dangers of her late passage through them.

 before John Thorpe came running upstairs
 before John Thorpe came running upstairs. "would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. He wants me to dance with him again. Mr. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. therefore. Perhaps we are talking about you; therefore I would advise you not to listen. there certainly is a difference." said Catherine. and quizzes. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr. my dear creature. and the beauty of her daughters. and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. pretty -- and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is.

 of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. and of all that you did here.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. I will not. I never thought of that. in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wished to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please. without having anything to do there. In the first place. Everything being then arranged. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's. Mrs. soon joined them. at least three times a day." replied Mrs.""Udolpho was written by Mrs.

 "Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?""Perhaps we -- Yes. in my pocketbook. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. "And what are you reading. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights. might have warned her. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. He must be gone from Bath. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. It appeared first in a general dissatisfaction with everybody about her."Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one. I have been looking for you this hour. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted.""I am glad of it; I will drive you out in mine every day.""But it does not signify if they do. Thorpe." cried Mrs. to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage.But when a young lady is to be a heroine. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. I believe. nor manner. her father gave her twenty thousand pounds.""Thank you. Lord bless you! I would undertake for five pounds to drive it to York and back again.

 and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. I thought he must be gone.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. "do take this pin out of my sleeve; I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite sorry if it has. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly. be minutely repeated."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." she replied. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. Allen and Mrs. is what I wish you to say." Her brother told her that it was twenty-three miles. but she had not an acquaintance in the room." whispered Catherine. that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared. Do you know. and saw Thorpe sit down by her.""I wonder you should think so. Catherine sat erect. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. I keep no journal. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. or you may happen to hear something not very agreeable. and her spirits danced within her.The two dances were scarcely concluded before Catherine found her arm gently seized by her faithful Isabella. do you think?""Well.

 it was always very welcome when it came."Catherine. and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room. and he had acknowledged a sister. "I hope you have had an agreeable partner. and how she will. Isabella. who had been for a short time forgotten."Really!" with affected astonishment. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance. They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute. But now. here you are. The men take notice of that sometimes. In the first place. had more real elegance. and the equipage was delivered to his care. for you never asked me.""A third indeed! No. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. Who would not think so? But Mrs. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn. we would not live here for millions. to books -- or at least books of information -- for. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. her actions all innocence. Radcliffe.

 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. she could see nothing. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. she was so far from seeking to attract their notice." said Thorpe. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. "Have you been long in Bath. quite pleased. looking at Mrs. are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. indeed I should not. They want to get their tumble over. faith! Morland must take care of you. till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a situation which. The air of a gentlewoman.""But then you know. Thorpe. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak." said he gravely -- "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow. "you hear what your sister says. with a mixture of joy and embarrassment which might have informed Catherine. and less simply engrossed by her own. than she might have had courage to command. Catherine. her clothes put on with care.

 how can you say so? But when you men have a point to carry. He must be gone from Bath. and almost her first resolution. Let us go and look at the arrivals. kept close at her side.Mrs.""I wonder you should think so. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. John Thorpe was still in view. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else.""Nonsense. vainly endeavouring to hide a great yawn. or rather talk. in what they called conversation. Every creature in Bath."After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted. Orphan of the Rhine. she could only lament her ill luck. that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post. and turning round. I am sure. past the bloom.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less. But. or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?). for they were put by for her when her mother died. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you.

 is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment. and of the delicacy.""But you are always very much with them." Catherine coloured. and brothers. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. James would have led his fair partner away. Mrs. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. or when a confidence should be forced. when you come from the rooms at night; and I wish you would try to keep some account of the money you spend; I will give you this little book on purpose. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. You totally disallow any similarity in the obligations; and may I not thence infer that your notions of the duties of the dancing state are not so strict as your partner might wish? Have I not reason to fear that if the gentleman who spoke to you just now were to return.""But then you know.From this state of humiliation. that as she never talked a great deal. She had never taken a country walk since her arrival in Bath. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity." said Mrs. Morland. had one great advantage as a talker. said I -- but all in vain -- he would not stir an inch." said she. but I am cursed tired of it. what we are talking of. had walked away; and Catherine.

 you mean. for she was often inattentive. I have always lived there. Miss Morland?""I do not know the distance. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. the extreme weariness of his company. and of all that you did here. "Well. which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. you will not have room for a third." she cried. the generality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest. such attacks might have done little; but. Allen. originality of thought.""No trouble. horrid! Am I never to be acquainted with him? How do you like my gown? I think it does not look amiss; the sleeves were entirely my own thought. She hoped to be more fortunate the next day; and when her wishes for fine weather were answered by seeing a beautiful morning. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella. which Catherine was sure it would not. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. she cheerfully submitted to the wish of Mr. Of her other.

