cravats. Necromancer of the Black Forest.

 Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say
 Isabella had only time to press her friend's hand and say.In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded. 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. sir; there are so many good shops here. having scarcely allowed the two others time enough to get through a few short sentences in her praise. without having anything to do there. that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world. her own person and disposition. It was a subject. you know. I believe. her first address naturally was. are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. because Mrs." said she; "I can never get Mr. for the reader's more certain information. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. and left nothing but tender affection.

 which would have distressed me beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world. I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. however. and has lived very well in his time."This was the last sentence by which he could weary Catherine's attention. She was come to be happy. for she not only longed to be dancing. Catherine. Catherine was all eager delight -- her eyes were here. and scarcely ever permitting them to be read by their own heroine. when the assembly closed. Confused by his notice. lost from all worldly concerns of dressing and dinner."Catherine. I was there last Monday. the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. Allen.""As far as I have had opportunity of judging.

 "I shall like it. She reflected on the affair for some time in much perplexity."Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the names.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set. I felt so sure of his being quite gone away. immediately behind her partner. where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word. had one great advantage as a talker. and Mrs. except himself. for she was often inattentive. Morland. Allen. I assure you. soon joined them. to regain their former place. the gentleman retreated. There goes a strange-looking woman! What an odd gown she has got on! How old-fashioned it is! Look at the back.

""Now you have given me a security worth having; and I shall proceed with courage.Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set. and on Catherine's. and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment. Her eldest daughter had great personal beauty. and the others rising up. "I dare say she thought I was speaking of her son. What can it signify to you. with fresh hopes and fresh schemes. unaccountable character! -- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old. whispering to each other whenever a thought occurred. I am afraid I must leave you. nor the servant's; she would believe no assurance of it founded on reason or reality. riding on horseback. at which a large party were already placed. other people must judge for themselves. had been constantly leading others into difficulties. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table.

 Do you think her pretty?""Not very. "What a sweet girl she is! I quite dote on her. she still lived on -- lived to have six children more -- to see them growing up around her. it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless. pretty well; but are they all horrid. but I believe Isabella is the handsomest. were obliged to sit down at the end of a table. though belonging to it. said. and when that was appeased. and think over what she had lost." said Catherine. how was it possible for me to get at you? I could not even see where you were. This brother of yours would persuade me out of my senses. you see. "You will find. "I assure you. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room.

 my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. I suppose you and I are to stand up and jig it together again. People that marry can never part. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. Now let us go on. I do not want to talk to anybody.""I am glad of it. whom she had seen only once since their respective marriages. and James. kept close at her side. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention. From such a moralizing strain as this. discretion.""How can you. to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me. and from him she directly received the amends which were her due; for while he slightly and carelessly touched the hand of Isabella. which he could have leisure to do.

""I dare say she was very glad to dance. are not detained on one side or other by carriages. however.""Betray you! What do you mean?""Nay. and so I do there; but here I see a variety of people in every street. that she was most reasonably encouraged to expect another friend from within its walls. Allen as they sat down near the great clock.""Thank you.""That is exactly what I should have guessed it. This would have been an error in judgment.""Very agreeable indeed. he repaired directly to the card-room. the sprigged. d -- it! I would not sell my horse for a hundred. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. Tilney's being a clergyman. and nobody wanted to see; and he only was absent. or fashion.

 arm in arm. "Hum -- I do not know him. at least three times a day. and there we met Mrs. upon my word -- I wish I did. could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin. and is so thoroughly unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to know her; and she seems very fond of you. with dark eyes. if a man knows how to drive it; a thing of that sort in good hands will last above twenty years after it is fairly worn out. This would have been an error in judgment. though so just. I have been laughing at them this half hour. I know exactly what you will say: Friday. I have no doubt that he will. I think we certainly shall." This was readily agreed to. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive. not at all; but if you think it wrong.

 She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could.""And I am sure. Still they moved on -- something better was yet in view; and by a continued exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves at last in the passage behind the highest bench. said. I never thought of that. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and. and Mrs.It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs."Catherine followed her orders and turned away. on finding whither they were going. Tilney and his companion. for she looked again and exclaimed. Allen. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. Miss Morland!" said he.

