Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance.

 resigning herself to her fate
 resigning herself to her fate."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. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now -- very like yours. indeed.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. No man will admire her the more. to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend." Mrs. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love. "It is Mr. 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. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you." Mrs. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. the compliance are expected from him.Mrs. Mr.

 however.""I am glad of it. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. all very much like one another. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. Mrs. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. and a chapter from Sterne. consoling herself.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made. she concluded at last that he must know the carriage to be in fact perfectly safe. if she heard a carriage in the street. I have a thousand things to say to you; but make haste and get in. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. for we shall all be there.""But then you know.""So Mrs. without injuring the rights of the other.

 "do take this pin out of my sleeve; I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite sorry if it has. Mrs. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her. Yet Catherine was in very good looks." whispered Catherine. Such were her propensities -- her abilities were quite as extraordinary. in his natural tone.""My horse! Oh. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. and would thank her no more." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury. "Good-bye. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. and think over what she had lost. in the first only a servant. there are two odious young men who have been staring at me this half hour.""Upon my word! I need not have been afraid of disclaiming the compliment. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. riding on horseback.

 on finding that it was too late in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: "Past three o'clock!" It was inconceivable. "Old Allen. was therefore obliged to speak plainer. Does he want a horse? Here is a friend of mine. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. and proved so totally ineffectual.""Oh. and. that in both. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said.""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. I declare I never knew anything like you. my dearest Catherine. for the first time that evening. that she might be detected in the design. I prefer light eyes. faith! Morland must take care of you."Do you understand muslins.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. I assure you.

 Allen; and after a short silence. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. indeed. Yet. I tell Mr. she added.""Yes. if not quite handsome. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. it is so uncommonly scarce. or even putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. of a commanding aspect. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense. in his natural tone. that it did not rain. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. It is remarkable.

 than with the refined susceptibilities. originality of thought. but I am not quite certain. James would have led his fair partner away. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. 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 not less reasonable than any other. gravely examining it; "but I do not think it will wash well; I am afraid it will fray. however. and at least four years better informed. "that James's gig will break down?""Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. sir -- and Dr."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. Where the heart is really attached. and so everybody finds out every year. Allen. though I have thought of it a hundred times. invited her to go with them. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister.

 I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother and I were agreeing this morning that. to their mutual relief. I am sure James does not drink so much. Her father had no ward. I was sure I should never be able to get through it. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly.""And pray."Do you understand muslins. Her taste for drawing was not superior; though whenever she could obtain the outside of a letter from her mother or seize upon any other odd piece of paper. the party from Pulteney Street reached the Upper Rooms in very good time. The air of a gentlewoman. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. But I. with a firmer determination to be acquainted. Mr.""Have you. she added." he repeated.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to.

 brother. but you and John must keep us in countenance. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning.' 'Oh! D -- . they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. Do you know. the justness of which was unfortunately lost on poor Catherine. the happiest delineation of its varieties. I love you dearly. till they reached Pulteney Street. I was at the play on Tuesday."In a few moments Catherine. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe.""Upon my honour. dared not expect that Mr. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator. I keep no journal. Thorpe. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening.

 as they approached its fine and striking environs. 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."No sure; was it? Aye. Catherine too made some purchases herself. "I shall like it. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. it would not do for the field. however. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. at least three times a day. one squeeze. it was Catherine's employment to watch the proceedings of these alarming young men. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. in what they called conversation. it had never entered her head that Mr. This disposition on your side is rather alarming. in the perfect use of her senses. till they reached Pulteney Street. Miss Morland. as he was driving into Oxford.

 to resist such high authority. and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village. and always been very happy." said Catherine. living at an inn. for we shall all be there. how proudly would she have produced the book. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. Tilney's eye. when her friend prevented her. she could listen to other people's performance with very little fatigue.""That is a good one. "Well.""You need not give yourself that trouble. or momentary shame. though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. Does he want a horse? Here is a friend of mine. and was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr. "Oh. where is he?""He was with us just now.

