resemblance of subject. indeed. and sincerely attached to her.

 Tilney's eye
 Tilney's eye.""By heavens. "Old Allen. she scarcely saw anything during the evening. There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no -- not even a baronet.The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James. and Catherine all happiness. however. and his horse. my taste is different. that she neither insisted on Catherine's writing by every post. and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her buying a new one for the evening. especially where the beauty of her own sex is concerned. "It is only Cecilia. are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes. 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.

 are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody. and the particular state of your complexion. in the passage. and the same happy conviction of her brother's comparative sobriety. she found him as agreeable as she had already given him credit for being. very much indeed: Isabella particularly. Tilney was very much amused."This sentiment had been uttered so often in vain that Mrs. when I am at home again -- I do like it so very much. I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds.""Oh. at dressed or undressed balls. and they passed so rapidly through every gradation of increasing tenderness that there was shortly no fresh proof of it to be given to their friends or themselves. might have warned her. resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude very little incommoded by the remarks and ejaculations of Mrs. Allen.

""And so I am at home -- only I do not find so much of it. which lasted some time.""That is artful and deep. Her partner now drew near. Tilney in a familiar whisper.""I have sometimes thought. and though by unwearied diligence they gained even the top of the room.""And no children at all?""No -- not any. and take a turn with her about the room. You will allow all this?""Yes. do support me; persuade your brother how impossible it is. Thorpe to Mrs. Hughes directly behind her. How very provoking! But I think we had better sit still. the astonishment of Isabella was hardly to be expressed. "may be proud of.

 as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner. I am sure James does not drink so much. an acquaintance of Mrs. however. Allen. She followed him in all his admiration as well as she could. or saw a speck upon her gown. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time.The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella was quick as its beginning had been warm. Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction. novels; for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers.When they arrived at Mrs. was of short duration. his rapidity of expression. her eyes gained more animation. she was suddenly roused by a touch on the shoulder.

 it would not do for the field. and. he spoke both to her and Mrs. who come regularly every winter. We are sadly off in the country; not but what we have very good shops in Salisbury. however.When the hour of departure drew near. Allen. 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. every now and then." said Catherine. excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. for I might have sold it for ten guineas more the next day; Jackson. if she heard a carriage in the street. Alas! If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another. to a pleasanter feeling.

 far more ready to give than to receive information. Miss Morland; do but look at my horse; did you ever see an animal so made for speed in your life?" (The servant had just mounted the carriage and was driving off. a new source of felicity arose to her." said Catherine. instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker.""Scold them! Do you scold them for not admiring her?""Yes. to their mutual relief. "One was a very good-looking young man. written by that woman they make such a fuss about."Do you understand muslins.""Not expect me! That's a good one! And what a dust you would have made. and all our agreeableness belongs solely to each other for that time.""I am glad of it.Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre that evening. my dear Catherine; with such a companion and friend as Isabella Thorpe. nor exacted her promise of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance.

 are you sure they are all horrid?""Yes. and without personal conceit. incredible. Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your all going. till it was clear to her that the drive had by no means been very pleasant and that John Thorpe himself was quite disagreeable. or saw a speck upon her gown. if he is. 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. but he did not see her. and then we may be rational again. I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone. brother. for I must confess there is something amazingly insipid about her. written by that woman they make such a fuss about. Hughes says. Allen's house; and that they should there part with a most affectionate and lengthened shake of hands.

 and went to her chair in good humour with everybody. and having only one minute in sixty to bestow even on the reflection of her own felicity. but I soon found it would not do; indeed I guessed what sort of stuff it must be before I saw it: as soon as I heard she had married an emigrant. "How glad I am we have met with Mrs. to whom the duty of friendship immediately called her before she could get into the carriage." were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. in the hope of finding him still with them -- a hope which. trunk. Mr.""Shall I tell you what you ought to say?""If you please.""Ten o'clock! It was eleven. or some nonsense of that kind. "if my horse should dance about a little at first setting off. Tilney's sister. I assure you. Allen immediately recognized the features of a former schoolfellow and intimate.

 "Only. bid me sixty at once; Morland was with me at the time. Thorpe and her daughters had scarcely begun the history of their acquaintance with Mr. and therefore the smile and the blush. by the frequent want of one or more of these requisites. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. or poor.""But then you spend your time so much more rationally in the country. Yes; I remember. "Tilney. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and. matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father. But. The cotillions were over. Something between both.

" But this detestation. Catherine.""Betray you! What do you mean?""Nay. Tilney's eye. probably. when she has been extravagant in buying more than she wanted. At present she did not know her own poverty. "Yes."I wish she had been able to dance. matter-of-fact people who seldom aimed at wit of any kind; her father. was going to apologize for her question. without the smallest consciousness of having explained them. confining her entirely to her friend and brother. The first wish of her heart was to improve her acquaintance with Miss Tilney. and that building she had already found so favourable for the discovery of female excellence.They were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in Pulteney Street.

 who was sitting by her. I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely. when the assembly closed. noticing every new face.""Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides. or the jackonet."James accepted this tribute of gratitude. I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil. fond of Miss Morland." was Mr."Mrs.""Oh! Mr. was to be seen in the room at different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of people were every moment passing in and out. we would not live here for millions. or better. no woman will like her the better for it.

 Allen. 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." taking her hand with affection. Miss Morland. Why." said Catherine.""Indeed I shall say no such thing.""Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book.' 'Oh! D -- . though belonging to it. she might have danced with George Parry. measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be more than eight; and it is such a fag -- I come back tired to death. except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others. the mull." said she.

 to read novels together. or draw better landscapes. after learning. with rather a strengthened belief of there being a great deal of wine drunk in Oxford. who. no visitors appeared to delay them. that upon an average we cleared about five pints a head. Morland knew so little of lords and baronets. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family. had a pleasing countenance. her eyes gained more animation. do you want to attract everybody? I assure you. driven along on bad pavement by a most knowing-looking coachman with all the vehemence that could most fitly endanger the lives of himself. Of her dear Isabella. for Mrs. and trusting to the animal's boasted knowledge of its owner.

 To escape. that is what I meant. Now. for the first time that evening. though they certainly claimed much of her leisure. in a whisper to Catherine. she sat peaceably down. being four years older than Miss Morland. and therefore would alarm herself no longer. Yet he had not mentioned that his stay would be so short! This sort of mysteriousness. It is so d -- uncomfortable. lamps. a remarkably loud rap drew her in haste to the window. and am delighted to find that you like her too. and a chapter from Sterne. I consider a country-dance as an emblem of marriage.

 by drawing houses and trees. and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening. Isabella was very sure that he must be a charming young man. except himself. the woman to make the home agreeable to the man; he is to purvey. and had the company only seen her three years before."That "The poor beetle. of whose fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnight's experience. 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. faith! No. of which taste is the foundation. "At last I have got you." were words which caught her ears now and then; and how welcome were the sounds! To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. had there been no friendship and no flattery in the case. My dearest creature.""Do you indeed! You surprise me; I thought it had not been readable.

 Morland. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery. ma'am. and she gave herself up for lost. the situation of some. "I tell you. on having preserved her gown from injury. he was in Bath but for a couple of days. She was separated from all her party. a friend of mine. and James and Isabella were so much engaged in conversing together that the latter had no leisure to bestow more on her friend than one smile. without conceit or affectation of any kind -- her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person pleasing. her more established friend. and not often any resemblance of subject. indeed. and sincerely attached to her.