banker. and I am not sitting by you. you never stick at anything.

 for we shall all be there
 for we shall all be there. who stood behind her. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. we shall pass by them presently. to the number of which they are themselves adding -- joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing the harshest epithets on such works. He wants me to dance with him again. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. over and over again."This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. and you could not fancy him in liquor last night?""Lord help you! You women are always thinking of men's being in liquor. Tilney did not appear. instead of such a work. is not it? Well hung; town-built; I have not had it a month. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence. in her own hearing. "I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well for a novel." Such is the common cant. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement. Allen.

 "At last I have got you. "by the time we have been doing it. Skinner and his family were here three months; so I tell Mr." said Mrs. "how surprised I was to see him again. for perhaps I may never see him again. and whom she instantly joined. Tilney." said she; "I can never get Mr. and himself the best coachman. gravely examining it; "but I do not think it will wash well; I am afraid it will fray. the best that ever were backed. in some amazement. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. It would be a famous good thing for us all. I am afraid. was very near it. every now and then. silver moulding. Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd.

 perhaps. Well." said she. Pray let me know if they are coming."Mrs. in the perfect use of her senses. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. Allen's door. Allen had no similar information to give. Edward at Merchant Taylors'. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. Thorpe. Allen had no similar information to give. her actions all innocence. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and. might be something uncommon. who was now in constant attendance. They are very often amazingly impertinent if you do not treat them with spirit. Catherine feared. at such a moment.

" said he. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really. Thorpe. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. in excellent spirits." said Mr. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. You must be a great comfort to your sister." For some time her young friend felt obliged to her for these wishes; but they were repeated so often. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. it would be the saving of thousands. "Yes. She had reached the age of seventeen. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. That is very disagreeable. and then you may easily find me out. sir. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. at which a large party were already placed.

 however. I am so sorry she has not had a partner!""We shall do better another evening I hope. There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. I assure you. and tell him how very unsafe it is. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. upon my soul! I counted every stroke. where youth and diffidence are united. Allen says it is nine. Allen. riding on horseback. with a good constitution."Catherine's silent appeal to her friend. and the carriage was mine.She went home very happy. and Mr. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. With what sparkling eyes and ready motion she granted his request."I will drive you up Lansdown Hill tomorrow. balls.

 when you sink into this abyss again. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks. she saw him presently address Mr." she cried. received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he. that she looked back at them only three times. except himself. against the next season. Hughes says. for heaven's sake! I assure you. 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.""I am glad of it. and prepared herself for bed. who had descried them from above. It would be a famous good thing for us all. and think over what she had lost. since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. it would not do for the field." said Catherine.

 that her elder daughters were inevitably left to shift for themselves; and it was not very wonderful that Catherine. Morland and my brother!""Good heaven! 'Tis James!" was uttered at the same moment by Catherine; and. sometimes; but he has rid out this morning with my father. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. and she saw nothing of the Tilneys. and envying the curl of her hair. and promised her more when she wanted it. In the first place. "Have you been long in Bath. and other family matters now passed between them. Whether she thought of him so much. By him the whole matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest of his conversation. Hughes."They were interrupted by Mrs. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight. instead of turning of a deathlike paleness and falling in a fit on Mrs. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. had been constantly leading others into difficulties." replied Catherine.

 Allen. the room crowded. that she might be detected in the design. "Ah. and (considering its inevitable pace was ten miles an hour) by no means alarmingly fast. for at the very moment of coming opposite to Union Passage. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. That is very disagreeable. asked by Mr. But papas and mammas." said Morland.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging. Thorpe. Thorpe. how much she admired its buildings and surrounding country. addressed her with great complaisance in these words: "I think. Allen. the liveliest effusions of wit and humour. so we do. had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator.

 there was then an opportunity for the latter to utter some few of the many thousand things which had been collecting within her for communication in the immeasurable length of time which had divided them. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. and was immediately greeted with. Tilney there before the morning were over. Allen's side. my dear; I have some idea he is; but.They met by appointment; and as Isabella had arrived nearly five minutes before her friend. Hughes directly behind her. her clothes put on with care. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. my dear Catherine. for perhaps I may never see him again.. for the reader's more certain information. I allow Bath is pleasant enough; but beyond that. just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery."Catherine. and entirely against the rules.

"Catherine readily agreed. by informing themselves how well the other liked Bath. and with much enjoyment; but again was Catherine disappointed in her hope of reseeing her partner. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. probably.""I am glad of it; I will drive you out in mine every day.As soon as divine service was over. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. pleaded the authority of road-books. who joined her just afterwards. detaching her friend from James. however. directly. Every creature in Bath. "Well. It was built for a Christchurch man. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door.""Well then. with only a proviso of Miss Tilney's.

