101: 13, 1'  !| No*one who$6#1$ had ever seen $NA#A$Catherine*Morland in her
101: 13, 2'  !| infancy, would have supposed her born$1#1$ to$9$ be an heroine.
101: 13, 3'  !| Her situation in life, the character of her father and
101: 13, 4'  !| mother, her own$2$ person and disposition, were all equally
101: 13, 5'  !| against her. Her father was a clergyman, without being$1$
101: 13, 6'  !| neglected, or poor, and a very respectable man, though
101: 13, 7'  !| his name$0$ was $NA#ZM$Richard ~ and he had never been handsome.
101: 13, 8'  !| He had a considerable independence, besides two good
101: 13, 9'  !| livings ~ and he was not in the least addicted to$4$ locking
101: 13,10'  !| up his daughters. Her mother was a woman of useful
101: 13,11'  !| plain sense, with a good temper, and, what$6#1$ is more
101: 13,12'  !| remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three
101: 13,13'  !| sons before$3$ $NA#A$Catherine was born$1#1$; and instead of dying in
101: 13,14'  !| bringing the latter into the world, as any*body might
101: 13,15'  !| expect, she still$5$ lived on$5$ ~ lived to$9$ have six children more
101: 13,16'  !| ~ to$9$ see them growing up around$4$ her, and to$9$ enjoy
101: 13,17'  !| excellent health herself. A family of ten children will$1$ be
101: 13,18'  !| always called a fine family, where there are heads and
101: 13,19'  !| arms and legs enough for$4$ the number; but the $NA#J1$Morlands
101: 13,20'  !| had little other right$0$ to$4$ the word, for$3$ they were in general$0$
101: 13,21'  !| very plain, and $NA#A$Catherine for$4$ many years of her life, as
101: 13,22'  !| plain as any. She had a thin awkward figure, a sallow
101: 13,23'  !| skin without colour, dark$2$ lank hair, and strong features;~
101: 13,24'  !| so$5#1$ much for$4$ her person;~ and not less unpropitious for$4$
101: 13,25'  !| heroism seemed her mind$0$. She was fond of all boys'
101: 13,26'  !| plays$0$, and greatly preferred cricket not merely to$4$ dolls,
101: 13,27'  !| but to$4$ the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing
101: 13,28'  !| a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush.
101: 13,29'  !| Indeed she had no$2$ taste for$4$ a garden; and if she
101: 14, 1'  !| gathered flowers at all, it was chiefly for$4$ the pleasure of
101: 14, 2'  !| mischief ~ at least so$5#2$ it was conjectured from her always
101: 14, 3'  !| preferring those which$6#1$ she was forbidden to$9$ take.~ Such
101: 14, 4'  !| were her propensities ~ her abilities were quite as extraordinary.
101: 14, 5'  !| She never could learn or understand any*thing
101: 14, 6'  !| before$3$ she was taught; and sometimes not even$5$ then,
101: 14, 7'  !| for$3$ she was often inattentive, and occasionally stupid.
101: 14, 8'  !| Her mother was three months in teaching her only to$9$
101: 14, 9'  !| repeat the "Beggar's*Petition;" and after$4$ all, her next
101: 14,10'  !| sister, $NA#L$Sally, could say it better$9$ than she did. Not that$3$
101: 14,11'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was always stupid,~ by$4$ no$2$ means$0$; she learnt
101: 14,12'  !| the fable of "The*Hare*and*many*Friends," as quickly
101: 14,13'  !| as any girl in England. Her mother wished her to$9$ learn
101: 14,14'  !| music; and $NA#A$Catherine was sure she should like$1$ it, for$3$
101: 14,15'  !| she was very fond of tinkling the keys of the old forlorn
101: 14,16'  !| spinnet; so$3$, at eight years old she began. She learnt
101: 14,17'  !| a year, and could not bear$1$ it;~ and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland, who$6#1$
101: 14,18'  !| did not insist on$4$ her daughters being$1$ accomplished in
101: 14,19'  !| spite$8$ of incapacity or distaste, allowed her to$9$ leave$1$ off.
101: 14,20'  !| The day which$6#1$ dismissed the music-master was one of
101: 14,21'  !| the happiest of $NA#A$Catherine's life. Her taste for$4$ drawing
101: 14,22'  !| was not superior$2$; though whenever she could obtain the
101: 14,23'  !| outside of a letter from her mother, or seize upon any
101: 14,24'  !| other odd piece of paper, she did what$6#1$ she could in that$6#2$
101: 14,25'  !| way, by$4$ drawing houses and trees, hens and chickens, all
101: 14,26'  !| very much like$9$ one another.~ Writing$0$ and accounts she
101: 14,27'  !| was taught by$4$ her father; French by$4$ her mother: her
101: 14,28'  !| proficiency in either was not remarkable, and she shirked
101: 14,29'  !| her lessons in both whenever she could. What$7$ a strange,
101: 14,30'  !| unaccountable character|~ for$3$ with all these symptoms of
101: 14,31'  !| profligacy at ten years old, she had neither a bad heart
101: 14,32'  !| nor a bad temper; was seldom stubborn, scarcely ever
101: 14,33'  !| quarrelsome, and very kind$2$ to$4$ the little ones, with few
101: 14,34'  !| interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and
101: 14,35'  !| wild, hated confinement and cleanliness, and loved
101: 14,36'  !| nothing so$5#1$ well$9$ in the world as rolling down$4$ the green
101: 14,37'  !| slope at the back$0$ of the house.
101: 14,38'  !| Such was $NA#A$Catherine*Morland at ten. At fifteen, appearances
101: 15, 1'  !| were mending; she began to$9$ curl$1$ her hair and long$1$
101: 15, 2'  !| for$4$ balls; her complexion improved, her features were
101: 15, 3'  !| softened by$4$ plumpness and colour, her eyes gained more
101: 15, 4'  !| animation, and her figure more consequence. Her love$0$ of
101: 15, 5'  !| dirt gave way to$4$ an inclination for$4$ finery, and she grew
101: 15, 6'  !| clean as she grew smart; she had now the pleasure of
101: 15, 7'  !| sometimes hearing her father and mother remark$1$ on$4$ her
101: 15, 8'  !| personal improvement.
101: 15, 8X1 !| "$NA#A$Catherine grows quite a good-looking
101: 15, 9X1 !| girl, ~ she is almost pretty$2$ to*day,"
101: 15, 9'  !| were words
101: 15,10'  !| which$6#1$ caught her ears now and then; and how welcome$2$
101: 15,11'  !| were the sounds$0$| To$9$ look$1$ \almost\ pretty$2$, is an acquisition
101: 15,12'  !| of higher delight$0$ to$4$ a girl who$6#1$ has been looking plain the
101: 15,13'  !| first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle
101: 15,14'  !| can ever receive.
101: 15,15'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland was a very good woman, and wished to$9$
101: 15,16'  !| see her children every*thing they ought to$9$ be; but her
101: 15,17'  !| time was so$5#1$ much occupied in lying-in and teaching the
101: 15,18'  !| little ones, that$3$ her elder daughters were inevitably left$1$
101: 15,19'  !| to$9$ shift$1$ for$4$ themselves; and it was not very wonderful
101: 15,20'  !| that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine who$6#1$ had by$4$ nature nothing heroic about$4$
101: 15,21'  !| her, should prefer cricket, base*ball, riding on$4$ horseback,
101: 15,22'  !| and running about$4$ the country at the age of fourteen, to$4$
101: 15,23'  !| books ~ or at least books of information ~ for$3$, provided$3$
101: 15,24'  !| that$3$ nothing like$9$ useful knowledge could be gained from
101: 15,25'  !| them, provided$3$ they were all story and no$2$ reflection, she
101: 15,26'  !| had never any objection to$4$ books at all. But from fifteen
101: 15,27'  !| to$4$ seventeen she was in training for$4$ a heroine; she read
101: 15,28'  !| all such works$0$ as heroines must read to$9$ supply$1$ their
101: 15,29'  !| memories with those quotations which$6#1$ are so$5#1$ serviceable
101: 15,30'  !| and so$5#1$ soothing in the vicissitudes of their eventful lives$0$.
101: 15,31'  !| From $NA#Z1$Pope, she learnt to$9$ censure$1$ those who$6#1$
101: 15,32@z1  | "bear$1$ about$4$ the mockery of woe."
101: 15,33'  !| From $NA#Z1$Gray, that$3$
101: 15,34@z1  | "Many a flower is born$1#1$ to$9$ blush$1$ unseen,
101: 15,35@z1  | "And waste$1$ its fragrance on$4$ the desert$2$ air."
101: 15,36'  !| From $NA#Z1$Thompson, that$3$
101: 15,37@z1  | ~~~~~~~ "It is a delightful task
101: 15,38@z1  | "To$9$ teach the young idea how to$9$ shoot."
101: 16, 1'  !| And from $NA#Z1$Shakspeare she gained a great store of
101: 16, 2'  !| information ~ amongst the rest$0#1$, that$3$
101: 16, 3@z1  | ~~~~~~"Trifles light$9$ as air,
101: 16, 4@z1  | "Are, to$4$ the jealous, confirmation strong,
101: 16, 5@z1  | "As proofs of Holy Writ."
101: 16, 6'  !| That$3$
101: 16, 7@z1  | "The poor beetle, which$6#1$ we tread upon,
101: 16, 8@z1  | "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great
101: 16, 9@z1  | "As when a giant dies."
101: 16,10'  !| And that$3$ a young woman in love$0$ always looks$1$
101: 16,11@z1  | ~~~~ "like$9$ Patience on$4$ a monument
101: 16,12@z1  | "Smiling at Grief."
101: 16,13'  !| So$5#1$ far her improvement was sufficient ~ and in many
101: 16,14'  !| other points she came on$5$ exceedingly well$9$; for$3$ though
101: 16,15'  !| she could not write sonnets, she brought herself to$9$ read
101: 16,16'  !| them; and though there seemed no$2$ chance$0$ of her throwing
101: 16,17'  !| a whole$2$ party into raptures by$4$ a prelude on$4$ the
101: 16,18'  !| pianoforte, of her own$2$ composition, she could listen to$4$
101: 16,19'  !| other people's performance with very little fatigue$0$. Her
101: 16,20'  !| greatest deficiency was in the pencil ~ she had no$2$ notion
101: 16,21'  !| of drawing ~ not enough even$5$ to$9$ attempt$1$ a sketch of her
101: 16,22'  !| lover's profile, that$3$ she might be detected in the design$0$.
101: 16,23'  !| There she fell miserably short$2$ of the true heroic height.
101: 16,24'  !| At present$0#1$ she did not know her own$2$ poverty, for$3$ she had
101: 16,25'  !| no$2$ lover to$9$ pourtray. She had reached the age of
101: 16,26'  !| seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who$6#1$
101: 16,27'  !| could call$1$ forth her sensibility; without having inspired
101: 16,28'  !| one real passion, and without having excited even$5$ any
101: 16,29'  !| admiration but what$6#1$ was very moderate and very transient.
101: 16,30'  !| This was strange indeed| But strange things may$1$
101: 16,31'  !| be generally accounted for$5$ if their cause be fairly searched
101: 16,32'  !| out$5$. There was not one lord$0$ in the neighbourhood; no$7$ ~
101: 16,33'  !| not even$5$ a baronet. There was not one family among
101: 16,34'  !| their acquaintance who$6#1$ had reared and supported a boy
101: 16,35'  !| accidentally found at their door ~ not one young man
101: 16,36'  !| whose$6#1$ origin was unknown. Her father had no$2$ ward,
101: 16,37'  !| and the squire of the parish no$2$ children.
101: 16,38'  !| But when a young lady is to$9$ be a heroine, the perverseness
101: 16,39'  !| of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her.
101: 17, 1'  !| Something must and will$1$ happen to$9$ throw$1$ a hero in her
101: 17, 2'  !| way.
101: 17, 3'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, who$6#1$ owned the chief of the property about$4$
101: 17, 4'  !| Fullerton, the village in Wiltshire where the $NA#J1$Morlands
101: 17, 5'  !| lived, was ordered to$4$ Bath$0#1$ for$4$ the benefit of a gouty constitution;~
101: 17, 6'  !| and his lady, a good-humoured woman, fond
101: 17, 7'  !| of $NA#A$Miss*Morland and probably aware that$3$ if adventures
101: 17, 8'  !| will$1$ not befal a young lady in her own$2$ village, she must
101: 17, 9'  !| seek them abroad, invited her to$9$ go with them. $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland
101: 17,10'  !| were all compliance, and $NA#A$Catherine all
101: 17,11'  !| happiness.
102: 18, 1'  !| In addition to$4$ what$6#1$ has been already said of $NA#A$Catherine*Morland's
102: 18, 2'  !| personal and mental endowments, when about$5$
102: 18, 3'  !| to$9$ be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of
102: 18, 4'  !| a six weeks' residence in Bath$0#1$, it may$1$ be stated, for$4$ the
102: 18, 5'  !| reader's more certain information, lest the following pages
102: 18, 6'  !| should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what$6#1$ her
102: 18, 7'  !| character is meant to$9$ be; that$3$ her heart was affectionate,
102: 18, 8'  !| her disposition cheerful and open$2$, without secret$2$ conceit or
102: 18, 9'  !| affectation of any kind$0$ ~ her manners just$9$ removed from
102: 18,10'  !| the awkwardness and shyness of a girl; her person
102: 18,11'  !| pleasing, and, when in good looks$0$, pretty$2$ ~ and her mind$0$
102: 18,12'  !| about$5$ as ignorant and uninformed as the female$2$ mind$0$
102: 18,13'  !| at seventeen usually is.
102: 18,14'  !| When the hour of departure drew near$9$, the maternal
102: 18,15'  !| anxiety of $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland will$1$ be naturally supposed to$9$ be
102: 18,16'  !| most severe. A thousand alarming presentiments of evil
102: 18,17'  !| to$4$ her beloved $NA#A$Catherine from this terrific separation
102: 18,18'  !| must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown her in
102: 18,19'  !| tears for$4$ the last$2$ day or two of their being$1$ together; and
102: 18,20'  !| advice of the most important and applicable nature must
102: 18,21'  !| of course$8$ flow$1$ from her wise lips in their parting conference
102: 18,22'  !| in her closet. Cautions against the violence of such
102: 18,23'  !| noblemen and baronets as delight$1$ in forcing young ladies
102: 18,24'  !| away to$4$ some remote farm-house, must, at such a moment,
102: 18,25'  !| relieve the fulness of her heart. Who$6#2$ would not think so$5#2$?
102: 18,26'  !| But $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland knew so$5#1$ little of lords and baronets,
102: 18,27'  !| that$3$ she entertained no$2$ notion of their general$2$ mischievousness,
102: 18,28'  !| and was wholly unsuspicious of danger to$4$ her daughter
102: 18,29'  !| from their machinations. Her cautions were confined to$4$
102: 18,30'  !| the following points.
102: 18,30J  !| "I beg, $NA#A$Catherine you will$1$ always
102: 18,31J  !| wrap yourself up very warm$2$ about$4$ the throat, when you
102: 18,32J  !| come from the Rooms at night; and I wish$1$ you would
102: 19, 1J  !| try to$9$ keep some account$0$ of the money you spend;~
102: 19, 2J  !| I will$1$ give you this little book on$4$ purpose."
102: 19, 3'  !| $NA#L$Sally or rather $NA#L$Sarah, (for$3$ what$6#2$ young lady of common$2$
102: 19, 4'  !| gentility will$1$ reach$1$ the age of sixteen without altering
102: 19, 5'  !| her name$0$ as far as she can?) must from situation be at
102: 19, 6'  !| this time the intimate$2$ friend and confidante of her sister.
102: 19, 7'  !| It is remarkable, however, that$3$ she neither insisted on$4$
102: 19, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's writing$1$ by$4$ every post, nor exacted her promise$0$
102: 19, 9'  !| of transmitting the character of every new acquaintance,
102: 19,10'  !| nor a detail$0$ of every interesting conversation that$6#1$ Bath$0#1$
102: 19,11'  !| might produce. Every*thing indeed relative to$4$ this
102: 19,12'  !| important journey was done, on$4$ the part$0$ of the $NA#J1$Morlands,
102: 19,13'  !| with a degree of moderation and composure, which$6#1$
102: 19,14'  !| seemed rather consistent with the common$2$ feelings of
102: 19,15'  !| common$2$ life, than with the refined susceptibilities, the
102: 19,16'  !| tender$2$ emotions which$6#1$ the first separation of a heroine
102: 19,17'  !| from her family ought always to$9$ excite. Her father,
102: 19,18'  !| instead of giving her an unlimited order$0$ on$4$ his banker, or
102: 19,19'  !| even$5$ putting an hundred pounds bank-bill into her hands,
102: 19,20'  !| gave her only ten guineas, and promised her more when
102: 19,21'  !| she wanted it.
102: 19,22'  !| Under these unpromising auspices, the parting took
102: 19,23'  !| place$0$, and the journey began. It was performed with
102: 19,24'  !| suitable quietness and uneventful safety. Neither robbers
102: 19,25'  !| nor tempests befriended them, nor one lucky overturn to$9$
102: 19,26'  !| introduce them to$4$ the hero. Nothing more alarming
102: 19,27'  !| occurred than a fear$0$ on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's side$0$, of having once
102: 19,28'  !| left$1$ her clogs behind her at an inn, and that$6#2$ fortunately
102: 19,29'  !| proved to$9$ be groundless.
102: 19,30'  !| They arrived at Bath$0#1$. $NA#A$Catherine was all eager delight$0$;~
102: 19,31'  !| her eyes were here, there, every*where, as they approached
102: 19,32'  !| its fine and striking environs, and afterwards drove
102: 19,33'  !| through$4$ those streets which$6#1$ conducted them to$4$ the hotel.
102: 19,34'  !| She was come to$9$ be happy, and she felt happy already.
102: 19,35'  !| They were soon settled$1$ in comfortable lodgings in
102: 19,36'  !| Pulteney-street.
102: 19,37'  !| It is now expedient$2$ to$9$ give some description of $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
102: 19,38'  !| that$3$ the reader may$1$ be able to$9$ judge$1$, in what$6#1$
102: 20, 1'  !| manner her actions will$1$ hereafter tend to$9$ promote the
102: 20, 2'  !| general$2$ distress$0$ of the work$0$, and how she will$1$, probably,
102: 20, 3'  !| contribute to$9$ reduce poor $NA#A$Catherine to$4$ all the desperate
102: 20, 4'  !| wretchedness of which$6#1$ a last$2$ volume is capable ~ whether
102: 20, 5'  !| by$4$ her imprudence, vulgarity, or jealousy ~ whether by$4$
102: 20, 6'  !| intercepting her letters, ruining her character, or turning$1$
102: 20, 7'  !| her out$8$ of doors.
102: 20, 8'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was one of that$6#2$ numerous class$0$ of females,
102: 20, 9'  !| whose$6#1$ society can raise no$2$ other emotion than surprise$0$ at
102: 20,10'  !| there being$1$ any men in the world who$6#1$ could like$1$ them
102: 20,11'  !| well$9$ enough to$9$ marry them. She had neither beauty,
102: 20,12'  !| genius, accomplishment, nor manner. The air of a gentlewoman,
102: 20,13'  !| a great deal$0#2$ of quiet$0$, inactive good temper, and
102: 20,14'  !| a trifling turn$0$ of mind$0$, were all that$6#1$ could account$1$ for$4$
102: 20,15'  !| her being$1$ the choice$0$ of a sensible$2#2$, intelligent man, like$9$
102: 20,16'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen. In one respect$0$ she was admirably fitted to$9$
102: 20,17'  !| introduce a young lady into public$0$, being$1$ as fond of going
102: 20,18'  !| every*where and seeing every*thing herself as any young
102: 20,19'  !| lady could be. Dress$0$ was her passion. She had a most
102: 20,20'  !| harmless delight$0$ in being$1$ fine; and our heroine's entre=e
102: 20,21'  !| into life could not take place$0$ till after$3$ three or four days
102: 20,22'  !| had been spent in learning what$6#1$ was mostly worn, and
102: 20,23'  !| her chaperon was provided$1$ with a dress$0$ of the newest
102: 20,24'  !| fashion$0$. $NA#A$Catherine too$5#2$ made some purchases herself, and
102: 20,25'  !| when all these matters were arranged, the important
102: 20,26'  !| evening came which$6#1$ was to$9$ usher her into the Upper*Rooms.
102: 20,27'  !| Her hair was cut$9$ and dressed by$4$ the best hand$0$,
102: 20,28'  !| her clothes put on$5$ with care$0$, and both $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen and her
102: 20,29'  !| maid declared she looked quite as she should do. With
102: 20,30'  !| such encouragement, $NA#A$Catherine hoped at least to$9$ pass$1$
102: 20,31'  !| uncensured through$4$ the crowd. As for$4$ admiration, it was
102: 20,32'  !| always very welcome$2$ when it came, but she did not
102: 20,33'  !| depend on$4$ it.
102: 20,34'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was so$5#1$ long$9$ in dressing, that$3$ they did not
102: 20,35'  !| enter the ball-room till late. The season was full, the
102: 20,36'  !| room crowded, and the two ladies squeezed in as well$9$ as
102: 20,37'  !| they could. As for$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, he repaired directly to$4$ the
102: 20,38'  !| card-room, and left$1$ them to$9$ enjoy a mob by$4$ themselves.
