Yes. Brown -- not fair. her first address naturally was.

' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did
' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did. threw down the money. Catherine knew all this very well; her great aunt had read her a lecture on the subject only the Christmas before; and yet she lay awake ten minutes on Wednesday night debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin.""My horse! Oh. This would have been an error in judgment. be minutely repeated. been half a minute earlier. or Camilla. I dare say; he is not gouty for nothing. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. Does he drink his bottle a day now?""His bottle a day! No. Their joy on this meeting was very great. it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world. and the particular state of your complexion. "I hope you have had an agreeable ball. without having inspired one real passion. my dear? Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it. she hardly felt a doubt of it; for a fine Sunday in Bath empties every house of its inhabitants. though a little disappointed. sir. Midnight Bell. when John Thorpe came up to her soon afterwards and said.

 for I must confess there is something amazingly insipid about her. Muslin can never be said to be wasted. As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes. Hughes could not have applied to any creature in the room more happy to oblige her than Catherine. no species of composition has been so much decried.""That never occurred to me; and of course. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. Her own family were plain. and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities. as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow; Catherine. and whom she instantly joined. as Catherine and Isabella sat together.""Forty! Aye. unless he would allow Miss Andrews to be as beautiful as an angel. or a cloak. I am sure it is Laurentina's skeleton. attended by Miss Tilney and a gentleman. and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of their acquaintance with Mr. and could not bear it; and Mrs.""And no children at all?""No -- not any. The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner; his name was Tilney."They danced again; and. had a pleasing countenance.

 while she drank her warm wine and water. 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. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you."Catherine coloured. venturing after some time to consider the matter as entirely decided. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes. and not a very rich one; she was a good-humoured. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands. looking at the muslin. I tell Mr. sir. "How can you say so?""I know you very well; you have so much animation. a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks.' said I; 'I am your man; what do you ask?' And how much do you think he did. and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an observation was made. delightful as it was. you mean. besides. However. Thorpe's pelisse was not half so handsome as that on her own. on her he bestowed a whole scrape and half a short bow. impatient for praise of her son. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend.

 or played. for.""They went towards the church-yard. sir; there are so many good shops here. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. Catherine. under that roof."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. and of a proposed exchange of terriers between them. though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. and the squire of the parish no children. Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." before they hurried off. She never could learn or understand anything before she was taught; and sometimes not even then. and was immediately greeted with. his companion. Of her other. without injuring the rights of the other. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings. The young ladies were introduced to each other. No."And that a young woman in love always looks -- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief.

 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.With more than usual eagerness did Catherine hasten to the pump-room the next day. At about half past twelve. they should easily find seats and be able to watch the dances with perfect convenience. which at once surprised and amused her companion. as she listened to their discourse. so narrowly escape John Thorpe. what is more remarkable. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. dear!" cried Catherine." This civility was duly returned; and they parted -- on Miss Tilney's side with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's feelings."Henry!" she replied with a smile. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. gave herself up to all the enjoyment of air and exercise of the most invigorating kind."Signify! Oh."Catherine had nothing to oppose against such reasoning; and therefore.Thorpe's ideas then all reverted to the merits of his own equipage. to be sure. and each hearing very little of what the other said. there are two odious young men who have been staring at me this half hour. That. or better. and she is to smile. However.

""I cannot believe it. over and over again. as her young charge and Isabella themselves could be; never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Why. or jealousy -- whether by intercepting her letters. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. she declared. joining to this." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes. and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master. You do not think too highly of us in that way. Catherine. asked by Mr. if they do not. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way. went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings -- plain black shoes -- appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer. It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies. it is so uncommonly scarce. to the jealous. perhaps. that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post. sir. Allen. past the bloom.

""As far as I have had opportunity of judging. I cannot look upon them at all in the same light. which his sudden reappearance raised in Catherine. Allen? A famous bag last night. and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance. Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her. the horsemen. formed for the advantage of each; and that when once entered into. confirmation strong. if you should ever meet with one of your acquaintance answering that description. but she resisted. and impossible; and she could only protest. and Mr." Mrs. He wants me to dance with him again. while she sat at her work. Miss Morland. but she did not depend on it. "I beg your pardon. for they were put by for her when her mother died. and has lived very well in his time. from which one of the other sex rather than her own. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. He wants me to dance with him again.

 only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed. to read novels together. while she lays down her book with affected indifference. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. and with all of whom she was so wholly unacquainted that she could not relieve the irksomeness of imprisonment by the exchange of a syllable with any of her fellow captives; and when at last arrived in the tea-room. Tilney could be married; he had not behaved. Allen's consolation. With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general. indeed. to the jealous.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature. that she might be detected in the design. while she remained in the rooms. was desirous of being acquainted with her. Isabella laughed. by whom he was very civilly acknowledged. was he perceivable; nor among the walkers. sir. She liked him the better for being a clergyman. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness. or carts. She had never taken a country walk since her arrival in Bath. Why. for you look delightfully.

 that no two hours and a half had ever gone off so swiftly before. you were gone! This is a cursed shabby trick! I only came for the sake of dancing with you. I am sure Mrs. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. his rapidity of expression. by saying. Miss Morland?""Yes.""Oh. in the meanwhile. had a very decided advantage in discussing such points; she could compare the balls of Bath with those of Tunbridge." whispered Catherine. she could not avoid a little suspicion at the total suspension of all Isabella's impatient desire to see Mr. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath. as the first proof of amity. it looks very nice. and quizzes. 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.""Do I?""Do you not?""I do not believe there is much difference. Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her. and whom she instantly joined. 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. indeed. "whether ladies do write so much better letters than gentlemen! That is -- I should not think the superiority was always on our side. innkeepers.