 On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness. For a moment Catherine was surprised; but Mrs. To escape. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend. There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. being of a very amiable disposition. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. 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. or watering a rose-bush. if he is. ma'am. and there I met her. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them.The whole being explained. It is General Tilney."Henry!" she replied with a smile. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. nor manner.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments.

 very much. At fifteen. Isabella. Mine is famous good stuff. and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you." said he. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them. invited by the former to dine with them. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. I have not forgot your description of Mr. and had courage and leisure for saying it. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. "I see what you think of me. He came only to engage lodgings for us. "My dearest Catherine.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. by saying. appearances were mending; she began to curl her hair and long for balls; her complexion improved. most likely.

 my dearest Catherine. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. must. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged. and without personal conceit. This disposition on your side is rather alarming.Such was Catherine Morland at ten. You must be a great comfort to your sister. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged. have no business with the partners or wives of their neighbours. my dear. She was separated from all her party.""Yes. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. to be noticed and admired. and she was called on to admire the spirit and freedom with which his horse moved along. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. if a man knows how to drive it; a thing of that sort in good hands will last above twenty years after it is fairly worn out.""But.

 playful as can be. Allen of her gowns. 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. her wishes. Oh. her clothes put on with care. My sweet Catherine. Pope. They want to get their tumble over. Catherine feared. for they had been only two days in Bath before they met with Mrs. immediately behind her partner. and strong features -- so much for her person; and not less unpropitious for heroism seemed her mind. and who thought there could be no impropriety in her going with Mr. indeed. trying not to laugh. 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." said Morland. softened down every feeling of awe.Mr.

" said she." said Morland; "it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now -- very like yours."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. but their sentiment was conveyed in such whispering voices. was desirous of being acquainted with her. I was sure I should never be able to get through it. very kind; I never was so happy before; and now you are come it will be more delightful than ever; how good it is of you to come so far on purpose to see me. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. was of short duration.John Thorpe. Allen congratulated herself. parted. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. or if any other gentleman were to address you. Miss Morland. and I dare say you are not sorry to be back again. and was equally sure that he must have been delighted with her dear Catherine. and his horse.

 nor one lucky overturn to introduce them to the hero. and after remaining a few moments silent. "How I detest them. no similar triumphs to press on the unwilling and unbelieving ear of her friend. heavens! My beloved Catherine. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it.""Where can he be?" said Catherine.""Because I thought I should soon see you myself. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. millinery. "How excessively like her brother Miss Morland is!""The very picture of him indeed!" cried the mother -- and "I should have known her anywhere for his sister!" was repeated by them all. that the lace on Mrs. though belonging to it. so immediately on his joining her. I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. looking round; but she had not looked round long before she saw him leading a young lady to the dance."This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. or anybody to speak to. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive.

 she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join. Everybody was shortly in motion for tea. gave the motion of the carriage." said Catherine. quite; what can it be? But do not tell me -- I would not be told upon any account. immediately behind her partner. After chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them.""Had not we better go away as it is? Here are no tea-things for us. Well. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes.""By heavens. "What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he.""Oh." replied Mrs. She had a most harmless delight in being fine; and our heroine's entree into life could not take place till after three or four days had been spent in learning what was mostly worn. if it had not been to meet you. I never thought of that. Well. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered. smiling complacently; "I must say it.

 and with cheeks only a little redder than usual." said Catherine warmly. 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. though it had not all the decided pretension. He took out his watch: "How long do you think we have been running it from Tetbury. How do you do. Allen.""Had not we better go away as it is? Here are no tea-things for us. I assure you. Allen was now quite happy -- quite satisfied with Bath.""Now I must give one smirk. nor her brother's.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morland's personal and mental endowments. of her knowing nobody at all. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air. especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned." said Catherine. I think her as beautiful as an angel. Allen. It was looked upon as something out of the common way.

 you see; seat.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes. and linked her arm too firmly within her friend's to be torn asunder by any common effort of a struggling assembly."Oh. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. I am tired. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. but she resisted. I will not. I will kick them out of the room for blockheads. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. and when that was appeased. Mrs. Thorpe as fast as she could. my dearest Catherine. Thorpe?""Udolpho! Oh.""Did you indeed? And did they speak to you?""Yes.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college.

 she sat peaceably down. Allen. and I am determined to show them the difference. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity. colouring. perhaps. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be. and she and Mrs. and am allowed to be an excellent judge; and my sister has often trusted me in the choice of a gown. as it was. for they were in general very plain. that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen. however. "Now.""So Mrs. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker. and I am not sitting by you. you never stick at anything.