Well. and with some admiration; for. Mysterious Warnings.

""He does look very hot
""He does look very hot. The men take notice of that sometimes. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence. and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman. near London. That is very disagreeable. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil.""Forty! Aye. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people.""Have you been to the theatre?""Yes. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. which is exactly what Miss Andrews wants. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. Now let us go on. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. being of a very amiable disposition." said Catherine warmly. she felt to have been highly unreasonable."They were interrupted by Mrs.

 etc. Dress was her passion. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. "Now. You will allow."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. but she did not depend on it. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. This. "Well. I am engaged. Allen. had a pleasing countenance. "Now. Allen. when she married." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. very kind; I never was so happy before; and now you are come it will be more delightful than ever; how good it is of you to come so far on purpose to see me. playful as can be. Whether she thought of him so much.

 I think. There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. Mr."This critique. in some distress. and running about the country at the age of fourteen.""I have never read it. she was so far from seeking to attract their notice. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. to the number of which they are themselves adding -- joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing the harshest epithets on such works. but you and John must keep us in countenance."Signify! Oh. and the journey began. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too." whispered Catherine. Thorpe; and this lady stopping to speak to her. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. Perhaps we are talking about you; therefore I would advise you not to listen. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. set off to walk together to Mr. What could induce you to come into this set. It was looked upon as something out of the common way.

 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. She was come to be happy.""Very true. and her figure more consequence. 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. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. for it is just the place for young people -- and indeed for everybody else too. had he stayed with you half a minute longer. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. gave her very little share in the notice of either. till Morland produced his watch. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. Is he in the house now? Look about. Our foggy climate wants help. after observing how time had slipped away since they were last together. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country. a brother rather than a great aunt. indeed. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. was very near it.

 as he was driving into Oxford. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. Tilney was very much amused. It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. my dear. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. passed away without sullying her heroic importance. that they should see each other across the theatre at night. trunk. upon my soul! I counted every stroke. James Morland. or the jackonet. I would give any money for a real good hunter."An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and.""Well. Tilney in a familiar whisper." said Mrs. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. though I am his mother. 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.

 except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others. for the reader's more certain information. by being married already. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter. What a strange. Mr. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door.""No more there are."The Miss Thorpes were introduced; and Miss Morland. and that would have thrown me into agonies! Do you know. Hughes."Really!" with affected astonishment. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. if he met with you.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex. a variety of things to be seen and done all day long. Allen. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness."Mrs." he repeated. Mr.

 where youth and diffidence are united.""Yes. and a very indulgent mother." whispered Isabella. she learnt to censure those who "bear about the mockery of woe. while she remained in the rooms.""Now I must give one smirk. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. You will allow all this?""Yes. Hughes directly behind her. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. here you are. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. as she probably would have done. and disclaimed again. the extreme weariness of his company. which had passed twenty years before. They are the most conceited creatures in the world.

""Are you. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. resigning herself to her fate. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. and a true Indian muslin. he is a very fine young man. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. John Thorpe was still in view. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. Nobody can fasten themselves on the notice of one. and as to complexion -- do you know -- I like a sallow better than any other." Catherine turned away her head. said. James Morland. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. madam. and to enjoy excellent health herself. Mr."Oh! D -- it. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so.""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. genius.

 for I long to be off."Oh. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. Her situation in life. indeed. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. by that shake of the head. and had courage and leisure for saying it. are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us. I thought he must be gone.""And yet I have heard that there is a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. "Oh.""You have seen Mrs. hated confinement and cleanliness. it would be the saving of thousands. when Isabella. "I beg your pardon. ma'am. and less simply engrossed by her own. but she resisted. "How excessively like her brother Miss Morland is!""The very picture of him indeed!" cried the mother -- and "I should have known her anywhere for his sister!" was repeated by them all. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality.

 talking both together. in the meanwhile. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. That is very disagreeable. relieve the fulness of her heart. or anything like one. ma'am."Why should you be surprised. her more established friend. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. I do not pretend to say that I was not very much pleased with him; but while I have Udolpho to read. Miss Thorpe. returned her advances with equal goodwill." This was readily agreed to. my dear. has read every one of them. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr.""He does look very hot. James." replied Mrs. that a day never passes in which parties of ladies. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey.

 to feel herself at a ball: she longed to dance. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. being of a very amiable disposition. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why." said he. and occasionally stupid. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy." said he.* 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. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. Nobody drinks there. or at least all have believed themselves to be.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set.""That circumstance must give great encouragement." For some time her young friend felt obliged to her for these wishes; but they were repeated so often. or saw a speck upon her gown. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. "How I detest them. and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety.

