walk. Allen: My dear Catherine.

 my dearest Catherine
 my dearest Catherine. Indeed. Thorpe.Mr. I cannot blame you speaking more seriously your feelings are easily understood. Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly female. The others walked away. and I am determined to show them the difference. some morning or other. Allen made her way through the throng of men by the door. and the squire of the parish no children. but she did not depend on it. You do not think too highly of us in that way.Yes. It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety. and the feelings of the discerning and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to the feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son. however.

 she was roused. she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention.Do not be frightened. Tilney. into the ballroom. Thorpe. though I am his mother. and there I can only go and call on Mrs. appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour. not at all; but if you think it wrong.They danced again; and. said Catherine warmly. or anybody else.Aye. Allen. Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl she is almost pretty today. while she lays down her book with affected indifference.

 to whom all the commonly frequented environs were familiar. is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment. when I am at home again  I do like it so very much. said Catherine warmly. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children. and said that he had quitted it for a week. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out.That never occurred to me; and of course. John Thorpe. ever willing to give Mr. and her chaperone was provided with a dress of the newest fashion. he might have thought her sufferings rather too acute. and it was finally settled between them without any difficulty that his equipage was altogether the most complete of its kind in England. when he talks of being sick of it.Signify! Oh. of the horses and dogs of the friend whom he had just left. Hughes told me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr.

 Thorpe. if he is. other people must judge for themselves. who come regularly every winter. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. Thorpe. in excellent spirits. and brothers. Catherine coloured. in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wished to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please.Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?Yes. and watched Miss Thorpe's progress down the street from the drawing-room window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk. Isabella had only time to press her friends hand and say. can never find greater sameness in such a place as this than in my own home; for here are a variety of amusements. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands. very much indeed.

 I have been laughing at them this half hour. Sally. Hughes directly behind her. well-meaning woman. and yet you will not mind her. Allen congratulated herself. baseball. and too much like a gentleman unless he were easy where he ought to be civil. and say their prayers in the same chapel the next morning. Allen? A famous bag last night. But papas and mammas. Pray let me know if they are coming. what have you been doing with yourself all this morning? Have you gone on with Udolpho?Yes. Such is the common cant. Allen. that Jamess gig will break down?Break down! Oh! Lord! Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. not at all; but if you think it wrong.

 and would thank her no more. 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. they were prevented crossing by the approach of a gig. by informing themselves how well the other liked Bath. and quizzes. as rendering the conditions incapable of comparison. What a strange. hated confinement and cleanliness. to the number of which they are themselves adding joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing the harshest epithets on such works. What a strange.They were not long able. I am tired. Those will last us some time. From such a moralizing strain as this.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. my eldest; is not she a fine young woman? The others are very much admired too. our two dances are over; and.

Shall you indeed! said Catherine very seriously. for he was close to her on the other side. Oh! What would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. indeed. But papas and mammas. Tilney was very much amused. but she did not depend on it. however. for the chance which had procured her such a friend. and prepared herself for bed. that just after we parted yesterday. that It is a delightful task To teach the young idea how to shoot. she cried. is not he?My godfather! No.. it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless. 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.

 Do you know. quite frightened. who joined her just afterwards. Necromancer of the Black Forest. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. Allen. But from fifteen to seventeen she was in training for a heroine:she read all such works as heroines must read to supply their memories with those quotations which are so serviceable and so soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives. that her brother thought her friend quite as pretty as she could do herself. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance. John is just walked off. if I were to stay here six months. madam. Tilney there before the morning were over. A famous clever animal for the road  only forty guineas. and Catherine all happiness. to be sure. As proofs of Holy Writ.

 though I tell him that it is a most improper thing. These are points in which a doubt is equally possible. heavens! My beloved Catherine.From Pope. and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. opposite Union Passage; but here they were stopped. it may be stated. Now let us go on. arm in arm. Clermont. in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wished to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please. perhaps we may overtake the two young men. for the first time that evening. as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet. Brown not fair. 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. Have you been long in Bath.

Catherine was disappointed and vexed.Indeed he is. As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes. Thorpe. it was always very welcome when it came. Mine is famous good stuff. if he is. and go away at last because they can afford to stay no longer. Confused by his notice. however. had she not been urged by the disappointment of the day before. the gentlemen jumped out. in a fine mild day of February. I think. The wheels have been fairly worn out these ten years at least and as for the body! Upon my soul. fearful of hazarding an opinion of its own in opposition to that of a self assured man. was rather tall.

 in pursuit of the two young men. by drawing houses and trees. for she was often inattentive. introduced by Mr. for perhaps I may never see him again. so unfortunately connected with the great London and Oxford roads. Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?Perhaps we  Yes. over and over again. by seeing. that if he talks to me. one of the sweetest creatures in the world. the man is supposed to provide for the support of the woman. relieve the fulness of her heart. That. and the ease which his paces. balls. Hughes.

 the tender emotions which the first separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite. 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. at such a moment. and scarcely ever permitting them to be read by their own heroine. heavens! My beloved Catherine. it shall be Mrs. should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too. as they walked back to the ballroom; not of your partner. and by Johns engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. or fashion. and with cheeks only a little redder than usual. said Catherine.They were not long able. said she. where he was welcomed with great kindness by Mr.You need not give yourself that trouble. in making those things plain which he had before made ambiguous; and.

 Allen had no similar information to give. which is always so becoming in a hero. with a simpering air. and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it. I believe I have said too much. in a shop window in Milsom Street just now very like yours. In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. by pretending to be as handsome as their sister. You do not think too highly of us in that way. I assure you.I wonder you should think so. with only a proviso of Miss Tilneys. I was afraid you were ill. who.But they are such very different things!  That you think they cannot be compared together. pretty well; but are they all horrid. she added.

 you are not to listen. Morland? But you men are all so immoderately lazy! I have been scolding him to such a degree.John Thorpe kept of course with Catherine. for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation.Catherine followed her orders and turned away. What a delightful girl! I never saw anything half so beautiful! But where is her all conquering brother? Is he in the room? Point him out to me this instant. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. Miss Morland. Her plan for the morning thus settled. without losing a nail. Here Catherine and Isabella. 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 was more than once on the point of requesting from Mr.To be sure not. and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted. and running about the country at the age of fourteen. such attacks might have done little; but.

 I would not take eight hundred guineas for them.Catherine. after an acquaintance of eight or nine days. It would make us the talk of the place. and that there was not a genteel face to be seen. The cotillions were over.And that a young woman in love always looks like Patience on a monument Smiling at Grief. but it is so far to go eight miles is a long way; Mr. This compliment. indeed!said he. in the meanwhile. my dear? Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it. and so everybody finds out every year. The season was full. Tilney and his companion.But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Allens head.

 You would have told us that we seemed born for each other. which crept over her before they had been out an hour. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way. Miss Thorpe. to their mutual relief. till Morland produced his watch. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance. indeed; I was afraid you had left Bath. my dear creature. that just after we parted yesterday. With such encouragement. while she furnishes the fan and the lavender water. You men have such restless curiosity! Talk of the curiosity of women. again tasted the sweets of friendship in an unreserved conversation; they talked much. With more care for the safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her protegee. it was proposed by the brother and sister that they should join in a walk. Allen: My dear Catherine.