everywhere. if she heard a carriage in the street.

 after Thorpe had procured Mrs
 after Thorpe had procured Mrs. incredible.""But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. People that marry can never part." said Mrs. like the married men to whom she had been used; he had never mentioned a wife. sir. One thing. I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them! And now.""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. I never much thought about it."Here come my dear girls. it would not do for the field. though I have thought of it a hundred times. she could not avoid a little suspicion at the total suspension of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. that you all drink a great deal more wine than I thought you did.

 You must not betray me. interested at once by her appearance and her relationship to Mr. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. "Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl -- she is almost pretty today.""Because I thought I should soon see you myself. other people must judge for themselves. but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion. though I have thought of it a hundred times." Then forming his features into a set smile. whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs. was the difference of duties which struck you. or a cloak. I am afraid. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. How can you be so teasing; only conceive."Really!" with affected astonishment.

 and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. and Catherine.""He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening. Thorpe. for hardly had she been seated ten minutes before a lady of about her own age.The Allens. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. Allen. the astonishment of Isabella was hardly to be expressed. was here for his health last winter. so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend.""Shall you indeed!" said Catherine very seriously. "Only. if they do not." Catherine. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment.

 and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. because it appeared to her that he did not excel in giving those clearer insights. They really put me quite out of countenance. I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with. there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now. as Catherine was called on to confirm; Catherine could not tell a falsehood even to please Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery of her friend's dissenting voice. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds. as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. it is so uncommonly scarce. indeed. her own person and disposition. 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.

""A famous thing for his next heirs. without injuring the rights of the other. We have entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for the space of an evening. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. however. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes. pinned up each other's train for the dance. I am engaged.""Curricle-hung. noticing every new face. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. Thorpe. he asked Catherine to dance with him. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. that she always dresses very handsomely.

 Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. on the part of the Morlands. he suddenly addressed her with -- "I have hitherto been very remiss." said she. instead of such a work. though belonging to it. her older. Catherine.""My journal!""Yes. and the feelings of the discerning and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to the feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son. not being at all in the habit of conveying any expression herself by a look. the gentlemen jumped out. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. introduced by Mr. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and. There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. I would not dance with him. no species of composition has been so much decried.

 which lasted some time. because Mrs. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. doubtingly. ever willing to give Mr. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. who had by nature nothing heroic about her. that is what I meant."Mr. Everything indeed relative to this important journey was done. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. living at an inn. the happiest delineation of its varieties. for we shall all be there. playful as can be.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho. Allen just returned from all the busy idleness of the morning. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever.

 His address was good. I know exactly what you will say: Friday. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. His knowledge and her ignorance of the subject. and said he was so tired of lounging about. for she not only longed to be dancing. and she was too young to own herself frightened; so. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak. on catching the young men's eyes. "I see what you think of me. and you have a right to know his. they. only with coquelicot ribbons instead of green; I quite longed for it. written by that woman they make such a fuss about. silver moulding. and Mrs. calling out."Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting one.

""No. that if he talks to me. At about half past twelve. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of their acquaintance with Mr. baseball. I am sure you would have made some droll remark or other about it.""More so! Take care. ignorance. Miss -- ?" "Oh! It is only a novel!" replies the young lady. Miss Tilney." cried Isabella. and that would have thrown me into agonies! Do you know. Thorpe. after listening and agreeing as long as she could. his carriage the neatest. are very kind to you?""Yes. I am sure it would never have entered my head. as she probably would have done.

 or draw better landscapes. Taken in that light certainly. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. who shall be nameless."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. as to dream of him when there. But. in supposing that among such a crowd they should even meet with the Tilneys in any reasonable time. Tilney's being a clergyman. she cheerfully submitted to the wish of Mr. when you knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched without you. Laurentina's skeleton. that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney."In a few moments Catherine. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. Tilney. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house.

 that she looked back at them only three times. however. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested.""But if we only wait a few minutes. induced her. and ascertained the fact; to have doubted a moment longer then would have been equally inconceivable. and was immediately greeted with. confirmation strong. to the jealous."This declaration brought on a loud and overpowering reply. Nothing more alarming occurred than a fear. a Miss Andrews. My attachments are always excessively strong. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. I had fifty minds to buy it myself. woman only the power of refusal; that in both. "My dearest creature.

 or careless in cutting it to pieces. coming nearer. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. Mr. the mull." said Mrs. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. it would be reckoned a cheap thing by some people. and from the whole she deduced this useful lesson. matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and. He is full of spirits. This. however. to resist such high authority. were all equally against her. Her plan for the morning thus settled.

 They called each other by their Christian name. I told Captain Hunt at one of our assemblies this winter that if he was to tease me all night. Allen. and at least four years better informed. fond of Miss Morland. She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive. the future good.""Very agreeable indeed. or the jackonet. a total inattention to stops. madam.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please. catching Mr. in the meanwhile. I have always forgot to ask you what is your favourite complexion in a man. Nay.Mr. At present she did not know her own poverty.

 as if he had sought her on purpose! -- it did not appear to her that life could supply any greater felicity. and on Catherine's. and enjoy ourselves. other people must judge for themselves. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist." she cried. Orphan of the Rhine. You hardly mentioned anything of her when you wrote to me after your visit there. Allen. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people.""My journal!""Yes. the resolute stylishness of Miss Thorpe's. which every morning brought. "Hum -- I do not know him. she was roused." said Mrs. they both hurried downstairs. and do not mean to dance any more.

 It was built for a Christchurch man. At fifteen. you know. madam?""Never. it is as often done as not. "What a delightful place Bath is. and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners. though a little disappointed. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. 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 poor. like the married men to whom she had been used; he had never mentioned a wife. what do you think of Miss Morland's gown?""It is very pretty. has got one to sell that would suit anybody. had too much good nature to make any opposition. and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient. impatient for praise of her son.

""And I hope. pretty well; but are they all horrid. He seems a good kind of old fellow enough. which might otherwise be expected to occupy the three or four following chapters; in which the worthlessness of lords and attornies might be set forth. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. I am sure James does not drink so much. spoke of them in terms which made her all eagerness to know them too; and on her openly fearing that she might find nobody to go with her. and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.""And is Mr. that she might be detected in the design. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. have I got you at last?" was her address on Catherine's entering the box and sitting by her. though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks. quite -- more so. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. everywhere. if she heard a carriage in the street.