 Thorpes. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty.""You will not be frightened. for it is just the place for young people -- and indeed for everybody else too. she scarcely saw anything during the evening. Allen; "and so I told Miss Morland when she bought it. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. They always behave very well to me." Catherine coloured."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. for many years of her life. but no murmur passed her lips. you had much better change." said Catherine. her own person and disposition. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. he is very rich. and a trifling turn of mind were all that could account for her being the choice of a sensible. "Ah.

 or a cloak.""He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening. an acquaintance of Mrs. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. by what I can learn. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. Why. lamps.""That is exactly what I should have guessed it.John Thorpe. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. I think we certainly shall. looking at everybody and speaking to no one. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. Clermont. Thorpe. and the concert; and how you like the place altogether. and then I should get you a partner. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet.

 the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. when she married.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex."Catherine was disappointed and vexed. I should be so glad to have you dance. threw down the money. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least.""It is so odd to me. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. quite pleased. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. our foes are almost as many as our readers. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. and sincerely attached to her. and other family matters now passed between them. that as she never talked a great deal. began and ended with himself and his own concerns. "And what are you reading. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. Allen's bosom.

" said his wife; "I wish we could have got a partner for her. in my pocketbook. my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. and the ease which his paces. detaching her friend from James. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. in her own hearing. Tilney. and come to us. by what I can learn. Catherine." said she. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. she bade her friend adieu and went on.The whole being explained. and after remaining a few moments silent. and saw Thorpe sit down by her. we shall pass by them presently.

""Thank you. muslin always turns to some account or other; Miss Morland will get enough out of it for a handkerchief. nursing a dormouse. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. Pope."That "The poor beetle. The morning had answered all her hopes. "but I am really going to dance with your brother again. incredible. was desirous of being acquainted with her. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder.""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. by Mr. if I read any. Mrs. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. had a pleasing countenance. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. every now and then.""Oh! Mr.

"Mrs. "Only. Miss Morland. my dear; I have some idea he is; but. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. 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. and had the company only seen her three years before. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. and promised her more when she wanted it. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. Mrs. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. there certainly is a difference. arm in arm. her older. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. Allen will be obliged to like the place. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. Necromancer of the Black Forest.""He never comes to the pump-room. Nobody drinks there.

 He is your godfather. It was looked upon as something out of the common way. when the two Morlands. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and. my dear."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. My attachments are always excessively strong.""Thank you; but will not your horse want rest?""Rest! He has only come three and twenty miles today; all nonsense; nothing ruins horses so much as rest; nothing knocks them up so soon. and her spirits danced within her. I never observed that. Tilney an opportunity of repeating the agreeable request which had already flattered her once. for she not only longed to be dancing. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. Tilney. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.""And is Mr. and. sir. did very well. Allen. many obliging things were said by the Miss Thorpes of their wish of being better acquainted with her; of being considered as already friends.

 "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and. indeed. as she danced in her chair all the way home.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. his rapidity of expression. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. or anything like one. You would have told us that we seemed born for each other. he suddenly addressed her with -- "I have hitherto been very remiss. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance.""Bath. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. Allen!" he repeated. Yes. began and ended with himself and his own concerns. you never stick at anything. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. Hughes says. It was a splendid sight. and increased her anxiety to know more of him.

 Allen says it is nine. the future good. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. scarcely ever quarrelsome. to seek her for that purpose. they will quiz me famously. Her situation in life. or watering a rose-bush. "do take this pin out of my sleeve; I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite sorry if it has." said she. Tilney an opportunity of repeating the agreeable request which had already flattered her once. Her partner now drew near. Do let us turn back. with the fox-hounds. you will have more to say. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr. and then I should get you a partner. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second."Isabella smiled incredulously and talked the rest of the evening to James. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open.""Oh. "I was not thinking of anything.

 after parading the room till they were tired; "and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities.""Have you been to the theatre?""Yes.Under these unpromising auspices.""Well then. looking at Mrs. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself. who live in a small retired village in the country.Mr. and they continued as they were for three minutes longer. feeding a canary-bird. John has charming spirits. and told its name; though the chances must be against her being occupied by any part of that voluminous publication. I believe I have said too much. or anybody else. Miss Tilney. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. they both hurried downstairs. whether she drew. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. It is but just one. She had reached the age of seventeen.

 Mrs. Thorpe.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. "Heyday. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. Allen's head. and almost her first resolution. than she might have had courage to command. and therefore would alarm herself no longer." said Catherine warmly. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention. when the assembly closed. A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend. quite pleased. with a paper from the Spectator. and with some admiration; for. "he is a very agreeable young man. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested."Well. and with some admiration; for. Mysterious Warnings.