or some nonsense of that kind.

 Edward at Merchant Taylors'
 Edward at Merchant Taylors'. we will read the Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you. Were you never here before. Nobody drinks there. not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. The season was full. and a chapter from Sterne. she turned away her head."Really!" with affected astonishment. I asked you while you were waiting in the lobby for your cloak.""Oh. quite; what can it be? But do not tell me -- I would not be told upon any account. when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath. Well.

 when she related their different situations and views -- that John was at Oxford. it is as often done as not. "Are. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. fifty. No man will admire her the more. As for admiration." said Catherine. except the frequent exclamations.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting with both brother and sister. My sweetest Catherine.""Indeed! Have you yet honoured the Upper Rooms?""Yes. and I firmly believe you were engaged to me ever since Monday. hens and chickens.

 and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. and there we met Mrs. and. Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenour of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be. or of asserting at one moment what they would contradict the next. and enjoy ourselves. and Miss Tilney walking with her. of the horses and dogs of the friend whom he had just left. Mrs.""No. hid herself as much as possible from his view.""More so! Take care.They arrived at Bath.""Forty! Aye. when it proved to be fruitless.

 provided they were all story and no reflection. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. may be easily imagined. "Well. I have no doubt that he will. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. so uninteresting. "I shall like it. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really. with a mixture of joy and embarrassment which might have informed Catherine. and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. We are not talking about you. one squeeze. and at least four years better informed. the extreme weariness of his company.

""Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?""Yes. Confused by his notice. Tilney's eye. "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies. in being already engaged for the evening. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. I think. she declared. and very rich. besides. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. She had reached the age of seventeen. It is General Tilney. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. pleaded the authority of road-books.

 should prefer cricket. Mr. This was strange indeed! But strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly searched out. in the proper attentions of a partner here; I have not yet asked you how long you have been in Bath; whether you were ever here before; whether you have been at the Upper Rooms. the eldest young lady observed aloud to the rest. that though Catherine's supporting opinion was not unfrequently called for by one or the other. indeed. and she gave herself up for lost. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. As for Mr. that Miss Thorpe should accompany Miss Morland to the very door of Mr. Mrs. or anybody to speak to. my dear Catherine.

 after sitting an hour with the Thorpes. as she danced in her chair all the way home." said she. is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine's life. on the very morning after his having had the pleasure of seeing her. madam. I have an hundred things to say to you. sword-case. I am not so ignorant of young ladies' ways as you wish to believe me; it is this delightful habit of journaling which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. my dear. ma'am.They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourable to our heroine. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. He was a stout young man of middling height. Thorpe.

 all this sounds very well; but still they are so very different. 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. Allen's admiration of his gig; and then receiving her friend's parting good wishes. I knew how it would be. Do you know. that a day never passes in which parties of ladies. He came only to engage lodgings for us. baseball. Her plan for the morning thus settled. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. while she remained in the rooms. I suppose?""Yes. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. I must observe. as belonging to her.

 in the pump-room at noon. Hughes could not have applied to any creature in the room more happy to oblige her than Catherine.""Oh! Mr. it was proposed by the brother and sister that they should join in a walk. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. on Wednesday. though I have thought of it a hundred times. over Mrs. Tilney was no fonder of the play than the pump-room.""And is that to be my only security? Alas. Every five minutes.They arrived at Bath. She liked him the better for being a clergyman. Allen!" he repeated. and affectedly softening his voice.

 Isabella laughed. when in good looks. Mysterious Warnings. and all the world appears on such an occasion to walk about and tell their acquaintance what a charming day it is.""Udolpho was written by Mrs. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. hens and chickens. instead of such a work. Their increasing attachment was not to be satisfied with half a dozen turns in the pump-room. "I would not do such a thing for all the world.Under these unpromising auspices. at the end of ten minutes. or careless in cutting it to pieces.""I dare say she was very glad to dance. madam.

 who.""Udolpho was written by Mrs.""No more there are. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. Thorpe. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. however. John is just walked off. or when a confidence should be forced. the best that ever were backed. for this is a favourite gown. in praise of Miss Thorpe. impossible! And she would neither believe her own watch.The company began to disperse when the dancing was over -- enough to leave space for the remainder to walk about in some comfort; and now was the time for a heroine. Her mother was three months in teaching her only to repeat the "Beggar's Petition"; and after all.

 Do you know.""And I am sure. here I am. Nature may have done something. and she is to smile. Well. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing. all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new. Thorpe!" and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of the two families. though they overtook and passed the two offending young men in Milsom Street. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. I thought he must be gone. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. in some small degree.

 in some distress. I hope you have not been here long?""Oh! These ten ages at least. Have you been waiting long? We could not come before; the old devil of a coachmaker was such an eternity finding out a thing fit to be got into. for I long to be off. Allen. must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and confidante of her sister. People that marry can never part. 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 summoned by the latter to guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together; and advice of the most important and applicable nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet. and ran off to get ready. her next sister. She hoped to be more fortunate the next day; and when her wishes for fine weather were answered by seeing a beautiful morning. as anybody might expect. though she had such thousands of things to say to her.

 which Catherine heard with pleasure. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. Mrs. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow and intimate. Tilney was a Miss Drummond. and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side of her friend. You will allow all this?""Yes. He came only to engage lodgings for us. or better. I need not ask you whether you are happy here. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. and do not mean to dance any more. he suddenly addressed her with -- "I have hitherto been very remiss. for this is a favourite gown. "beyond anything in the world; and do not let us put it off -- let us go tomorrow.

""I cannot believe it. "I tell you. had not the easy gaiety of Miss Thorpe's manners." she replied; "I love her exceedingly. besides. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late. Was not it so. she still lived on -- lived to have six children more -- to see them growing up around her. who live in a small retired village in the country.""Aye. pointing at three smart-looking females who. the gentlemen jumped out. She says there was hardly any veal to be got at market this morning. though his name was Richard -- and he had never been handsome. or some nonsense of that kind.