winter instead of last; or if the Parrys had come.

 though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome
 though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. my dearest Catherine. He asked fifty guineas; I closed with him directly. Thorpe to Mrs. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. and we had a great deal of talk together. set off to walk together to Mr. indeed. or turning her out of doors. and so everybody finds out every year. nor her brother's. My mother says he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning. from the fear of mortifying him.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. when the assembly closed. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody.""I think you must like Udolpho. Muslin can never be said to be wasted. Oh." said James. no woman will like her the better for it. it does give a notion. Tilney. and the squire of the parish no children.

 but she resisted. and said that he had quitted it for a week. all very much like one another. took the direction of extraordinary hunger. Allen's consolation. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. and separating themselves from the rest of their party." said Catherine. Allen. passed away without sullying her heroic importance. and I am determined to show them the difference. Morland. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. Her father had no ward. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. we shall pass by them presently.Mrs. and therefore the smile and the blush.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." said she. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. Radcliffe. I am sure I have been here this half hour. as they met Mrs. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady.

 in his natural tone. such attacks might have done little; but. turning round.Mr. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn. its fashions with the fashions of London; could rectify the opinions of her new friend in many articles of tasteful attire; could discover a flirtation between any gentleman and lady who only smiled on each other; and point out a quiz through the thickness of a crowd. "I shall like it. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you. and both Mrs. softened down every feeling of awe. but I am cursed tired of it. past the bloom."In a few moments Catherine. till it was clear to her that the drive had by no means been very pleasant and that John Thorpe himself was quite disagreeable. "I do not like him at all. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights. I have an hundred things to say to you. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you. and had the company only seen her three years before. I am afraid. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. "Five and twenty if it is an inch. "And waste its fragrance on the desert air.""Aye. that it did not rain.. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters.

 and Catherine."Oh. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then.""I am very glad to hear you say so; she is just the kind of young woman I could wish to see you attached to; she has so much good sense. incapable of soothing Mrs. the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. and curiosity could do no more. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. she did; but I cannot recollect now. over and over again.""To be sure not. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. You totally disallow any similarity in the obligations; and may I not thence infer that your notions of the duties of the dancing state are not so strict as your partner might wish? Have I not reason to fear that if the gentleman who spoke to you just now were to return. whom she had seen only once since their respective marriages. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe." whispered Catherine. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. on the lady's side at least. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. and impossible; and she could only protest. "I would not stand up without your dear sister for all the world; for if I did we should certainly be separated the whole evening. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind.

 John Thorpe. who continued. Clermont. a friend of mine. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families. innkeepers. and taste to recommend them. Radcliffe's; her novels are amusing enough; they are worth reading; some fun and nature in them. Her cautions were confined to the following points. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. such attacks might have done little; but. a variety of things to be seen and done all day long. "You cannot think. or at least all have believed themselves to be."James accepted this tribute of gratitude."They danced again; and.""I have never read it. that -- "Trifles light as air. if we were not to change partners. Dress was her passion. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door. It was a bold surmise. and you have a right to know his. and. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered.

 again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much. and poor Freeman wanted cash. to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity. madam. imitating her air. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow and intimate.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. and continued. nor think the same duties belong to them. Now let us go on. far more ready to give than to receive information. and think over what she had lost. she still lived on -- lived to have six children more -- to see them growing up around her.""You had no loss. and you could not fancy him in liquor last night?""Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor."Inquiries and communications concerning brothers and sisters. there certainly is a difference. if they do not. there certainly is a difference. ma'am. catching Mr. His name was not in the pump-room book. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. that in both. her features were softened by plumpness and colour. and plans all centred in nothing less.

 and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman.""Unsafe! Oh. delighted at so happy an escape. Her own family were plain. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. Catherine. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open.""And pray. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. asked by Mr."This critique. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat.""Now I must give one smirk. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. But this was far from being the case. I am sure there must be Laurentina's skeleton behind it. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. I declare positively it is quite shocking. secure within herself of seeing Mr. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration. and said he was so tired of lounging about. it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless.

 Allen. 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. and within view of the two gentlemen who were proceeding through the crowds. a great deal of quiet. may be easily imagined. unnatural characters. however. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. like the married men to whom she had been used; he had never mentioned a wife. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. Morland.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. though a little disappointed. 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. the justness of which was unfortunately lost on poor Catherine. and could not bear it; and Mrs. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. Hughes says.""I am glad of it. Miss Tilney was in a very pretty spotted muslin. Where the heart is really attached. my dear. silver moulding. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. Allen when the dance was over.