102: 21, 1'  !| With more care$0$ for$4$ the safety of her new gown than for$4$
102: 21, 2'  !| the comfort$0$ of her protege=e, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen made her way
102: 21, 3'  !| through$4$ the throng of men by$4$ the door, as swiftly as the
102: 21, 4'  !| necessary caution$0$ would allow; $NA#A$Catherine however, kept
102: 21, 5'  !| close$9$ at her side$0$, and linked her arm$0$ too$5#1$ firmly within her
102: 21, 6'  !| friend's to$9$ be torn asunder by$4$ any common$2$ effort of
102: 21, 7'  !| a struggling assembly. But to$4$ her utter$2$ amazement she
102: 21, 8'  !| found that$3$ to$9$ proceed along$4$ the room was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
102: 21, 9'  !| the way to$9$ disengage themselves from the crowd; it
102: 21,10'  !| seemed rather to$9$ increase$1$ as they went on$5$, whereas she
102: 21,11'  !| had imagined that$3$ when once fairly within the door, they
102: 21,12'  !| should easily find seats and be able to$9$ watch$1$ the dances$0$
102: 21,13'  !| with perfect$2$ convenience. But this was far from being$1$
102: 21,14'  !| the case, and though by$4$ unwearied diligence they gained
102: 21,15'  !| even$5$ the top of the room, their situation was just$9$ the
102: 21,16'  !| same; they saw nothing of the dancers but the high
102: 21,17'  !| feathers of some of the ladies. Still$5$ they moved on$5$ ~
102: 21,18'  !| something better$9$ was yet in view$0$; and by$4$ a continued
102: 21,19'  !| exertion of strength and ingenuity they found themselves
102: 21,20'  !| at last$0$ in the passage behind the highest bench. Here
102: 21,21'  !| there was something less of crowd than below; and hence
102: 21,22'  !| $NA#A$Miss*Morland had a comprehensive view$0$ of all the company
102: 21,23'  !| beneath her, and of all the dangers of her late
102: 21,24'  !| passage through$4$ them. It was a splendid sight, and she
102: 21,25'  !| began, for$4$ the first time that$6#2$ evening, to$9$ feel herself at
102: 21,26'  !| a ball$0#2$: she longed to$9$ dance$1$, but she had not an acquaintance
102: 21,27'  !| in the room. $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen did all that$6#1$ she could do in
102: 21,28'  !| such a case by$4$ saying very placidly, every now and then,
102: 21,29I  !| "I wish$1$ you could dance$1$, my dear$2#1$, ~ I wish$1$ you could
102: 21,30I  !| get a partner."
102: 21,30'  !| For$4$ some time her young friend felt
102: 21,31'  !| obliged to$4$ her for$4$ these wishes$0$; but they were repeated
102: 21,32'  !| so$5#1$ often, and proved so$5#1$ totally ineffectual, that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine
102: 21,33'  !| grew tired at last$0$, and would thank her no$2$ more.
102: 21,34'  !| They were not long$9$ able, however, to$9$ enjoy the repose
102: 21,35'  !| of the eminence they had so$5#1$ laboriously gained.~ Every*body
102: 21,36'  !| was shortly in motion for$4$ tea, and they must squeeze
102: 21,37'  !| out$5$ like$9$ the rest$0#1$. $NA#A$Catherine began to$9$ feel something of
102: 21,38'  !| disappointment ~ she was tired of being$1$ continually pressed
102: 22, 1'  !| against by$4$ people, the generality of whose$6#1$ faces possessed
102: 22, 2'  !| nothing to$9$ interest$1$, and with all of whom$6#1$ she was so$5#1$
102: 22, 3'  !| wholly unacquainted, that$3$ she could not relieve the
102: 22, 4'  !| irksomeness of imprisonment by$4$ the exchange$0$ of a
102: 22, 5'  !| syllable with any of her fellow captives; and when at
102: 22, 6'  !| last$0$ arrived in the tea-room, she felt yet more the awkwardness
102: 22, 7'  !| of having no$2$ party to$9$ join, no$2$ acquaintance to$9$ claim$1$,
102: 22, 8'  !| no$2$ gentleman to$9$ assist them.~ They saw nothing of $NA#H$Mr%*Allen;
102: 22, 9'  !| and after$4$ looking about$4$ them in vain for$4$ a more
102: 22,10'  !| eligible situation, were obliged to$9$ sit down$5$ at the end$0$ of
102: 22,11'  !| a table, at which$6#1$ a large party were already placed,
102: 22,12'  !| without having any*thing to$9$ do there, or any*body to$9$
102: 22,13'  !| speak to$4$, except each other.
102: 22,14'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen congratulated herself, as soon as they were
102: 22,15'  !| seated, on$4$ having preserved her gown from injury.
102: 22,15I  !| "It
102: 22,16I  !| would have been very shocking to$9$ have it torn,"
102: 22,16'  !| said she,
102: 22,17I  !| "would
102: 22,18I  !| not it? ~ It is such a delicate muslin. ~ For$4$ my
102: 22,19I  !| part$0$ I have not seen any*thing I like$1$ so$5#1$ well$9$ in the whole$2$
102: 22,20I  !| room, I assure you."
102: 22,20A  !| "How uncomfortable it is,"
102: 22,20'  !| whispered $NA#A$Catherine,
102: 22,20A  !| "not
102: 22,21A  !| to$9$ have a single acquaintance here|"
102: 22,21I  !| "Yes, my dear$2#1$,"
102: 22,21'  !| replied $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, with perfect$2$
102: 22,22'  !| serenity,
102: 22,22I  !| "it is very uncomfortable indeed."
102: 22,22A  !| "What$6#2$ shall we do? ~ The gentlemen and ladies at
102: 22,23A  !| this table look$1$ as if they wondered why we came here~
102: 22,24A  !| we seem forcing ourselves into their party."
102: 22,25I  !| "Aye, so$5#2$ we do.~ That$6#2$ is very disagreeable. I wish$1$
102: 22,26I  !| we had a large acquaintance here."
102: 22,27A  !| "I wish$1$ we had \any\;~ it would be somebody to$9$ go to$9$."
102: 22,28I  !| "Very true, my dear$2#1$; and if we knew any*body we
102: 22,29I  !| would join them directly. The $NA#ZU$Skinners were here last$2$
102: 22,30I  !| year~ I wish$1$ they were here now."
102: 22,31A  !| "Had not we better$9$ go away as it is?~ Here are no$2$
102: 22,32A  !| tea things for$4$ us, you see."
102: 22,33I  !| "No$2$ more there are, indeed.~ How very provoking|
102: 22,34I  !| But I think we had better$9$ sit still$2$, for$3$ one gets so$5#1$ tumbled
102: 22,35I  !| in such a crowd| How is my head$0$, my dear$2#1$?~ Some*body
102: 22,36I  !| gave me a push$0$ that$6#1$ has hurt it I am afraid|"
102: 23, 1A  !| "No$7$, indeed, it looks$1$ very nice.~ But, dear$2#1$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
102: 23, 2A  !| are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude
102: 23, 3A  !| of people? I think you \must\ know somebody."
102: 23, 4I  !| "I don't upon my word ~ I wish$1$ I did. I wish$1$ I had
102: 23, 5I  !| a large acquaintance here with all my heart, and then
102: 23, 6I  !| I should get you a partner.~ I should be so$5#1$ glad to$9$ have
102: 23, 7I  !| you dance$1$. There goes a strange-looking woman| What$7$
102: 23, 8I  !| an odd gown she has got on$5$|~ How old fashioned it is|
102: 23, 9I  !| Look$1$ at the back$0$."
102: 23,10'  !| After$4$ some time they received an offer$0$ of tea from one
102: 23,11'  !| of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted, and this
102: 23,12'  !| introduced a light$9$ conversation with the gentleman who$6#1$
102: 23,13'  !| offered it, which$6#1$ was the only time that$3$ any*body spoke
102: 23,14'  !| to$4$ them during the evening, till they were discovered and
102: 23,15'  !| joined by$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen when the dance$0$ was over.
102: 23,15H  !| "Well$7$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
102: 23,15'  !| said he, directly,
102: 23,15H  !| "I hope$1$ you
102: 23,16H  !| have had an agreeable ball$0#2$."
102: 23,17A  !| "Very agreeable indeed,"
102: 23,17'  !| she replied, vainly endeavouring
102: 23,18'  !| to$9$ hide a great yawn.
102: 23,19I  !| "I wish$1$ she had been able to$9$ dance$1$,"
102: 23,19'  !| said his wife,
102: 23,20I  !| "I wish$1$ we could have got a partner for$4$ her.~ I have
102: 23,21I  !| been saying how glad I should be if the $NA#ZU$Skinners were
102: 23,22I  !| here this winter instead of last$2$; or if the $NA#ZQ$Parrys had
102: 23,23I  !| come, as they talked of once, she might have danced with
102: 23,24I  !| $NA#ZQ$George*Parry. I am so$5#1$ sorry she has not had a partner|"
102: 23,25H  !| "We shall do better$9$ another evening I hope$1$,"
102: 23,25'  !| was $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's
102: 23,26'  !| consolation.
102: 23,27'  !| The company began to$9$ disperse when the dancing$0$ was
102: 23,28'  !| over ~ enough to$9$ leave$1$ space for$4$ the remainder to$9$ walk$1$
102: 23,29'  !| about$5$ in some comfort$0$; and now was the time for$4$
102: 23,30'  !| a heroine, who$6#1$ had not yet played a very distinguished
102: 23,31'  !| part$0$ in the events of the evening, to$9$ be noticed and
102: 23,32'  !| admired. Every five minutes, by$4$ removing some of the
102: 23,33'  !| crowd, gave greater openings for$4$ her charms. She was
102: 23,34'  !| now seen by$4$ many young men who$6#1$ had not been near$4$ her
102: 23,35'  !| before$5$. Not one, however, started with rapturous wonder$0$
102: 23,36'  !| on$4$ beholding her, no$2$ whisper$0$ of eager inquiry ran round$4$
102: 23,37'  !| the room, nor was she once called a divinity by$4$ any*body.
102: 24, 1'  !| Yet $NA#A$Catherine was in very good looks$0$, and had the
102: 24, 2'  !| company only seen her three years before$5$, they would
102: 24, 3'  !| \now\ have thought$1$ her exceedingly handsome.
102: 24, 4'  !| She \was\ looked at however, and with some admiration;
102: 24, 5'  !| for$3$, in her own$2$ hearing, two gentlemen pronounced her
102: 24, 6'  !| to$9$ be a pretty$2$ girl. Such words had their due$2$ effect$0$;
102: 24, 7'  !| she immediately thought$1$ the evening pleasanter than she
102: 24, 8'  !| had found it before$5$ ~ her humble$2$ vanity was contented ~
102: 24, 9'  !| she felt more obliged to$4$ the two young men for$4$ this
102: 24,10'  !| simple$2$ praise$0$ than a true quality heroine would have been
102: 24,11'  !| for$4$ fifteen sonnets in celebration of her charms, and went
102: 24,12'  !| to$4$ her chair in good humour with every*body, and perfectly
102: 24,13'  !| satisfied$2$ with her share$0$ of public$2$ attention.
103: 25, 1'  !| Every morning now brought its regular duties;~
103: 25, 2'  !| shops were to$9$ be visited; some new part$0$ of the town to$9$
103: 25, 3'  !| be looked at; and the Pump-room to$9$ be attended, where
103: 25, 4'  !| they paraded up and down$5$ for$4$ an hour, looking at every*body
103: 25, 5'  !| and speaking to$4$ no*one. The wish$0$ of a numerous
103: 25, 6'  !| acquaintance in Bath$0#1$ was still$5$ uppermost with $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
103: 25, 7'  !| and she repeated it after$4$ every fresh proof, which$6#1$
103: 25, 8'  !| every morning brought, of her knowing nobody at all.
103: 25, 9'  !| They made their appearance in the Lower*Rooms;
103: 25,10'  !| and here fortune was more favourable to$4$ our heroine.
103: 25,11'  !| The master of the ceremonies introduced to$4$ her a very
103: 25,12'  !| gentlemanlike young man as a partner;~ his name$0$ was
103: 25,13'  !| $NA#B$Tilney. He seemed to$9$ be about$4$ four or five and twenty,
103: 25,14'  !| was rather tall, had a pleasing countenance, a very
103: 25,15'  !| intelligent and lively eye, and, if not quite handsome,
103: 25,16'  !| was very near$4$ it. His address$0$ was good, and $NA#A$Catherine
103: 25,17'  !| felt herself in high luck. There was little leisure for$4$
103: 25,18'  !| speaking while$9$ they danced; but when they were seated
103: 25,19'  !| at tea, she found him as agreeable as she had already
103: 25,20'  !| given him credit$0$ for$4$ being$1$. He talked with fluency and
103: 25,21'  !| spirit ~ and there was an archness and pleasantry in his
103: 25,22'  !| manner which$6#1$ interested, though it was hardly understood
103: 25,23'  !| by$4$ her. After$4$ chatting some time on$4$ such matters
103: 25,24'  !| as naturally arose from the objects$0$ around$4$ them, he
103: 25,25'  !| suddenly addressed her with~
103: 25,25B  !| "I have hitherto been very
103: 25,26B  !| remiss, madam, in the proper attentions of a partner
103: 25,27B  !| here; I have not yet asked you how long$9$ you have been
103: 25,28B  !| in Bath$0#1$; whether you were ever here before$5$; whether
103: 25,29B  !| you have been at the Upper*Rooms, the theatre, and the
103: 25,30B  !| concert; and how you like$1$ the place$0$ altogether. I have
103: 25,31B  !| been very negligent ~ but are you now at leisure to$9$ satisfy
103: 25,32B  !| me in these particulars? If you are I will$1$ begin directly."
103: 25,33A  !| "You need$1$ not give yourself that$6#2$ trouble$0$, sir."
103: 26, 1B  !| "No$2$ trouble$0$ I assure you, madam."
103: 26, 1'  !| Then forming his
103: 26, 2'  !| features into a set$2$ smile$0$, and affectedly softening his
103: 26, 3'  !| voice, he added, with a simpering air,
103: 26, 3B  !| "Have you been
103: 26, 4B  !| long$9$ in Bath$0#1$, madam?"
103: 26, 5A  !| "About$4$ a week, sir,"
103: 26, 5'  !| replied $NA#A$Catherine, trying$1$ not to$9$
103: 26, 6'  !| laugh$1$.
103: 26, 7B  !| "Really|"
103: 26, 7'  !| with affected astonishment.
103: 26, 8A  !| "Why should you be surprized, sir?"
103: 26, 9B  !| "Why, indeed|"
103: 26, 9'  !| said he, in his natural$2$ tone~
103: 26, 9B  !| "but
103: 26,10B  !| some emotion must appear to$9$ be raised by$4$ your reply$0$,
103: 26,11B  !| and surprize$0$ is more easily assumed, and not less reasonable
103: 26,12B  !| than any other.~ Now let us go on$5$. Were you never
103: 26,13B  !| here before$5$, madam?"
103: 26,14A  !| "Never, sir."
103: 26,15B  !| "Indeed| Have you yet honoured the Upper*Rooms?"
103: 26,16A  !| "Yes, sir, I was there last$2$ Monday."
103: 26,17B  !| "Have you been to$4$ the theatre?"
103: 26,18A  !| "Yes, sir, I was at the play$0$ on$4$ Tuesday."
103: 26,19B  !| "To$4$ the concert?"
103: 26,20A  !| "Yes, sir, on$4$ Wednesday."
103: 26,21B  !| "And are you altogether pleased with Bath$0#1$?"
103: 26,22A  !| "Yes ~ I like$1$ it very well$9$."
103: 26,23B  !| "Now I must give one smirk, and then we may$1$ be
103: 26,24B  !| rational again."
103: 26,25'  !| $NA#A$Catherine turned away her head$0$, not knowing whether
103: 26,26'  !| she might venture to$9$ laugh$1$.
103: 26,27B  !| "I see what$6#1$ you think of me,"
103: 26,27'  !| said he gravely~
103: 26,27B  !| "I
103: 26,28B  !| shall make$1$ but a poor figure in your journal to-morrow."
103: 26,29A  !| "My journal|"
103: 26,30B  !| "Yes, I know exactly what$6#1$ you will$1$ say: Friday,
103: 26,31B  !| went to$4$ the Lower*Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin
103: 26,32B  !| robe with blue trimmings ~ plain black shoes ~ appeared
103: 26,33B  !| to$4$ much advantage; but was strangely harassed by$4$
103: 26,34B  !| a queer, half-witted man, who$6#1$ would make$1$ me dance$1$
103: 26,35B  !| with him, and distressed me by$4$ his nonsense."
103: 26,36A  !| "Indeed I shall say no$2$ such thing."
103: 26,37B  !| "Shall I tell you what$6#1$ you ought to$9$ say?"
103: 26,38A  !| "If you please."
103: 27, 1B  !| "I danced with a very agreeable young man, introduced
103: 27, 2B  !| by$4$ $NA#Z1$Mr%*King; had a great deal$0#2$ of conversation
103: 27, 3B  !| with him ~ seems a most extraordinary genius ~ hope$1$
103: 27, 4B  !| I may$1$ know more of him. \That$6#2$\, madam, is what$6#1$ I \wish$1$\
103: 27, 5B  !| you to$9$ say."
103: 27, 6A  !| "But, perhaps, I keep no$2$ journal."
103: 27, 7B  !| "Perhaps you are not sitting$1$ in this room, and I am
103: 27, 8B  !| not sitting$1$ by$4$ you. These are points in which$6#1$ a doubt$0$ is
103: 27, 9B  !| equally possible. Not keep a journal| How are your
103: 27,10B  !| absent cousins to$9$ understand the tenour of your life in
103: 27,11B  !| Bath$0#1$ without one? How are the civilities and compliments
103: 27,12B  !| of every day to$9$ be related as they ought to$9$ be,
103: 27,13B  !| unless noted down$5$ every evening in a journal? How are
103: 27,14B  !| your various dresses$0$ to$9$ be remembered, and the particular
103: 27,15B  !| state$0$ of your complexion, and curl$0$ of your hair to$9$ be
103: 27,16B  !| described in all their diversities, without having constant
103: 27,17B  !| recourse to$4$ a journal? ~ My dear$2#1$ madam, I am not so$5#1$
103: 27,18B  !| ignorant of young ladies' ways as you wish$1$ to$9$ believe me;
103: 27,19B  !| it is this delightful habit of journalizing which$6#1$ largely
103: 27,20B  !| contributes to$9$ form$1$ the easy style of writing$0$ for$4$ which$6#1$
103: 27,21B  !| ladies are so$5#1$ generally celebrated. Every*body allows
103: 27,22B  !| that$3$ the talent of writing$1$ agreeable letters is peculiarly
103: 27,23B  !| female$2$. Nature may$1$ have done something, but I am sure
103: 27,24B  !| it must be essentially assisted by$4$ the practice$0$ of keeping$1$
103: 27,25B  !| a journal."
103: 27,26A  !| "I have sometimes thought$1$,"
103: 27,26'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, doubtingly,
103: 27,27A  !| "whether ladies do write so$5#1$ much better$9$ letters
103: 27,28A  !| than gentlemen| That$3$ is ~ I should not think the
103: 27,29A  !| superiority was always on$4$ our side$0$."
103: 27,30B  !| "As far as I have had opportunity of judging, it appears
103: 27,31B  !| to$4$ me that$3$ the usual style of letter-writing among women
103: 27,32B  !| is faultless, except in three particulars."
103: 27,33A  !| "And what$6#2$ are they?"
103: 27,34B  !| "A general$2$ deficiency of subject$0$, a total inattention to$4$
103: 27,35B  !| stops, and a very frequent ignorance of grammar."
103: 27,36A  !| "Upon my word| I need$1$ not have been afraid of disclaiming
103: 27,37A  !| the compliment$0$. You do not think too$5#1$ highly
103: 27,38A  !| of us in that$6#2$ way."
103: 28, 1B  !| "I should no$2$ more lay$1#1$ it down$5$ as a general$2$ rule that$3$
103: 28, 2B  !| women write better$9$ letters than men, than that$3$ they sing
103: 28, 3B  !| better$9$ duets, or draw better$9$ landscapes. In every power,
103: 28, 4B  !| of which$6#1$ taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty$5$ fairly
103: 28, 5B  !| divided between the sexes."
103: 28, 6'  !| They were interrupted by$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen:~
103: 28, 6I  !| "My dear$2#1$
103: 28, 7I  !| $NA#A$Catherine,"
103: 28, 7'  !| said she,
103: 28, 7I  !| "do take this pin out$8$ of my sleeve;
103: 28, 8I  !| I am afraid it has torn a hole already; I shall be quite
103: 28, 9I  !| sorry if it has, for$3$ this is a favourite$2$ gown, though it cost$1$
103: 28,10I  !| but nine shillings a yard."
103: 28,11B  !| "That$6#2$ is exactly what$6#1$ I should have guessed it,
103: 28,12B  !| madam,"
103: 28,12'  !| said $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, looking at the muslin.
103: 28,13I  !| "Do you understand muslins, sir?"
103: 28,14B  !| "Particularly well$9$; I always buy my own$2$ cravats,
103: 28,15B  !| and am allowed to$9$ be an excellent judge$0$; and my sister
103: 28,16B  !| has often trusted me in the choice$0$ of a gown. I bought
103: 28,17B  !| one for$4$ her the other day, and it was pronounced to$9$ be
103: 28,18B  !| a prodigious bargain by$4$ every lady who$6#1$ saw it. I gave
103: 28,19B  !| but five shillings a yard for$4$ it, and a true Indian muslin."
103: 28,20'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was quite struck by$4$ his genius.
103: 28,20I  !| "Men
103: 28,21I  !| commonly take so$5#1$ little notice$0$ of those things,"
103: 28,21'  !| said she:
103: 28,22I  !| "I can never get $NA#H$Mr%*Allen to$9$ know one of my gowns
103: 28,23I  !| from another. You must be a great comfort$0$ to$4$ your
103: 28,24I  !| sister, sir."
103: 28,25B  !| "I hope$1$ I am, madam."
103: 28,26I  !| "And pray, sir, what$6#2$ do you think of $NA#A$Miss*Morland's
103: 28,27I  !| gown?"
103: 28,28B  !| "It is very pretty$2$, madam,"
103: 28,28'  !| said he, gravely examining
103: 28,29'  !| it;
103: 28,29B  !| "but I do not think it will$1$ wash well$9$; I am afraid
103: 28,30B  !| it will$1$ fray."
103: 28,31A  !| "How can you,"
103: 28,31'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, laughing,
103: 28,31A  !| "be so$5#1$ ~~"
103: 28,32'  !| she had almost said, strange.
103: 28,33I  !| "I am quite of your opinion, sir,"
103: 28,33'  !| replied $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen;
103: 28,34I  !| "and so$5#2$ I told $NA#A$Miss*Morland when she bought it."
