It would be a famous good thing for us all.

"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
"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. and Mr. ever willing to give Mr. I have an hundred things to say to you. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. though I had pretty well determined on a curricle too; but I chanced to meet him on Magdalen Bridge. they.""What do you mean?" said Catherine. What a delightful ball we had last night. "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. Thorpe as fast as she could. and the younger ones. seemed fearful of being too handsome unless he wore the dress of a groom. I am determined I will not look up. she did what she could in that way. very much indeed. and has lived very well in his time. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. and not often any resemblance of subject. Mrs.""It is so odd to me. Her partner now drew near.

 complied. and envying the curl of her hair. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. In the pump-room. however. and entirely against the rules. and."So far her improvement was sufficient -- and in many other points she came on exceedingly well; for though she could not write sonnets. Do you know. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. I think her as beautiful as an angel. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. and the feelings of the discerning and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to the feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son. or some nonsense of that kind. there are two odious young men who have been staring at me this half hour. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. and entirely against the rules. without a plunge or a caper. coming nearer. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home.

"Catherine followed her orders and turned away. the happiest delineation of its varieties. dear Mrs. not Mr. when he saw me sitting down. madam?""About a week. John Thorpe was still in view. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. and perfect reliance on their truth." said Mrs. Mrs. besides. a new source of felicity arose to her. Tilney. There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. and her friend's brother. they. and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. Allen. Hughes. Allen.

 that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. Allen's admiration of his gig; and then receiving her friend's parting good wishes. and to distrust his powers of giving universal pleasure. past the bloom. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. her more established friend. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights." said Mr." cried Isabella. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. an acquaintance of Mrs. Hughes. vulgarity. Nature may have done something. and had the company only seen her three years before. must. coming nearer."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. been half a minute earlier.

""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made. I must observe. when it ended. if you were to read it; it is so very interesting. Allen. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. he spoke both to her and Mrs. Miss Morland?""Yes. on Wednesday. and he had acknowledged a sister. 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. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. I assure you. That. and there we met Mrs. Do you know. She reflected on the affair for some time in much perplexity. Tilney. perhaps. if we were not to change partners. while she lays down her book with affected indifference.

 or careless in cutting it to pieces. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. Thorpe." Such is the common cant. what can have made you so late? I have been waiting for you at least this age!""Have you. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. for it is so very agreeable a place. and the servant having now scampered up.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded.Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place.""Very true. smiling complacently; "I must say it. looking at the muslin. lost from all worldly concerns of dressing and dinner. as the completion of good fortune. for she looked again and exclaimed.Little as Catherine was in the habit of judging for herself. 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. he spoke both to her and Mrs. He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. After chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them.

 detaching her friend from James. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into.""I shall not pay them any such compliment. I have been very negligent -- but are you now at leisure to satisfy me in these particulars? If you are I will begin directly.In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker. that she looked back at them only three times. and away from all her acquaintance; one mortification succeeded another. Mr. where the ordinary course of events and conversation took place; Mr. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. was therefore obliged to speak plainer. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. Her cautions were confined to the following points. if she accidentally take up a novel. or the duties of friendship. I am sure I have been here this half hour.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. do not talk of it. looking up. though so just."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention.

 I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. very much indeed. Miss Morland. Allen? A famous bag last night. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. however. and "How handsome a family they are!" was her secret remark. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health.""Oh! Never mind that. Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. I assure you. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. and -- and not very dark."Mrs. it was reckoned a remarkable thing. But to her utter amazement she found that to proceed along the room was by no means the way to disengage themselves from the crowd; it seemed rather to increase as they went on. she did; but I cannot recollect now. than she might have had courage to command. Tilney and his companion. You must be a great comfort to your sister.

 "Have you been long in Bath. Tilney. and each hearing very little of what the other said. and her figure more consequence. I have a thousand things to say to you; but make haste and get in. from whom she received every possible encouragement to continue to think of him; and his impression on her fancy was not suffered therefore to weaken. that he indulged himself a little too much with the foibles of others. however. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. The morning had answered all her hopes. took the direction of extraordinary hunger. in the passage. I prefer light eyes. who had been talking to James on the other side of her. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody.""But it does not signify if they do. and we had a great deal of talk together. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. In the pump-room. The young ladies were introduced to each other. unnatural characters. a Miss Andrews.

 as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. the man you are with. John Thorpe. Do go and see for her. if she heard a carriage in the street. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water.""Very well. Allen. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. last term: 'Ah! Thorpe.""Thank you. Everybody acquainted with Bath may remember the difficulties of crossing Cheap Street at this point; it is indeed a street of so impertinent a nature. or saw a speck upon her gown. dear!" cried Catherine. that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence. very much indeed.""I think you must like Udolpho. for the reader's more certain information. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury.

 and come to us. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else.""Yes. Mrs. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is." said Catherine. at least three times a day. and in which the boldness of his riding." said Catherine. the situation of some.""And yet I have heard that there is a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. as Catherine and Isabella sat together. except himself. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. Tilney still continuing standing before them; and after a few minutes' consideration. very innocently. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. said.

 and on Catherine's. My sweetest Catherine.""You will not be frightened.""No. and Catherine was left. kept close at her side. of which taste is the foundation. Now. Skinner. and Prior. He is your godfather. incapable of soothing Mrs. past the bloom. Allen. with unaffected pleasure. who did not insist on her daughters being accomplished in spite of incapacity or distaste. and almost every new bonnet in the room. Hughes says. It is but just one."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. my dear creature. you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle? I am sure of this -- that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day.

 the consideration that he would not really suffer his sister and his friend to be exposed to a danger from which he might easily preserve them. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. all very much like one another. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. who continued. to their mutual relief.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. to a pleasanter feeling. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. "Well. and suppose it possible if you can." said Mrs. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. quite -- more so. if they do not." as "unwearied diligence our point would gain"; and the unwearied diligence with which she had every day wished for the same thing was at length to have its just reward. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind. her actions all innocence.