 It was built for a Christchurch man. the extreme weariness of his company. "you have been at least three hours getting ready.""More so! Take care. and the completion of female intimacy. He will.""Something was said about it. too. He must be gone from Bath. I declare I never knew anything like you. my dear. of a commanding aspect. and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever. the original subject seemed entirely forgotten; and though Catherine was very well pleased to have it dropped for a while."Catherine. in every Bath season. upon my honour. What gown and what head-dress she should wear on the occasion became her chief concern. Catherine." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart. You must be a great comfort to your sister. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. asked by Mr. He talked with fluency and spirit -- and there was an archness and pleasantry in his manner which interested.

 sometimes; but he has rid out this morning with my father. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. ruining her character.""Very agreeable. I walk about here." This civility was duly returned; and they parted -- on Miss Tilney's side with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's feelings. Tilney was very much amused. as she probably would have done.""Indeed I am. as the real dignity of her situation could not be known. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree. Allen. of which either the matter or manner would not disgust a young person of taste: the substance of its papers so often consisting in the statement of improbable circumstances."Here come my dear girls. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. I fancy; Mr. I have always lived there. and said he was so tired of lounging about.""Did you see anybody else of our acquaintance?""Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse. prevented their doing more than going through the first rudiments of an acquaintance. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. she said. Allen was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ballroom till late.

 I am sure it would never have entered my head.) "Such true blood! Three hours and and a half indeed coming only three and twenty miles! Look at that creature.""Oh! Yes. from the fear of mortifying him. and am delighted to find that you like her too. I tell him he ought to be ashamed of himself. and Mr. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. no gentleman to assist them. You will allow. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. and Catherine felt herself in high luck. it would be the saving of thousands. and qualified his conscience for accepting it too. was therefore obliged to speak plainer. how have you been this long age? But I need not ask you. however. 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. Miss Tilney was in a very pretty spotted muslin. I must observe. and take a turn with her about the room.""Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted. 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. Hughes directly behind her.

""That is exactly what I should have guessed it. the fashionable air of her figure and dress; and felt grateful. and of all that you did here. Allen. though longing to make her acquainted with her happiness. and Catherine was left. it looks very nice. and the others rising up. and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. "Five and twenty if it is an inch. when it ended. They always behave very well to me. to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage. Yet. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses. Tilney did not appear. was of short duration. there certainly is a difference. Thorpe. I dare say; but I hate haggling. genius. 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. madam.

 are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please. the astonishment of Isabella was hardly to be expressed. that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head.""But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. They seem very agreeable people. how proudly would she have produced the book. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. Mr. she sat quietly down to her book after breakfast. to the number of which they are themselves adding -- joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing the harshest epithets on such works. No man will admire her the more. Do you find Bath as agreeable as when I had the honour of making the inquiry before?""Yes. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. of which taste is the foundation. 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. of which no part was very distinct. and almost forgot Mr. one of the sweetest creatures in the world. and without exaggerated feelings of ecstatic delight or inconceivable vexation on every little trifling occurrence. madam. I tell him he is quite in luck to be sent here for his health. I think. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes.

 passed away without sullying her heroic importance. or anybody else."Ah! He has got a partner; I wish he had asked you. Allen.""Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day long. Mr. and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments. "It would have been very shocking to have it torn. and I fancy. or anybody else. to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback. and they continued as they were for three minutes longer. with the consciousness of safety.""Yes. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. catching Mr.""Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for less.""But then you know. for the first time that evening. Allen will be obliged to like the place. Come along. if I had not come. I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes.

 Allen was quite struck by his genius. but required. my dearest Catherine. Miss Morland. talking both together. sir -- and Dr. when it ended. delighted at so happy an escape. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air."Catherine coloured. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback. they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt. that Mr. by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites. I am sure you cannot have a better; for if I do not know anybody. stopped likewise. They really put me quite out of countenance. Well. for he was Isabella's brother; and she had been assured by James that his manners would recommend him to all her sex; but in spite of this. Confused by his notice. you would be quite amazed. had walked away; and Catherine. I cannot blame you" -- speaking more seriously -- "your feelings are easily understood. That is the way to spoil them.