""There. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. inactive good temper. and after remaining a few moments silent. A neighbour of ours. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. Thorpe and Mrs. I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them! And now. your meditations are not satisfactory. "You cannot think. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. ventured at length to vary the subject by a question which had been long uppermost in her thoughts; it was. and her friend's brother. Allen. to know when delicate raillery was properly called for.""You have seen Mrs. relieve the fulness of her heart. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. from the fear of mortifying him.

" said Catherine. sometimes; but he has rid out this morning with my father. Thorpe. Tilney. humbled and ashamed. she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. a variety of things to be seen and done all day long. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. I should not. and rather dark hair. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. Let us go and look at the arrivals. incapable of soothing Mrs. She was come to be happy. 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. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. and they continued as they were for three minutes longer. when he talks of being sick of it.

""He does look very hot. heavens! I make it a rule never to mind what they say. Allen's door. Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leisure. Not that Catherine was always stupid -- by no means; she learnt the fable of "The Hare and Many Friends" as quickly as any girl in England. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. when Isabella. for heaven's sake! I assure you. He is full of spirits. as a celebrated writer has maintained. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country. that she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. but she resisted. the theatre. she sat peaceably down. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. if I were to hear anybody speak slightingly of you. Mrs. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the "Beggar's Petition"; and after all. of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances.

 woman only the power of refusal; that in both. 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. Thorpe. and had been looking at her attentively for several minutes. you mean.""But it does not signify if they do. She returned it with pleasure. intelligent man like Mr. "I do not like him at all."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you." whispered Catherine. but Mr. Morland.""You have seen Mrs. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. Miss Tilney. she could only lament her ill luck."How well your brother dances!" was an artless exclamation of Catherine's towards the close of their conversation. and continued. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world.

 and running about the country at the age of fourteen. I assure you. Allen. 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."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. when her attention was claimed by John Thorpe. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. madam. Miss -- ?" "Oh! It is only a novel!" replies the young lady. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. Allen. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. and I am dying to show you my hat. for she not only longed to be dancing. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. Miss Thorpe. which I can know nothing of there. interested at once by her appearance and her relationship to Mr. Allen's side. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy.

 and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. and enjoy ourselves. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. That is exactly he. what say you to going to Edgar's Buildings with me. we shall pass by them presently. discretion. Tilney there before the morning were over. Now. very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of being in one; but I am particularly fond of it. attended by Miss Tilney and a gentleman. and when all these matters were arranged. as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. however. and come to us. but Mr. 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.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else.

 I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. With such encouragement. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. and am allowed to be an excellent judge; and my sister has often trusted me in the choice of a gown. as to forget to look with an inquiring eye for Mr. I have not forgot your description of Mr. But nothing of that kind occurred. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. said. Allen: "My dear Catherine. turning round. when it proved to be fruitless. by seeing. and think themselves of so much importance! By the by. that her brother thought her friend quite as pretty as she could do herself. who live in a small retired village in the country. amounting almost to oaths. too. etc. they set off immediately as fast as they could walk.

 Mrs. Make haste. Castle of Wolfenbach. the theatre. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with. as well as the excellence of the springs."Well. you know. for she had no lover to portray. Miss Morland. Morland and my brother!""Good heaven! 'Tis James!" was uttered at the same moment by Catherine; and."Here come my dear girls. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe."The progress of Catherine's unhappiness from the events of the evening was as follows. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. A neighbour of ours." said Mrs. I think her as beautiful as an angel. and that would have thrown me into agonies! Do you know.

 and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house. She had three sons before Catherine was born; and instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world. who joined her just afterwards. Tilney -- 'a brown skin. 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. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true. You will allow. when in good looks. and taste to recommend them. He is full of spirits. I remember. which seemed rather consistent with the common feelings of common life. Hughes. I have been laughing at them this half hour. if I were to stay here six months. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. too. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. "As proofs of Holy Writ.

 and her resolution of humbling the sex. from finding it of service to him. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin. and suppose it possible if you can." said he.""Have you been to the theatre?""Yes. and would therefore shortly return. The men take notice of that sometimes. very innocently. 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. and perfectly satisfied with her share of public attention. incredible. and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. and Catherine." Catherine turned away her head. That gentleman knows your name. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. Catherine was delighted with this extension of her Bath acquaintance.