103: 28,35B  !| "But then you know, madam, muslin always turns$1$ to$4$
103: 28,36B  !| some account$0$ or other; $NA#A$Miss*Morland will$1$ get enough
103: 28,37B  !| out$8$ of it for$4$ a handkerchief, or a cap, or a cloak.~ Muslin
103: 28,38B  !| can never be said to$9$ be wasted. I have heard my sister
103: 29, 1B  !| say so$5#2$ forty times, when she has been extravagant in
103: 29, 2B  !| buying more than she wanted, or careless in cutting it to$4$
103: 29, 3B  !| pieces."
103: 29, 4I  !| "Bath$0#1$ is a charming place$0$, sir; there are so$5#1$ many
103: 29, 5I  !| good shops here.~ We are sadly off in the country; not
103: 29, 6I  !| but what$6#1$ we have very good shops in Salisbury, but it is
103: 29, 7I  !| so$5#1$ far to$9$ go;~ eight miles is a long$9$ way; $NA#H$Mr%*Allen says
103: 29, 8I  !| it is nine, measured nine; but I am sure it cannot be
103: 29, 9I  !| more than eight; and it is such a fag ~ I come back$5$ tired
103: 29,10I  !| to$4$ death. Now here one can step$1$ out$8$ of doors and get
103: 29,11I  !| a thing in five minutes."
103: 29,12'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney was polite enough to$9$ seem interested in
103: 29,13'  !| what$6#1$ she said; and she kept him on$4$ the subject$0$ of muslins
103: 29,14'  !| till the dancing$0$ recommenced. $NA#A$Catherine feared, as she
103: 29,15'  !| listened to$4$ their discourse, that$3$ he indulged himself
103: 29,16'  !| a little too$5#1$ much with the foibles of others.~
103: 29,16B  !| "What$6#2$ are
103: 29,17B  !| you thinking of so$5#1$ earnestly?"
103: 29,17'  !| said he, as they walked
103: 29,18'  !| back$5$ to$4$ the ball-room;~
103: 29,18B  !| "not of your partner, I hope$1$,
103: 29,19B  !| for$3$, by$4$ that$6#2$ shake$0$ of the head$0$, your meditations are not
103: 29,20B  !| satisfactory."
103: 29,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine coloured, and said,
103: 29,21A  !| "I was not thinking of
103: 29,22A  !| any*thing."
103: 29,23B  !| "That$6#2$ is artful and deep, to$9$ be sure; but I had rather
103: 29,24B  !| be told at once that$3$ you will$1$ not tell me."
103: 29,25A  !| "Well$7$ then, I will$1$ not."
103: 29,26B  !| "Thank you; for$3$ now we shall soon be acquainted, as
103: 29,27B  !| I am authorized to$9$ tease you on$4$ this subject$0$ whenever
103: 29,28B  !| we meet$1$, and nothing in the world advances$1$ intimacy so$5#1$
103: 29,29B  !| much."
103: 29,30'  !| They danced again; and, when the assembly closed,
103: 29,31'  !| parted, on$4$ the lady's side$0$ at least, with a strong inclination
103: 29,32'  !| for$4$ continuing the acquaintance. Whether she
103: 29,33'  !| thought$1$ of him so$5#1$ much, while$9$ she drank her warm$2$ wine
103: 29,34'  !| and water, and prepared herself for$4$ bed, as to$9$ dream$1$ of
103: 29,35'  !| him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope$1$ it
103: 29,36'  !| was no$2$ more than in a slight$2$ slumber$0$, or a morning doze
103: 29,37'  !| at most; for$3$ if it be true, as a celebrated writer has
103: 29,38'  !| maintained, that$3$ no$2$ young lady can be justified in falling
103: 30, 1'  !| in love$0$ before$3$ the gentleman's love$0$ is declared, it must
103: 30, 2'  !| be very improper that$3$ a young lady should dream$1$ of
103: 30, 3'  !| a gentleman before$3$ the gentleman is first known to$9$ have
103: 30, 4'  !| dreamt of her. How proper $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney might be as
103: 30, 5'  !| a dreamer or a lover, had not yet perhaps entered $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's
103: 30, 6'  !| head$0$, but that$3$ he was not objectionable as a
103: 30, 7'  !| common$2$ acquaintance for$4$ his young charge$0$ he was on$4$
103: 30, 8'  !| inquiry satisfied$2$; for$3$ he had early in the evening taken
103: 30, 9'  !| pains to$9$ know who$6#2$ her partner was, and had been assured
103: 30,10'  !| of $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney's being$1$ a clergyman, and of a very respectable
103: 30,11'  !| family in Gloucestershire.
104: 31, 1'  !| With more than usual eagerness did $NA#A$Catherine hasten
104: 31, 2'  !| to$4$ the Pump-room the next day, secure$2$ within herself of
104: 31, 3'  !| seeing $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney there before$3$ the morning were over,
104: 31, 4'  !| and ready to$9$ meet$1$ him with a smile$0$:~ but no$2$ smile$0$ was
104: 31, 5'  !| demanded ~ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney did not appear. Every creature
104: 31, 6'  !| in Bath$0#1$, except himself, was to$9$ be seen in the room at
104: 31, 7'  !| different periods of the fashionable hours; crowds of
104: 31, 8'  !| people were every moment passing$1$ in and out$5$, up the
104: 31, 9'  !| steps and down$5$; people whom$6#1$ nobody cared about$4$, and
104: 31,10'  !| nobody wanted to$9$ see; and he only was absent.
104: 31,10I  !| "What$7$
104: 31,11I  !| a delightful place$0$ Bath$0#1$ is,"
104: 31,11'  !| said $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, as they sat
104: 31,12'  !| down$5$ near$4$ the great clock, after$4$ parading the room till
104: 31,13'  !| they were tired;
104: 31,13I  !| "and how pleasant it would be if we
104: 31,14I  !| had any acquaintance here."
104: 31,15'  !| This sentiment had been uttered so$5#1$ often in vain, that$3$
104: 31,16'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen had no$2$ particular reason$0$ to$9$ hope$1$ it would be
104: 31,17'  !| followed with more advantage now; but we are told to$9$
104: 31,18'  !| "despair$1$ of nothing we would attain," as "unwearied
104: 31,19'  !| diligence our point$0$ would gain$1$;" and the unwearied
104: 31,20'  !| diligence with which$6#1$ she had every day wished for$4$ the
104: 31,21'  !| same thing was at length to$9$ have its just$2$ reward$0$, for$3$
104: 31,22'  !| hardly had she been seated ten minutes before$3$ a lady of
104: 31,23'  !| about$4$ her own$2$ age, who$6#1$ was sitting$1$ by$4$ her, and had been
104: 31,24'  !| looking at her attentively for$4$ several minutes, addressed
104: 31,25'  !| her with great complaisance in these words;~
104: 31,25N  !| "I think,
104: 31,26N  !| madam, I cannot be mistaken; it is a long$9$ time since
104: 31,27N  !| I had the pleasure of seeing you, but is not your name$0$
104: 31,28N  !| $NA#I$Allen?"
104: 31,28'  !| This question$0$ answered, as it readily was, the
104: 31,29'  !| stranger$0$ pronounced her's to$9$ be $NA#N$Thorpe; and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
104: 31,30'  !| immediately recognized the features of a former school-fellow
104: 31,31'  !| and intimate$0$, whom$6#1$ she had seen only once since
104: 31,32'  !| their respective marriages, and that$6#2$ many years ago.
104: 31,33'  !| Their joy on$4$ this meeting$0$ was very great, as well$9$ it might,
104: 32, 1'  !| since they had been contented to$9$ know nothing of each
104: 32, 2'  !| other for$4$ the last$2$ fifteen years. Compliments on$4$ good
104: 32, 3'  !| looks$0$ now passed; and, after$4$ observing how time had
104: 32, 4'  !| slipped away since they were last$2$ together, how little they
104: 32, 5'  !| had thought$1$ of meeting$9$ in Bath$0#1$, and what$7$ a pleasure it
104: 32, 6'  !| was to$9$ see an old friend, they proceeded to$9$ make$1$ inquiries
104: 32, 7'  !| and give intelligence as to$4$ their families, sisters, and
104: 32, 8'  !| cousins, talking both together, far more ready to$9$ give
104: 32, 9'  !| than to$9$ receive information, and each hearing very little
104: 32,10'  !| of what$6#1$ the other said. $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, however, had one
104: 32,11'  !| great advantage as a talker, over $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, in a family
104: 32,12'  !| of children; and when she expatiated on$4$ the talents of
104: 32,13'  !| her sons, and the beauty of her daughters,~ when she
104: 32,14'  !| related their different situations and views,~ that$3$ $NA#E$John
104: 32,15'  !| was at Oxford, $NA#ZV$Edward at Merchant-Taylors', and $NA#ZW$William
104: 32,16'  !| at sea,~ and all of them more beloved and respected in
104: 32,17'  !| their different stations than any other three beings ever
104: 32,18'  !| were, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen had no$2$ similar information to$9$ give, no$2$
104: 32,19'  !| similar triumphs to$9$ press$1$ on$4$ the unwilling and unbelieving
104: 32,20'  !| ear of her friend, and was forced to$9$ sit and appear to$9$
104: 32,21'  !| listen to$4$ all these maternal effusions, consoling herself,
104: 32,22'  !| however, with the discovery, which$6#1$ her keen eye soon
104: 32,23'  !| made, that$3$ the lace$0$ on$4$ $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe's pelisse was not half
104: 32,24'  !| so$5#1$ handsome as that$6#2$ on$4$ her own$2$.
104: 32,25N  !| "Here come my dear$2#1$ girls,"
104: 32,25'  !| cried $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, pointing
104: 32,26'  !| at three smart*looking females, who$6#1$, arm$0$ in arm$0$, were
104: 32,27'  !| then moving towards her.
104: 32,27N  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, I long$1$
104: 32,28N  !| to$9$ introduce them; they will$1$ be so$5#1$ delighted to$9$ see you:
104: 32,29N  !| the tallest is $NA#D$Isabella, my eldest; is not she a fine young
104: 32,30N  !| woman? The others are very much admired too$5#2$, but
104: 32,31N  !| I believe $NA#D$Isabella is the handsomest."
104: 32,32'  !| The $NA#N1$Miss*Thorpes were introduced; and $NA#A$Miss*Morland,
104: 32,33'  !| who$6#1$ had been for$4$ a short$2$ time forgotten, was introduced
104: 32,34'  !| likewise. The name$0$ seemed to$9$ strike them all; and,
104: 32,35'  !| after$4$ speaking to$4$ her with great civility, the eldest young
104: 32,36'  !| lady observed aloud to$4$ the rest$0#1$,
104: 32,36D  !| "How excessively like$9$
104: 32,37D  !| her brother $NA#A$Miss*Morland is|"
104: 32,38N  !| "The very picture$0$ of him indeed|"
104: 32,38'  !| cried the mother ~
104: 33, 1'  !| and
104: 33, 1X2 !| "I should have known her any*where for$4$ his
104: 33, 2X2 !| sister|"
104: 33, 2'  !| was repeated by$4$ them all, two or three times
104: 33, 3'  !| over. For$4$ a moment $NA#A$Catherine was surprized; but $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe
104: 33, 4'  !| and her daughters had scarcely begun the history
104: 33, 5'  !| of their acquaintance with $NA#K$Mr%*James*Morland, before$3$
104: 33, 6'  !| she remembered that$3$ her eldest brother had lately formed
104: 33, 7'  !| an intimacy with a young man of his own$2$ college, of the
104: 33, 8'  !| name$0$ of $NA#E$Thorpe; and that$3$ he had spent the last$2$ week of
104: 33, 9'  !| the Christmas vacation with his family, near$4$ London.
104: 33,10'  !| The whole$0$ being$1$ explained, many obliging things were
104: 33,11'  !| said by$4$ the $NA#N1$Miss*Thorpes of their wish$0$ of being$1$ better$9$
104: 33,12'  !| acquainted with her; of being$1$ considered as already
104: 33,13'  !| friends, through$4$ the friendship of their brothers, &c%
104: 33,14'  !| which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine heard with pleasure, and answered with
104: 33,15'  !| all the pretty$2$ expressions she could command$1$; and, as
104: 33,16'  !| the first proof of amity, she was soon invited to$9$ accept
104: 33,17'  !| an arm$0$ of the eldest $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, and take a turn$0$ with
104: 33,18'  !| her about$4$ the room. $NA#A$Catherine was delighted with this
104: 33,19'  !| extension of her Bath$0#1$ acquaintance, and almost forgot
104: 33,20'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney while$9$ she talked to$4$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe. Friendship
104: 33,21'  !| is certainly the finest balm for$4$ the pangs of disappointed
104: 33,22'  !| love$0$.
104: 33,23'  !| Their conversation turned upon those subjects, of
104: 33,24'  !| which$6#1$ the free discussion has generally much to$9$ do in
104: 33,25'  !| perfecting a sudden$2$ intimacy between two young ladies;
104: 33,26'  !| such as dress$0$, balls, flirtations, and quizzes. $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe,
104: 33,27'  !| however, being$1$ four years older than $NA#A$Miss*Morland, and
104: 33,28'  !| at least four years better$9$ informed, had a very decided$2$
104: 33,29'  !| advantage in discussing such points; she could compare
104: 33,30'  !| the balls of Bath$0#1$ with those of Tunbridge; its fashions
104: 33,31'  !| with the fashions of London; could rectify the opinions
104: 33,32'  !| of her new friend in many articles of tasteful attire;
104: 33,33'  !| could discover a flirtation between any gentleman and
104: 33,34'  !| lady who$6#1$ only smiled on$4$ each other; and point$1$ out$5$
104: 33,35'  !| a quiz through$4$ the thickness of a crowd. These powers
104: 33,36'  !| received due$2$ admiration from $NA#A$Catherine, to$4$ whom$6#1$ they
104: 33,37'  !| were entirely new; and the respect$0$ which$6#1$ they naturally
104: 33,38'  !| inspired might have been too$5#1$ great for$4$ familiarity, had
104: 34, 1'  !| not the easy gaiety of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's manners, and her
104: 34, 2'  !| frequent expressions of delight$0$ on$4$ this acquaintance with
104: 34, 3'  !| her, softened down$5$ every feeling$0$ of awe, and left$1$ nothing
104: 34, 4'  !| but tender$2$ affection. Their increasing attachment was
104: 34, 5'  !| not to$9$ be satisfied$2$ with half a dozen turns$0$ in the Pump-room,
104: 34, 6'  !| but required, when they all quitted it together,
104: 34, 7'  !| that$3$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe should accompany $NA#A$Miss*Morland to$4$ the
104: 34, 8'  !| very door of $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's house; and that$3$ they should
104: 34, 9'  !| there part$1$ with a most affectionate and lengthened shake$0$
104: 34,10'  !| of hands, after$4$ learning, to$4$ their mutual relief, that$3$ they
104: 34,11'  !| should see each other across$4$ the theatre at night, and say
104: 34,12'  !| their prayers in the same chapel the next morning.
104: 34,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine then ran directly up*stairs, and watched $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's
104: 34,14'  !| progress down$4$ the street from the drawing-room
104: 34,15'  !| window; admired the graceful spirit of her walk$0$, the
104: 34,16'  !| fashionable air of her figure and dress$0$, and felt grateful,
104: 34,17'  !| as well$9$ she might, for$4$ the chance$0$ which$6#1$ had procured
104: 34,18'  !| her such a friend.
104: 34,19'  !| $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe was a widow, and not a very rich one; she
104: 34,20'  !| was a good-humoured, well-meaning woman, and a very
104: 34,21'  !| indulgent mother. Her eldest daughter had great personal
104: 34,22'  !| beauty, and the younger ones, by$4$ pretending to$9$ be as
104: 34,23'  !| handsome as their sister, imitating her air, and dressing
104: 34,24'  !| in the same style, did very well$9$.
104: 34,25'  !| This brief account$0$ of the family is intended to$9$ supersede
104: 34,26'  !| the necessity of a long$9$ and minute$2$ detail$0$ from $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe
104: 34,27'  !| herself, of her past$9$ adventures and sufferings, which$6#1$ might
104: 34,28'  !| otherwise be expected$1$ to$9$ occupy the three or four following
104: 34,29'  !| chapters; in which$6#1$ the worthlessness of lords and
104: 34,30'  !| attornies might be set$1$ forth, and conversations, which$6#1$
104: 34,31'  !| had passed twenty years before$5$, be minutely repeated.
105: 35, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was not so$5#1$ much engaged at the theatre
105: 35, 2'  !| that$6#2$ evening, in returning the nods and smiles of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe,
105: 35, 3'  !| though they certainly claimed much of her
105: 35, 4'  !| leisure, as to$9$ forget to$9$ look$1$ with an inquiring eye for$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney
105: 35, 5'  !| in every box which$6#1$ her eye could reach$1$; but she
105: 35, 6'  !| looked in vain. $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney was no$2$ fonder of the play$0$
105: 35, 7'  !| than the Pump-room. She hoped to$9$ be more fortunate
105: 35, 8'  !| the next day; and when her wishes$0$ for$4$ fine weather were
105: 35, 9'  !| answered by$4$ seeing a beautiful morning, she hardly felt
105: 35,10'  !| a doubt$0$ of it; for$3$ a fine Sunday in Bath$0#1$ empties every
105: 35,11'  !| house of its inhabitants, and all the world appears on$4$ such
105: 35,12'  !| an occasion$0$ to$9$ walk$1$ about$5$ and tell their acquaintance
105: 35,13'  !| what$6#1$ a charming day it is.
105: 35,14'  !| As soon as divine service was over, the $NA#N1$Thorpes and
105: 35,15'  !| $NA#H1$Allens eagerly joined each other; and after$4$ staying long$9$
105: 35,16'  !| enough in the Pump-room to$9$ discover that$3$ the crowd was
105: 35,17'  !| insupportable, and that$3$ there was not a genteel face$0$ to$9$
105: 35,18'  !| be seen, which$6#1$ every*body discovers every Sunday
105: 35,19'  !| throughout the season, they hastened away to$4$ the Crescent,
105: 35,20'  !| to$9$ breathe the fresh air of better$9$ company. Here $NA#A$Catherine
105: 35,21'  !| and $NA#D$Isabella, arm$0$ in arm$0$, again tasted the sweets of
105: 35,22'  !| friendship in an unreserved conversation;~ they talked
105: 35,23'  !| much, and with much enjoyment; but again was $NA#A$Catherine
105: 35,24'  !| disappointed in her hope$0$ of re-seeing her partner. He was
105: 35,25'  !| no*where to$9$ be met with; every search$0$ for$4$ him was
105: 35,26'  !| equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies;
105: 35,27'  !| neither at the upper nor lower$2$ rooms, at dressed
105: 35,28'  !| or undressed balls, was he perceivable; nor among the
105: 35,29'  !| walkers, the horsemen, or the curricle-drivers of the
105: 35,30'  !| morning. His name$0$ was not in the Pump-room book,
105: 35,31'  !| and curiosity could do no$2$ more. He must be gone from
105: 35,32'  !| Bath$0#1$. Yet he had not mentioned that$3$ his stay$0$ would be
105: 35,33'  !| so$5#1$ short$2$| This sort of mysteriousness, which$6#1$ is always
105: 36, 1'  !| so$5#1$ becoming$2$ in a hero, threw a fresh grace$0$ in $NA#A$Catherine's
105: 36, 2'  !| imagination around$4$ his person and manners, and increased
105: 36, 3'  !| her anxiety to$9$ know more of him. From the $NA#N1$Thorpes
105: 36, 4'  !| she could learn nothing, for$3$ they had been only two days
105: 36, 5'  !| in Bath$0#1$ before$3$ they met with $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen. It was a subject$0$,
105: 36, 6'  !| however, in which$6#1$ she often indulged with her fair friend,
105: 36, 7'  !| from whom$6#1$ she received every possible encouragement to$9$
105: 36, 8'  !| continue to$9$ think of him; and his impression on$4$ her fancy$0$
105: 36, 9'  !| was not suffered therefore to$9$ weaken. $NA#D$Isabella was very
105: 36,10'  !| sure that$3$ he must be a charming young man; and was
105: 36,11'  !| equally sure that$3$ he must have been delighted with her
105: 36,12'  !| dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, and would therefore shortly return$1$. She
105: 36,13'  !| liked him the better$9$ for$4$ being$1$ a clergyman,
105: 36,13D  !| "for$3$ she must
105: 36,14D  !| confess herself very partial to$4$ the profession$0#2$;"
105: 36,14'  !| and some*thing
105: 36,15'  !| like$9$ a sigh$0$ escaped her as she said it. Perhaps
105: 36,16'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was wrong$1$ in not demanding the cause of that$6#2$
105: 36,17'  !| gentle emotion ~ but she was not experienced enough in
105: 36,18'  !| the finesse of love$0$, or the duties of friendship, to$9$ know
105: 36,19'  !| when delicate raillery was properly called for$5$, or when
105: 36,20'  !| a confidence should be forced.
105: 36,21'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was now quite happy ~ quite satisfied$2$ with
105: 36,22'  !| Bath$0#1$. She had found some acquaintance, and been so$5#1$
105: 36,23'  !| lucky too$5#2$ as to$9$ find in them the family of a most worthy
105: 36,24'  !| old friend; and, as the completion of good fortune, had
105: 36,25'  !| found these friends by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ so$5#1$ expensively dressed
105: 36,26'  !| as herself. Her daily expressions were no$2$ longer,
105: 36,26I  !| "I wish$1$
105: 36,27I  !| we had some acquaintance in Bath$0#1$|"
105: 36,27'  !| They were changed
105: 36,28'  !| into~
105: 36,28I  !| "How glad I am we have met with $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe|"
105: 36,29'  !| ~ and she was as eager in promoting the intercourse of
105: 36,30'  !| the two families, as her young charge$0$ and $NA#D$Isabella themselves
105: 36,31'  !| could be; never satisfied$2$ with the day unless she
105: 36,32'  !| spent the chief of it by$4$ the side$0$ of $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, in what$6#1$
105: 36,33'  !| they called conversation, but in which$6#1$ there was scarcely
105: 36,34'  !| ever any exchange$0$ of opinion, and not often any resemblance
105: 36,35'  !| of subject$0$, for$3$ $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe talked chiefly of her
105: 36,36'  !| children, and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen of her gowns.