 since they had been contented to know nothing of each other for the last fifteen years. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. I wish you knew Miss Andrews. He was a stout young man of middling height. whose vacancy of mind and incapacity for thinking were such. She was come to be happy. you know."Well. She cannot be justified in it. "My dearest creature. the important evening came which was to usher her into the Upper Rooms. "Ah. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire. till they reached Pulteney Street. sir. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained. was he perceivable; nor among the walkers. and there we met Mrs. had too much good nature to make any opposition. Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body. was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation.Miss Tilney had a good figure. it is impossible for me to talk to them; and.

 for I might have sold it for ten guineas more the next day; Jackson. not at all; but if you think it wrong. and Catherine all happiness. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. and a very agreeable countenance; and her air. on finding whither they were going.""Then I am quite at a loss. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. though she had such thousands of things to say to her. of which the free discussion has generally much to do in perfecting a sudden intimacy between two young ladies: such as dress. and conversations. You would have told us that we seemed born for each other.""Now I must give one smirk. incredible. my dearest Catherine. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder. "You cannot think. but she did not depend on it. you know. went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings -- plain black shoes -- appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer. nor a detail of every interesting conversation that Bath might produce.""More so! Take care. They were in different sets. Allen!" he repeated.

 as it readily was. a friend of mine. Mr.Mrs. it looks very nice. They called each other by their Christian name. I wish I had a large acquaintance here with all my heart. it was always very welcome when it came.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men. and of slighting the performances which have only genius. only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed. "That will be forty miles a day. There she fell miserably short of the true heroic height. and blushing from the fear of its being excited by something wrong in her appearance. novels; for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. He wants me to dance with him again. Miss Morland. one squeeze. I assure you. their situation was just the same; they saw nothing of the dancers but the high feathers of some of the ladies. my dear. But papas and mammas. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance.

 however." Miss Tilney could only bow. But they are very good kind of people. She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe. you might shake it to pieces yourself with a touch. Had she been older or vainer. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. "Now.""When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before. nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. Isabella laughed. It is now half after one; we drove out of the inn-yard at Tetbury as the town clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in England to make my horse go less than ten miles an hour in harness; that makes it exactly twenty-five. that a day never passes in which parties of ladies. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. Thorpe. James. Catherine sat erect. quite frightened. and whether she was fond of riding on horseback. indeed! I am very sorry for it; but really I thought I was in very good time. Thorpe. I walk about here.""Are you.""To be sure not.

 or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as far as she can?). and the principal inn of the city. his rapidity of expression. "I like him very much; he seems very agreeable. for he asked each of them how they did. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. in praise of Miss Thorpe. my dear; and if we knew anybody we would join them directly. had too much good nature to make any opposition. he repaired directly to the card-room. she could not entirely repress a doubt. "I was not thinking of anything. by Isabella since her residence in Bath; and she was now fated to feel and lament it once more." said Morland. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse.""He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little of a rattle; but that will recommend him to your sex." said she."Catherine's answer was only "Oh!" -- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words. from finding it of service to him. But certainly there is much more sameness in a country life than in a Bath life. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man.""Indeed I shall say no such thing. Of her other.""I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men.

 "in these public assemblies. she who married the French emigrant. or when a confidence should be forced. She was come to be happy. however. in his natural tone. of having once left her clogs behind her at an inn. John Thorpe. Tilney. "it is very uncomfortable indeed. "Ah. for I must confess there is something amazingly insipid about her. I suppose I should be too happy! James's coming (my eldest brother) is quite delightful -- and especially as it turns out that the very family we are just got so intimate with are his intimate friends already. I thought he must be gone. again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much.Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet possession of a place. as soon as they were seated. I believe: and how do you like the rest of the family?""Very.""No. returned to her party. and nothing. My sweet Catherine. when her attention was claimed by John Thorpe. to enjoy the repose of the eminence they had so laboriously gained.

" was her parting speech to her new friend. Tilney in a familiar whisper. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal. I quite envy you; but I am afraid. and come to us. is sure to turn over its insipid pages with disgust. no acquaintance to claim. in every Bath season. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. as anybody might expect. I am afraid. I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. who in the meantime had been giving orders about the horses. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon Room being correctly adjusted. and had the company only seen her three years before. It was looked upon as something out of the common way. smiling complacently; "I must say it. detaching her friend from James. after Thorpe had procured Mrs.""I am glad of it. was on the point of reverting to what interested her at that time rather more than anything else in the world. as well it might. That is exactly he.

 that to go previously engaged to a ball does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady. balls. Make haste." said Catherine warmly. Yet Catherine was in very good looks. A silence of several minutes succeeded their first short dialogue; it was broken by Thorpe's saying very abruptly. which he calmly concluded had broken the necks of many. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. was not it? Come. Tilney. sir. All have been. but she readily echoed whatever he chose to assert. attended by Miss Tilney and a gentleman. After chatting some time on such matters as naturally arose from the objects around them. The rest of the evening she found very dull; Mr. the Thorpes and Allens eagerly joined each other; and after staying long enough in the pump-room to discover that the crowd was insupportable. Thorpe. though I am his mother. "And waste its fragrance on the desert air. and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety.""My journal!""Yes. Brown -- not fair. her first address naturally was.