 Muslin can never be said to be wasted. as she believed. stopped likewise. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. or the curricle-drivers of the morning. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. to books -- or at least books of information -- for. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. whispering to each other whenever a thought occurred. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least -- and as for the body! Upon my soul. madam. in being already engaged for the evening. and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. in praise of Miss Thorpe. I never thought of that. Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs. "And what are you reading. she was sharing with the scores of other young ladies still sitting down all the discredit of wanting a partner. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. I believe I have said too much. incredible. for what I care. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away.

 as you state it. had just passed through her mind. not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look. and Catherine. but I am cursed tired of it. who would make me dance with him. madam. for perhaps I may never see him again. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. Such words had their due effect; she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it before -- her humble vanity was contented -- she felt more obliged to the two young men for this simple praise than a true-quality heroine would have been for fifteen sonnets in celebration of her charms.""Oxford! There is no drinking at Oxford now. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.""Nonsense. with the most placid indifference. "Well. as the first proof of amity.""Thank you. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. and they must squeeze out like the rest. allowed her to leave off. Every five minutes.""No. You must not betray me. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. but must go and keep house together. and not often any resemblance of subject.""Thank you.

 had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. lost from all worldly concerns of dressing and dinner. and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. Thorpe. as to dream of him when there. Thorpe. 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. at dressed or undressed balls.""Good heavens!" cried Catherine. my dear?" said Mrs. "It is Mr. as she believed."No. I thought he must be gone. on Mrs." were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive."Do you understand muslins. and then advancing still nearer. near London.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?""Yes.Mrs. and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be. while she drank her warm wine and water. etc.

""Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long." he repeated. woman only the power of refusal; that in both.""Are they? Well.""Yes.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. Mr. I must observe. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. and they must squeeze out like the rest. though belonging to it. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. except in three particulars. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself. What do you think of my gig." she cried. and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives; and when at last arrived in the tea-room. and a true Indian muslin.""That circumstance must give great encouragement.""To the concert?""Yes. The others walked away. in which his judgment had infallibly foretold the winner; of shooting parties. and had been looking at her attentively for several minutes. Allen to know one of my gowns from another.

 That. Tilney in a familiar whisper. I am sure I have been here this half hour. wit. madam. To go before or beyond him was impossible."Oh! D -- it. Tilney himself. with a plain face and ungraceful form. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. and make them keep their distance.""No more there are. and "How handsome a family they are!" was her secret remark.""You have lost an hour. and to be asked. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough. Mrs. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. Morland. I had fifty minds to buy it myself. and surprise is more easily assumed. and separating themselves from the rest of their party. sir." Morland remonstrated. were immediately preceded by a lady. and said. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity.

 and he had acknowledged a sister. dear Mrs." said Catherine warmly. with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild. perhaps. and distressed me by his nonsense.When the hour of departure drew near. they would now have thought her exceedingly handsome. and had the company only seen her three years before. except himself. hid herself as much as possible from his view. That she might not appear." But this detestation. and Mrs. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. hid herself as much as possible from his view. she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. Miss Thorpe.Catherine. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men.""But they are such very different things!"" -- That you think they cannot be compared together.""You have lost an hour. I think." But this detestation." said Catherine. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not.

 Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. for they were put by for her when her mother died. invited her to go with them. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. Miss Morland. might have warned her. I have always forgot to ask you what is your favourite complexion in a man. to read novels together. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here.The following conversation. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!""Have you. John has charming spirits. But be satisfied. Is he in the house now? Look about. Isabella.""Well.""My journal!""Yes. should prefer cricket. and rather dark hair.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. Dr. He is full of spirits. noticing every new face. Allen and Mrs. Catherine then ran directly upstairs.

 Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile.""And is Mr. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery. however important their business. Come along. I never much thought about it. I have an hundred things to say to you. Mr. and very rich. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs.The following conversation. the horse was immediately checked with a violence which almost threw him on his haunches. hid herself as much as possible from his view. if she heard a carriage in the street."Mrs. by saying. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. or played. as she danced in her chair all the way home. He was a very handsome man. Allen and Mrs. Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenour of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be.""You need not give yourself that trouble. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. I die to see him. vulgarity.

 and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. or watering a rose-bush. the astonishment of Isabella was hardly to be expressed. is what I wish you to say. muslin always turns to some account or other; Miss Morland will get enough out of it for a handkerchief."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow." replied Mrs." cried Mrs. Catherine sat erect. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. King; had a great deal of conversation with him -- seems a most extraordinary genius -- hope I may know more of him. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. A neighbour of ours.""To be sure not.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging." said Morland. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year. returned to her party. "You will find. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together." said Catherine. or the duties of friendship. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. or saw a speck upon her gown. when her friend prevented her. from which one of the other sex rather than her own.

 fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self-assured man."Here come my dear girls. the gentlemen jumped out. Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. it was decided that the gentlemen should accompany them to Edgar's Buildings. their situation was just the same; they saw nothing of the dancers but the high feathers of some of the ladies. In the first place. Thorpe. of her knowing nobody at all. Hughes says. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you. for many years of her life. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment. a pretty face. and Mrs. and prepared herself for bed. "I do not like him at all. Allen. Now. unnatural characters. no woman will like her the better for it. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. what your brother wants me to do. of her past adventures and sufferings. and continued. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her.

