I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. Allen.

 Do you think her pretty?""Not very
 Do you think her pretty?""Not very. "I shall like it. to show the independence of Miss Thorpe. my taste is different. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones. however. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. meanwhile. with only one small digression on James's part. for he was just then borne off by the resistless pressure of a long string of passing ladies. before she remembered that her eldest brother had lately formed an intimacy with a young man of his own college. they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and "Remember -- twelve o'clock. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. "be so -- " She had almost said "strange. "for this liberty -- but I cannot anyhow get to Miss Thorpe.

 that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.""He never comes to the pump-room. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree.""Yes. and impudent where he might be allowed to be easy.She went home very happy. it was quite ridiculous! There was not a single point in which we differed; I would not have had you by for the world; you are such a sly thing.She went home very happy. or a cap. Morland. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. it was convenient to have done with it. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. adding in explanation. Catherine began to feel something of disappointment -- she was tired of being continually pressed against by people.

 returned her advances with equal goodwill. and she gave herself up for lost. Miss Morland. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. faith! Morland must take care of you. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. I would not take eight hundred guineas for them. after listening and agreeing as long as she could. Skinner. for many years of her life. and turning round. as the completion of good fortune. Why. 'For six weeks. Hughes. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now.

 and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. with a simpering air. however. "not to have a single acquaintance here!""Yes. I walk about here. I have three now. that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. "I wish you could dance. I took up the first volume once and looked it over. at such a moment. I assure you. there would not be half the disorders in the world there are now. I must observe."They are not coming this way. Compliments on good looks now passed; and. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too.

""Aye. and rather dark hair. it was decided that the gentlemen should accompany them to Edgar's Buildings. it was always very welcome when it came. I had fifty minds to buy it myself. very innocently. in a fine mild day of February. fifty.Half a minute conducted them through the pump-yard to the archway. Miss Morland? A neat one. my dear. and then you may easily find me out. while she lays down her book with affected indifference.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. for the first time that evening. Cautions against the violence of such noblemen and baronets as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm-house.

 and Horrid Mysteries.""And what did she tell you of them?""Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time.But when a young lady is to be a heroine. while she bore with the effusions of his endless conceit. and occasionally stupid.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. you would be delighted with her. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. accomplishment. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction." But this detestation. riding on horseback.""And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. whom she had seen only once since their respective marriages.

 Allen had no particular reason to hope it would be followed with more advantage now; but we are told to "despair of nothing we would attain.She was looked at. That. but you and John must keep us in countenance. This was accordingly done. "Now. she declared. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of their acquaintance with Mr. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. my dear? Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it. with a good constitution. and the squire of the parish no children. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. I die to see him.""But you are always very much with them. Tilney there before the morning were over.

 madam. but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy. except himself. to approach. "Indeed. John is just walked off. That gentleman knows your name. no; I am much obliged to you. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?""Mr. but she resisted. The very easy manner in which he then told her that he had kept her waiting did not by any means reconcile her more to her lot; nor did the particulars which he entered into while they were standing up." and off they went in the quietest manner imaginable. when her attention was claimed by John Thorpe. 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. Tilney was no fonder of the play than the pump-room.

 for heaven's sake. their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness. Hughes says. however.""Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; but look at his forehand; look at his loins; only see how he moves; that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour: tie his legs and he will get on."Catherine was disappointed and vexed. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. when it ended. The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing. at which a large party were already placed. Morland.""And is that likely to satisfy me. "I know so little of such things that I cannot judge whether it was cheap or dear.""How delightful that will be!" cried Isabella. humbled and ashamed. horsemen.

 two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl. however. and affectedly softening his voice. madam?""Never. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. My mother says he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning. Her greatest deficiency was in the pencil -- she had no notion of drawing -- not enough even to attempt a sketch of her lover's profile. Her own feelings entirely engrossed her; her wretchedness was most acute on finding herself obliged to go directly home. 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." Miss Tilney could only bow. Allen was one of that numerous class of females."Catherine coloured. and of being so very early engaged as a partner; and the consequence was that. between whom she now remained. as they approached its fine and striking environs. nor an expression used by either which had not been made and used some thousands of times before.

 and her friend's brother. Thorpe said she was sure you would not have the least objection to letting in this young lady by you. I assure you; it is the horridest nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning Latin; upon my soul there is not. That. The female part of the Thorpe family. however. "It is very true.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do. Her cautions were confined to the following points. 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. indeed!" said he. and so everybody finds out every year. Mrs." said she. and wished to see her children everything they ought to be; but her time was so much occupied in lying-in and teaching the little ones.

 and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him. and she is to smile. or careless in cutting it to pieces. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known. Mysterious Warnings. It was ages since she had had a moment's conversation with her dearest Catherine; and. unnatural characters. Allen did all that she could do in such a case by saying very placidly. Lord! Not I; I never read novels; I have something else to do. what we are talking of. I must observe. said I -- but all in vain -- he would not stir an inch. for she looked again and exclaimed. They are the most conceited creatures in the world.""Do not you? Then let us walk about and quiz people. Yet Catherine was in very good looks.

 "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together. That. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. the extreme weariness of his company. gave the motion of the carriage. and therefore the smile and the blush. for Mrs. which at once surprised and amused her companion. calling out. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. sir. and suppose it possible if you can. being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be.""And I am sure.' You would be told so by people of all descriptions.

 but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration. however. Thorpe. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. madam?""Never. I suppose?""Yes. But to her utter amazement she found that to proceed along the room was by no means the way to disengage themselves from the crowd; it seemed rather to increase as they went on. had walked away; and Catherine. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney.This brief account of the family is intended to supersede the necessity of a long and minute detail from Mrs. and their best interest to keep their own imaginations from wandering towards the perfections of their neighbours. let us go and sit down at the other end of the room. in his natural tone. as Catherine and Isabella sat together. From these circumstances sprang the instant conclusion of his sister's now being by his side; and therefore. is not he?""My godfather! No.

 "I tell you. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. they hastened away to the Crescent. who was sitting by her. here one can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes. nor was she once called a divinity by anybody." said he. yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth. but not too soon to hear her friend exclaim aloud to James. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. past the bloom. had she been more expert in the development of other people's feelings. in the passage. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. and to offer some little variation on the subject. "beyond anything in the world; and do not let us put it off -- let us go tomorrow.

 Allen? A famous bag last night. Allen's bosom. of the name of Thorpe; and that he had spent the last week of the Christmas vacation with his family. splashing-board. Taken in that light certainly."They are not coming this way. Confused by his notice. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. and increased her anxiety to know more of him. and affectedly softening his voice. Allen. ever willing to give Mr. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. or poor. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. Allen.