105: 36,37'  !| The progress of the friendship between $NA#A$Catherine and
105: 36,38'  !| $NA#D$Isabella was quick$2$ as its beginning$0$ had been warm$2$, and
105: 37, 1'  !| they passed so$5#1$ rapidly through$4$ every gradation of increasing
105: 37, 2'  !| tenderness, that$3$ there was shortly no$2$ fresh proof of
105: 37, 3'  !| it to$9$ be given to$4$ their friends or themselves. They called
105: 37, 4'  !| each other by$4$ their Christian name$0$, were always arm$0$ in
105: 37, 5'  !| arm$0$ when they walked, pinned up each other's train for$4$
105: 37, 6'  !| the dance$0$, and were not to$9$ be divided in the set$0$; and if
105: 37, 7'  !| a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they
105: 37, 8'  !| were still$5$ resolute in meeting$9$ in defiance of wet$0$ and dirt,
105: 37, 9'  !| and shut themselves up, to$9$ read novels together. Yes,
105: 37,10'  !| novels;~ for$3$ I will$1$ not adopt that$6#2$ ungenerous and
105: 37,11'  !| impolitic custom so$5#1$ common$2$ with novel writers, of
105: 37,12'  !| degrading by$4$ their contemptuous censure$0$ the very performances,
105: 37,13'  !| to$4$ the number of which$6#1$ they are themselves
105: 37,14'  !| adding ~ joining with their greatest enemies in bestowing
105: 37,15'  !| the harshest epithets on$4$ such works$0$, and scarcely ever
105: 37,16'  !| permitting them to$9$ be read by$4$ their own$2$ heroine, who$6#1$, if
105: 37,17'  !| she accidentally take up a novel, is sure to$9$ turn$1$ over its
105: 37,18'  !| insipid pages with disgust$0$. Alas| if the heroine of one
105: 37,19'  !| novel be not patronized by$4$ the heroine of another, from
105: 37,20'  !| whom$6#1$ can she expect protection and regard$0$? I cannot
105: 37,21'  !| approve of it. Let us leave$1$ it to$4$ the Reviewers to$9$ abuse
105: 37,22'  !| such effusions of fancy$0$ at their leisure, and over every
105: 37,23'  !| new novel to$9$ talk$1$ in threadbare strains of the trash with
105: 37,24'  !| which$6#1$ the press$0$ now groans. Let us not desert$1$ one another;
105: 37,25'  !| we are an injured body. Although our productions have
105: 37,26'  !| afforded more extensive and unaffected pleasure than
105: 37,27'  !| those of any other literary corporation in the world, no$2$
105: 37,28'  !| species of composition has been so$5#1$ much decried. From
105: 37,29'  !| pride, ignorance, or fashion$0$, our foes are almost as many
105: 37,30'  !| as our readers. And while$9$ the abilities of the nine-hundredth
105: 37,31'  !| abridger of the History*of*England, or of the
105: 37,32'  !| man who$6#1$ collects and publishes in a volume some dozen
105: 37,33'  !| lines of $NA#Z1$Milton, $NA#Z1$Pope, and $NA#Z1$Prior, with a paper from the
105: 37,34'  !| Spectator, and a chapter from $NA#Z1$Sterne, are eulogized by$4$
105: 37,35'  !| a thousand pens,~ there seems almost a general$2$ wish$0$ of
105: 37,36'  !| decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the
105: 37,37'  !| novelist, and of slighting the performances which$6#1$ have
105: 37,38'  !| only genius, wit$0#1$, and taste to$9$ recommend them. "I am
105: 38, 1'  !| no$2$ novel reader ~ I seldom look$1$ into novels ~ Do not imagine
105: 38, 2'  !| that$3$ \I\ often read novels ~ It is really very well$9$ for$4$ a novel."
105: 38, 3'  !| ~ Such is the common$2$ cant.~ "And what$6#2$ are you reading,
105: 38, 4'  !| $NA#X$Miss*@@@*@@@?" "Oh| it is only a novel|" replies$1$ the
105: 38, 5'  !| young lady; while$9$ she lays down$5$ her book with affected
105: 38, 6'  !| indifference or momentary shame$0$.~ "It is only Cecilia,
105: 38, 7'  !| or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short$0$, only some work$0$
105: 38, 8'  !| in which$6#1$ the greatest powers of the mind$0$ are displayed,
105: 38, 9'  !| in which$6#1$ the most thorough knowledge of human nature,
105: 38,10'  !| the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest
105: 38,11'  !| effusions of wit$0#1$ and humour are conveyed to$4$ the world in
105: 38,12'  !| the best chosen language. Now, had the same young
105: 38,13'  !| lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator,
105: 38,14'  !| instead of such a work$0$, how proudly would she have produced
105: 38,15'  !| the book, and told its name$0$; though the chances
105: 38,16'  !| must be against her being$1$ occupied by$4$ any part$0$ of that$6#2$
105: 38,17'  !| voluminous publication, of which$6#1$ either the matter or
105: 38,18'  !| manner would not disgust$1$ a young person of taste: the
105: 38,19'  !| substance of its papers so$5#1$ often consisting in the statement
105: 38,20'  !| of improbable circumstances, unnatural characters,
105: 38,21'  !| and topics of conversation, which$6#1$ no$2$ longer concern$1$ any*one
105: 38,22'  !| living$9$; and their language, too$5#2$, frequently so$5#1$ coarse
105: 38,23'  !| as to$9$ give no$2$ very favourable idea of the age that$3$ could
105: 38,24'  !| endure it.
106: 39, 1'  !| The following conversation, which$6#1$ took place$0$ between
106: 39, 2'  !| the two friends in the Pump-room one morning, after$4$ an
106: 39, 3'  !| acquaintance of eight or nine days, is given as a specimen
106: 39, 4'  !| of their very warm$2$ attachment, and of the delicacy, discretion,
106: 39, 5'  !| originality of thought$0$, and literary taste which$6#1$
106: 39, 6'  !| marked the reasonableness of that$6#2$ attachment.
106: 39, 7'  !| They met by$4$ appointment; and as $NA#D$Isabella had arrived
106: 39, 8'  !| nearly five minutes before$4$ her friend, her first address$0$
106: 39, 9'  !| naturally was~
106: 39, 9D  !| "My dearest creature, what$6#2$ can have
106: 39,10D  !| made you so$5#1$ late? I have been waiting for$4$ you at least
106: 39,11D  !| this age|"
106: 39,12A  !| "Have you, indeed| ~ I am very sorry for$4$ it; but
106: 39,13A  !| really I thought$1$ I was in very good time. It is but just$9$
106: 39,14A  !| one. I hope$1$ you have not been here long$9$?"
106: 39,15D  !| "Oh| these ten ages at least. I am sure I have been
106: 39,16D  !| here this half hour. But now, let us go and sit down$5$ at
106: 39,17D  !| the other end$0$ of the room, and enjoy ourselves. I have
106: 39,18D  !| an hundred things to$9$ say to$4$ you. In the first place$0$, I was
106: 39,19D  !| so$5#1$ afraid it would rain$1$ this morning, just$9$ as I wanted to$9$
106: 39,20D  !| set$1$ off; it looked very showery, and that$6#2$ would have
106: 39,21D  !| thrown me into agonies| Do you know, I saw the prettiest
106: 39,22D  !| hat you can imagine, in a shop window in Milsom-street
106: 39,23D  !| just$9$ now ~ very like$9$ yours, only with coquelicot ribbons
106: 39,24D  !| instead of green; I quite longed for$4$ it. But, my dearest
106: 39,25D  !| $NA#A$Catherine, what$6#2$ have you been doing with yourself all
106: 39,26D  !| this morning?~ Have you gone on$5$ with Udolpho?"
106: 39,27A  !| "Yes, I have been reading it ever since I woke; and
106: 39,28A  !| I am got to$4$ the black veil."
106: 39,29A  !| "Are you, indeed? How delightful| Oh| I would
106: 39,30A  !| not tell you what$6#1$ is behind the black veil for$4$ the world|
106: 39,31A  !| Are not you wild to$9$ know?"
106: 39,32A  !| "Oh| yes, quite; what$6#2$ can it be?~ But do not tell
106: 39,33A  !| me ~ I would not be told upon any account$0$. I know it
106: 40, 1A  !| must be a skeleton, I am sure it is $NA#Z2$Laurentina's skeleton.
106: 40, 2A  !| Oh| I am delighted with the book| I should like$1$ to$9$
106: 40, 3A  !| spend my whole$2$ life in reading it. I assure you, if it had
106: 40, 4A  !| not been to$9$ meet$1$ you, I would not have come away from
106: 40, 5A  !| it for$4$ all the world."
106: 40, 6D  !| "Dear$2#1$ creature| how much I am obliged to$4$ you;
106: 40, 7D  !| and when you have finished Udolpho we will$1$ read the*Italian
106: 40, 8D  !| together; and I have made out$5$ a list of ten or
106: 40, 9D  !| twelve more of the same kind$0$ for$4$ you."
106: 40,10A  !| "Have you, indeed| How glad I am|~ What$6#2$ are
106: 40,11A  !| they all?"
106: 40,12D  !| "I will$1$ read you their names directly; here they are,
106: 40,13D  !| in my pocket-book. Castle*of*Wolfenbach, Clermont,
106: 40,14D  !| Mysterious*Warnings, Necromancer*of*the*Black*Forest,
106: 40,15D  !| Midnight*Bell, Orphan*of*the*Rhine, and Horrid*Mysteries.
106: 40,16D  !| Those will$1$ last$1$ us some time."
106: 40,17A  !| "Yes, pretty$5$ well$9$; but are they all horrid, are you
106: 40,18A  !| sure they are all horrid?"
106: 40,19D  !| "Yes, quite sure; for$3$ a particular friend of mine$6$,
106: 40,20D  !| a $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews, a sweet girl, one of the sweetest creatures
106: 40,21D  !| in the world, has read every one of them. I wish$1$ you
106: 40,22D  !| knew $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews, you would be delighted with her.
106: 40,23D  !| She is netting herself the sweetest cloak you can conceive.
106: 40,24D  !| I think her as beautiful as an angel, and I am so$5#1$ vexed
106: 40,25D  !| with the men for$4$ not admiring her|~ I scold them all
106: 40,26D  !| amazingly about$4$ it|"
106: 40,27A  !| "Scold them| Do you scold them for$4$ not admiring
106: 40,28A  !| her?"
106: 40,29D  !| "Yes, that$6#2$ I do. There is nothing I would not do for$4$
106: 40,30D  !| those who$6#1$ are really my friends. I have no$2$ notion of
106: 40,31D  !| loving people by$4$ halves, it is not my nature. My attachments
106: 40,32D  !| are always excessively strong. I told $NA#ZI$Capt%*Hunt
106: 40,33D  !| at one of our assemblies this winter, that$3$ if he was to$9$
106: 40,34D  !| tease me all night, I would not dance$1$ with him, unless
106: 40,35D  !| he would allow $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews to$9$ be as beautiful as an
106: 40,36D  !| angel. The men think us incapable of real friendship you
106: 40,37D  !| know, and I am determined$2$ to$9$ shew$1$ them the difference.
106: 40,38D  !| Now, if I were to$9$ hear any*body speak slightingly of you,
106: 41, 1D  !| I should fire$1$ up in a moment:~ but that$6#2$ is not at all
106: 41, 2D  !| likely, for$3$ \you\ are just$9$ the kind$0$ of girl to$9$ be a great
106: 41, 3D  !| favourite$0$ with the men."
106: 41, 4A  !| "Oh| dear$7$,"
106: 41, 4'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine, colouring,
106: 41, 4A  !| "how can you
106: 41, 5A  !| say so$5#2$?"
106: 41, 6D  !| "I know you very well$9$; you have so$5#1$ much animation,
106: 41, 7D  !| which$6#1$ is exactly what$6#1$ $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews wants$1$, for$3$ I must
106: 41, 8D  !| confess there is something amazingly insipid about$4$ her.
106: 41, 9D  !| Oh| I must tell you, that$3$ just$9$ after$3$ we parted yesterday,
106: 41,10D  !| I saw a young man looking at you so$5#1$ earnestly ~ I am
106: 41,11D  !| sure he is in love$0$ with you."
106: 41,11'  !| $NA#A$Catherine coloured, and disclaimed
106: 41,12'  !| again. $NA#D$Isabella laughed.
106: 41,12D  !| "It is very true, upon
106: 41,13D  !| my honour$0$, but I see how it is; you are indifferent to$4$
106: 41,14D  !| every*body's admiration, except that$6#2$ of one gentleman,
106: 41,15D  !| who$6#1$ shall be nameless. Nay, I cannot blame$1$ you ~
106: 41,16'  !| (speaking more seriously) ~
106: 41,16D  !| your feelings are easily understood.
106: 41,17D  !| Where the heart is really attached, I know very
106: 41,18D  !| well$9$ how little one can be pleased with the attention of
106: 41,19D  !| any*body else. Every*thing is so$5#1$ insipid, so$5#1$ uninteresting,
106: 41,20D  !| that$6#1$ does not relate to$4$ the beloved object$0$| I can perfectly
106: 41,21D  !| comprehend your feelings."
106: 41,22A  !| "But you should not persuade me that$3$ I think so$5#1$ very
106: 41,23A  !| much about$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, for$3$ perhaps I may$1$ never see him
106: 41,24A  !| again."
106: 41,25D  !| "Not see him again| My dearest creature, do not talk$1$ of
106: 41,26D  !| it. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought$1$ so$5#2$."
106: 41,27A  !| "No$7$, indeed, I should not. I do not pretend to$9$ say
106: 41,28A  !| that$3$ I was not very much pleased with him; but while$9$
106: 41,29A  !| I have Udolpho to$9$ read, I feel as if nobody could make$1$
106: 41,30A  !| me miserable. Oh| the dreadful black veil| My dear$2#1$
106: 41,31A  !| $NA#D$Isabella, I am sure there must be $NA#Z2$Laurentina's skeleton
106: 41,32A  !| behind it."
106: 41,33D  !| "It is so$5#1$ odd to$4$ me, that$3$ you should never have read
106: 41,34D  !| Udolpho before$5$; but I suppose $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland objects$1$ to$4$
106: 41,35D  !| novels."
106: 41,36A  !| "No$7$, she does not. She very often reads Sir*Charles*Grandison
106: 41,37A  !| herself; but new books do not fall$1$ in our way."
106: 41,38D  !| "Sir*Charles*Grandison| That$6#2$ is an amazing horrid
106: 42, 1D  !| book, is it not? ~ I remember $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews could not get
106: 42, 2D  !| through$4$ the first volume."
106: 42, 3A  !| "It is not like$9$ Udolpho at all; yet I think it is
106: 42, 4A  !| very entertaining."
106: 42, 5D  !| "Do you indeed| ~ you surprize$1$ me; I thought$1$ it had
106: 42, 6D  !| not been readable. But, my dearest $NA#A$Catherine, have you
106: 42, 7D  !| settled$1$ what$6#1$ to$9$ wear on$4$ your head$0$ to-night? I am determined$2$
106: 42, 8D  !| at all events to$9$ be dressed exactly like$9$ you. The
106: 42, 9D  !| men take notice$0$ of \that$6#2$\ sometimes you know."
106: 42,10A  !| "But it does not signify if they do;"
106: 42,10'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
106: 42,11'  !| very innocently.
106: 42,12D  !| "Signify| Oh, heavens| I make$1$ it a rule never to$9$
106: 42,13D  !| mind$1$ what$6#1$ they say. They are very often amazingly
106: 42,14D  !| impertinent if you do not treat$1$ them with spirit, and
106: 42,15D  !| make$1$ them keep their distance$0$."
106: 42,16A  !| "Are they?~ Well$7$, I never observed \that$6#2$\. They
106: 42,17A  !| always behave very well$9$ to$4$ me."
106: 42,18D  !| "Oh| they give themselves such airs. They are the
106: 42,19D  !| most conceited creatures in the world, and think themselves
106: 42,20D  !| of so$5#1$ much importance|~ By*the*bye, though
106: 42,21D  !| I have thought$1$ of it a hundred times, I have always
106: 42,22D  !| forgot to$9$ ask you what$6#1$ is your favourite$2$ complexion in
106: 42,23D  !| a man. Do you like$1$ them best dark$2$ or fair?"
106: 42,24A  !| "I hardly know. I never much thought$1$ about$4$ it.
106: 42,25A  !| Something between both, I think. Brown ~ not fair, and
106: 42,26A  !| not very dark$2$."
106: 42,27D  !| "Very well$9$, $NA#A$Catherine. That$6#2$ is exactly he. I have not
106: 42,28D  !| forgot your description of $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney;~
106: 42,28@a   | ""a brown skin,
106: 42,29@a   | with dark$2$ eyes, and rather dark$2$ hair.""~
106: 42,29D  !| "Well$7$, my taste is
106: 42,30D  !| different. I prefer light$9$ eyes, and as to$4$ complexion ~ do
106: 42,31D  !| you know ~ I like$1$ a sallow better$9$ than any other. You
106: 42,32D  !| must not betray me, if you should ever meet$1$ with one of
106: 42,33D  !| your acquaintance answering that$6#2$ description."
106: 42,34A  !| "Betray you|~ What$6#2$ do you mean$1$?"
106: 42,35D  !| "Nay, do not distress$1$ me. I believe I have said too$5#1$
106: 42,36D  !| much. Let us drop$1$ the subject$0$."
106: 42,37'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, in some amazement, complied; and after$4$
106: 42,38'  !| remaining a few moments silent, was on$4$ the point$0$ of
106: 43, 1'  !| reverting to$4$ what$6#1$ interested her at that$6#2$ time rather more
106: 43, 2'  !| than any*thing else in the world, $NA#Z2$Laurentina's skeleton;
106: 43, 3'  !| when her friend prevented her, by$4$ saying,~
106: 43, 3D  !| "For$4$ Heaven's
106: 43, 4D  !| sake| let us move$1$ away from this end$0$ of the room. Do
106: 43, 5D  !| you know, there are two odious young men who$6#1$ have
106: 43, 6D  !| been staring at me this half hour. They really put me
106: 43, 7D  !| quite out$8$ of countenance. Let us go and look$1$ at the
106: 43, 8D  !| arrivals. They will$1$ hardly follow us there."
106: 43, 9'  !| Away they walked to$4$ the book; and while$9$ $NA#D$Isabella
106: 43,10'  !| examined the names, it was $NA#A$Catherine's employment to$9$
106: 43,11'  !| watch$1$ the proceedings of these alarming young men.
106: 43,12D  !| "They are not coming this way, are they? I hope$1$ they
106: 43,13D  !| are not so$5#1$ impertinent as to$9$ follow us. Pray let me know
106: 43,14D  !| if they are coming. I am determined$2$ I will$1$ not look$1$ up."
106: 43,15'  !| In a few moments $NA#A$Catherine, with unaffected pleasure,
106: 43,16'  !| assured her that$3$ she need$1$ not be longer uneasy, as the
106: 43,17'  !| gentlemen had just$9$ left$1$ the Pump-room.
106: 43,18D  !| "And which$6#2$ way are they gone?"
106: 43,18'  !| said $NA#D$Isabella, turning$1$
106: 43,19'  !| hastily round$9$.
106: 43,19D  !| "One was a very good-looking young man."
106: 43,20A  !| "They went towards the churchyard."
106: 43,21D  !| "Well$7$, I am amazingly glad I have got rid of them|
106: 43,22D  !| And now, what$6#2$ say you to$4$ going to$9$ Edgar's*Buildings
106: 43,23D  !| with me, and looking at my new hat? You said you
106: 43,24D  !| should like$1$ to$9$ see it."
106: 43,25'  !| $NA#A$Catherine readily agreed.
106: 43,25A  !| "Only,"
106: 43,25'  !| she added,
106: 43,25A  !| "perhaps
106: 43,26A  !| we may$1$ overtake the two young men."
106: 43,27D  !| "Oh| never mind$1$ that$6#2$. If we make$1$ haste, we shall pass$1$
106: 43,28D  !| by$4$ them presently, and I am dying to$9$ shew$1$ you my hat."
106: 43,29A  !| "But if we only wait a few minutes, there will$1$ be no$2$
106: 43,30A  !| danger of our seeing them at all."
106: 43,31D  !| "I shall not pay$1$ them any such compliment$0$, I assure
106: 43,32D  !| you. I have no$2$ notion of treating men with such respect$0$.
106: 43,33D  !| \That$6#2$\ is the way to$9$ spoil them."
106: 43,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had nothing to$9$ oppose against such reasoning;
106: 43,35'  !| and therefore, to$9$ shew$1$ the independence of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe,
106: 43,36'  !| and her resolution of humbling the sex, they set$1$
106: 43,37'  !| off immediately as fast as they could walk$1$, in pursuit of
106: 43,38'  !| the two young men.
107: 44, 1'  !| Half a minute$0$ conducted them through$4$ the Pump-yard
107: 44, 2'  !| to$4$ the archway, opposite Union-passage; but here
107: 44, 3'  !| they were stopped. Every*body acquainted with Bath$0#1$
107: 44, 4'  !| may$1$ remember the difficulties of crossing Cheap-street at
107: 44, 5'  !| this point$0$; it is indeed a street of so$5#1$ impertinent a nature,
107: 44, 6'  !| so$5#1$ unfortunately connected with the great London and
107: 44, 7'  !| Oxford roads, and the principal$2$ inn of the city, that$3$ a day
107: 44, 8'  !| never passes in which$6#1$ parties of ladies, however important
107: 44, 9'  !| their business, whether in quest of pastry, millinery, or
107: 44,10'  !| even$5$ (as in the present$9$ case) of young men, are not
107: 44,11'  !| detained on$4$ one side$0$ or other by$4$ carriages, horsemen, or
107: 44,12'  !| carts. This evil had been felt and lamented, at least
107: 44,13'  !| three times a day, by$4$ $NA#D$Isabella since her residence in
107: 44,14'  !| Bath$0#1$; and she was now fated to$9$ feel and lament it once
107: 44,15'  !| more, for$3$ at the very moment of coming opposite to$4$
107: 44,16'  !| Union-passage, and within view$0$ of the two gentlemen
107: 44,17'  !| who$6#1$ were proceeding through$4$ the crowds, and threading
107: 44,18'  !| the gutters of that$6#2$ interesting alley, they were prevented
107: 44,19'  !| crossing by$4$ the approach$0$ of a gig, driven along$5$ on$4$ bad
107: 44,20'  !| pavement by$4$ a most knowing-looking coachman with all
107: 44,21'  !| the vehemence that$3$ could most fitly endanger the lives$0$
107: 44,22'  !| of himself, his companion, and his horse.