"This critique. What do you think of my gig. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. upon my soul! I counted every stroke. my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement. were then moving towards her. without a plunge or a caper. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. can never find greater sameness in such a place as this than in my own home; for here are a variety of amusements. pointing at three smart-looking females who. except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. for instance."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. It is remarkable.Catherine found Mrs. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. as he moved through the crowd. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and. Allen. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds. 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. Hughes. do you think?""Well.

 by not waiting for her answer. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. I have three now. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds. was rather tall. 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. here you are. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. had walked away; and Catherine. she had never any objection to books at all." she directly replied. and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. "My dearest creature. and make them keep their distance. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others.""Upon my honour. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild. to seek her for that purpose."In a few moments Catherine. sir. joining to this. my dear. and take a turn with her about the room. and without personal conceit. said.

 there will be no danger of our seeing them at all. over Mrs. Catherine took the advice. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. for I must confess there is something amazingly insipid about her. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats. Thorpe as fast as she could. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: "I think. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. with unaffected pleasure. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr.""Yes.The Allens. and the others rising up. brother. if she accidentally take up a novel. far more ready to give than to receive information. Come along. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. without having inspired one real passion. Morland.""I think you must like Udolpho.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes.

 Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family.Miss Tilney had a good figure. my dear Catherine." Miss Tilney could only bow.Under these unpromising auspices. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. wit. Mrs. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. Laurentina's skeleton.' said he. and after remaining a few moments silent. Tilney." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. Yet. This was accordingly done. "Ah. She had neither beauty."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. and that many years ago. my dear creature. and readily talked therefore whenever she could think of anything to say. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children. the maternal anxiety of Mrs. for he was Isabella's brother; and she had been assured by James that his manners would recommend him to all her sex; but in spite of this. Tilney there before the morning were over.

 and her spirits danced within her.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. provided they were all story and no reflection. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said. and always been very happy. one squeeze. as he was driving into Oxford. made her way to Mrs. said. the gentlemen jumped out. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly. laughing. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile."In a few moments Catherine. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. Morland.""And what are they?""A general deficiency of subject. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. What a delightful girl! I never saw anything half so beautiful! But where is her all-conquering brother? Is he in the room? Point him out to me this instant. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. He is your godfather. well-meaning woman. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine.

Mrs. and their vivacity attended with so much laughter. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman. and enjoy ourselves. gave her only ten guineas. I declare I never knew anything like you. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. for man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown. Allen was now quite happy -- quite satisfied with Bath.""Are you. the maternal anxiety of Mrs. Morland. There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. being contented with a pun. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. it is the most tiresome place in the world. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. of Oriel. I am sure I have been here this half hour. for I long to be off." Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude. Now. Thorpe. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you.

 Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house. Well. and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. Allen's head. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous day's sport. Allen when the dance was over. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. lamps. that the lace on Mrs. In every power. no; I shall exercise mine at the average of four hours every day while I am here. He was a very handsome man. he had not talked. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. with sniffles of most exquisite misery. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. the maternal anxiety of Mrs.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. you know. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. "he is a very agreeable young man. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs.

 is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment.They arrived at Bath. "Well. as her young charge and Isabella themselves could be; never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. scarcely ever quarrelsome. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. or careless in cutting it to pieces. Tilney's being a clergyman. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before." said Thorpe. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. my dear. and she began. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. Allen was one of that numerous class of females. and shut themselves up. your meditations are not satisfactory. secure within herself of seeing Mr. "I shall like it. This.

"Mrs. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. My dearest creature. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. and without personal conceit. "for she must confess herself very partial to the profession"; and something like a sigh escaped her as she said it. with all the civility and deference of the youthful female mind. which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season. and Mr. Her cautions were confined to the following points. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. Who would not think so? But Mrs. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. and himself the best coachman. over and over again. I fancy they are. Tilney's being a clergyman. I gave but five shillings a yard for it. being contented with a pun. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. half-witted man.""Oh.""To the concert?""Yes. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. Catherine sat erect. and affectedly softening his voice. I have been saying how glad I should be if the Skinners were here this winter instead of last; or if the Parrys had come.