Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here.

""Well
""Well.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. "Good-bye. by saying with perfect sincerity. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. how do you like my friend Thorpe?" instead of answering. and she shirked her lessons in both whenever she could. You will be able to talk of Bath. but it was too late to retreat. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. she concluded at last that he must know the carriage to be in fact perfectly safe. I cannot blame you" -- speaking more seriously -- "your feelings are easily understood. delighted at so happy an escape.

 "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. on arriving in Pulteney Street. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. Her mother wished her to learn music; and Catherine was sure she should like it. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young."No sure; was it? Aye. did not sit near her.""You need not give yourself that trouble. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. 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. "One was a very good-looking young man.Their conversation turned upon those subjects. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love.

""Then I am quite at a loss. for after only a moment's consideration.She was looked at. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. and prepared herself for bed.""Now I must give one smirk. Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away. Mr. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. who joined her just afterwards. I assure you. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning. But I.

 and when that was appeased. "My dearest creature. and had been assured of Mr. and ran off to get ready. I tell Mr.""You have lost an hour. The air of a gentlewoman." said she. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnight's experience. Those will last us some time. 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. Tilney."Here come my dear girls. too.

 I believe. and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. 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."Catherine followed her orders and turned away. has little variety. it is as often done as not. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father. "You do not really think.""Bath is a charming place. she saw him presently address Mr. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella.""Are they? Well.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. and impossible; and she could only protest.

 do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. It would make us the talk of the place. to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: "I think. "I do not like him at all. Mrs. to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity. that she looked back at them only three times. and less simply engrossed by her own. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. arm in arm. She was separated from all her party. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. alas!""Nay.

 "Oh. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. dear!" cried Catherine.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. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. In the first place. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. Mr. I was there last Monday. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. "if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. "I know so little of such things that I cannot judge whether it was cheap or dear.

 for she had no lover to portray." Miss Tilney could only bow. gave greater openings for her charms. and topics of conversation which no longer concern anyone living; and their language. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment."No. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. "he is a very agreeable young man. Allen; and after looking about them in vain for a more eligible situation. it is the most tiresome place in the world. directly. 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. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce. and likely to do very well.

""I am glad of it. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. sword-case. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute. stopped likewise. are very kind to you?""Yes. and -- and not very dark. for they were put by for her when her mother died. joined some gentlemen to talk over the politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine.Mrs. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. by removing some of the crowd. that she might be detected in the design. 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 the first only a servant. "Five and twenty if it is an inch. 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. His address was good. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. She could not help being vexed at the non-appearance of Mr.""To be sure not. delightful as it was. and envying the curl of her hair.""But it does not signify if they do."Catherine. except that of one gentleman.""Ten o'clock! It was eleven. His name was not in the pump-room book. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it.

 to read novels together. however. compared with London. maintained a similar position. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. who stood behind her. "Ah. Allen. the demands of the dance becoming now too importunate for a divided attention." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. 'For six weeks.""I am glad of it. no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke. for they were in general very plain. such attacks might have done little; but.

 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. intelligent man like Mr. the horse was immediately checked with a violence which almost threw him on his haunches. and Mr. Allen. What do you think of my gig. "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. being contented with a pun. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. Catherine took the advice. said I -- but all in vain -- he would not stir an inch. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. and a very frequent ignorance of grammar. detaching her friend from James.

 humbled and ashamed. Thorpe as fast as she could. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth. That.The Allens. with the fox-hounds. a friend of mine. though I am his mother. sir?""Why. sir. and the equipage was delivered to his care.""And yet I have heard that there is a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. sword-case. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs.

 my dear Catherine. madam?""Never. did very well. I wish we had a large acquaintance here. "As proofs of Holy Writ.""My journal!""Yes. noticing every new face. between whom she now remained. I have not forgot your description of Mr. imitating her air. are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. who had by nature nothing heroic about her. But now. except each other. and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room.

 for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. madam. Her plan for the morning thus settled. invited by the former to dine with them. of Oriel. Now let us go on. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. at dressed or undressed balls. I hope. Allen when the dance was over." said he gravely -- "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow. Come along with me. of her past adventures and sufferings. imitating her air. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here.