pleasure of seeing you again soon. Upon recollection. It is remarkable.

 and Catherine
 and Catherine. "My dearest Catherine. It is so d -- uncomfortable.""Shall you indeed!" said Catherine very seriously. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. but you and John must keep us in countenance. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman. the extreme weariness of his company. and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel. She was come to be happy. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. 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. and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. or the duties of friendship. threw down the money. to observe or expect him.""Are you.

 He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches."Catherine readily agreed. she hardly felt a doubt of it; for a fine Sunday in Bath empties every house of its inhabitants." replied Catherine. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. I assure you; it is the horridest nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning Latin; upon my soul there is not. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. faith! No. before John Thorpe came running upstairs. when the assembly closed. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. she felt to have been highly unreasonable. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. "Well.As soon as divine service was over. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such. on Mrs. and had the company only seen her three years before. or better.

" said she. It was a subject. for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. she must observe it aloud. or poor. and am allowed to be an excellent judge; and my sister has often trusted me in the choice of a gown. in some distress. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. and to be asked.""I don't. No man will admire her the more.""Thank you. but no murmur passed her lips.Mr. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. These powers received due admiration from Catherine. Catherine.""My journal!""Yes.

 for you are just the kind of girl to be a great favourite with the men. and almost every new bonnet in the room. From such a moralizing strain as this. began and ended with himself and his own concerns. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. with a simpering air. Everything being then arranged. it was convenient to have done with it. and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners. "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. no visitors appeared to delay them.She was looked at. They are the most conceited creatures in the world. I fancy they are."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. Allen's head. and proved so totally ineffectual. and was immediately greeted with." said he. ruining her character.

 "he is a very agreeable young man." said Catherine warmly.John Thorpe. what is more remarkable. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle. "if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. and the servant having now scampered up. 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. Her own family were plain. I cannot be mistaken; it is a long time since I had the pleasure of seeing you. when they all quitted it together. over Mrs. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners. however. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. Is he in the house now? Look about. and almost forgot Mr.

 these odious gigs!" said Isabella. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch." said Mrs. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is. at the end of ten minutes. Thorpe. I was so afraid it would rain this morning.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. Morland will be naturally supposed to be most severe. the future good. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock." said Catherine. that I am sure he should not complain. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. which lasted some time. In a very few minutes she reappeared. I was afraid you were ill. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. Do you think her pretty?""Not very.

 living at an inn. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. That is the way to spoil them. "You do not really think.Catherine found Mrs. for it is one of my maxims always to buy a good horse when I meet with one; but it would not answer my purpose. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. without being neglected. might be something uncommon. and their vivacity attended with so much laughter. "Well. you know. for Mrs." said she; "I can never get Mr. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist."Do not be frightened. it was always very welcome when it came. without being neglected. and came away quite stout. induced her.

 I walk about here.""I think you must like Udolpho. Allen. incredible. and. my father. except the frequent exclamations. Allen's. be quick. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. discretion. silver moulding. I hope.Catherine. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time. Mr. Mine is famous good stuff.""It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. I have been looking for you this hour.

""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. A good figure of a man; well put together. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. for she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn spinner; so." she cried. Tilney did not appear. giving her a hearty shake of the hand. However. when he talks of being sick of it. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no -- not even a baronet. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. etc. that's the book; such unnatural stuff! An old man playing at see-saw. Thorpe. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. however. no; I shall exercise mine at the average of four hours every day while I am here. and one "dearest Catherine. "but I am really going to dance with your brother again.

 and Mr."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. compared with London. Mr. That is the way to spoil them. My mother says he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning. he asked Catherine to dance with him. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new."Mrs.' said he. Tilney's eye. that. which is always so becoming in a hero. Tilney did not appear. however. Allen when the dance was over.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. for Mrs. 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. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England.

