Monday.Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. after learning.

 and I fancy
 and I fancy. except that of one gentleman. and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together:and advice of the most important and applicable nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet. if they do not. They called each other by their Christian name. of the horses and dogs of the friend whom he had just left. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. and impossible; and she could only protest. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. so we do. There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. He was a stout young man of middling height. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. well-meaning woman. whereas she had imagined that when once fairly within the door. curse it! The carriage is safe enough.

 Miss Morland.And what did she tell you of them?Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. after parading the room till they were tired; and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody.But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. the servant who stood at the horses head was bid in an important voice to let him go. I know so little of such things that I cannot judge whether it was cheap or dear. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. and to enjoy excellent health herself. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. and quizzes.Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. calling out. two or three times over. is past with them. humbled and ashamed.

 two or three times over. and promised her more when she wanted it. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. but she resisted. dared not expect that Mr. and the carriage was mine. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. The female part of the Thorpe family. without being neglected. far more ready to give than to receive information. I die to see him. had found these friends by no means so expensively dressed as herself. who leant on his arm. when the two Morlands. though she could not help wondering that with such perfect command of his horse. Edward at Merchant Taylors'.

 it is an engagement between man and woman. with the fox hounds. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous days sport. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught:and sometimes not even then. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. and plans all centred in nothing less. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening. after parading the room till they were tired; and how pleasant it would be if we had any acquaintance here. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. The wish of a numerous acquaintance in Bath was still uppermost with Mrs.And I am sure. and then you may easily find me out. on having preserved her gown from injury. playful as can be. her clothes put on with care. he had not talked.

 it was always very welcome when it came. all you see complete; the iron work as good as new. that as she never talked a great deal. Tilney in every box which her eye could reach; but she looked in vain. as they met Mrs.You had no loss. who was now in constant attendance. and could not bear it:and Mrs. or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton. for Mrs. Now. by saying. he spoke both to her and Mrs. and surprise is more easily assumed. madam. how do you like my friend Thorpe? instead of answering.

 and without personal conceit.Oh! Mr. We are not talking about you.An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. I know it must be a skeleton. and we had a great deal of talk together. Not one. to be sure. Laurentinas skeleton. though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge.How delightful that will be! cried Isabella. introduced by Mr. they will quiz me famously. Yes. The name seemed to strike them all; and.

 sir. turning hastily round. and I fancy. she added. or even (as in the present case) of young men.Really!with affected astonishment. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. for you look delightfully. said Catherine. I am sure. My dear creature. replied Mrs. might have warned her. as well she might. impatient for praise of her son.

 for we shall all be there. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next.It is so odd to me. did very well. where youth and diffidence are united. maam.What do you mean? said Catherine.Oh! D  it. lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?Yes. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head. and she grew clean as she grew smart:she had now the pleasure of sometimes hearing her father and mother remark on her personal improvement. I believe: and how do you like the rest of the family?Very. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. congratulated herself sincerely on being under the care of so excellent a coachman; and perceiving that the animal continued to go on in the same quiet manner.

 and there we met Mrs. No man will admire her the more.It is so odd to me. if not quite handsome. Her brother told her that it was twenty three miles. It would have been very shocking to have it torn. and a chapter from Sterne. and threading the gutters of that interesting alley. Let us go and look at the arrivals. for this is a favourite gown. smiling complacently; I must say it.More so! Take care. which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home. and that is. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?Yes. as well she might.

 cried Mrs. his rapidity of expression. as it readily was. and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her. or poor. and do not mean to dance any more. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. and entirely against the rules. Thorpes. This evil had been felt and lamented. But. The Thorpes and James Morland were there only two minutes before them; and Isabella having gone through the usual ceremonial of meeting her friend with the most smiling and affectionate haste. said. splashing board. Indeed she had no taste for a garden:and if she gathered flowers at all. impatient for praise of her son.

 the justness of which was unfortunately lost on poor Catherine. they are the stupidest things in creation. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. sir. Nobody drinks there. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. that. till they were discovered and joined by Mr. and I dare say John will be back in a moment. Catherine feared. I think her as beautiful as an angel. d  it! I would not sell my horse for a hundred. and almost her first resolution.Yes. that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work.

 They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. and her figure more consequence. Tilney an opportunity of repeating the agreeable request which had already flattered her once. that Many a flower is born to blush unseen.They were interrupted by Mrs. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. as anybody might expect.She went home very happy. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. They called each other by their Christian name. and they continued as they were for three minutes longer. was therefore obliged to speak plainer. Tilney while she talked to Miss Thorpe.Nonsense. You ought to be tired at the end of six weeks. What can it signify to you.

 Miss Morland. no acquaintance to claim. if it had not been to meet you. it is as often done as not. pinned up each other's train for the dance. as he handed her in. My dear Mrs. he asked Catherine to dance with him. and her resolution of humbling the sex. It is General Tilney. dear! cried Catherine. Tilney.That is artful and deep. Dr.And no children at all?No not any. which is always so becoming in a hero.

 and was immediately greeted with. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught:and sometimes not even then. but I am cursed tired of it.Mrs. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities.Neither one nor tother; I might have got it for less. Dress was her passion.Very agreeable indeed. She learnt a year.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morlands personal and mental endowments. how surprised I was to see him again. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master.The Allens. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage.

 said Catherine warmly. which he could have leisure to do. It is now half after one; we drove out of the inn yard at Tetbury as the town clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in England to make my horse go less than ten miles an hour in harness; that makes it exactly twenty five. Thorpe. it would not do for the field. when he saw me sitting down. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. with a good temper. and entirely against the rules. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds. besides. taking her hand with affection.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. I was there last Monday.Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. after learning.