107: 44,23D  !| "Oh, these odious gigs|"
107: 44,23'  !| said $NA#D$Isabella, looking up,
107: 44,24D  !| "how I detest them."
107: 44,24'  !| But this detestation, though so$5#1$
107: 44,25'  !| just$2$, was of short$2$ duration, for$3$ she looked again and
107: 44,26'  !| exclaimed,
107: 44,26D  !| "Delightful| $NA#K$Mr%*Morland and my brother|"
107: 44,27A  !| "Good heaven| 'tis $NA#K$James|"
107: 44,27'  !| was uttered at the same
107: 44,28'  !| moment by$4$ $NA#A$Catherine; and, on$4$ catching the young men's
107: 44,29'  !| eyes, the horse was immediately checked with a violence
107: 44,30'  !| which$6#1$ almost threw him on$4$ his haunches, and the servant
107: 44,31'  !| having now scampered up, the gentlemen jumped out$5$,
107: 44,32'  !| and the equipage was delivered to$4$ his care$0$.
107: 44,33'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, by$4$ whom$6#1$ this meeting$0$ was wholly unexpected,
107: 45, 1'  !| received her brother with the liveliest pleasure; and he,
107: 45, 2'  !| being$1$ of a very amiable disposition, and sincerely attached
107: 45, 3'  !| to$4$ her, gave every proof on$4$ his side$0$ of equal$2$ satisfaction,
107: 45, 4'  !| which$6#1$ he could have leisure to$9$ do, while$9$ the bright eyes
107: 45, 5'  !| of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe were incessantly challenging his notice$0$;
107: 45, 6'  !| and to$4$ her his devoirs were speedily paid, with a mixture
107: 45, 7'  !| of joy and embarrassment which$6#1$ might have informed
107: 45, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, had she been more expert in the developement
107: 45, 9'  !| of other people's feelings, and less simply engrossed by$4$
107: 45,10'  !| her own$2$, that$3$ her brother thought$1$ her friend quite as
107: 45,11'  !| pretty$2$ as she could do herself.
107: 45,12'  !| $NA#E$John*Thorpe who$6#1$ in the mean*time had been giving
107: 45,13'  !| orders$0#1$ about$4$ the horses, soon joined them, and from him
107: 45,14'  !| she directly received the amends which$6#1$ were her due$0$;
107: 45,15'  !| for$3$ while$9$ he slightly and carelessly touched the hand$0$ of
107: 45,16'  !| $NA#D$Isabella, on$4$ her he bestowed a whole$2$ scrape and half
107: 45,17'  !| a short$2$ bow$0#1$. He was a stout young man of middling
107: 45,18'  !| height, who$6#1$, with a plain face$0$ and ungraceful form$0$,
107: 45,19'  !| seemed fearful of being$1$ too$5#1$ handsome unless he wore the
107: 45,20'  !| dress$0$ of a groom, and too$5#1$ much like$9$ a gentleman unless
107: 45,21'  !| he were easy where he ought to$9$ be civil, and impudent
107: 45,22'  !| where he might be allowed to$9$ be easy. He took out$5$ his
107: 45,23'  !| watch$0$:
107: 45,23E  !| "How long$9$ do you think we have been running
107: 45,24E  !| it from Tetbury, $NA#A$Miss*Morland?"
107: 45,25A  !| "I do not know the distance$0$."
107: 45,25'  !| Her brother told her
107: 45,26'  !| that$3$ it was twenty-three miles.
107: 45,27E  !| "\Three\-and-twenty|"
107: 45,27'  !| cried $NA#E$Thorpe;
107: 45,27E  !| "five-and-twenty
107: 45,28E  !| if it is an inch."
107: 45,28'  !| $NA#K$Morland remonstrated, pleaded the
107: 45,29'  !| authority of road-books, innkeepers, and milestones;
107: 45,30'  !| but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test
107: 45,31'  !| of distance$0$.
107: 45,31E  !| "I know it must be five-and-twenty,"
107: 45,31'  !| said
107: 45,32'  !| he,
107: 45,32E  !| "by$4$ the time we have been doing it. It is now half
107: 45,33E  !| after$4$ one; we drove out$8$ of the inn-yard at Tetbury as
107: 45,34E  !| the town-clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in
107: 45,35E  !| England to$9$ make$1$ my horse go less than ten miles an hour
107: 45,36E  !| in harness; that$6#2$ makes it exactly twenty-five."
107: 45,37K  !| "You have lost an hour,"
107: 45,37'  !| said $NA#K$Morland;
107: 45,37K  !| "it was only
107: 45,38K  !| ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury."
107: 46, 1E  !| "Ten o'clock| it was eleven, upon my soul| I counted
107: 46, 2E  !| every stroke. This brother of yours would persuade me
107: 46, 3E  !| out$8$ of my senses, $NA#A$Miss*Morland; do but look$1$ at my
107: 46, 4E  !| horse; did you ever see an animal so$5#1$ made for$4$ speed in
107: 46, 5E  !| your life?"
107: 46, 5'  !| (The servant had just$9$ mounted the carriage
107: 46, 6'  !| and was driving off.)
107: 46, 6E  !| "Such true blood| Three hours
107: 46, 7E  !| and a half indeed coming only three-and-twenty miles|
107: 46, 8E  !| look$1$ at that$6#2$ creature, and suppose it possible if you can."
107: 46, 9A  !| "He \does\ look$1$ very hot to$9$ be sure."
107: 46,10E  !| "Hot| he had not turned a hair till we came to$4$ Walcot*Church:
107: 46,11E  !| but look$1$ at his forehand; look$1$ at his loins;
107: 46,12E  !| only see how he moves; that$6#2$ horse \cannot\ go less than
107: 46,13E  !| ten miles an hour: tie$1$ his legs and he will$1$ get on$5$. What$6#2$
107: 46,14E  !| do you think of my gig, $NA#A$Miss*Morland? A neat one, is
107: 46,15E  !| not it? Well$9$ hung; town built; I have not had it
107: 46,16E  !| a month. It was built for$4$ a Christchurch man, a friend
107: 46,17E  !| of mine$6$, a very good sort of fellow; he ran it a few weeks,
107: 46,18E  !| till, I believe, it was convenient to$9$ have done with it.
107: 46,19E  !| I happened just$9$ then to$9$ be looking out$5$ for$4$ some light$9$
107: 46,20E  !| thing of the kind$0$, though I had pretty$5$ well$9$ determined$1$
107: 46,21E  !| on$4$ a curricle too$5#2$; but I chanced to$9$ meet$1$ him on$4$ Magdalen*Bridge,
107: 46,22E  !| as he was driving into Oxford, last$2$ term$0$:
107: 46,22@s   | ""Ah|
107: 46,23@s   | $NA#E$Thorpe,""
107: 46,23E  !| said he,
107: 46,23@s   | ""do you happen to$9$ want$1$ such a little
107: 46,24@s   | thing as this? it is a capital one of the kind$0$, but I am
107: 46,25@s   | cursed tired of it.""
107: 46,25E  !| ""Oh| d@@"", said I, ""I am your
107: 46,26E  !| man; what$6#2$ do you ask?"" And how much do you think
107: 46,27E  !| he did, $NA#A$Miss*Morland?"
107: 46,28A  !| "I am sure I cannot guess$1$ at all."
107: 46,29E  !| "Curricle-hung you see; seat, trunk, sword-case,
107: 46,30E  !| splashing-board, lamps, silver moulding, all you see complete$2$;
107: 46,31E  !| the iron-work as good as new, or better$9$. He asked
107: 46,32E  !| fifty guineas; I closed with him directly, threw down$5$
107: 46,33E  !| the money, and the carriage was mine$6$."
107: 46,34A  !| "And I am sure,"
107: 46,34'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
107: 46,34A  !| "I know so$5#1$ little of such
107: 46,35A  !| things that$3$ I cannot judge$1$ whether it was cheap or dear$2#2$."
107: 46,36E  !| "Neither one nor t'other; I might have got it for$4$ less
107: 46,37E  !| I dare$1#2$ say; but I hate haggling, and poor $NA#S$Freeman
107: 46,38E  !| wanted cash."
107: 47, 1A  !| "That$6#2$ was very good-natured of you,"
107: 47, 1'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
107: 47, 2'  !| quite pleased.
107: 47, 3E  !| "Oh| d@@ it, when one has the means$0$ of doing
107: 47, 4E  !| a kind$2$ thing by$4$ a friend, I hate to$9$ be pitiful."
107: 47, 5'  !| An inquiry now took place$0$ into the intended movements
107: 47, 6'  !| of the young ladies; and, on$4$ finding whither they
107: 47, 7'  !| were going, it was decided$1$ that$3$ the gentlemen should
107: 47, 8'  !| accompany them to$4$ Edgar's*Buildings, and pay$1$ their
107: 47, 9'  !| respects to$4$ $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe. $NA#K$James and $NA#D$Isabella led the
107: 47,10'  !| way; and so$5#1$ well$9$ satisfied$2$ was the latter with her lot, so$5#1$
107: 47,11'  !| contentedly was she endeavouring to$9$ ensure a pleasant
107: 47,12'  !| walk$0$ to$4$ him who$6#1$ brought the double$1$ recommendation of
107: 47,13'  !| being$1$ her brother's friend, and her friend's brother, so$5#1$
107: 47,14'  !| pure and uncoquettish were her feelings, that$3$, though
107: 47,15'  !| they overtook and passed the two offending young men
107: 47,16'  !| in Milsom-street, she was so$5#1$ far from seeking to$9$ attract
107: 47,17'  !| their notice$0$, that$3$ she looked back$5$ at them only three
107: 47,18'  !| times.
107: 47,19'  !| $NA#E$John*Thorpe kept of course$8$ with $NA#A$Catherine, and, after$4$
107: 47,20'  !| a few minutes' silence$0$, renewed the conversation about$4$
107: 47,21'  !| his gig ~
107: 47,21E  !| "You will$1$ find, however, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, it would
107: 47,22E  !| be reckoned a cheap thing by$4$ some people, for$3$ I might
107: 47,23E  !| have sold it for$4$ ten guineas more the next day; $NA#ZJ$Jackson of
107: 47,24E  !| Oriel, bid me sixty at once; $NA#K$Morland was with me at
107: 47,25E  !| the time."
107: 47,26K  !| "Yes,"
107: 47,26'  !| said $NA#K$Morland, who$6#1$ overheard this;
107: 47,26K  !| "but you
107: 47,27K  !| forget that$3$ your horse was included."
107: 47,28E  !| "My horse| oh, d@@ it| I would not sell my horse
107: 47,29E  !| for$4$ a hundred. Are you fond of an open$2$ carriage, $NA#A$Miss*Morland?"
107: 47,30     |
107: 47,31A  !| "Yes, very; I have hardly ever an opportunity of
107: 47,32A  !| being$1$ in one; but I am particularly fond of it."
107: 47,33E  !| "I am glad of it; I will$1$ drive$1$ you out$5$ in mine$6$ every day."
107: 47,34A  !| "Thank you,"
107: 47,34'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, in some distress$0$, from
107: 47,35'  !| a doubt$0$ of the propriety of accepting such an offer$0$.
107: 47,36E  !| "I will$1$ drive$1$ you up Lansdown*Hill to-morrow."
107: 47,37A  !| "Thank you; but will$1$ not your horse want$1$ rest$0#2$?"
107: 47,38E  !| "Rest$0#2$| he has only come three-and-twenty miles to-day;
107: 48, 1E  !| all nonsense; nothing ruins horses so$5#1$ much as
107: 48, 2E  !| rest$0#2$; nothing knocks them up so$5#1$ soon. No$7$, no$7$; I shall
107: 48, 3E  !| exercise$1$ mine$6$ at the average of four hours every day
107: 48, 4E  !| while$9$ I am here."
107: 48, 5A  !| "Shall you indeed|"
107: 48, 5'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine very seriously,
107: 48, 6A  !| "that$6#2$ will$1$ be forty miles a day."
107: 48, 7E  !| "Forty| aye fifty, for$4$ what$6#1$ I care$1$. Well$7$, I will$1$ drive$1$
107: 48, 8E  !| you up Lansdown to-morrow; mind$1$, I am engaged."
107: 48, 9D  !| "How delightful that$6#2$ will$1$ be|"
107: 48, 9'  !| cried $NA#D$Isabella, turning$1$
107: 48,10'  !| round$9$;
107: 48,10D  !| "my dearest $NA#A$Catherine, I quite envy$1$ you; but
107: 48,11D  !| I am afraid, brother, you will$1$ not have room for$4$ a third."
107: 48,12E  !| "A third indeed| no$7$, no$7$; I did not come to$4$ Bath$0#1$ to$9$
107: 48,13E  !| drive$1$ my sisters about$5$; that$6#2$ would be a good joke,
107: 48,14E  !| faith| $NA#K$Morland must take care$0$ of you."
107: 48,15'  !| This brought on$5$ a dialogue of civilities between the
107: 48,16'  !| other two; but $NA#A$Catherine heard neither the particulars
107: 48,17'  !| nor the result$0$. Her companion's discourse now sunk
107: 48,18'  !| from its hitherto animated pitch, to$4$ nothing more than
107: 48,19'  !| a short$2$ decisive sentence of praise$0$ or condemnation on$4$
107: 48,20'  !| the face$0$ of every woman they met; and $NA#A$Catherine, after$4$
107: 48,21'  !| listening and agreeing as long$9$ as she could, with all the
107: 48,22'  !| civility and deference of the youthful female$2$ mind$0$, fearful
107: 48,23'  !| of hazarding an opinion of its own$2$ in opposition to$4$ that$6#2$
107: 48,24'  !| of a self-assured man, especially where the beauty of her
107: 48,25'  !| own$2$ sex is concerned, ventured at length to$9$ vary the
107: 48,26'  !| subject$0$ by$4$ a question$0$ which$6#1$ had been long$9$ uppermost in
107: 48,27'  !| her thoughts; it was,
107: 48,27A  !| "Have you ever read Udolpho,
107: 48,28A  !| $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe?"
107: 48,29E  !| "Udolpho| Oh, Lord$7$| not I; I never read novels;
107: 48,30E  !| I have something else to$9$ do."
107: 48,31'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, humbled and ashamed, was going to$9$ apologize
107: 48,32'  !| for$4$ her question$0$, but he prevented her by$4$ saying,
107: 48,32E  !| "Novels
107: 48,33E  !| are all so$5#1$ full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been
107: 48,34E  !| a tolerably decent one come out$5$ since Tom*Jones, except
107: 48,35E  !| the*Monk; I read that$6#2$ t'other day; but as for$4$ all the
107: 48,36E  !| others, they are the stupidest things in creation."
107: 48,37A  !| "I think you must like$1$ Udolpho, if you were to$9$ read
107: 48,38A  !| it; it is so$5#1$ very interesting."
107: 49, 1E  !| "Not I, faith| No$7$, if I read any, it shall be $NA#Z1$Mrs%*Radcliff's;
107: 49, 2E  !| her novels are amusing enough; they are
107: 49, 3E  !| worth reading; some fun and nature in \them\."
107: 49, 4A  !| "Udolpho was written by$4$ $NA#Z1$Mrs%*Radcliff,"
107: 49, 4'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
107: 49, 5'  !| with some hesitation, from the fear$0$ of mortifying him.
107: 49, 6E  !| "No$7$ sure; was it? Aye, I remember, so$5#2$ it was;
107: 49, 7E  !| I was thinking of that$6#2$ other stupid book, written by$4$ that$6#2$
107: 49, 8E  !| woman they make$1$ such a fuss about$4$, she who$6#1$ married
107: 49, 9E  !| the French emigrant."
107: 49,10A  !| "I suppose you mean$1$ Camilla?"
107: 49,11E  !| "Yes, that's the book; such unnatural stuff|~ An
107: 49,12E  !| old man playing at see-saw| I took up the first volume
107: 49,13E  !| once, and looked it over, but I soon found it would not
107: 49,14E  !| do; indeed I guessed what$6#1$ sort of stuff it must be before$3$
107: 49,15E  !| I saw it: as soon as I heard she had married an emigrant,
107: 49,16E  !| I was sure I should never be able to$9$ get through$4$ it."
107: 49,17A  !| "I have never read it."
107: 49,18E  !| "You had no$2$ loss I assure you; it is the horridest
107: 49,19E  !| nonsense you can imagine; there is nothing in the world
107: 49,20E  !| in it but an old man's playing at see-saw and learning
107: 49,21E  !| Latin; upon my soul there is not."
107: 49,22'  !| This critique, the justness of which$6#1$ was unfortunately
107: 49,23'  !| lost on$4$ poor $NA#A$Catherine, brought them to$4$ the door of
107: 49,24'  !| $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe's lodgings, and the feelings of the discerning
107: 49,25'  !| and unprejudiced reader of Camilla gave way to$4$ the
107: 49,26'  !| feelings of the dutiful and affectionate son, as they met
107: 49,27'  !| $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, who$6#1$ had descried them from above$5$, in the
107: 49,28'  !| passage.
107: 49,28E  !| "Ah, mother| how do you do?"
107: 49,28'  !| said he,
107: 49,29'  !| giving her a hearty shake$0$ of the hand$0$:
107: 49,29E  !| "where did you
107: 49,30E  !| get that$6#2$ quiz of a hat, it makes you look$1$ like$9$ an old
107: 49,31E  !| witch? Here is $NA#K$Morland and I come to$9$ stay$1$ a few days
107: 49,32E  !| with you, so$3$ you must look$1$ out$5$ for$4$ a couple of good beds
107: 49,33E  !| some*where near$9$."
107: 49,33'  !| And this address$0$ seemed to$9$ satisfy all
107: 49,34'  !| the fondest wishes$0$ of the mother's heart, for$3$ she received
107: 49,35'  !| him with the most delighted and exulting affection. On$4$
107: 49,36'  !| his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal$2$ portion
107: 49,37'  !| of his fraternal tenderness, for$3$ he asked each of them how
107: 49,38'  !| they did, and observed that$3$ they both looked very ugly.
107: 50, 1'  !| These manners did not please $NA#A$Catherine; but he was
107: 50, 2'  !| $NA#K$James's friend and $NA#D$Isabella's brother; and her judgment
107: 50, 3'  !| was further bought off by$4$ $NA#D$Isabella's assuring her, when
107: 50, 4'  !| they withdrew to$9$ see the new hat, that$3$ $NA#E$John thought$1$ her
107: 50, 5'  !| the most charming girl in the world, and by$4$ $NA#E$John's
107: 50, 6'  !| engaging her before$3$ they parted to$9$ dance$1$ with him that$6#2$
107: 50, 7'  !| evening. Had she been older or vainer, such attacks
107: 50, 8'  !| might have done little; but, where youth and diffidence
107: 50, 9'  !| are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason$0$ to$9$
107: 50,10'  !| resist the attraction of being$1$ called the most charming
107: 50,11'  !| girl in the world, and of being$1$ so$5#1$ very early engaged as
107: 50,12'  !| a partner; and the consequence was, that$3$, when the two
107: 50,13'  !| $NA#J1$Morlands, after$4$ sitting$1$ an hour with the $NA#N1$Thorpes, set$1$ off
107: 50,14'  !| to$9$ walk$1$ together to$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's, and $NA#K$James, as the door
107: 50,15'  !| was closed on$4$ them, said,
107: 50,15K  !| "Well$7$, $NA#A$Catherine, how do you like$1$
107: 50,16K  !| my friend $NA#E$Thorpe?"
107: 50,16'  !| instead of answering, as she probably
107: 50,17'  !| would have done, had there been no$2$ friendship and no$2$
107: 50,18'  !| flattery in the case, "I do not like$1$ him at all;" she directly
107: 50,19'  !| replied,
107: 50,19A  !| "I like$1$ him very much; he seems very agreeable."
107: 50,20K  !| "He is as good-natured a fellow as ever lived; a little
107: 50,21K  !| of a rattle; but that$6#2$ will$1$ recommend him to$4$ your sex
107: 50,22K  !| I believe: and how do you like$1$ the rest$0#1$ of the family?"
107: 50,23A  !| "Very, very much indeed: $NA#D$Isabella particularly."
107: 50,24K  !| "I am very glad to$9$ hear you say so$5#2$; she is just$9$ the
107: 50,25K  !| kind$0$ of young woman I could wish$1$ to$9$ see you attached
107: 50,26K  !| to$4$; she has so$5#1$ much good sense, and is so$5#1$ thoroughly
107: 50,27K  !| unaffected and amiable; I always wanted you to$9$ know
107: 50,28K  !| her; and she seems very fond of you. She said the
107: 50,29K  !| highest things in your praise$0$ that$6#1$ could possibly be; and the
107: 50,30K  !| praise$0$ of such a girl as $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe even$5$ you, $NA#A$Catherine,"
107: 50,31'  !| taking her hand$0$ with affection,
107: 50,31K  !| "may$1$ be proud of."
107: 50,32A  !| "Indeed I am,"
107: 50,32'  !| she replied;
107: 50,32A  !| "I love$1$ her exceedingly,
107: 50,33A  !| and am delighted to$9$ find that$3$ you like$1$ her too$5#2$. You
107: 50,34A  !| hardly mentioned any*thing of her, when you wrote to$4$
107: 50,35A  !| me after$4$ your visit$0$ there."
107: 50,36K  !| "Because I thought$1$ I should soon see you myself.
107: 50,37K  !| I hope$1$ you will$1$ be a great deal$0#2$ together while$9$ you are in
107: 50,38K  !| Bath$0#1$. She is a most amiable girl; such a superior$2$ understanding$0$|
107: 51, 1K  !| How fond all the family are of her; she is
107: 51, 2K  !| evidently the general$2$ favourite$0$; and how much she must
107: 51, 3K  !| be admired in such a place$0$ as this ~ is not she?"
107: 51, 4A  !| "Yes, very much indeed, I fancy$1$; $NA#H$Mr%*Allen thinks
107: 51, 5A  !| her the prettiest girl in Bath$0#1$."