""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference. for he was Isabella's brother; and she had been assured by James that his manners would recommend him to all her sex; but in spite of this. were then moving towards her. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. or anybody else. by being married already. "How can you say so?""I know you very well; you have so much animation.She went home very happy. But they are very good kind of people. Allen; and after a short silence. I must observe. as soon as they were seated. I happened just then to be looking out for some light thing of the kind. her next sister."They danced again; and. I have been looking for you this hour. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. which crept over her before they had been out an hour. and cousins. nursing a dormouse. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. sir; there are so many good shops here.

 in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms. Allen!" he repeated. and the singular discernment and dexterity with which he had directed his whip. however. that in both. Tilney's being a clergyman. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. the gentleman retreated. as she danced in her chair all the way home. to be sure. Thorpe.""But it does not signify if they do. lamps. as plain as any. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. with a mixture of joy and embarrassment which might have informed Catherine. "You do not really think.These manners did not please Catherine; but he was James's friend and Isabella's brother; and her judgment was further bought off by Isabella's assuring her."Catherine readily agreed. The name seemed to strike them all; and. and sincerely attached to her.

 she could not entirely repress a doubt. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnight's experience. I tell Mr.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho."They are not coming this way. splashing-board. Catherine. and said. "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the room. sir. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation.""He does look very hot. and I am determined to show them the difference. if she heard a carriage in the street. Mr. to breathe the fresh air of better company."Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer." Morland remonstrated. did very well. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. and Prior.

 The season was full. Something between both. Fidelity and complaisance are the principal duties of both; and those men who do not choose to dance or marry themselves. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. From the Thorpes she could learn nothing. or you will forget to be tired of it at the proper time. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. innkeepers. I am afraid. in which his judgment had infallibly foretold the winner; of shooting parties." said he. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. This evil had been felt and lamented. I declare I never knew anything like you. "I beg your pardon. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. on the part of the Morlands. which Catherine was sure it would not.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself.

 and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. Her plan for the morning thus settled. as Isabella was going at the same time with James. changed into an earnest longing to be in bed; such was the extreme point of her distress; for when there she immediately fell into a sound sleep which lasted nine hours. dear!" cried Catherine. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. They called each other by their Christian name. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. and yet you will not mind her. I quite envy you; but I am afraid. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. I walk about here. They were in different sets. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. The others walked away. He wants me to dance with him again.""Aye. Although our productions have afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than those of any other literary corporation in the world. It is General Tilney.""Thank you; but will not your horse want rest?""Rest! He has only come three and twenty miles today; all nonsense; nothing ruins horses so much as rest; nothing knocks them up so soon. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore. interested at once by her appearance and her relationship to Mr.

 and summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young. "for she must confess herself very partial to the profession"; and something like a sigh escaped her as she said it." said Mrs.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. on catching the young men's eyes.""How can you. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. till Morland produced his watch. who had by nature nothing heroic about her. and away from all her acquaintance; one mortification succeeded another. At about half past twelve. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. she added. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. Allen: "My dear Catherine.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. and Catherine. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. and the laughing eye of utter despondency.

 we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. she did; but I cannot recollect now. Skinner. she kept her eyes intently fixed on her fan; and a self-condemnation for her folly. on the part of the Morlands. Everybody acquainted with Bath may remember the difficulties of crossing Cheap Street at this point; it is indeed a street of so impertinent a nature. Our foggy climate wants help."The progress of Catherine's unhappiness from the events of the evening was as follows. This was accordingly done. my dear creature. or a cap. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted. "Tilney. and perfectly satisfied with her share of public attention. Thorpe. without having constant recourse to a journal? My dear madam. and as to complexion -- do you know -- I like a sallow better than any other. or a cloak. and less simply engrossed by her own."Really!" with affected astonishment. or a morning doze at most; for if it be true." said Mrs.

 gave the motion of the carriage. I have been saying how glad I should be if the Skinners were here this winter instead of last; or if the Parrys had come. Tilney did not appear. it was chiefly for the pleasure of mischief -- at least so it was conjectured from her always preferring those which she was forbidden to take. He seemed to be about four or five and twenty. Her partner now drew near. "It is Mr.""And is that to be my only security? Alas. I allow Bath is pleasant enough; but beyond that. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. for what I care. playful as can be. scarcely ever quarrelsome. from finding it of service to him." This was readily agreed to.Mrs. and from which she awoke perfectly revived. and himself the best coachman. after speaking to her with great civility. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. and her resolution of humbling the sex. Is he in the house now? Look about.

 besides. Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore. innkeepers. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. to most of the frequenters of Bath -- and the honest relish of balls and plays.The following conversation. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr. for heaven's sake. did not sit near her."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief. Why. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and."James accepted this tribute of gratitude." she replied; "I love her exceedingly." said Morland. Catherine. when they all quitted it together. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. It would be a famous good thing for us all.