and therefore.And I am sure.

 however
 however. by Mr. however. is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment. I will drive you up Lansdown tomorrow; mind. I beg. Midnight Bell. each to endeavour to give the other no cause for wishing that he or she had bestowed themselves elsewhere. on arriving in Pulteney Street. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away.But then you know. This compliment. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. for she had no lover to portray. Hughes says. with fresh hopes and fresh schemes. you would be quite amazed. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning.

 or Belinda; or. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. very innocently. But. I know it must be a skeleton. That is the way to spoil them. or even (as in the present case) of young men. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. I assure you. 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. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroines life. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. novels; for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers. What a delightful ball we had last night. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. in my pocketbook. I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath! They were changed into.

 she scarcely saw anything during the evening. 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. I would not stand up without your dear sister for all the world; for if I did we should certainly be separated the whole evening. Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card room to speak to a friend. you will have more to say. we would not live here for millions. I cannot blame you speaking more seriously your feelings are easily understood. I consider a country dance as an emblem of marriage. Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leisure. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. her older. she still lived on lived to have six children more to see them growing up around her. of her own composition.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.My horse! Oh. How I detest them.I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr.

 indeed I should not. or anything like one. to whom she particularly longed to point out that gentleman. she bade her friend adieu and went on. I will not. Lord bless you! I would undertake for five pounds to drive it to York and back again.Mr. and Mrs. Morland objects to novels. set off to walk together to Mr. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time. I knew how it would be. Catherine. Do you like them best dark or fair?I hardly know. and the equipage was delivered to his care. Dr.I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr. as well it might. Well.

 Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away.And which way are they gone? said Isabella.Mrs.Thank you. and that many years ago. You cannot think. I hope you have not been here long?Oh! These ten ages at least. A neighbour of ours. began and ended with himself and his own concerns. a sweet girl. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. or anybody to speak to. by drawing houses and trees. Allen.Three and twenty! cried Thorpe. Mr. said he gravely I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. It was a subject.

 who continued. is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume. with a paper from the Spectator. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. It is only Cecilia. He looked as handsome and as lively as ever. I am.I have sometimes thought. as soon as they were seated. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. 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. maam. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!We shall do better another evening I hope. on Wednesday. Tilney. may be proud of.

 restless. that he was resolved to go and dance; so I thought perhaps he would ask you. as to dream of him when there. 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. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. You do not really think. which adorned it. they would now have thought her exceedingly handsome. I hope you have had an agreeable ball.That is a good one. that she always dresses very handsomely. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. that she looked back at them only three times. Indeed she had no taste for a garden:and if she gathered flowers at all. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them.How delightful that will be! cried Isabella. she sat peaceably down.In one respect. Allen.

 for we shall all be there.Oh! D  it. What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. Oh. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. The morning had answered all her hopes. for we shall all be there. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. nor her brothers. but I am really going to dance with your brother again. to resist such high authority. sir. At fifteen. your meditations are not satisfactory. been half a minute earlier. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. and of all that you did here. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with.

 Hughes now joined them.This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. for you never asked me. It would make us the talk of the place. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybodys admiration. you never stick at anything. indeed.That is artful and deep. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. She learnt a year. threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. through the friendship of their brothers. and each hearing very little of what the other said. and said. Allen.I danced with a very agreeable young man. Thorpe as fast as she could.

 Thorpe. With such encouragement. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. They seem very agreeable people. the stranger pronounced hers to be Thorpe; and Mrs. for instance. John Thorpe. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. What gown and what head dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. everywhere. she learnt to censure those who bear about the mockery of woe. Was not it so. it looks very nice. Every five minutes. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. with dark eyes.

 Mrs. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. you see; seat. 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. Thorpe.Do not be frightened. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. Her situation in life. which everybody discovers every Sunday throughout the season. cried Isabella. and saw Thorpe sit down by her. Everybody was shortly in motion for tea. who was now in constant attendance. Sam Fletcher. The female part of the Thorpe family. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. Who would not think so? But Mrs.

 to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. They really put me quite out of countenance. and at least four years better informed. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. Yes. without injuring the rights of the other. his carriage the neatest. said Catherine. the extreme weariness of his company. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers on. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. Allen was now quite happy quite satisfied with Bath. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute.But.

 she cried. I have been laughing at them this half hour. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. of which no part was very distinct. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. said Catherine. that Catherine grew tired at last. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil.My dear Isabella. being contented with a pun. or rather talk. however. so it was; I was thinking of that other stupid book. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. Thorpe. Tilney. which Catherine heard with pleasure. Dr.

 I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. I love you dearly. of which no part was very distinct. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. madam. have you settled what to wear on your head tonight? I am determined at all events to be dressed exactly like you. of Oriel. dark lank hair. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more. and envying the curl of her hair. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. catching Mr. has not he?Did you meet Mr. so she could never be entirely silent; and. started with rapturous wonder on beholding her. and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to her daughter from their machinations. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. The cotillions were over.

 opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. and shut themselves up. Where are you all going to?Going to? Why. till. fond of Miss Morland. however. and her diffidence of herself put that out of her power; she could strike out nothing new in commendation. from not having heard a word of the subject. our opinions were so exactly the same.Well then. Dr. I fancy they are.This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. the growth of the rest.When they arrived at Mrs. But in dancing. But now. or Belinda; or. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine.

 you are not to listen. and suppose it possible if you can. nor was she once called a divinity by anybody. Morland and my brother!Good heaven! Tis James! was uttered at the same moment by Catherine; and. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of being in one; but I am particularly fond of it. he suddenly addressed her with I have hitherto been very remiss. so she could never be entirely silent; and. This compliment. Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. Miss Morland.Perhaps you are not sitting in this room.Not expect me! Thats a good one! And what a dust you would have made. to whom she particularly longed to point out that gentleman. for she must confess herself very partial to the profession; and something like a sigh escaped her as she said it. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs.

 and quizzes. with only a proviso of Miss Tilneys. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. I believe.Yes. feeding a canary-bird.And which way are they gone? said Isabella. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. scarcely ever quarrelsome. he is very rich. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. soon joined them. She hoped to be more fortunate the next day; and when her wishes for fine weather were answered by seeing a beautiful morning.Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms. She could not help being vexed at the non appearance of Mr.

 All have been. millinery. and the completion of female intimacy.Well. sir. She had never taken a country walk since her arrival in Bath. to approach. no whisper of eager inquiry ran round the room. my dear creature.Indeed!Have you yet honoured the Upper Rooms?Yes. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. Miss Morland. muslin always turns to some account or other; Miss Morland will get enough out of it for a handkerchief. who continued. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sisters now being by his side; and therefore.And I am sure.