107: 51, 6K  !| "I dare$1#2$ say he does; and I do not know any man who$6#1$
107: 51, 7K  !| is a better$9$ judge$0$ of beauty than $NA#H$Mr%*Allen. I need$1$ not
107: 51, 8K  !| ask you whether you are happy here, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine;
107: 51, 9K  !| with such a companion and friend as $NA#D$Isabella*Thorpe, it
107: 51,10K  !| would be impossible for$4$ you to$9$ be otherwise; and the
107: 51,11K  !| $NA#H1$Allens I am sure are very kind$2$ to$4$ you?"
107: 51,12A  !| "Yes, very kind$2$; I never was so$5#1$ happy before$5$; and
107: 51,13A  !| now you are come it will$1$ be more delightful than ever;
107: 51,14A  !| how good it is of you to$9$ come so$5#1$ far on$4$ purpose to$9$ see \me\."
107: 51,15'  !| $NA#K$James accepted this tribute of gratitude, and qualified
107: 51,16'  !| his conscience for$4$ accepting it too$5#2$, by$4$ saying with perfect$2$
107: 51,17'  !| sincerity,
107: 51,17K  !| "Indeed, $NA#A$Catherine, I love$1$ you dearly$5#1$."
107: 51,18'  !| Inquiries and communications concerning brothers and
107: 51,19'  !| sisters, the situation of some, the growth of the rest$0#1$, and
107: 51,20'  !| other family matters, now passed between them, and continued,
107: 51,21'  !| with only one small digression on$4$ $NA#K$James's part$0$,
107: 51,22'  !| in praise$0$ of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, till they reached Pulteney-street,
107: 51,23'  !| where he was welcomed with great kindness by$4$
107: 51,24'  !| $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, invited by$4$ the former to$9$ dine with
107: 51,25'  !| them, and summoned by$4$ the latter to$9$ guess$1$ the price and
107: 51,26'  !| weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet. A pre-engagement
107: 51,27'  !| in Edgar's*Buildings prevented his accepting
107: 51,28'  !| the invitation of one friend, and obliged him to$9$ hurry$1$
107: 51,29'  !| away as soon as he had satisfied$1$ the demands$0$ of the
107: 51,30'  !| other. The time of the two parties uniting in the Octagon*Room
107: 51,31'  !| being$1$ correctly adjusted, $NA#A$Catherine was then left$1$
107: 51,32'  !| to$4$ the luxury of a raised, restless, and frightened imagination
107: 51,33'  !| over the pages of Udolpho, lost from all worldly
107: 51,34'  !| concerns$0$ of dressing and dinner, incapable of soothing
107: 51,35'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's fears on$4$ the delay$0$ of an expected$2$ dress-maker,
107: 51,36'  !| and having only one minute$0$ in sixty to$9$ bestow
107: 51,37'  !| even$5$ on$4$ the reflection of her own$2$ felicity, in being$1$ already
107: 51,38'  !| engaged for$4$ the evening.
108: 52, 1'  !| In spite$8$ of Udolpho and the dress-maker, however, the
108: 52, 2'  !| party from Pulteney-street reached the Upper-rooms in
108: 52, 3'  !| very good time. The $NA#N1$Thorpes and $NA#K$James*Morland were
108: 52, 4'  !| there only two minutes before$4$ them; and $NA#D$Isabella having
108: 52, 5'  !| gone through$4$ the usual ceremonial of meeting$9$ her friend
108: 52, 6'  !| with the most smiling and affectionate haste, of admiring
108: 52, 7'  !| the set$0$ of her gown, and envying the curl$0$ of her hair,
108: 52, 8'  !| they followed their chaperons, arm$0$ in arm$0$, into the ball-room,
108: 52, 9'  !| whispering to$4$ each other whenever a thought$0$
108: 52,10'  !| occurred, and supplying the place$0$ of many ideas by$4$
108: 52,11'  !| a squeeze of the hand$0$ or a smile$0$ of affection.
108: 52,12'  !| The dancing$0$ began within a few minutes after$3$ they
108: 52,13'  !| were seated; and $NA#K$James, who$6#1$ had been engaged quite as
108: 52,14'  !| long$9$ as his sister, was very importunate with $NA#D$Isabella to$9$
108: 52,15'  !| stand$1$ up; but $NA#E$John was gone into the card-room to$9$
108: 52,16'  !| speak to$4$ a friend, and nothing, she declared, should
108: 52,17'  !| induce her to$9$ join the set$0$ before$3$ her dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine could
108: 52,18'  !| join it too$5#2$:
108: 52,18D  !| "I assure you,"
108: 52,18'  !| said she,
108: 52,18D  !| "I would not
108: 52,19D  !| stand$1$ up without your dear$2#1$ sister for$4$ all the world; for$3$
108: 52,20D  !| if I did we should certainly be separated the whole$2$ evening."
108: 52,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine accepted this kindness with gratitude,
108: 52,22'  !| and they continued as they were for$4$ three minutes longer,
108: 52,23'  !| when $NA#D$Isabella, who$6#1$ had been talking to$4$ $NA#K$James on$4$ the
108: 52,24'  !| other side$0$ of her, turned again to$4$ his sister and whispered,
108: 52,25D  !| "My dear$2#1$ creature, I am afraid I must leave$1$ you, your
108: 52,26D  !| brother is so$5#1$ amazingly impatient to$9$ begin; I know you
108: 52,27D  !| will$1$ not mind$1$ my going away, and I dare$1#2$ say $NA#E$John will$1$
108: 52,28D  !| be back$5$ in a moment, and then you may$1$ easily find me
108: 52,29D  !| out$5$."
108: 52,29'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, though a little disappointed, had too$5#1$
108: 52,30'  !| much good-nature to$9$ make$1$ any opposition, and the others
108: 52,31'  !| rising up, $NA#D$Isabella had only time to$9$ press$1$ her friend's
108: 52,32'  !| hand$0$ and say,
108: 52,32D  !| "Good*bye, my dear$2#1$ love$0$,"
108: 52,32'  !| before$3$ they
108: 52,33'  !| hurried off. The younger $NA#N1$Miss*Thorpes being$1$ also dancing$1$,
108: 53, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was left$1$ to$4$ the mercy of $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe and
108: 53, 2'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, between whom$6#1$ she now remained. She could
108: 53, 3'  !| not help$1$ being$1$ vexed at the non-appearance of $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe,
108: 53, 4'  !| for$3$ she not only longed to$9$ be dancing$1$, but was likewise
108: 53, 5'  !| aware that$3$, as the real dignity of her situation could not
108: 53, 6'  !| be known, she was sharing with the scores of other young
108: 53, 7'  !| ladies still$5$ sitting$1$ down$5$ all the discredit of wanting
108: 53, 8'  !| a partner. To$9$ be disgraced in the eye of the world, to$9$
108: 53, 9'  !| wear the appearance of infamy while$9$ her heart is all
108: 53,10'  !| purity, her actions all innocence, and the misconduct of
108: 53,11'  !| another the true source of her debasement, is one of
108: 53,12'  !| those circumstances which$6#1$ peculiarly belong to$4$ the
108: 53,13'  !| heroine's life, and her fortitude under it what$6#1$ particularly
108: 53,14'  !| dignifies her character. $NA#A$Catherine had fortitude too$5#2$;
108: 53,15'  !| she suffered, but no$2$ murmur passed her lips.
108: 53,16'  !| From this state$0$ of humiliation, she was roused, at the
108: 53,17'  !| end$0$ of ten minutes, to$4$ a pleasanter feeling$0$, by$4$ seeing, not
108: 53,18'  !| $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe, but $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, within three yards of the
108: 53,19'  !| place$0$ where they sat; he seemed to$9$ be moving that$6#2$ way,
108: 53,20'  !| but he did not see her, and therefore the smile$0$ and the
108: 53,21'  !| blush$0$, which$6#1$ his sudden$2$ reappearance raised in $NA#A$Catherine,
108: 53,22'  !| passed away without sullying her heroic importance. He
108: 53,23'  !| looked as handsome and as lively as ever, and was talking
108: 53,24'  !| with interest$0$ to$4$ a fashionable and pleasing-looking young
108: 53,25'  !| woman, who$6#1$ leant on$4$ his arm$0$, and whom$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine
108: 53,26'  !| immediately guessed to$9$ be his sister; thus unthinkingly
108: 53,27'  !| throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost
108: 53,28'  !| to$4$ her for*ever, by$4$ being$1$ married already. But guided
108: 53,29'  !| only by$4$ what$6#1$ was simple$2$ and probable, it had never
108: 53,30'  !| entered her head$0$ that$3$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney could be married; he
108: 53,31'  !| had not behaved, he had not talked, like$9$ the married
108: 53,32'  !| men to$4$ whom$6#1$ she had been used$1#2$; he had never mentioned
108: 53,33'  !| a wife, and he had acknowledged a sister. From
108: 53,34'  !| these circumstances sprang the instant$2$ conclusion of his
108: 53,35'  !| sister's now being$1$ by$4$ his side$0$; and therefore, instead of
108: 53,36'  !| turning$1$ of a deathlike paleness, and falling in a fit$0$ on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's
108: 53,37'  !| bosom, $NA#A$Catherine sat erect, in the perfect$2$ use$0$ of
108: 53,38'  !| her senses, and with cheeks only a little redder than usual.
108: 54, 1'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney and his companion, who$6#1$ continued, though
108: 54, 2'  !| slowly, to$9$ approach$1$, were immediately preceded by$4$ a lady,
108: 54, 3'  !| an acquaintance of $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe; and this lady stopping
108: 54, 4'  !| to$9$ speak to$4$ her, they, as belonging to$4$ her, stopped likewise,
108: 54, 5'  !| and $NA#A$Catherine, catching $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney's eye, instantly
108: 54, 6'  !| received from him the smiling tribute of recognition. She
108: 54, 7'  !| returned it with pleasure, and then advancing still$5$ nearer,
108: 54, 8'  !| he spoke both to$4$ her and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, by$4$ whom$6#1$ he was
108: 54, 9'  !| very civilly acknowledged.
108: 54, 9I  !| "I am very happy to$9$ see
108: 54,10I  !| you again, sir, indeed; I was afraid you had left$1$ Bath$0#1$."
108: 54,11'  !| He thanked her for$4$ her fears, and said that$3$ he had quitted
108: 54,12'  !| it for$4$ a week, on$4$ the very morning after$4$ his having had
108: 54,13'  !| the pleasure of seeing her.
108: 54,14I  !| "Well$7$, sir, and I dare$1#2$ say you are not sorry to$9$ be back$5$
108: 54,15I  !| again, for$3$ it is just$9$ the place$0$ for$4$ young people ~ and
108: 54,16I  !| indeed for$4$ every*body else too$5#2$. I tell $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, when
108: 54,17I  !| he talks of being$1$ sick of it, that$3$ I am sure he should not
108: 54,18I  !| complain, for$3$ it is so$5#1$ very agreeable a place$0$, that$3$ it is
108: 54,19I  !| much better$9$ to$9$ be here than at home at this dull time of
108: 54,20I  !| year. I tell him he is quite in luck to$9$ be sent here for$4$
108: 54,21I  !| his health."
108: 54,22B  !| "And I hope$1$, madam, that$3$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen will$1$ be obliged
108: 54,23B  !| to$9$ like$1$ the place$0$, from finding it of service to$4$ him."
108: 54,24I  !| "Thank you, sir. I have no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ he will$1$.~
108: 54,25I  !| A neighbour of ours, $NA#ZU$Dr%*Skinner, was here for$4$ his health
108: 54,26I  !| last$2$ winter, and came away quite stout."
108: 54,27B  !| "That$6#2$ circumstance must give great encouragement."
108: 54,28I  !| "Yes, sir ~ and $NA#ZU$Dr%*Skinner and his family were here
108: 54,29I  !| three months; so$3$ I tell $NA#H$Mr%*Allen he must not be in
108: 54,30I  !| a hurry$0$ to$9$ get away."
108: 54,31'  !| Here they were interrupted by$4$ a request$0$ from $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe
108: 54,32'  !| to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, that$3$ she would move$1$ a little to$9$
108: 54,33'  !| accommodate $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes and $NA#C$Miss*Tilney with seats, as
108: 54,34'  !| they had agreed to$9$ join their party. This was accordingly
108: 54,35'  !| done, $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney still$5$ continuing standing$1$ before$4$ them;
108: 54,36'  !| and after$4$ a few minutes consideration, he asked $NA#A$Catherine
108: 54,37'  !| to$9$ dance$1$ with him. This compliment$0$, delightful as it
108: 54,38'  !| was, produced severe mortification to$4$ the lady; and in
108: 55, 1'  !| giving her denial, she expressed her sorrow on$4$ the occasion$0$
108: 55, 2'  !| so$5#1$ very much as if she really felt it, that$3$ had $NA#E$Thorpe, who$6#1$
108: 55, 3'  !| joined her just$9$ afterwards, been half a minute$0$ earlier, he
108: 55, 4'  !| might have thought$1$ her sufferings rather too$5#1$ acute. The
108: 55, 5'  !| very easy manner in which$6#1$ he then told her that$3$ he had
108: 55, 6'  !| kept her waiting, did not by$4$ any means$0$ reconcile her
108: 55, 7'  !| more to$4$ her lot; nor did the particulars which$6#1$ he entered
108: 55, 8'  !| into while$9$ they were standing$1$ up, of the horses and dogs
108: 55, 9'  !| of the friend whom$6#1$ he had just$9$ left$1$, and of a proposed
108: 55,10'  !| exchange$0$ of terriers between them, interest$1$ her so$5#1$ much
108: 55,11'  !| as to$9$ prevent her looking very often towards that$6#2$ part$0$ of
108: 55,12'  !| the room where she had left$1$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney. Of her dear$2#1$
108: 55,13'  !| $NA#D$Isabella, to$4$ whom$6#1$ she particularly longed to$9$ point$1$ out$5$
108: 55,14'  !| that$6#2$ gentleman, she could see nothing. They were in
108: 55,15'  !| different sets. She was separated from all her party,
108: 55,16'  !| and away from all her acquaintance;~ one mortification
108: 55,17'  !| succeeded another, and from the whole$0$ she deduced this
108: 55,18'  !| useful lesson, that$3$ to$9$ go previously engaged to$4$ a ball$0#2$, does
108: 55,19'  !| not necessarily increase$1$ either the dignity or enjoyment
108: 55,20'  !| of a young lady. From such a moralizing strain as this,
108: 55,21'  !| she was suddenly roused by$4$ a touch$0$ on$4$ the shoulder, and
108: 55,22'  !| turning$1$ round$9$, perceived $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes directly behind
108: 55,23'  !| her, attended by$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney and a gentleman.
108: 55,23Q  !| "I beg
108: 55,24Q  !| your pardon$0$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
108: 55,24'  !| said she,
108: 55,24Q  !| "for$4$ this liberty,~
108: 55,25Q  !| but I cannot any*how get to$4$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, and $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe
108: 55,26Q  !| said she was sure you would not have the least
108: 55,27Q  !| objection to$4$ letting in this young lady by$4$ you."
108: 55,27'  !| $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes
108: 55,28'  !| could not have applied to$4$ any creature in the
108: 55,29'  !| room more happy to$9$ oblige her than $NA#A$Catherine. The
108: 55,30'  !| young ladies were introduced to$4$ each other, $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
108: 55,31'  !| expressing a proper sense of such goodness, $NA#A$Miss*Morland
108: 55,32'  !| with the real delicacy of a generous mind$0$ making light$9$
108: 55,33'  !| of the obligation; and $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes, satisfied$2$ with having
108: 55,34'  !| so$5#1$ respectably settled$1$ her young charge$0$, returned to$4$ her
108: 55,35'  !| party.
108: 55,36'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney had a good figure, a pretty$2$ face$0$, and a very
108: 55,37'  !| agreeable countenance; and her air, though it had not
108: 55,38'  !| all the decided$2$ pretension, the resolute stilishness of
108: 56, 1'  !| $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's, had more real elegance. Her manners
108: 56, 2'  !| shewed good sense and good*breeding; they were neither
108: 56, 3'  !| shy, nor affectedly open$2$; and she seemed capable of
108: 56, 4'  !| being$1$ young, attractive, and at a ball$0#2$, without wanting
108: 56, 5'  !| to$9$ fix the attention of every man near$4$ her, and without
108: 56, 6'  !| exaggerated feelings of extatic delight$0$ or inconceivable
108: 56, 7'  !| vexation on$4$ every little trifling occurrence. $NA#A$Catherine,
108: 56, 8'  !| interested at once by$4$ her appearance and her relationship
108: 56, 9'  !| to$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, was desirous of being$1$ acquainted with her,
108: 56,10'  !| and readily talked therefore whenever she could think
108: 56,11'  !| of any*thing to$9$ say, and had courage and leisure for$4$
108: 56,12'  !| saying it. But the hindrance thrown in the way of a very
108: 56,13'  !| speedy intimacy, by$4$ the frequent want$0$ of one or more of
108: 56,14'  !| these requisites, prevented their doing more than going
108: 56,15'  !| through$4$ the first rudiments of an acquaintance, by$4$ informing
108: 56,16'  !| themselves how well$9$ the other liked Bath$0#1$, how
108: 56,17'  !| much she admired its buildings and surrounding country,
108: 56,18'  !| whether she drew, or played or sang, and whether she
108: 56,19'  !| was fond of riding on$4$ horseback.
108: 56,20'  !| The two dances$0$ were scarcely concluded before$3$ $NA#A$Catherine
108: 56,21'  !| found her arm$0$ gently seized by$4$ her faithful $NA#D$Isabella, who$6#1$
108: 56,22'  !| in great spirits exclaimed ~
108: 56,22D  !| "At last$0$ I have got you. My
108: 56,23D  !| dearest creature, I have been looking for$4$ you this hour.
108: 56,24D  !| What$6#2$ could induce you to$9$ come into this set$0$, when you
108: 56,25D  !| knew I was in the other? I have been quite wretched
108: 56,26D  !| without you."
108: 56,27A  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#D$Isabella, how was it possible for$4$ me to$9$ get
108: 56,28A  !| at you? I could not even$5$ see where you were."
108: 56,29D  !| "So$5#2$ I told your brother all the time ~ but he would
108: 56,30D  !| not believe me. Do go and see for$4$ her, $NA#K$Mr%*Morland, said
108: 56,31D  !| I ~ but all in vain ~ he would not stir an inch. Was not
108: 56,32D  !| it so$5#2$, $NA#K$Mr%*Morland? But you men are all so$5#1$ immoderately
108: 56,33D  !| lazy| I have been scolding him to$4$ such a degree, my dear$2#1$
108: 56,34D  !| $NA#A$Catherine, you would be quite amazed.~ You know
108: 56,35D  !| I never stand$1$ upon ceremony with such people."
108: 56,36A  !| "Look$1$ at that$6#2$ young lady with the white beads round$4$
108: 56,37A  !| her head$0$,"
108: 56,37'  !| whispered $NA#A$Catherine, detaching her friend
108: 56,38'  !| from $NA#K$James ~
108: 56,38A  !| "It is $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney's sister."
108: 57, 1D  !| "Oh| heavens| You don't say so$5#2$| Let me look$1$ at
108: 57, 2D  !| her this moment. What$7$ a delightful girl| I never saw
108: 57, 3D  !| any*thing half so$5#1$ beautiful| But where is her all-conquering
108: 57, 4D  !| brother? Is he in the room? Point$1$ him out$5$ to$4$ me
108: 57, 5D  !| this instant$0$, if he is. I die$1$ to$9$ see him. $NA#K$Mr%*Morland, you
108: 57, 6D  !| are not to$9$ listen. We are not talking about$4$ you."
108: 57, 7K  !| "But what$6#2$ is all this whispering about$4$? What$6#2$ is
108: 57, 8K  !| going on$5$?"
108: 57, 9D  !| "There now, I knew how it would be. You men have
108: 57,10D  !| such restless curiosity| Talk$1$ of the curiosity of women,
108: 57,11D  !| indeed|~ 'tis nothing. But be satisfied$2$, for$3$ you are not
108: 57,12D  !| to$9$ know any*thing at all of the matter."
108: 57,13K  !| "And is that$6#2$ likely to$9$ satisfy me, do you think?"
108: 57,14D  !| "Well$7$, I declare I never knew any*thing like$9$ you.
108: 57,15D  !| What$6#2$ can it signify to$4$ you, what$6#1$ we are talking of?
108: 57,16D  !| Perhaps we are talking about$4$ you, therefore I would
108: 57,17D  !| advise you not to$9$ listen, or you may$1$ happen to$9$ hear
108: 57,18D  !| some*thing not very agreeable."
108: 57,19'  !| In this common-place chatter, which$6#1$ lasted some time,
108: 57,20'  !| the original subject$0$ seemed entirely forgotten; and
108: 57,21'  !| though $NA#A$Catherine was very well$9$ pleased to$9$ have it dropped
108: 57,22'  !| for$4$ a while$0$, she could not avoid a little suspicion at the
108: 57,23'  !| total suspension of all $NA#D$Isabella's desire$0$ to$9$ see
108: 57,24'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney. When the orchestra struck up a fresh dance$0$,
108: 57,25'  !| $NA#K$James would have led his fair partner away, but she
108: 57,26'  !| resisted.
108: 57,26D  !| "I tell you, $NA#K$Mr%*Morland,"
108: 57,26'  !| she cried,
108: 57,26D  !| "I would
108: 57,27D  !| not do such a thing for$4$ all the world. How can you be so$5#1$
108: 57,28D  !| teasing; only conceive, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, what$6#1$ your
108: 57,29D  !| brother wants$1$ me to$9$ do. He wants$1$ me to$9$ dance$1$ with him
108: 57,30D  !| again, though I tell him that$3$ it is a most improper
108: 57,31D  !| thing, and entirely against the rules$0$. It would make$1$
108: 57,32D  !| us the talk$0$ of the place$0$, if we were not to$9$ change$1$
108: 57,33D  !| partners."
108: 57,34K  !| "Upon my honour$0$,"
108: 57,34'  !| said $NA#K$James,
108: 57,34K  !| "in these public$2$
108: 57,35K  !| assemblies, it is as often done as not."