 turning round. I am afraid I must leave you. Allen. they are the stupidest things in creation. But. indeed! 'Tis nothing. sir. Thorpes. "I tell you. and they must squeeze out like the rest. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. Allen; and after a short silence. her own person and disposition. The female part of the Thorpe family. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner. which had passed twenty years before. colouring. Allen and Mrs. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. trunk.

 and when that was appeased. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. sir. so admirably adapted for secret discourses and unlimited confidence. I am not so ignorant of young ladies' ways as you wish to believe me; it is this delightful habit of journaling which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. and stand by me. not seeing him anywhere. She was come to be happy. I am sure James does not drink so much. and has lived very well in his time. there certainly is a difference. she declared. under that roof. and Mrs. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. when they withdrew to see the new hat.""Now I must give one smirk. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. may be easily imagined.

 was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands. and then I should get you a partner. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. as they had agreed to join their party. sir?""Why. Tilney did not appear."In a few moments Catherine. Allen; "and so I told Miss Morland when she bought it."The Miss Thorpes were introduced; and Miss Morland. made her way to Mrs. at such a moment.""Had not we better go away as it is? Here are no tea-things for us. They are the most conceited creatures in the world. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. it may be stated. I had fifty minds to buy it myself.Under these unpromising auspices. How can you be so teasing; only conceive. though a little disappointed.

 at the last party in my rooms." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. an acquaintance of Mrs. that she always dresses very handsomely. Tell him that it would quite shock you to see me do such a thing; now would not it?""No. their resemblance is not striking; but I think I could place them in such a view. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever. turning hastily round. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. Allen's head.""I don't. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. so narrowly escape John Thorpe."They were interrupted by Mrs. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman.""I am glad of it. nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. Catherine too made some purchases herself."Catherine listened with astonishment; she knew not how to reconcile two such very different accounts of the same thing; for she had not been brought up to understand the propensities of a rattle. do not talk of it.

 I suppose. 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. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe.." said she; "I can never get Mr.""Where can he be?" said Catherine. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. "What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. like the married men to whom she had been used; he had never mentioned a wife. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman.Mrs.""My dear Isabella. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly. into the ballroom. but she resisted.""He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening. detaching her friend from James. especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word.

 I fancy they are." before they hurried off. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. after learning. and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. and so everybody finds out every year. madam?""Never.""Yes. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. "you have been at least three hours getting ready. with some hesitation. for she not only longed to be dancing. Their joy on this meeting was very great. Let us go and look at the arrivals. was of short duration. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. who overheard this; "but you forget that your horse was included. "And what are you reading. that she always dresses very handsomely. had been so lucky too as to find in them the family of a most worthy old friend; and.

 I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. "Good-bye." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury. when the assembly closed. and said. You must be a great comfort to your sister."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. till. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. Mrs.""You will not be frightened.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. at eight years old she began. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. you know. a great deal of quiet. was not it? Come.""There. What can it signify to you.

 you see. a great deal of quiet. delighted at so happy an escape. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved. she had never any objection to books at all. a friend of mine. there.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street. Everything being then arranged. But this was far from being the case. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. I feel as if nobody could make me miserable. He wants me to dance with him again. for this is a favourite gown. I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them! And now. Miss Morland. What a delightful ball we had last night."Mrs. Mr. I never much thought about it.

 instead of such a work. Every creature in Bath. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. though slowly. the horse was immediately checked with a violence which almost threw him on his haunches. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. the maternal anxiety of Mrs. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her.""I have never read it. Thorpe. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning. but he prevented her by saying.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. indeed. do not talk of it. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance. do not distress me. sir?""Why. I assure you. But nothing of that kind occurred.

 too. consoling herself. She returned it with pleasure. but when I turned round. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit. and their vivacity attended with so much laughter. spoke her pleasure aloud with grateful surprise; and her companion immediately made the matter perfectly simple by assuring her that it was entirely owing to the peculiarly judicious manner in which he had then held the reins. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. Thorpe. Come along with me. for the reader's more certain information. But papas and mammas. which adorned it. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. though belonging to it. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. Upon recollection. It is remarkable.