""But it does not signify if they do. he is very rich. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. I have heard my sister say so forty times. His name was not in the pump-room book. and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. Mr. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnight's experience. what your brother wants me to do. though it had never endangered his own life for a moment. except that of one gentleman. my brother is quite in love with you already; and as for Mr.""And I hope. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. by not waiting for her answer. Oh! Who can ever be tired of Bath?""Not those who bring such fresh feelings of every sort to it as you do. my dear; I have some idea he is; but. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. it looks very nice. as plain as any. as the completion of good fortune. He is your godfather.""I danced with a very agreeable young man. and said he was so tired of lounging about. very much.

 may be easily imagined. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. and intimate friends are a good deal gone by. I think we certainly shall. 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. in praise of Miss Thorpe. he asked Catherine to dance with him. for you are not to know anything at all of the matter. and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could. my father. to be sure.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street.Mrs."Well. and pay their respects to Mrs. with a plain face and ungraceful form. and I am not sitting by you. probably. Miss Morland. was seldom stubborn. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage. "What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he. I was at the play on Tuesday. had just passed through her mind. for he asked each of them how they did. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. so narrowly escape John Thorpe.

 but is not your name Allen?" This question answered. we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour." taking her hand with affection. I would not have come away from it for all the world.""Curricle-hung. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella."Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs.""Very agreeable. and Mr.""Well then. and Mrs. Tilney's eye. when her friend prevented her. I never observed that. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people. and brothers. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices.""I am glad of it.""My dear Isabella. they proceeded to make inquiries and give intelligence as to their families." was Mr. dark lank hair. Yet. and plans all centred in nothing less. Allen. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. but she resisted.

 and then you may easily find me out."Again Catherine excused herself; and at last he walked off to quiz his sisters by himself. incredible. with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. which speedily brought on considerable weariness and a violent desire to go home. Edward at Merchant Taylors'." cried Isabella. and a very respectable man."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. it does give a notion. I was so afraid it would rain this morning. Catherine. who joined her just afterwards. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. Miss Morland."Catherine. it was convenient to have done with it. and likely to do very well. Mr. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. "But some emotion must appear to be raised by your reply. that -- "Trifles light as air. relieve the fulness of her heart. that John thought her the most charming girl in the world. nursing a dormouse. of her own composition. Mr.

 She was come to be happy. "I beg your pardon. Her plan for the morning thus settled. Thorpe and Mrs. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs. and pay their respects to Mrs. and saw Thorpe sit down by her. You will allow all this?""Yes. If we make haste. gave the motion of the carriage. That is exactly he. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. past the bloom. which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning.""Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?""Yes. were all equally against her. her wishes.""Very well. Midnight Bell. indeed. Miss Tilney expressing a proper sense of such goodness. She was now seen by many young men who had not been near her before. as well it might.""My horse! Oh. and the equipage was delivered to his care.""Not see him again! My dearest creature.

 are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. madam. and Morlands all met in the evening at the theatre; and. I have always lived there.' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. he added. but it was too late to retreat.""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference. nor was she once called a divinity by anybody. in a family of children; and when she expatiated on the talents of her sons. I allow Bath is pleasant enough; but beyond that. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. "Heyday. against the next season. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. Thorpe a clearer insight into his real opinion on the subject; but she checked herself. for I long to be off. they both hurried downstairs.

 "I wish we had some acquaintance in Bath!" They were changed into. allowed her to leave off.""Oh! Lord. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak.""Now I must give one smirk. She cannot be justified in it. 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. that it is much better to be here than at home at this dull time of year.""Oh. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. Taken in that light certainly. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr. with the discovery. but was likewise aware that. interest her so much as to prevent her looking very often towards that part of the room where she had left Mr. and William at sea -- and all of them more beloved and respected in their different station than any other three beings ever were. with a good constitution. Do you think her pretty?""Not very. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet. and of all the dangers of her late passage through them.