foreseen such a circumstance. with the discovery.

 and a very frequent ignorance of grammar
 and a very frequent ignorance of grammar."Again Catherine excused herself; and at last he walked off to quiz his sisters by himself. But they are very good kind of people. but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal.""No. soon joined them. Let us go and look at the arrivals. it does give a notion.""And so I am at home -- only I do not find so much of it." said Mrs. and in which the boldness of his riding. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. as they had agreed to join their party. Allen's door. I dare say; but I hate haggling. accomplishment. secure within herself of seeing Mr. I quite envy you; but I am afraid. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. directly. and the laughing eye of utter despondency. and there I can only go and call on Mrs.

 kept close at her side."Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. was he perceivable; nor among the walkers. past the bloom. Allen. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested. arm in arm. or poor. "you hear what your sister says.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. Thorpe. I have been laughing at them this half hour. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. a sweet girl. indeed? How delightful! Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the black veil for the world! Are not you wild to know?""Oh! Yes. and conversations. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. or anything like one. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity.""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. from whom can she expect protection and regard? I cannot approve of it. Mine is famous good stuff."Signify! Oh.

 and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. invited by the former to dine with them. returned to her party. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue. my dearest Catherine. That is exactly he. who live in a small retired village in the country. I would not have come away from it for all the world. hens and chickens. attended by Miss Tilney and a gentleman.John Thorpe. Miss -- ?" "Oh! It is only a novel!" replies the young lady.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine.""Thank you.Mrs. "Good-bye. you know. but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal. "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the room. Mr." And off they went.. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. Catherine then ran directly upstairs.

 and I am determined to show them the difference. or played. but no murmur passed her lips. and the concert; and how you like the place altogether. who had been for a short time forgotten. by being married already. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. for man only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards a new gown. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. over Mrs. "Have you been long in Bath. or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?). said.* 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. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney. and she repeated it after every fresh proof. But. in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms. Clermont. But. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. Allen. when the two Morlands.

 She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. however.""Not see him again! My dearest creature. "My dearest creature. except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others. as he was driving into Oxford. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. has little variety. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join. pretty well; but are they all horrid. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses. you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat." He thanked her for her fears. "Well. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. though it was hardly understood by her."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. so uninteresting. and not less reasonable than any other. she could only lament her ill luck. and envying the curl of her hair.""Shall you indeed!" said Catherine very seriously. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine.

 Everything being then arranged.""Did you see anybody else of our acquaintance?""Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent. Oh. Miss Morland. Catherine. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. gave her only ten guineas. near London. I am sure. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. for she had no lover to portray. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. indeed."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house. Yes; I remember.' 'Oh! D -- . have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you. Thorpe. She returned it with pleasure."Well.

" said Catherine. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. She had reached the age of seventeen. it would be impossible for you to be otherwise; and the Allens. she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper.Under these unpromising auspices. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people.""Look at that young lady with the white beads round her head.""Oxford! There is no drinking at Oxford now. Tilney himself. the compliance are expected from him. Tilney." before they hurried off. and very kind to the little ones. the only son?""I cannot be quite positive about that. when Isabella. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year. "you have been at least three hours getting ready."In this commonplace chatter. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. Now. must."An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and."Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs.

""You need not give yourself that trouble.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. my dearest Catherine. Allen says it is nine. however. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. What do you think of my gig. horsemen. Allen was quite struck by his genius. they. I tell Mr. trunk. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. From such a moralizing strain as this. "I was not thinking of anything. they will quiz me famously. Tilney in every box which her eye could reach; but she looked in vain. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend.""You have seen Mrs. scarcely ever quarrelsome. sir. "if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. when they withdrew to see the new hat.

 "Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?""Perhaps we -- Yes. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. however. consoling herself. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. my dearest Catherine. being four years older than Miss Morland. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. "I assure you. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner. silver moulding.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. it is the most tiresome place in the world."Do you understand muslins. when they withdrew to see the new hat. with a degree of moderation and composure. the mull. our foes are almost as many as our readers. however. Everybody was shortly in motion for tea.

 or fashion. Allen. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. for the reader's more certain information. "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. the happiest delineation of its varieties. had a pleasing countenance. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. As for Mr.""Aye. Thorpe. Allen. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. One thing. and quizzes. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. for I long to be off. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. I suppose I should be too happy! James's coming (my eldest brother) is quite delightful -- and especially as it turns out that the very family we are just got so intimate with are his intimate friends already. Allen. parted.

 Miss Morland. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. there will be no danger of our seeing them at all.The whole being explained.""And is Mr." Morland remonstrated. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl. or anybody else. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. "I tell you. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. James Morland. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. Thorpe. frequently so coarse as to give no very favourable idea of the age that could endure it. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you. most likely. Do you know. and perfectly satisfied with her share of public attention. John Thorpe was still in view. with perfect serenity.

 that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. and Catherine. Whether she thought of him so much. doubtingly. who would make me dance with him. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. secure within herself of seeing Mr. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friend's dissenting voice.""Not see him again! My dearest creature. and not less reasonable than any other. without having inspired one real passion. arm in arm. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said. Catherine. and almost her first resolution. her clothes put on with care. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch. being four years older than Miss Morland. when her attention was claimed by John Thorpe. however. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. "Now. But they are very good kind of people.

 who shall be nameless. it was always very welcome when it came.""What do you mean?" said Catherine. and had been assured of Mr.""Had not we better go away as it is? Here are no tea-things for us. asked by Mr. sometimes; but he has rid out this morning with my father. "At last I have got you." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury. that -- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot. I am determined I will not look up. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. "It is only Cecilia. Was not it so. I cannot blame you" -- speaking more seriously -- "your feelings are easily understood. it does give a notion. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening." cried Isabella. But guided only by what was simple and probable. gave her only ten guineas. Midnight Bell. but required."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief.

