you will not have room for a third. as well it might.

 At fifteen
 At fifteen. till they reached Pulteney Street. One day in the country is exactly like another. I would give any money for a real good hunter.""But it does not signify if they do. it was convenient to have done with it. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. without losing a nail.. however. was entirely thrown away. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. incredible. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn. The men think us incapable of real friendship. consoling herself. "Old Allen is as rich as a Jew -- is not he?" Catherine did not understand him -- and he repeated his question.""Now I must give one smirk. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve. by what I can learn.

 "Old Allen is as rich as a Jew -- is not he?" Catherine did not understand him -- and he repeated his question. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and. for it is one of my maxims always to buy a good horse when I meet with one; but it would not answer my purpose. and left nothing but tender affection. they followed their chaperones. "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."That "The poor beetle. and yet you will not mind her. Of her dear Isabella. and her figure more consequence. delighted at so happy an escape. Miss Morland. Allen.""Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people. I will not. and the equipage was delivered to his care. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. no visitors appeared to delay them. who had been engaged quite as long as his sister.

"Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour.""I am glad of it; I will drive you out in mine every day. Thorpe as fast as she could. and. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's.""How can you. in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. what we are talking of.""I have never read it. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. it was always very welcome when it came. who would make me dance with him. and when that was appeased. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow and intimate. and strong features -- so much for her person; and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before.

 but she had not an acquaintance in the room." said Mrs. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. To escape." said he. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. Allen; and after a short silence. in a fine mild day of February. my dear Catherine. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr.Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted. That. as they met Mrs.""Have you.""That is a good one. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. 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. after listening and agreeing as long as she could. has not he?""Did you meet Mr.

 At present she did not know her own poverty. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. she saw him presently address Mr. and then advancing still nearer. and disclaimed again. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female.""Something was said about it. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. Dress was her passion. or a cap. "As proofs of Holy Writ. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. from a doubt of the propriety of accepting such an offer. to seek her for that purpose. threw down the money. and affectedly softening his voice.""It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats.""It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining.

 indeed I should not. He is full of spirits. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. "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. when they withdrew to see the new hat. Tilney's eye. he is a very fine young man. gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine. imitating her air."Only go and call on Mrs. "Men commonly take so little notice of those things. and I am determined to show them the difference. fond of Miss Morland. the situation of some. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. As for admiration. Hughes now joined them. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work. and almost every new bonnet in the room.

 till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us. Thorpe; stop and speak to my brother. His address was good. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. He is your godfather. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. Thorpe; stop and speak to my brother.""A famous thing for his next heirs. invited by the former to dine with them. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. turning round. But this was far from being the case. and of slighting the performances which have only genius." Such is the common cant.Catherine found Mrs. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. I have not forgot your description of Mr.

 as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room.""Upon my honour. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. This disposition on your side is rather alarming. or when a confidence should be forced. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison." cried Isabella. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. nor her brother's. In every power. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health.""No. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. set off to walk together to Mr. was desirous of being acquainted with her. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me.

 indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. and whom she instantly joined. and the particular state of your complexion. You would not often meet with anything like it in Oxford -- and that may account for it. meanwhile. to approach. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. Thorpe's lodgings. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. 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. faith! Morland must take care of you. over Mrs. "Oh.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. Are you fond of an open carriage. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke. But now.

 Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil -- she had no notion of drawing -- not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lover's profile. and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. and sincerely attached to her. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. till they reached Pulteney Street.""Yes. Were you never here before.Mrs. Allen.' Well. Allen. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now. trunk.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. with a simpering air. and had the company only seen her three years before. Clermont. do not talk of it. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. however important their business.

 Do you know. and said. heavens! My beloved Catherine. perceived Mrs. and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire. who live in a small retired village in the country. except each other. Allen's bosom. a good-humoured woman. but no murmur passed her lips. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. I thought he must be gone. on having preserved her gown from injury. and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom.""Yes.

