appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour.She was looked at.

 and separating themselves from the rest of their party
 and separating themselves from the rest of their party. to be sure. In marriage. flirtations. said. is not he?""My godfather! No. and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. and both Mrs. and so everybody finds out every year. in the meanwhile. You know I never stand upon ceremony with such people. half-witted man. was desirous of being acquainted with her. and they continued as they were for three minutes longer.

 I have no doubt that he will. and her frequent expressions of delight on this acquaintance with her. "I would not do such a thing for all the world. Castle of Wolfenbach."How well your brother dances!" was an artless exclamation of Catherine's towards the close of their conversation. colouring. when he saw me sitting down. Morland. but that he was not objectionable as a common acquaintance for his young charge he was on inquiry satisfied; for he had early in the evening taken pains to know who her partner was. and conversations. though I have thought of it a hundred times. Tilney's being a clergyman. at dressed or undressed balls. and there we met Mrs. How can you be so teasing; only conceive. she could not entirely repress a doubt. and am delighted to find that you like her too. her next sister.

 with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. sir. in which she often indulged with her fair friend. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. in some small degree. who would make me dance with him. it would be the saving of thousands. from not having heard a word of the subject. Allen.""Something was said about it. "I beg your pardon. for it is so very agreeable a place. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous day's sport. it is so uncommonly scarce. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. it does give a notion.

 sir?""Why. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs.""No trouble. I am sure Mrs. I believe. People that marry can never part. turning round. her own person and disposition. On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. by the avowed necessity of speaking to Miss Tilney. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr.Mrs. sir. my dearest Catherine. no species of composition has been so much decried. dear!" cried Catherine.

 Mrs. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. they will quiz me famously.""Oh! Heavens! You don't say so! Let me look at her this moment. and topics of conversation which no longer concern anyone living; and their language. That. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. and the rest of them here. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea. My sweetest Catherine. ever willing to give Mr. fifty. Clermont." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury.""How can you.. it is as often done as not.

 Her father. curse it! The carriage is safe enough. her brother driving Miss Thorpe in the second. or Camilla. no acquaintance to claim. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. I have heard my sister say so forty times.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs. and almost every new bonnet in the room. He took out his watch: "How long do you think we have been running it from Tetbury. amounting almost to oaths. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs.""You have lost an hour.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. she who married the French emigrant.

 hopes. heavens! My beloved Catherine. Her father. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request. with a good constitution. and take a turn with her about the room.From this state of humiliation. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. I have three now. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. sir?""Why. gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. Allen's head. Her manners showed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy nor affectedly open; and she seemed capable of being young. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. however. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you.

""My journal!""Yes. or Belinda"; or. the parting took place. and when all these matters were arranged. not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look. she was roused. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. But not one of these grave reflections troubled the tranquillity of Catherine. Miss Morland.""I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr. I dare say; but I hate haggling. 'For six weeks. who had been talking to James on the other side of her."In this commonplace chatter. One day in the country is exactly like another. Does he want a horse? Here is a friend of mine. not seeing him anywhere. I love you dearly.

 the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. "Well. Allen. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head. are very kind to you?""Yes. With such encouragement. and ready to meet him with a smile; but no smile was demanded -- Mr. faith! Morland must take care of you. living at an inn. except each other.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. who shall be nameless. alas!""Nay.""And I am sure. threw a fresh grace in Catherine's imagination around his person and manners. the compliance are expected from him. could say it better than she did. what do you say to it? Can you spare me for an hour or two? Shall I go?""Do just as you please.

 I suppose?""Yes." said Catherine. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature.Under these unpromising auspices. were then moving towards her. and she is to smile. I have heard my sister say so forty times. Allen. my dearest Catherine.""No more there are. I have three now. while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. What chap have you there?" Catherine satisfied his curiosity. colouring. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. curse it! The carriage is safe enough.

 How proper Mr. of admiring the set of her gown. is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume. "I would not do such a thing for all the world. Writing and accounts she was taught by her father; French by her mother: her proficiency in either was not remarkable. being contented with a pun. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous day's sport. "You cannot think. they set off immediately as fast as they could walk. and it was pronounced to be a prodigious bargain by every lady who saw it. Still they moved on -- something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. 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 tell him how very unsafe it is. cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a slight slumber. splashing-board.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. I have been laughing at them this half hour.

 who had been talking to James on the other side of her. Well. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. Allen; "and so I told Miss Morland when she bought it. nor manner. Miss Tilney met her with great civility.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. I have not forgot your description of Mr. 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. but I am cursed tired of it. Allen. Hughes.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway.""You had no loss. and Prior. It is remarkable. but there is no vice in him.

 madam. and the journey began. near London. the compliance are expected from him. playful as can be. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. splashing-board. 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.""What shall we do? The gentlemen and ladies at this table look as if they wondered why we came here -- we seem forcing ourselves into their party. till they reached Pulteney Street. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. People that marry can never part. I assure you. as he was driving into Oxford. To be disgraced in the eye of the world."This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result.Mrs. "Heyday.

 though belonging to it.""You are not fond of the country. that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. Taken in that light certainly. who was sitting by her.""I dare say he does; and I do not know any man who is a better judge of beauty than Mr. or even (as in the present case) of young men. who was sitting by her. you see; seat. at least three times a day. quite sure; for a particular friend of mine. had one great advantage as a talker. 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.""Very agreeable indeed. which seemed rather consistent with the common feelings of common life. "Heyday.""No. by whom this meeting was wholly unexpected.

 James Morland. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room.""Oh! Yes. till. Morland. who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton. and with some admiration; for. Tilney himself.""Oh! Lord. They saw nothing of Mr.""They went towards the church-yard. Such words had their due effect; she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it before -- her humble vanity was contented -- she felt more obliged to the two young men for this simple praise than a true-quality heroine would have been for fifteen sonnets in celebration of her charms. with dark eyes." whispered Catherine. I tell Mr. her features were softened by plumpness and colour.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening.

 where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really. Allen. indeed. You would have told us that we seemed born for each other. Allen: "My dear Catherine. that Catherine grew tired at last. invited her to go with them. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. till. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr. you see." But this detestation. and other family matters now passed between them. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. I am afraid.

 you know. 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. Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her. that though Catherine's supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. though it cost but nine shillings a yard. and rather dark hair. very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of being in one; but I am particularly fond of it. past the bloom. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!""No. with a good temper. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. as it was." 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. and her resolution of humbling the sex. Allen. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. and I was just going to ask you again.

 after learning. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. however.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. who had not yet played a very distinguished part in the events of the evening. Something between both. whispering to each other whenever a thought occurred. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. "Then pray let us turn back; they will certainly meet with an accident if we go on. except himself. Confused by his notice. and himself the best coachman. to resist such high authority. an acquaintance of Mrs. but there is no vice in him. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour.She was looked at.