108: 57,36D  !| "Nonsense, how can you say so$5#2$? But when you men
108: 57,37D  !| have a point$0$ to$9$ carry, you never stick at any*thing. My
108: 57,38D  !| sweet $NA#A$Catherine, do support$1$ me, persuade your brother
108: 58, 1D  !| how impossible it is. Tell him, that$3$ it would quite shock$1$
108: 58, 2D  !| you to$9$ see me do such a thing; now would not it?"
108: 58, 3A  !| "No$7$, not at all; but if you think it wrong$9$, you had
108: 58, 4A  !| much better$9$ change$1$."
108: 58, 5D  !| "There,"
108: 58, 5'  !| cried $NA#D$Isabella,
108: 58, 5D  !| "you hear what$6#1$ your sister
108: 58, 6D  !| says, and yet you will$1$ not mind$1$ her. Well$7$, remember
108: 58, 7D  !| that$3$ it is not my fault, if we set$1$ all the old ladies in Bath$0#1$
108: 58, 8D  !| in a bustle$0$. Come along$5$, my dearest $NA#A$Catherine, for$4$
108: 58, 9D  !| heaven's sake, and stand$1$ by$4$ me."
108: 58, 9'  !| And off they went,
108: 58,10'  !| to$9$ regain their former place$0$. $NA#E$John*Thorpe, in the meanwhile,
108: 58,11'  !| had walked away; and $NA#A$Catherine, ever willing to$9$
108: 58,12'  !| give $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney an opportunity of repeating the agreeable
108: 58,13'  !| request$0$ which$6#1$ had already flattered her once, made her
108: 58,14'  !| way to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen and $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe as fast as she could,
108: 58,15'  !| in the hope$0$ of finding him still$5$ with them ~ a hope$0$ which$6#1$,
108: 58,16'  !| when it proved to$9$ be fruitless, she felt to$9$ have been highly
108: 58,17'  !| unreasonable.
108: 58,17N  !| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$,"
108: 58,17'  !| said $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe,
108: 58,18'  !| impatient for$4$ praise$0$ of her son,
108: 58,18N  !| "I hope$1$ you have had
108: 58,19N  !| an agreeable partner."
108: 58,20A  !| "Very agreeable, madam."
108: 58,21N  !| "I am glad of it. $NA#E$John has charming spirits, has
108: 58,22N  !| not he?"
108: 58,23I  !| "Did you meet$1$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, my dear$2#1$?"
108: 58,23'  !| said $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen.
108: 58,23     |
108: 58,25A  !| "No$7$, where is he?"
108: 58,26I  !| "He was with us just$9$ now, and said he was so$5#1$ tired of
108: 58,27I  !| lounging about$5$, that$3$ he was resolved to$9$ go and dance$1$;
108: 58,28I  !| so$3$ I thought$1$ perhaps he would ask you, if he met with
108: 58,29I  !| you."
108: 58,30A  !| "Where can he be?"
108: 58,30'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, looking round$9$;
108: 58,31'  !| but she had not looked round$9$ long$9$ before$3$ she saw him
108: 58,32'  !| leading a young lady to$4$ the dance$0$.
108: 58,33I  !| "Ah| he has got a partner, I wish$1$ he had asked \you\,"
108: 58,34'  !| said $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen; and after$4$ a short$2$ silence$0$, she added,
108: 58,35I  !| "he is a very agreeable young man."
108: 58,36N  !| "Indeed he is, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,"
108: 58,36'  !| said $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, smiling
108: 58,37'  !| complacently;
108: 58,37N  !| "I must say it, though I \am\ his mother,
108: 58,38N  !| that$3$ there is not a more agreeable young man in the world."
108: 59, 1'  !| This inapplicable answer$0$ might have been too$5#1$ much for$4$
108: 59, 2'  !| the comprehension of many; but it did not puzzle$1$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
108: 59, 3'  !| for$3$ after$4$ only a moment's consideration, she said,
108: 59, 4'  !| in a whisper$0$ to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine,
108: 59, 4I  !| "I dare$1#2$ say she thought$1$ I was
108: 59, 5I  !| speaking of her son."
108: 59, 6'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was disappointed and vexed. She seemed to$9$
108: 59, 7'  !| have missed by$4$ so$5#1$ little the very object$0$ she had had in
108: 59, 8'  !| view$0$; and this persuasion did not incline her to$4$ a very
108: 59, 9'  !| gracious reply$0$, when $NA#E$John*Thorpe came up to$4$ her soon
108: 59,10'  !| afterwards, and said,
108: 59,10E  !| "Well$7$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, I suppose
108: 59,11E  !| you and I are to$9$ stand$1$ up and jig it together again."
108: 59,12A  !| "Oh, no$7$; I am much obliged to$4$ you, our two dances$0$
108: 59,13A  !| are over; and, besides, I am tired, and do not mean$1$ to$9$
108: 59,14A  !| dance$1$ any more."
108: 59,15E  !| "Do not you?~ then let us walk$1$ about$5$ and quiz
108: 59,16E  !| people. Come along$5$ with me, and I will$1$ shew$1$ you the
108: 59,17E  !| four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger
108: 59,18E  !| sisters and their partners. I have been laughing at them
108: 59,19E  !| this half hour."
108: 59,20'  !| Again $NA#A$Catherine excused herself; and at last$0$ he walked
108: 59,21'  !| off to$9$ quiz his sisters by$4$ himself. The rest$0#1$ of the evening
108: 59,22'  !| she found very dull; $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney was drawn away from
108: 59,23'  !| their party at tea, to$9$ attend that$6#2$ of his partner; $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
108: 59,24'  !| though belonging to$4$ it, did not sit near$4$ her, and
108: 59,25'  !| $NA#K$James and $NA#D$Isabella were so$5#1$ much engaged in conversing
108: 59,26'  !| together, that$3$ the latter had no$2$ leisure to$9$ bestow more
108: 59,27'  !| on$4$ her friend than one smile$0$, one squeeze, and one
108: 59,28D  !| "dearest $NA#A$Catherine."
109: 60, 1'  !| The progress of $NA#A$Catherine's unhappiness from the
109: 60, 2'  !| events of the evening, was as follows. It appeared first
109: 60, 3'  !| in a general$2$ dissatisfaction with every*body about$4$ her,
109: 60, 4'  !| while$9$ she remained in the rooms, which$6#1$ speedily brought
109: 60, 5'  !| on$5$ considerable weariness and a violent desire$0$ to$9$ go home.
109: 60, 6'  !| This, on$4$ arriving in Pulteney-street, took the direction
109: 60, 7'  !| of extraordinary hunger, and when that$6#2$ was appeased,
109: 60, 8'  !| changed into an earnest longing$0$ to$9$ be in bed; such was
109: 60, 9'  !| the extreme$2$ point$0$ of her distress$0$; for$3$ when there she
109: 60,10'  !| immediately fell into a sound$9$ sleep$0$ which$6#1$ lasted nine
109: 60,11'  !| hours, and from which$6#1$ she awoke perfectly revived, in
109: 60,12'  !| excellent spirits, with fresh hopes$0$ and fresh schemes.
109: 60,13'  !| The first wish$0$ of her heart was to$9$ improve her acquaintance
109: 60,14'  !| with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, and almost her first resolution, to$9$
109: 60,15'  !| seek her for$4$ that$6#2$ purpose, in the Pump-room at noon. In
109: 60,16'  !| the Pump-room, one so$5#1$ newly arrived in Bath$0#1$ must be
109: 60,17'  !| met with, and that$6#2$ building she had already found so$5#1$
109: 60,18'  !| favourable for$4$ the discovery of female$2$ excellence, and the
109: 60,19'  !| completion of female$2$ intimacy, so$5#1$ admirably adapted for$4$
109: 60,20'  !| secret$2$ discourses and unlimited confidence, that$3$ she was
109: 60,21'  !| most reasonably encouraged to$9$ expect another friend
109: 60,22'  !| from within its walls. Her plan for$4$ the morning thus
109: 60,23'  !| settled$1$, she sat quietly down$5$ to$4$ her book after$4$ breakfast$0$,
109: 60,24'  !| resolving to$9$ remain in the same place$0$ and the same
109: 60,25'  !| employment till the clock struck one; and from habitude
109: 60,26'  !| very little incommoded by$4$ the remarks and ejaculations
109: 60,27'  !| of $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, whose$6#1$ vacancy of mind$0$ and incapacity for$4$
109: 60,28'  !| thinking were such, that$3$ as she never talked a great deal$0#2$,
109: 60,29'  !| so$3$ she could never be entirely silent; and, therefore,
109: 60,30'  !| while$9$ she sat at her work$0$, if she lost her needle or broke
109: 60,31'  !| her thread, if she heard a carriage in the street, or saw
109: 60,32'  !| a speck upon her gown, she must observe it aloud,
109: 60,33'  !| whether there were any*one at leisure to$9$ answer$1$ her or
109: 61, 1'  !| not. At about$4$ half past$9$ twelve, a remarkably loud rap
109: 61, 2'  !| drew her in haste to$4$ the window, and scarcely had she
109: 61, 3'  !| time to$9$ inform $NA#A$Catherine of there being$1$ two open$2$ carriages
109: 61, 4'  !| at the door, in the first only a servant, her brother driving
109: 61, 5'  !| $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe in the second$2$, before$3$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe came
109: 61, 6'  !| running up*stairs, calling out$5$,
109: 61, 6E  !| "Well$7$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, here
109: 61, 7E  !| I am. Have you been waiting long$9$? We could not come
109: 61, 8E  !| before$5$; the old devil of a coachmaker was such an
109: 61, 9E  !| eternity finding out$5$ a thing fit$9$ to$9$ be got into, and now
109: 61,10E  !| it is ten thousand to$4$ one, but they break down$5$ before$3$ we
109: 61,11E  !| are out$8$ of the street. How do you do, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen?
109: 61,12E  !| a famous ball$0#2$ last$2$ night, was not it? Come, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,
109: 61,13E  !| be quick$2$, for$3$ the others are in a confounded hurry$0$ to$9$ be
109: 61,14E  !| off. They want$1$ to$9$ get their tumble over."
109: 61,15A  !| "What$6#2$ do you mean$1$?"
109: 61,15'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
109: 61,15A  !| "where are
109: 61,16A  !| you all going to$4$?"
109: 61,17E  !| "Going to$4$? why, you have not forgot our engagement|
109: 61,18E  !| Did not we agree together to$9$ take a drive$0$ this morning?
109: 61,19E  !| What$7$ a head$0$ you have| We are going up Claverton*Down."
109: 61,20     |
109: 61,21A  !| "Some*thing was said about$4$ it, I remember,"
109: 61,21'  !| said
109: 61,22'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, looking at $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen for$4$ her opinion;
109: 61,22A  !| "but
109: 61,23A  !| really I did not expect you."
109: 61,24E  !| "Not expect me| that's a good one| And what$7$
109: 61,25E  !| a dust you would have made, if I had not come."
109: 61,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's silent appeal to$4$ her friend, meanwhile, was
109: 61,27'  !| entirely thrown away, for$3$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, not being$1$ at all in
109: 61,28'  !| the habit of conveying any expression herself by$4$ a look$0$,
109: 61,29'  !| was not aware of its being$1$ ever intended by$4$ any*body
109: 61,30'  !| else; and $NA#A$Catherine, whose$6#1$ desire$0$ of seeing $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
109: 61,31'  !| again could at that$6#2$ moment bear$1$ a short$2$ delay$0$ in favour$0$
109: 61,32'  !| of a drive$0$, and who$6#1$ thought$1$ there could be no$2$ impropriety
109: 61,33'  !| in her going with $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe, as $NA#D$Isabella was going at
109: 61,34'  !| the same time with $NA#K$James, was therefore obliged to$9$ speak
109: 61,35'  !| plainer.
109: 61,35A  !| "Well$7$, ma'am, what$6#2$ do you say to$4$ it? Can
109: 61,36A  !| you spare$1$ me for$4$ an hour or two? shall I go?"
109: 61,37I  !| "Do just$9$ as you please, my dear$2#1$,"
109: 61,37'  !| replied $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
109: 61,38'  !| with the most placid indifference. $NA#A$Catherine took the
109: 62, 1'  !| advice, and ran off to$9$ get ready. In a very few minutes
109: 62, 2'  !| she re-appeared, having scarcely allowed the two others
109: 62, 3'  !| time enough to$9$ get through$4$ a few short$2$ sentences in her
109: 62, 4'  !| praise$0$, after$3$ $NA#E$Thorpe had procured $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's admiration
109: 62, 5'  !| of his gig; and then receiving her friend's parting
109: 62, 6'  !| good wishes$0$, they both hurried down*stairs.
109: 62, 6D  !| "My dearest
109: 62, 7D  !| creature,"
109: 62, 7'  !| cried $NA#D$Isabella, to$4$ whom$6#1$ the duty of friendship
109: 62, 8'  !| immediately called her before$3$ she could get into the
109: 62, 9'  !| carriage,
109: 62, 9D  !| "you have been at least three hours getting
109: 62,10D  !| ready. I was afraid you were ill. What$7$ a delightful ball$0#2$
109: 62,11D  !| we had last$2$ night. I have a thousand things to$9$ say to$4$
109: 62,12D  !| you; but make$1$ haste and get in, for$3$ I long$1$ to$9$ be off."
109: 62,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine followed her orders$0#1$ and turned away, but
109: 62,14'  !| not too$5#1$ soon to$9$ hear her friend exclaim aloud to$4$ $NA#K$James,
109: 62,15D  !| "What$7$ a sweet girl she is| I quite doat on$4$ her."
109: 62,16E  !| "You will$1$ not be frightened, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
109: 62,16'  !| said
109: 62,17'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe, as he handed her in,
109: 62,17E  !| "if my horse should dance$1$
109: 62,18E  !| about$5$ a little at first setting off. He will$1$, most likely,
109: 62,19E  !| give a plunge or two, and perhaps take the rest$0#1$ for$4$ a
109: 62,20E  !| minute$0$; but he will$1$ soon know his master. He is full
109: 62,21E  !| of spirits, playful as can be, but there is no$2$ vice in him."
109: 62,22'  !| $NA#A$Catherine did not think the portrait a very inviting
109: 62,23'  !| one, but it was too$5#1$ late to$9$ retreat$1$, and she was too$5#1$ young
109: 62,24'  !| to$9$ own$1$ herself frightened; so$3$, resigning herself to$4$ her
109: 62,25'  !| fate, and trusting to$4$ the animal's boasted$2$ knowledge of
109: 62,26'  !| its owner, she sat peaceably down$5$, and saw $NA#E$Thorpe sit
109: 62,27'  !| down$5$ by$4$ her. Every*thing being$1$ then arranged, the
109: 62,28'  !| servant who$6#1$ stood at the horse's head$0$ was bid in an
109: 62,29'  !| important voice "to$9$
109: 62,29E  !| let him go,"
109: 62,29'  !| and off they went in
109: 62,30'  !| the quietest manner imaginable, without a plunge or
109: 62,31'  !| a caper, or any*thing like$9$ one. $NA#A$Catherine, delighted at
109: 62,32'  !| so$5#1$ happy an escape$0$, spoke her pleasure aloud with grateful
109: 62,33'  !| surprize$0$; and her companion immediately made the
109: 62,34'  !| matter perfectly simple$2$ by$4$ assuring her that$3$ it was
109: 62,35'  !| entirely owing to$4$ the peculiarly judicious manner in
109: 62,36'  !| which$6#1$ he had then held the reins, and the singular discernment
109: 62,37'  !| and dexterity with which$6#1$ he had directed his
109: 62,38'  !| whip. $NA#A$Catherine, though she could not help$1$ wondering
109: 63, 1'  !| that$3$ with such perfect$2$ command$0$ of his horse, he should
109: 63, 2'  !| think it necessary to$9$ alarm$1$ her with a relation of its tricks,
109: 63, 3'  !| congratulated herself sincerely on$4$ being$1$ under the care$0$
109: 63, 4'  !| of so$5#1$ excellent a coachman; and perceiving that$3$ the
109: 63, 5'  !| animal continued to$9$ go on$5$ in the same quiet$0$ manner,
109: 63, 6'  !| without shewing the smallest propensity towards any
109: 63, 7'  !| unpleasant vivacity, and (considering its inevitable pace$0$
109: 63, 8'  !| was ten miles an hour) by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ alarmingly fast, gave
109: 63, 9'  !| herself up to$4$ all the enjoyment of air and exercise$0$ of the
109: 63,10'  !| most invigorating kind$0$, in a fine mild day of February,
109: 63,11'  !| with the consciousness of safety. A silence$0$ of several
109: 63,12'  !| minutes succeeded their first short$2$ dialogue;~ it was
109: 63,13'  !| broken by$4$ $NA#E$Thorpe's saying very abruptly,
109: 63,13E  !| "Old $NA#H$Allen is
109: 63,14E  !| as rich as a Jew ~ is not he?"
109: 63,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine did not understand
109: 63,15'  !| him ~ and he repeated his question$0$, adding in
109: 63,16'  !| explanation,
109: 63,16E  !| "Old $NA#H$Allen, the man you are with."
109: 63,17A  !| "Oh| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, you mean$1$. Yes, I believe, he is very
109: 63,18A  !| rich."
109: 63,19E  !| "And no$2$ children at all?"
109: 63,20A  !| "No$7$ ~ not any."
109: 63,21E  !| "A famous thing for$4$ his next heirs. He is \your\ godfather,
109: 63,22E  !| is not he?"
109: 63,23A  !| "My godfather|~ no$7$."
109: 63,24E  !| "But you are always very much with them."
109: 63,25A  !| "Yes, very much."
109: 63,26E  !| "Aye, that$6#2$ is what$6#1$ I meant. He seems a good kind$0$ of
109: 63,27E  !| old fellow enough, and has lived very well$9$ in his time,
109: 63,28E  !| I dare$1#2$ say; he is not gouty for$4$ nothing. Does he drink
109: 63,29E  !| his bottle a-day now?"
109: 63,30A  !| "His bottle a-day|~ no$7$. Why should you think of
109: 63,31A  !| such a thing? He is a very temperate man, and you
109: 63,32A  !| could not fancy$1$ him in liquor last$2$ night?"
109: 63,33E  !| "Lord$7$ help$1$ you|~ You women are always thinking of
109: 63,34E  !| men's being$1$ in liquor. Why you do not suppose a man
109: 63,35E  !| is overset by$4$ a bottle? I am sure of \this\~ that$3$ if every*body
109: 63,36E  !| was to$9$ drink their bottle a-day, there would not be
109: 63,37E  !| half the disorders in the world there are now. It would
109: 63,38E  !| be a famous good thing for$4$ us all."
109: 64, 1A  !| "I cannot believe it."
109: 64, 2E  !| "Oh| lord$7$, it would be the saving of thousands. There
109: 64, 3E  !| is not the hundredth part$0$ of the wine consumed in this
109: 64, 4E  !| kingdom, that$6#1$ there ought to$9$ be. Our foggy climate
109: 64, 5E  !| wants$1$ help$0$."
109: 64, 6A  !| "And yet I have heard that$3$ there is a great deal$0#2$ of
109: 64, 7A  !| wine drank in Oxford."
109: 64, 8E  !| "Oxford| There is no$2$ drinking at Oxford now, I
109: 64, 9E  !| assure you. Nobody drinks there. You would hardly
109: 64,10E  !| meet$1$ with a man who$6#1$ goes beyond$4$ his four pints at the
109: 64,11E  !| utmost. Now, for$4$ instance$0$, it was reckoned a remarkable
109: 64,12E  !| thing at the last$2$ party in my rooms, that$3$ upon an average
109: 64,13E  !| we cleared about$4$ five pints a head$0$. It was looked upon
109: 64,14E  !| as something out$8$ of the common$2$ way. \Mine$6$\ is famous
109: 64,15E  !| good stuff to$9$ be sure. You would not often meet$1$ with
109: 64,16E  !| any*thing like$9$ it in Oxford ~ and that$6#2$ may$1$ account$1$ for$4$ it.
109: 64,17E  !| But this will$1$ just$9$ give you a notion of the general$2$ rate$0$ of
109: 64,18E  !| drinking there."
109: 64,19A  !| "Yes, it does give a notion,"
109: 64,19'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, warmly,
109: 64,20A  !| "and that$6#2$ is, that$3$ you all drink a great deal$0#2$ more wine
109: 64,21A  !| than I thought$1$ you did. However, I am sure $NA#K$James does
109: 64,22A  !| not drink so$5#1$ much."
109: 64,23'  !| This declaration brought on$5$ a loud and overpowering
109: 64,24'  !| reply$0$, of which$6#1$ no$2$ part$0$ was very distinct, except the
109: 64,25'  !| frequent exclamations, amounting almost to$4$ oaths, which$6#1$
109: 64,26'  !| adorned it, and $NA#A$Catherine was left$1$, when it ended, with
109: 64,27'  !| rather a strengthened belief of there being$1$ a great deal$0#2$ of
109: 64,28'  !| wine drank in Oxford, and the same happy conviction
109: 64,29'  !| of her brother's comparative sobriety.
109: 64,30'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe's ideas then all reverted to$4$ the merits of his
109: 64,31'  !| own$2$ equipage, and she was called on$5$ to$9$ admire the spirit
109: 64,32'  !| and freedom with which$6#1$ his horse moved along$5$, and the
109: 64,33'  !| ease$0$ which$6#1$ his paces, as well$9$ as the excellence of the
109: 64,34'  !| springs, gave the motion of the carriage. She followed
109: 64,35'  !| him in all his admiration as well$9$ as she could. To$9$ go
109: 64,36'  !| before$4$, or beyond$4$ him was impossible. His knowledge
109: 64,37'  !| and her ignorance of the subject$0$, his rapidity of expression,
109: 64,38'  !| and her diffidence of herself put that$6#2$ out$8$ of her power;
109: 65, 1'  !| she could strike out$5$ nothing new in commendation, but
109: 65, 2'  !| she readily echoed whatever he chose to$9$ assert, and it
109: 65, 3'  !| was finally settled$1$ between them without any difficulty,
109: 65, 4'  !| that$3$ his equipage was altogether the most complete$2$ of
109: 65, 5'  !| its kind$0$ in England, his carriage the neatest, his horse the
109: 65, 6'  !| best goer, and himself the best coachman.~
109: 65, 6A  !| "You do not
109: 65, 7A  !| really think, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe,"
109: 65, 7'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, venturing after$4$
109: 65, 8'  !| some time to$9$ consider the matter as entirely decided$2$, and
109: 65, 9'  !| to$9$ offer$1$ some little variation on$4$ the subject$0$,
109: 65, 9A  !| "that$3$ $NA#K$James's
109: 65,10A  !| gig will$1$ break down$5$?"