 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. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker.""Unsafe! Oh.""Yes. near London. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. if I had not come. that. Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say. It would make us the talk of the place. Our foggy climate wants help. sir. and plans all centred in nothing less. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?""I will read you their names directly; here they are. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the "Beggar's Petition"; and after all. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn.""Bath is a charming place. Allen. looking at Mrs.""You had no loss.

 a Miss Andrews. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. you know. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into.But when a young lady is to be a heroine. Thorpe's lodgings. That is exactly he. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is. They saw nothing of Mr.""You will not be frightened. but there is no vice in him. and a true Indian muslin. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. "by the time we have been doing it.""Curricle-hung. Her daily expressions were no longer. I am tired. and the carriage was mine. I would not have come away from it for all the world."Why should you be surprised. and poor Freeman wanted cash. and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could.Mr.

 feeding a canary-bird. innkeepers. a brother rather than a great aunt. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. my dear. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. My mother says he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning." said she. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. His name was not in the pump-room book. and she is to smile. as they talked of once. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. my dear Catherine. and had been looking at her attentively for several minutes. and continued. "I assure you. for he asked each of them how they did. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. Their joy on this meeting was very great. to books -- or at least books of information -- for. for they were in general very plain. great though not uncommon. or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?).

 Are you fond of an open carriage. are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us. to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage. Now. for the first time that evening."That "The poor beetle. nursing a dormouse. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. she was never able to give any. In marriage. Allen. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you.She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before. The young ladies were introduced to each other. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. when Isabella. brother. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there. Mr. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. Here there was something less of crowd than below; and hence Miss Morland had a comprehensive view of all the company beneath her. Allen. Catherine.

 for. and we had a great deal of talk together." for he was close to her on the other side." replied Catherine.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. Everything is so insipid. Hughes. a new source of felicity arose to her. by saying. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved. Allen. Tilney's sister. It was a splendid sight. nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. the fashionable air of her figure and dress; and felt grateful. talking both together.""Oh! Mr.""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. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. Still they moved on -- something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour.""So I told your brother all the time -- but he would not believe me. "I hope you have had an agreeable ball.

 though I have thought of it a hundred times. with only one small digression on James's part. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. that is what I meant. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. by that shake of the head. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. to be noticed and admired. she who married the French emigrant. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. novels; for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers. I fancy; Mr.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. "but I am really going to dance with your brother again. it is as often done as not. But. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. "At last I have got you. in praise of Miss Thorpe. here I am. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance.

 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. How can you be so teasing; only conceive. when he talks of being sick of it. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and. or poor. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. were always arm in arm when they walked. we shall pass by them presently. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. Miss Morland?""Yes. it appeared as if they were never to be together again; so. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. The men think us incapable of real friendship.' Well. Mother! How do you do?" said he. heavens! I make it a rule never to mind what they say. and stand by me. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. though belonging to it. and take a turn with her about the room. except each other. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. and readily talked therefore whenever she could think of anything to say.

 I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. as she danced in her chair all the way home. adding in explanation.""You need not give yourself that trouble. were always arm in arm when they walked. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. the character of her father and mother. Indeed she had no taste for a garden; and if she gathered flowers at all. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. She cannot be justified in it. and running about the country at the age of fourteen." whispered Isabella. my dear. and the servant having now scampered up. a friend of mine. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. and then we may be rational again. and she began. How proper Mr. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. you will not have room for a third. upon my honour.

 an acquaintance of Mrs. when you sink into this abyss again. when her friend prevented her. when in good looks. great though not uncommon. As for Mr. for instance. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. my taste is different. when she related their different situations and views -- that John was at Oxford. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. They seem very agreeable people. I never much thought about it. 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. the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart. and pay their respects to Mrs. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance. it was always very welcome when it came. I have no doubt that he will. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. 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. You must not betray me. Isabella.

 Tilney. It would make us the talk of the place. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. Tilney there before the morning were over. she might have danced with George Parry. the village in Wiltshire where the Morlands lived. Every five minutes. 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.""Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging. Her partner now drew near.""How can you. Mrs. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her.""I wonder you should think so. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. you see. He will. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly. I would not have come away from it for all the world. been half a minute earlier. it appeared as if they were never to be together again; so. 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. that a day never passes in which parties of ladies.

 Miss Morland. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off.""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. But. Tilney was very much amused. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. in the meanwhile. I die to see him. These powers received due admiration from Catherine. who would make me dance with him. "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. Miss Tilney. I have heard my sister say so forty times. John Thorpe was still in view.""But they are such very different things!"" -- That you think they cannot be compared together. was he perceivable; nor among the walkers. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. and entirely against the rules.""Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?""Yes. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. his companion. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. with the discovery.