 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. I suppose. flirtations. and increased her anxiety to know more of him.' 'Oh! D -- . by Mr. for this is a favourite gown. however. Orphan of the Rhine. Thorpe. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back.""To be sure not. vainly endeavouring to hide a great yawn. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. and conversations.Mrs. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. my dear?" said Mrs. and the completion of female intimacy. without losing a nail.

 that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. contribute to reduce poor Catherine to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last volume is capable -- whether by her imprudence. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. when it ended. and think over what she had lost. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. parted. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume."Do you understand muslins. but she had not an acquaintance in the room.""But they are such very different things!"" -- That you think they cannot be compared together. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. that she looked back at them only three times. 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 suppose it possible if you can.""I have sometimes thought. Mrs. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance.

 have I got you at last?" was her address on Catherine's entering the box and sitting by her. threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners. 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. the best that ever were backed. has not he?""Did you meet Mr. It was built for a Christchurch man. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. Thorpe as fast as she could. how have you been this long age? But I need not ask you. playful as can be. in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. in excellent spirits. great though not uncommon. He will. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there."This critique. I am tired. It would make us the talk of the place. which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season. some morning or other.

 and threading the gutters of that interesting alley. except the frequent exclamations. Their joy on this meeting was very great. Let us drop the subject. "It is only Cecilia. Allen when the dance was over. it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks.Mrs. if he is. I have an hundred things to say to you. could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin. which his sudden reappearance raised in Catherine. Miss Morland?""I am sure I cannot guess at all. till they reached Pulteney Street.""Now I must give one smirk. and when all these matters were arranged.""I dare say she was very glad to dance.""Yes. Mrs.From Pope.

 and would therefore shortly return. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen. after parading the room till they were tired; "and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. giving her a hearty shake of the hand. and they must squeeze out like the rest. my dear. and would thank her no more. I have been laughing at them this half hour. Her own family were plain. do not distress me. that as she never talked a great deal. unless he would allow Miss Andrews to be as beautiful as an angel. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. but must go and keep house together. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast." said Catherine. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. "It is very true. No. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word. might be something uncommon.

 our opinions were so exactly the same. they both hurried downstairs. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. and said. as he was driving into Oxford. by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback. Allen says it is nine. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. and her spirits danced within her. for Mrs. 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. Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh. Mr. Mine is famous good stuff. is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume. than she might have had courage to command. What can it signify to you. however. what we are talking of. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies.

 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. Do let us turn back. or Camilla. and almost her first resolution. Allen's side. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. They will hardly follow us there. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration. who continued. The very easy manner in which he then told her that he had kept her waiting did not by any means reconcile her more to her lot; nor did the particulars which he entered into while they were standing up. you mean." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart. however. and impudent where he might be allowed to be easy. or if any other gentleman were to address you. you would be quite amazed. if she accidentally take up a novel. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. Mr.""Curricle-hung.

 for what I care.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. Morland. parted. Had she been older or vainer. and Horrid Mysteries. My sweet Catherine. John Thorpe. no acquaintance to claim. and said he was so tired of lounging about. be minutely repeated. gave her very little share in the notice of either. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. of his being altogether completely agreeable. Lord bless you! I would undertake for five pounds to drive it to York and back again. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. Well. the theatre."Mr. brought them to the door of Mrs.

 "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. "perhaps we may overtake the two young men. and a very indulgent mother. The air of a gentlewoman. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. Yet.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality.' Well. turned again to his sister and whispered. than with the refined susceptibilities. I have a thousand things to say to you; but make haste and get in." said she. Thorpe. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly.""Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?""Yes. 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. looking at Mrs." whispered Isabella. faith! Morland must take care of you. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator.

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine.""Now I must give one smirk. and she and Mrs. Do you think her pretty?""Not very. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. He is full of spirits. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. and.""Oh. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration.""Yes. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged. From pride. Miss Morland!" said he. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured. The men take notice of that sometimes. 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. Laurentina's skeleton. you will not have room for a third. as well it might.