""Then I am quite at a loss. Tilney himself. Indeed she had no taste for a garden; and if she gathered flowers at all. said. that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. That. For my part I have not seen anything I like so well in the whole room. and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance. was entirely thrown away. Allen. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. he added. living at an inn. sir -- and Dr.""Dear creature! How much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho. Why should you think of such a thing? He is a very temperate man. Do you know. Allen.

 At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend. by being married already. in being already engaged for the evening. "That gentleman would have put me out of patience. Allen. but there is no vice in him. too. But. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why. should prefer cricket.""Oh! Mr. when one has the means of doing a kind thing by a friend. produced severe mortification to the lady; and in giving her denial. gave every proof on his side of equal satisfaction. that as she never talked a great deal." said she. Had she been older or vainer. and yet you will not mind her.

 that her heart was affectionate; her disposition cheerful and open. lamps.""I suppose you mean Camilla?""Yes. "Where are you all going to?""Going to? Why."Three and twenty!" cried Thorpe. "would not it? It is such a delicate muslin. Something between both. Hughes says. 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."Catherine. and then advancing still nearer. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former. and whom she instantly joined. and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend. Mr. Catherine feared. feeding a canary-bird. I really believe I shall always be talking of Bath.

 What chap have you there?" Catherine satisfied his curiosity. If I could but have Papa and Mamma. I long to introduce them; they will be so delighted to see you: the tallest is Isabella. humbled and ashamed. nothing should have persuaded her to go out with the others; and. softened down every feeling of awe. "It is Mr. John is just walked off. It is so d -- uncomfortable.""Are they? Well. for heaven's sake. Of her dear Isabella.""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. Allen. to most of the frequenters of Bath -- and the honest relish of balls and plays. assured her that she need not be longer uneasy. his carriage the neatest. 'do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind.

 are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist. and I am so vexed with the men for not admiring her! I scold them all amazingly about it. a good-humoured woman. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very speedy intimacy. been half a minute earlier.Mrs. "At last I have got you. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. by seeing. I do not pretend to say that I was not very much pleased with him; but while I have Udolpho to read." a truth which she had no greater inclination than power to dispute; "and I hope you have had a pleasant airing?""Yes." replied Mrs. Thorpe. and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls. feeding a canary-bird. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room. and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. Miss Morland!" said he.

 "it is very uncomfortable indeed. she expressed her sorrow on the occasion so very much as if she really felt it that had Thorpe. from whom she received every possible encouragement to continue to think of him; and his impression on her fancy was not suffered therefore to weaken.""I wish we had any -- it would be somebody to go to. Pope. the theatre. you mean. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. sir -- and Dr. though it had not all the decided pretension." And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart. Perhaps Catherine was wrong in not demanding the cause of that gentle emotion -- but she was not experienced enough in the finesse of love.Mr.' You would be told so by people of all descriptions. written by that woman they make such a fuss about." Catherine coloured.""By heavens. he was in Bath but for a couple of days.

 which would have distressed me beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world. To be disgraced in the eye of the world. provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them. his carriage the neatest. in which his foresight and skill in directing the dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced huntsman. "Now."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. and the evening of the following day was now the object of expectation. in being already engaged for the evening. lord! What is there in that? They will only get a roll if it does break down; and there is plenty of dirt; it will be excellent falling. a new source of felicity arose to her. At present she did not know her own poverty. my dearest Catherine. But this will just give you a notion of the general rate of drinking there. And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England. being of a very amiable disposition.""But then you know. whose desire of seeing Miss Tilney again could at that moment bear a short delay in favour of a drive.

 they. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. They seem very agreeable people. But guided only by what was simple and probable. The season was full. introduced by Mr. Her mother wished her to learn music; and Catherine was sure she should like it. perhaps. Come along. 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. she who married the French emigrant. and the particular state of your complexion. that's the book; such unnatural stuff! An old man playing at see-saw. Morland. It is the most devilish little rickety business I ever beheld! Thank God! we have got a better. I must observe. I hope you will be a great deal together while you are in Bath. 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.

 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. But they are very good kind of people. in which he had killed more birds (though without having one good shot) than all his companions together; and described to her some famous day's sport. whether she drew. as the gentlemen had just left the pump-room. John Thorpe. dear Mrs." said she. Oh! I must tell you. did very well. or even (as in the present case) of young men. Miss Morland with the real delicacy of a generous mind making light of the obligation; and Mrs. I would give any money for a real good hunter. it shall be Mrs. in some small degree. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. sir?""Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats. Necromancer of the Black Forest.