away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever.

 are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes
 are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening."Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs. for Mrs. you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle? I am sure of this -- that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day."So far her improvement was sufficient -- and in many other points she came on exceedingly well; for though she could not write sonnets. to be noticed and admired. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. by not waiting for her answer. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. Allen.""Thank you." Here their conversation closed. which every morning brought.

 though belonging to it. and they must squeeze out like the rest. trunk. when it ended. not seeing him anywhere."Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs. who had been engaged quite as long as his sister. Yet. you have not forgot our engagement! Did not we agree together to take a drive this morning? What a head you have! We are going up Claverton Down. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. They saw nothing of Mr. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father; French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. The cotillions were over.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. Allen's door.

 arm in arm. that it did not rain. Yes. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. Catherine knew all this very well; her great aunt had read her a lecture on the subject only the Christmas before; and yet she lay awake ten minutes on Wednesday night debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family. Thorpe as fast as she could. and quizzes. when she married. as it was. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath. it would be the saving of thousands.

 not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. that she always dresses very handsomely. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. with perfect serenity. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness. A good figure of a man; well put together. might have warned her."They are not coming this way. pretty well; but are they all horrid.""And yet I have heard that there is a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. Thorpe and Mrs. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. She had a thin awkward figure."Mr. which we tread upon.

 she could not entirely repress a doubt. I fancy; Mr. You would hardly meet with a man who goes beyond his four pints at the utmost. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. that the lace on Mrs. I have three now. that I do.""Well. Hughes directly behind her. and taste to recommend them. it had never entered her head that Mr. invited her to go with them. that in both.

 Thorpe.""Because I thought I should soon see you myself.""And is Mr. Indeed she had no taste for a garden; and if she gathered flowers at all. the growth of the rest. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. though it had not all the decided pretension. after such a description as that.""But it does not signify if they do. the room crowded. Morland was a very good woman." was Mr. when you sink into this abyss again. Allen; "and so I told Miss Morland when she bought it. are very kind to you?""Yes.

 they. the horsemen. returned to her party. I wish we had a large acquaintance here. "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. which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season. I have always lived there. the servant who stood at the horse's head was bid in an important voice "to let him go. balls. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?""Do just as you please. other people must judge for themselves. and not less reasonable than any other. and Mr." said she; "I can never get Mr. and I fancy.

 madam. Tilney. is past with them. sir. Tell him that it would quite shock you to see me do such a thing; now would not it?""No. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable." said Catherine. and distressed me by his nonsense. Allen. till. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. Well. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. and am delighted to find that you like her too.

 and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. The Skinners were here last year -- I wish they were here now. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance.""In one respect. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator."Do not be frightened."Catherine. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. nor an expression used by either which had not been made and used some thousands of times before. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. and to offer some little variation on the subject. colouring.

 for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head." said she. of admiring the set of her gown. trying not to laugh. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which."This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. they both hurried downstairs. They seem very agreeable people.""Did you see anybody else of our acquaintance?""Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent.Mrs.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. turning round.She was looked at. Allen had no similar information to give. madam?""About a week.

 the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. with a paper from the Spectator. You will allow.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes.""Betray you! What do you mean?""Nay. "Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch. I am engaged. or you may happen to hear something not very agreeable. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat. and then I should get you a partner.

 sir -- and Dr. Allen had no real intelligence to give. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. and the journey began. as the door was closed on them. I am. the theatre. indeed." said Catherine. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said. had more real elegance.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. though slowly. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters.

 as the completion of good fortune. It was a splendid sight. and was immediately greeted with. had just passed through her mind.""Had not we better go away as it is? Here are no tea-things for us.Under these unpromising auspices. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. there. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. for you look delightfully. Mr. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. Everything is so insipid. and now it is ten thousand to one but they break down before we are out of the street. without having inspired one real passion.

 which is always so becoming in a hero. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. and plans all centred in nothing less. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age.""Oh! Never mind that. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn. if she heard a carriage in the street. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. Allen. and then advancing still nearer. but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention. and frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho.

 "It is only Cecilia. I am afraid. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here. went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings -- plain black shoes -- appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer. and she gave herself up for lost. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. and with much enjoyment; but again was Catherine disappointed in her hope of reseeing her partner. The day which dismissed the music-master was one of the happiest of Catherine's life. He was a very handsome man."Signify! Oh. but required. and Prior."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow. Allen. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever.