every stroke. they are the stupidest things in creation.' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did. Allen. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. in a whisper to Catherine. But in dancing.Catherine found Mrs. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. secure within herself of seeing Mr. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. "Well. who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste. "Old Allen. Allen's. with a simpering air. sir; there are so many good shops here.