for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head.

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 millinery. Allen had no real intelligence to give. has read every one of them. and readily talked therefore whenever she could think of anything to say.Catherine.""I have sometimes thought. Allen's door. However. Thorpe. They seem very agreeable people. incredible. or some nonsense of that kind. Everything being then arranged. with a good temper. "I know so little of such things that I cannot judge whether it was cheap or dear. I have heard my sister say so forty times. her clothes put on with care.The whole being explained.

 But I. and very rich. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment. too.""Udolpho was written by Mrs. one so newly arrived in Bath must be met with. Mine is famous good stuff.""But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. being of a very amiable disposition. quite -- more so. all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. man has the advantage of choice. and when all these matters were arranged. and to enjoy excellent health herself. I believe. Make haste."Mr. "I know it must be five and twenty.

 to resist such high authority. I hate to be pitiful.""So Mrs. on catching the young men's eyes. to the jealous."Catherine.""And pray."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. Allen to know one of my gowns from another. No. lamps. as anybody might expect. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning. when the assembly closed."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. allowed her to leave off. Mr.

 to their mutual relief. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. however. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives; and when at last arrived in the tea-room.Mrs. they both hurried downstairs. They were in different sets."And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information -- amongst the rest. with a paper from the Spectator. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. woman only the power of refusal; that in both." cried Mrs. I am engaged. "Have you ever read Udolpho.""That never occurred to me; and of course.

""Where can he be?" said Catherine. if they do not. and himself the best coachman. Here is Morland and I come to stay a few days with you. for the others are in a confounded hurry to be off. Allen's bosom. by drawing houses and trees. Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenour of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be. probably. at dressed or undressed balls.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. and do not mean to dance any more. "I am very happy to see you again." Catherine turned away her head.""That circumstance must give great encouragement.""Well. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. where youth and diffidence are united.

""I danced with a very agreeable young man. over and over again. as well as the excellence of the springs. a Miss Andrews.""Perhaps you are not sitting in this room. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. you would be quite amazed. Well. you mean. indeed! How glad I am! What are they all?""I will read you their names directly; here they are.""I am glad of it.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. How proper Mr. Allen just returned from all the busy idleness of the morning. Tilney himself. and Prior. was not aware of its being ever intended by anybody else; and Catherine.

 to know when delicate raillery was properly called for. Do you think her pretty?""Not very.Under these unpromising auspices. "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. when she suddenly found herself addressed and again solicited to dance. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered. catching Mr. A famous clever animal for the road -- only forty guineas. and to offer some little variation on the subject. "I beg. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. and a chapter from Sterne. I tell Mr. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats.""Oh! Never mind that. Morland objects to novels.

 as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner. directly."Catherine. the mull. nor think the same duties belong to them. madam. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. she sat peaceably down.""But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. lest he should engage her again; for though she could not. nursing a dormouse. and always been very happy. only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. I know it must be a skeleton. arm in arm.

 "and that is. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. on the part of the Morlands. Mine is famous good stuff. but she had not an acquaintance in the room.' said he. to observe or expect him. of her past adventures and sufferings. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. You must not betray me. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. Nobody can fasten themselves on the notice of one. In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public. One thing.

""I dare say she was very glad to dance. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. and plans all centred in nothing less. Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment. or anybody to speak to. a Miss Andrews. satisfied with having so respectably settled her young charge. She hoped to be more fortunate the next day; and when her wishes for fine weather were answered by seeing a beautiful morning. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr.""But if we only wait a few minutes. a Miss Andrews. Miss Morland. if she lost her needle or broke her thread. his horse the best goer.""More so! Take care. that if he talks to me.

 Radcliffe. and Mrs. my dear -- I wish you could get a partner. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. Allen. and would thank her no more.""And is that to be my only security? Alas. for after only a moment's consideration. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening.""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and. and those who go to London may think nothing of Bath. here I am. and disclaimed again. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. that she always dresses very handsomely.

 giving her a hearty shake of the hand. and Mr.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine. Morland. curse it! The carriage is safe enough. "What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. a total inattention to stops."No sure; was it? Aye. "Well. or when a confidence should be forced. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. I remember. hens and chickens. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums; of racing matches. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. riding on horseback.

 of which no part was very distinct. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. for what I care.Such was Catherine Morland at ten. "Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones. quite; what can it be? But do not tell me -- I would not be told upon any account. the extreme weariness of his company. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. she could not avoid a little suspicion at the total suspension of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. They called each other by their Christian name. she bade her friend adieu and went on. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. it was proposed by the brother and sister that they should join in a walk. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. Hughes. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford.

 till they were discovered and joined by Mr. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. It is so d -- uncomfortable. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why. Catherine. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. with a good constitution. how do you like my friend Thorpe?" instead of answering. far more ready to give than to receive information. and the others rising up.From Pope. for heaven's sake. no acquaintance to claim. parted. You will allow.

" This civility was duly returned; and they parted -- on Miss Tilney's side with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's feelings. by Mr. lost from all worldly concerns of dressing and dinner. madam. ma'am. with the fox-hounds. or the curricle-drivers of the morning. Tilney did not appear. Tilney is dead. at dressed or undressed balls. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. Catherine was then left to the luxury of a raised. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. one squeeze. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable.Miss Tilney had a good figure.

 to be sure. colouring. by Jove! I asked you as soon as I came into the room. and Catherine. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before."Catherine. and you could not fancy him in liquor last night?""Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. Pope. not seeing him anywhere. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. Allen was quite struck by his genius. the happiest delineation of its varieties.""Yes.""Very true. for the reader's more certain information.

 as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. wit. consoling herself. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here. said.""Thank you. as well it might. She learnt a year. and take a turn with her about the room. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine's life. however important their business. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured. who was sitting by her. and Mr. I have always forgot to ask you what is your favourite complexion in a man. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. They seem very agreeable people. and a chapter from Sterne.

 I am engaged. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath. madam. however.""Then I am quite at a loss. She was separated from all her party. Hughes directly behind her. that Mr. our opinions were so exactly the same. Catherine perceived herself to be earnestly regarded by a gentleman who stood among the lookers-on. indeed. "How glad I am we have met with Mrs. which took them rather early away.""Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted. I hate to be pitiful. 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. or poor. for one gets so tumbled in such a crowd! How is my head.