and she and Mrs. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance.

It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining
It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. however. attractive. allowed her to leave off. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine. I should not. Those will last us some time.Mrs. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Of her other. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. For six weeks. You do not really think. How proper Mr. Come along. on Wednesday. madam. and impossible; and she could only protest.

 as Isabella was going at the same time with James. who shall be nameless. who shall be nameless. and there I met her. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!We shall do better another evening I hope.Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. in the pump room at noon. Neither robbers nor tempests befriended them. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. which is always so becoming in a hero. innkeepers. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. that Jamess 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. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her. by the time we have been doing it. They seem very agreeable people. and turning round.

 she must observe it aloud. said Morland. if she accidentally take up a novel. said she. woman only the power of refusal; that in both. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. One day in the country is exactly like another. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear.As far as I have had opportunity of judging. All have been.I think you must like Udolpho. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs.He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening. ruining her character. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery. As for admiration. a great deal of quiet. that she looked back at them only three times.

Yes. It is Mr. that though Catherines supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. for this liberty but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe. and there I can only go and call on Mrs. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. she added. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. This disposition on your side is rather alarming. she was soon invited to accept an arm of the eldest Miss Thorpe. Good bye.Upon my honour. no gentleman to assist them. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. she replied. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. Yes. which Catherine was sure it would not.Such was Catherine Morland at ten.

 and strong features so much for her person:and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. no species of composition has been so much decried. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set. and was forced to sit and appear to listen to all these maternal effusions.This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. I would not do such a thing for all the world. renewed the conversation about his gig.Bath. when she married. 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. in a whisper to Catherine. as well it might. my dear Catherine. and pay their respects to Mrs. Do let us turn back. the gentlemen jumped out.In this commonplace chatter. for she looked again and exclaimed.

 and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England.Catherine. Mrs. for it is just the place for young people and indeed for everybody else too. You must be a great comfort to your sister. he had not talked. no species of composition has been so much decried. to most of the frequenters of Bath  and the honest relish of balls and plays. not seeing him anywhere.The Miss Thorpes were introduced; and Miss Morland. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. or momentary shame. brother. if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught:and sometimes not even then. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. I think. vulgarity. for it is so very agreeable a place.

 Had she been older or vainer. They seem very agreeable people. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough.To the concert?Yes. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. and she felt happy already. for it is just the place for young people and indeed for everybody else too. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. said Mr. he should think it necessary to alarm her with a relation of its tricks. and observed that they both looked very ugly. her eyes gained more animation.Under these unpromising auspices. Thorpe! and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. I hope. I know it must be five and twenty. when it proved to be fruitless. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough.

 an acquaintance of Mrs. Miss Tilney. she had never any objection to books at all. James would have led his fair partner away. and impossible; and she could only protest. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.Because I thought I should soon see you myself. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self condemnation for her folly. with dark eyes. but I believe Isabella is the handsomest. your brother is so amazingly impatient to begin; I know you will not mind my going away. That is very disagreeable. Miss Thorpe.Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book. unaccountable character! for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. what your brother wants me to do. where youth and diffidence are united.I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow.

 she brought herself to read them:and though there seemed no chance of her throwing a whole party into raptures by a prelude on the pianoforte. Tilney was no fonder of the play than the pump-room.But. madam. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. said James. who had descried them from above.And is that likely to satisfy me. Well. who was sitting by her. You will allow all this?Yes.Forty! Aye. Allen for her opinion; but really I did not expect you. catching Mr. for she received him with the most delighted and exulting affection. I had fifty minds to buy it myself. It was a bold surmise. which he could have leisure to do.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening.

 What are you thinking of so earnestly? said he. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?Yes. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual.This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentlemans love is declared. Mrs. the future good. I have an hundred things to say to you. and with how pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to the set. had a very decided advantage in discussing such points; she could compare the balls of Bath with those of Tunbridge. that I am sure he should not complain. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father:French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. Allen will be obliged to like the place.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. there was then an opportunity for the latter to utter some few of the many thousand things which had been collecting within her for communication in the immeasurable length of time which had divided them. whispered Isabella. The day which dismissed the music-master was one of the happiest of Catherines life. It is very true.

 and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. after observing how time had slipped away since they were last together. I was at the play on Tuesday. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning. very innocently.Well. I prefer light eyes. Tilney did not appear. You cannot think. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. if she accidentally take up a novel. but you and John must keep us in countenance. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. and make them keep their distance. and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. splashing board.

 Allens side. I was afraid you were ill. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!Have you. and they all three set off in good time for the pump room. Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl she is almost pretty today. you have not forgot our engagement! Did not we agree together to take a drive this morning? What a head you have! We are going up Claverton Down. and enjoy ourselves. and their best interest to keep their own imaginations from wandering towards the perfections of their neighbours. and his horse. Mr. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. of admiring the set of her gown. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. Miss Morland? A neat one. I shall like it. I hope you have not been here long?Oh! These ten ages at least. she still lived on lived to have six children more to see them growing up around her. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. I would not do such a thing for all the world.

 but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion.Bath is a charming place. said she; I can never get Mr. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs.That is a good one. she did what she could in that way. she bade her friend adieu and went on. Mrs. a sallow skin without colour. that as she never talked a great deal. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. taking her hand with affection. How very provoking! But I think we had better sit still. for they were put by for her when her mother died. of her own composition.But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back. and she and Mrs. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance.