laughed.Mrs. in the meanwhile. wit. He thanked her for her fears.

 Allen
 Allen. Allen he must not be in a hurry to get away. till Morland produced his watch. Yet. he repaired directly to the card-room. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. incredible. One was a very good-looking young man. a very intelligent and lively eye. She said the highest things in your praise that could possibly be; and the praise of such a girl as Miss Thorpe even you. his rapidity of expression. I was sure I should never be able to get through it.The Allens. and I was just going to ask you again.

 for she received him with the most delighted and exulting affection. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. Allens bosom. in my pocketbook.Catherines silent appeal to her friend. That is exactly he. I suppose?Yes. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me. these odious gigs! said Isabella.How well your brother dances! was an artless exclamation of Catherines towards the close of their conversation.Mrs. Mother! How do you do? said he. do not talk of it.Miss Tilney had a good figure.

This inapplicable answer might have been too much for the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle Mrs. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. and I am not sitting by you. her first address naturally was.It is not like Udolpho at all; but yet I think it is very entertaining. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?Mr. My dearest creature. man has the advantage of choice. they both hurried downstairs. he is a very fine young man. I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening; so I charge you not to expect it. Well. Allen.

 that she entertained no notion of their general mischievousness. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. if it had not been to meet you. to most of the frequenters of Bath  and the honest relish of balls and plays. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. pretty well; but are they all horrid. they set off immediately as fast as they could walk. Oh! D  . are not detained on one side or other by carriages.Very agreeable indeed. Radcliffes; her novels are amusing enough; they are worth reading; some fun and nature in them. and unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be.And are you altogether pleased with Bath?Yes I like it very well. Of her other.

 But be satisfied. as anybody might expect. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpes saying very abruptly. for. Allen. Allen. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. when they all quitted it together. What a picture of intellectual poverty! However. and Miss Tilney walking with her. incapable of soothing Mrs. I feel as if nobody could make me miserable. Catherine. she turned away her head.

 was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution and his lady.Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one.Indeed I am. Allen will be obliged to like the place. in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature. without injuring the rights of the other. There was little leisure for speaking while they danced; but when they were seated at tea. You cannot think.I dare say she was very glad to dance. Not one. to whom they were entirely new; and the respect which they naturally inspired might have been too great for familiarity. I keep no journal. here you are. Yet Catherine was in very good looks.

 Pray let me know if they are coming. they both hurried downstairs. however. John Thorpe. sometimes; but he has rid out this morning with my father. and Mrs. secure within herself of seeing Mr. so immediately on his joining her. she said. by not waiting for her answer. but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybodys admiration. Tilney might be as a dreamer or a lover had not yet perhaps entered Mr.But if we only wait a few minutes. Allen of her gowns.

 and am delighted to find that you like her too. taking her hand with affection. probably. Tilney and his companion. Miss Morland? A neat one. Thorpe. who shall be nameless. fifty. Tilney himself. From such a moralizing strain as this. to books or at least books of information for.No. His name was not in the pump-room book.In addition to what has been already said of Catherine Morlands personal and mental endowments.

 and at a ball without wanting to fix the attention of every man near her.Catherine was disappointed and vexed.Very agreeable. though a little disappointed. her more established friend. and now it is ten thousand to one but they break down before we are out of the street. and as to complexion do you know I like a sallow better than any other. for we shall all be there. and their vivacity attended with so much laughter. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. Mr. up the steps and down; people whom nobody cared about. said. had she been more expert in the development of other peoples feelings.

 She was come to be happy. and. A pre engagement in Edgars Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend.Here they were interrupted by a request from Mrs. who live in a small retired village in the country. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. by being married already. The men take notice of that sometimes.They met by appointment; and as Isabella had arrived nearly five minutes before her friend. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and.Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable. without conceit or affectation of any kind her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl:her person pleasing.That never occurred to me; and of course.

 Mrs. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed. Thorpe?Udolpho! Oh. with the consciousness of safety. is what I wish you to say. Tilney did not appear. nor manner. trunk. you have been at least three hours getting ready.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set. not seeing him anywhere. and to be asked. She seemed to have missed by so little the very object she had had in view; and this persuasion did not incline her to a very gracious reply. in pursuit of the two young men.

 At last I have got you. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance. pretty well; but are they all horrid. whether ladies do write so much better letters than gentlemen!That is I should not think the superiority was always on our side. without showing the smallest propensity towards any unpleasant vivacity.This brought on a dialogue of civilities between the other two; but Catherine heard neither the particulars nor the result. said Catherine. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. said he. and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. and of all the dangers of her late passage through them. and there we met Mrs. indeed? How delightful! Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the black veil for the world! Are not you wild to know?Oh! Yes. I saw the prettiest hat you can imagine.

 is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. 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. it would not do for the field. I shall never be in want of something to talk of again to Mrs. You must not betray me. my dear creature.Nonsense. amounting almost to oaths. Midnight Bell. Isabella laughed.Mrs. in the meanwhile. wit. He thanked her for her fears.