109: 65,11E  !| "Break down$5$| Oh| lord$7$| Did you ever see such
109: 65,12E  !| a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound$9$
109: 65,13E  !| piece of iron about$4$ it. The wheels have been fairly worn
109: 65,14E  !| out$5$ these ten years at least ~ and as for$4$ the body| Upon
109: 65,15E  !| my soul, you might shake$1$ it to$4$ pieces yourself with
109: 65,16E  !| a touch$0$. It is the most devilish little ricketty business
109: 65,17E  !| I ever beheld|~ Thank God| we have got a better$9$.
109: 65,18E  !| I would not be bound to$9$ go two miles in it for$4$ fifty
109: 65,19E  !| thousand pounds."
109: 65,20A  !| "Good heavens|"
109: 65,20'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine, quite frightened,
109: 65,21A  !| "then pray let us turn$1$ back$5$; they will$1$ certainly meet$1$
109: 65,22A  !| with an accident if we go on$5$. Do let us turn$1$ back$5$, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe;
109: 65,23A  !| stop$1$ and speak to$4$ my brother, and tell him
109: 65,24A  !| how very unsafe it is."
109: 65,25E  !| "Unsafe| Oh, lord$7$| what$6#2$ is there in that$6#2$? they will$1$
109: 65,26E  !| only get a roll$0$ if it does break down$5$; and there is plenty
109: 65,27E  !| of dirt, it will$1$ be excellent falling. Oh, curse it| the
109: 65,28E  !| carriage is safe enough, if a man knows how to$9$ drive$1$ it;
109: 65,29E  !| a thing of that$6#2$ sort in good hands will$1$ last$1$ above$4$ twenty
109: 65,30E  !| years after$3$ it is fairly worn out$5$. Lord$7$ bless you| I would
109: 65,31E  !| undertake for$4$ five pounds to$9$ drive$1$ it to$4$ York and back$5$
109: 65,32E  !| again, without losing a nail."
109: 65,33'  !| $NA#A$Catherine listened with astonishment; she knew not
109: 65,34'  !| how to$9$ reconcile two such very different accounts of the
109: 65,35'  !| same thing; for$3$ she had not been brought up to$9$ understand
109: 65,36'  !| the propensities of a rattle, nor to$9$ know to$4$ how
109: 65,37'  !| many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess
109: 65,38'  !| of vanity will$1$ lead$1$. Her own$2$ family were plain matter-of-fact
109: 66, 1'  !| people, who$6#1$ seldom aimed at wit$0#1$ of any kind$0$;
109: 66, 2'  !| her father, at the utmost, being$1$ contented with a pun,
109: 66, 3'  !| and her mother with a proverb; they were not in the
109: 66, 4'  !| habit therefore of telling lies$0$ to$9$ increase$1$ their importance,
109: 66, 5'  !| or of asserting at one moment what$6#1$ they would contradict
109: 66, 6'  !| the next. She reflected on$4$ the affair for$4$ some time in
109: 66, 7'  !| much perplexity, and was more than once on$4$ the point$0$
109: 66, 8'  !| of requesting from $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe a clearer insight into his
109: 66, 9'  !| real opinion on$4$ the subject$0$; but she checked herself,
109: 66,10'  !| because it appeared to$4$ her that$3$
109: 66,10@a   | he did not excel in giving
109: 66,11@a   | those clearer insights, in making those things plain which$6#1$
109: 66,12@a   | he had before$5$ made ambiguous; and, joining to$4$ this, the
109: 66,13@a   | consideration, that$3$ he would not really suffer his sister
109: 66,14@a   | and his friend to$9$ be exposed to$4$ a danger from which$6#1$ he
109: 66,15@a   | might easily preserve them, she concluded at last$0$, that$3$
109: 66,16@a   | he must know the carriage to$9$ be in fact perfectly safe,
109: 66,17@a   | and therefore would alarm$1$ herself no$2$ longer.
109: 66,17'  !| By$4$ him the
109: 66,18'  !| whole$2$ matter seemed entirely forgotten; and all the rest$0#1$
109: 66,19'  !| of his conversation, or rather talk$0$, began and ended with
109: 66,20'  !| himself and his own$2$ concerns$0$. He told her of horses
109: 66,21'  !| which$6#1$ he had bought for$4$ a trifle$0$ and sold for$4$ incredible
109: 66,22'  !| sums; of racing matches, in which$6#1$ his judgment had
109: 66,23'  !| infallibly foretold the winner; of shooting parties, in
109: 66,24'  !| which$6#1$ he had killed more birds (though without having
109: 66,25'  !| one good shot) than all his companions together; and
109: 66,26'  !| described to$4$ her some famous day's sport$0$, with the fox-hounds,
109: 66,27'  !| in which$6#1$ his foresight and skill in directing the
109: 66,28'  !| dogs had repaired the mistakes of the most experienced
109: 66,29'  !| huntsman, and in which$6#1$ the boldness of his riding, though
109: 66,30'  !| it had never endangered his own$2$ life for$4$ a moment, had
109: 66,31'  !| been constantly leading others into difficulties, which$6#1$ he
109: 66,32'  !| calmly concluded had broken the necks of many.
109: 66,33'  !| Little as $NA#A$Catherine was in the habit of judging for$4$ herself,
109: 66,34'  !| and unfixed as were her general$2$ notions of what$6#1$ men
109: 66,35'  !| ought to$9$ be, she could not entirely repress a doubt$0$, while$9$
109: 66,36'  !| she bore$1#1$ with the effusions of his endless conceit, of his
109: 66,37'  !| being$1$ altogether completely agreeable. It was a bold
109: 66,38'  !| surmise$0$, for$3$ he was $NA#D$Isabella's brother; and she had been
109: 67, 1'  !| assured by$4$ $NA#K$James, that$3$ his manners would recommend
109: 67, 2'  !| him to$4$ all her sex; but in spite$8$ of this, the extreme$2$
109: 67, 3'  !| weariness of his company, which$6#1$ crept over her before$3$
109: 67, 4'  !| they had been out$5$ an hour, and which$6#1$ continued unceasingly
109: 67, 5'  !| to$9$ increase$1$ till they stopped in Pulteney-street
109: 67, 6'  !| again, induced her, in some small degree, to$9$ resist such
109: 67, 7'  !| high authority, and to$9$ distrust$1$ his powers of giving
109: 67, 8'  !| universal pleasure.
109: 67, 9'  !| When they arrived at $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's door, the astonishment
109: 67,10'  !| of $NA#D$Isabella was hardly to$9$ be expressed, on$4$ finding
109: 67,11'  !| that$3$ it was too$5#1$ late in the day for$4$ them to$9$ attend her
109: 67,12'  !| friend into the house:~
109: 67,12D  !| "Past$9$ three o'clock|"
109: 67,12'  !| it was
109: 67,13'  !| inconceivable, incredible, impossible| and she would
109: 67,14'  !| neither believe her own$2$ watch$0$, nor her brother's, nor the
109: 67,15'  !| servant's; she would believe no$2$ assurance of it founded
109: 67,16'  !| on$4$ reason$0$ or reality, till $NA#K$Morland produced his watch$0$,
109: 67,17'  !| and ascertained the fact; to$9$ have doubted a moment
109: 67,18'  !| longer \then\, would have been equally inconceivable, incredible,
109: 67,19'  !| and impossible; and she could only protest,
109: 67,20'  !| over and over again, that$3$ no$2$ two hours and a half had
109: 67,21'  !| ever gone off so$5#1$ swiftly before$5$, as $NA#A$Catherine was called
109: 67,22'  !| on$5$ to$9$ confirm; $NA#A$Catherine could not tell a falsehood even$5$
109: 67,23'  !| to$9$ please $NA#D$Isabella; but the latter was spared the misery
109: 67,24'  !| of her friend's dissenting voice, by$4$ not waiting for$4$ her
109: 67,25'  !| answer$0$. Her own$2$ feelings entirely engrossed her; her
109: 67,26'  !| wretchedness was most acute on$4$ finding herself obliged to$9$
109: 67,27'  !| go directly home.~
109: 67,27@d   | It was ages since she had had a
109: 67,28@d   | moment's conversation with her dearest $NA#A$Catherine; and,
109: 67,29@d   | though she had such thousands of things to$9$ say to$4$ her,
109: 67,30@d   | it appeared as if they were never to$9$ be together again;
109: 67,31'  !| so$3$, with smiles of most exquisite misery, and the laughing
109: 67,32'  !| eye of utter$2$ despondency, she bade her friend adieu and
109: 67,33'  !| went on$5$.
109: 67,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine found $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen just$9$ returned from all the
109: 67,35'  !| busy idleness of the morning, and was immediately
109: 67,36'  !| greeted with,
109: 67,36I  !| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$, here you are;"
109: 67,36'  !| a truth
109: 67,37'  !| which$6#1$ she had no$2$ greater inclination than power to$9$ dispute;
109: 67,38I  !| "and I hope$1$ you have had a pleasant airing?"
109: 68, 1A  !| "Yes, ma'am, I thank you; we could not have had
109: 68, 2A  !| a nicer day."
109: 68, 3I  !| "So$5#2$ $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe said; she was vastly pleased at your
109: 68, 4I  !| all going."
109: 68, 5A  !| "You have seen $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe then?"
109: 68, 6I  !| "Yes, I went to$4$ the Pump-room as soon as you were
109: 68, 7I  !| gone, and there I met her, and we had a great deal$0#2$ of
109: 68, 8I  !| talk$0$ together. She says there was hardly any veal to$9$ be
109: 68, 9I  !| got at market this morning, it is so$5#1$ uncommonly scarce."
109: 68,10A  !| "Did you see any*body else of our acquaintance?"
109: 68,11I  !| "Yes; we agreed to$9$ take a turn$0$ in the Crescent, and
109: 68,12I  !| there we met $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes, and $NA#B$Mr% and $NA#C$Miss*Tilney walking
109: 68,13I  !| with her."
109: 68,14A  !| "Did you indeed? and did they speak to$4$ you?"
109: 68,15I  !| "Yes, we walked along$4$ the Crescent together for$4$ half
109: 68,16I  !| an hour. They seem very agreeable people. $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
109: 68,17I  !| was in a very pretty$2$ spotted muslin, and I fancy$1$, by$4$ what$6#1$
109: 68,18I  !| I can learn, that$3$ she always dresses$1$ very handsomely.
109: 68,19I  !| $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes talked to$4$ me a great deal$0#2$ about$4$ the family."
109: 68,20A  !| "And what$6#2$ did she tell you of them?"
109: 68,21I  !| "Oh| a vast deal$0#2$ indeed; she hardly talked of any*thing
109: 68,22I  !| else."
109: 68,23A  !| "Did she tell you what$6#1$ part$0$ of Gloucestershire they
109: 68,24A  !| come from?"
109: 68,25I  !| "Yes, she did; but I cannot recollect now. But they
109: 68,26I  !| are very good kind$0$ of people, and very rich. $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney
109: 68,27I  !| was a $NA#ZX$Miss*Drummond, and she and $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes were
109: 68,28I  !| school-fellows; and $NA#ZX$Miss*Drummond had a very large
109: 68,29I  !| fortune; and, when she married, her father gave her
109: 68,30I  !| twenty thousand pounds, and five hundred to$9$ buy
109: 68,31I  !| wedding-clothes. $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes saw all the clothes after$3$
109: 68,32I  !| they came from the warehouse."
109: 68,33A  !| "And are $NA#F$Mr% and $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney in Bath$0#1$?"
109: 68,34I  !| "Yes, I fancy$1$ they are, but I am not quite certain.
109: 68,35I  !| Upon recollection, however, I have a notion they are both
109: 68,36I  !| dead; at least the mother is; yes, I am sure $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney
109: 68,37I  !| is dead, because $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes told me there was a very
109: 68,38I  !| beautiful set$0$ of pearls that$3$ $NA#ZX$Mr%*Drummond gave his
109: 69, 1I  !| daughter on$4$ her wedding-day and that$3$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney has
109: 69, 2I  !| got now, for$3$ they were put by$5$ for$4$ her when her mother
109: 69, 3I  !| died."
109: 69, 4A  !| "And is $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, my partner, the only son?"
109: 69, 5I  !| "I cannot be quite positive about$4$ that$6#2$, my dear$2#1$;
109: 69, 6I  !| I have some idea he is; but, however, he is a very fine
109: 69, 7I  !| young man $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes says, and likely to$9$ do very
109: 69, 8I  !| well$9$."
109: 69, 9'  !| $NA#A$Catherine inquired no$2$ further;
109: 69, 9@a   | she had heard enough
109: 69,10@a   | to$9$ feel that$3$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen had no$2$ real intelligence to$9$ give,
109: 69,11@a   | and that$3$ she was most particularly unfortunate herself
109: 69,12@a   | in having missed such a meeting$0$ with both brother and
109: 69,13@a   | sister. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance,
109: 69,14@a   | nothing should have persuaded her to$9$ go out$5$ with the
109: 69,15@a   | others; and, as it was, she could only lament her ill-luck,
109: 69,16@a   | and think over what$6#1$ she had lost, till it was clear$2$ to$4$ her,
109: 69,17@a   | that$3$ the drive$0$ had by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ been very pleasant and
109: 69,18@a   | that$3$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe himself was quite disagreeable.
110: 70, 1'  !| The $NA#H1$Allens, $NA#N1$Thorpes, and $NA#J1$Morlands, all met in the
110: 70, 2'  !| evening at the theatre; and, as $NA#A$Catherine and $NA#D$Isabella
110: 70, 3'  !| sat together, there was then an opportunity for$4$ the latter
110: 70, 4'  !| to$9$ utter$1$ some few of the many thousand things which$6#1$
110: 70, 5'  !| had been collecting within her for$4$ communication, in the
110: 70, 6'  !| immeasurable length of time which$6#1$ had divided them.~
110: 70, 7D  !| "Oh, heavens| my beloved $NA#A$Catherine, have I got you at
110: 70, 8D  !| last$0$?"
110: 70, 8'  !| was her address$0$ on$4$ $NA#A$Catherine's entering the box
110: 70, 9'  !| and sitting$1$ by$4$ her.
110: 70, 9D  !| "Now, $NA#K$Mr%*Morland,"
110: 70, 9'  !| for$3$ he was
110: 70,10'  !| close$9$ to$4$ her on$4$ the other side$0$,
110: 70,10D  !| "I shall not speak another
110: 70,11D  !| word to$4$ you all the rest$0#1$ of the evening; so$3$ I charge$1$ you
110: 70,12D  !| not to$9$ expect it. My sweetest $NA#A$Catherine, how have you
110: 70,13D  !| been this long$9$ age? but I need$1$ not ask you, for$3$ you look$1$
110: 70,14D  !| delightfully. You really have done your hair in a more
110: 70,15D  !| heavenly style than ever: you mischievous creature, do
110: 70,16D  !| you want$1$ to$9$ attract every*body? I assure you, my
110: 70,17D  !| brother is quite in love$0$ with you already; and as for$4$
110: 70,18D  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney ~ but \that$6#2$\ is a settled$2$ thing ~ even$5$ \your\ modesty
110: 70,19D  !| cannot doubt$1$ his attachment now; his coming back$5$ to$4$
110: 70,20D  !| Bath$0#1$ makes it too$5#1$ plain. Oh| what$7$ would not I give to$9$
110: 70,21D  !| see him| I really am quite wild with impatience. My
110: 70,22D  !| mother says he is the most delightful young man in the
110: 70,23D  !| world; she saw him this morning you know: you must
110: 70,24D  !| introduce him to$4$ me. Is he in the house now?~ Look$1$
110: 70,25D  !| about$5$ for$4$ heaven's sake| I assure you, I can hardly
110: 70,26D  !| exist till I see him."
110: 70,27A  !| "No$7$,"
110: 70,27'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
110: 70,27A  !| "he is not here; I cannot see
110: 70,28A  !| him any*where."
110: 70,29D  !| "Oh, horrid| am I never to$9$ be acquainted with him?
110: 70,30D  !| How do you like$1$ my gown? I think it does not look$1$
110: 70,31D  !| amiss; the sleeves were entirely my own$2$ thought$0$. Do
110: 70,32D  !| you know I get so$5#1$ immoderately sick of Bath$0#1$; your
110: 70,33D  !| brother and I were agreeing this morning that$3$, though it
110: 71, 1D  !| is vastly well$9$ to$9$ be here for$4$ a few weeks, we would not
110: 71, 2D  !| live here for$4$ millions. We soon found out$5$ that$3$ our tastes
110: 71, 3D  !| were exactly alike in preferring the country to$4$ every
110: 71, 4D  !| other place$0$; really, our opinions were so$5#1$ exactly the
110: 71, 5D  !| same, it was quite ridiculous| There was not a single
110: 71, 6D  !| point$0$ in which$6#1$ we differed; I would not have had you
110: 71, 7D  !| by$5$ for$4$ the world; you are such a sly thing, I am sure
110: 71, 8D  !| you would have made some droll remark$0$ or other about$4$ it."
110: 71, 9A  !| "No$7$, indeed I should not."
110: 71,10D  !| "Oh, yes you would indeed; I know you better$9$ than
110: 71,11D  !| you know yourself. You would have told us that$3$ we
110: 71,12D  !| seemed born$1#1$ for$4$ each other, or some nonsense of that$6#2$
110: 71,13D  !| kind$0$, which$6#1$ would have distressed me beyond$4$ conception;
110: 71,14D  !| my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would
110: 71,15D  !| not have had you by$5$ for$4$ the world."
110: 71,16A  !| "Indeed you do me injustice; I would not have made
110: 71,17A  !| so$5#1$ improper a remark$0$ upon any account$0$; and besides,
110: 71,18A  !| I am sure it would never have entered my head$0$."
110: 71,19'  !| $NA#D$Isabella smiled incredulously, and talked the rest$0#1$ of
110: 71,20'  !| the evening to$4$ $NA#K$James.
110: 71,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's resolution of endeavouring to$9$ meet$1$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
110: 71,22'  !| again continued in full force$0$ the next morning;
110: 71,23'  !| and till the usual moment of going to$4$ the Pump-room,
110: 71,24'  !| she felt some alarm$0$ from the dread$0$ of a second$2$ prevention.
110: 71,25'  !| But nothing of that$6#2$ kind$0$ occurred, no$2$ visitors appeared
110: 71,26'  !| to$9$ delay$1$ them, and they all three set$1$ off in good time for$4$
110: 71,27'  !| the Pump-room, where the ordinary course$0$ of events and
110: 71,28'  !| conversation took place$0$; $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, after$4$ drinking his
110: 71,29'  !| glass of water, joined some gentlemen to$9$ talk$1$ over the
110: 71,30'  !| politics of the day and compare the accounts of their
110: 71,31'  !| newspapers; and the ladies walked about$5$ together,
110: 71,32'  !| noticing every new face$0$, and almost every new bonnet in
110: 71,33'  !| the room. The female$2$ part$0$ of the $NA#N1$Thorpe family, attended
110: 71,34'  !| by$4$ $NA#K$James*Morland, appeared among the crowd in less
110: 71,35'  !| than a quarter$0#1$ of an hour, and $NA#A$Catherine immediately
110: 71,36'  !| took her usual place$0$ by$4$ the side$0$ of her friend. $NA#K$James,
110: 71,37'  !| who$6#1$ was now in constant attendance, maintained a similar
110: 71,38'  !| position, and separating themselves from the rest$0#1$ of their
110: 72, 1'  !| party, they walked in that$6#2$ manner for$4$ some time, till
110: 72, 2'  !| $NA#A$Catherine began to$9$ doubt$1$ the happiness of a situation
110: 72, 3'  !| which$6#1$ confining her entirely to$4$ her friend and brother,
110: 72, 4'  !| gave her very little share$0$ in the notice$0$ of either. They
110: 72, 5'  !| were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or
110: 72, 6'  !| lively dispute, but their sentiment was conveyed in such
110: 72, 7'  !| whispering voices, and their vivacity attended with so$5#1$
110: 72, 8'  !| much laughter, that$3$ though $NA#A$Catherine's supporting opinion
110: 72, 9'  !| was not unfrequently called for$5$ by$4$ one or the other, she
110: 72,10'  !| was never able to$9$ give any, from not having heard a word
110: 72,11'  !| of the subject$0$. At length however she was empowered to$9$
110: 72,12'  !| disengage herself from her friend, by$4$ the avowed necessity
110: 72,13'  !| of speaking to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, whom$6#1$ she most joyfully saw
110: 72,14'  !| just$9$ entering the room with $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes, and whom$6#1$ she
110: 72,15'  !| instantly joined, with a firmer determination to$9$ be
110: 72,16'  !| acquainted, than she might have had courage to$9$ command$1$,
110: 72,17'  !| had she not been urged by$4$ the disappointment of
110: 72,18'  !| the day before$5$. $NA#C$Miss*Tilney met her with great civility,
110: 72,19'  !| returned her advances$0$ with equal$2$ good*will, and they
110: 72,20'  !| continued talking together as long$9$ as both parties remained
110: 72,21'  !| in the room; and though in all probability not
110: 72,22'  !| an observation was made, nor an expression used$1#1$ by$4$
110: 72,23'  !| either which$6#1$ had not been made and used$1#1$ some thousands
110: 72,24'  !| of times before$5$, under that$6#2$ roof, in every Bath$0#1$ season,
110: 72,25'  !| yet the merit$0$ of their being$1$ spoken with simplicity and
110: 72,26'  !| truth, and without personal conceit, might be something
110: 72,27'  !| uncommon.~
110: 72,28A  !| "How well$9$ your brother dances$1$|"
110: 72,28'  !| was an artless
110: 72,29'  !| exclamation of $NA#A$Catherine's towards the close$0$ of their conversation,
110: 72,30'  !| which$6#1$ at once surprized and amused her
110: 72,31'  !| companion.
110: 72,32C  !| "$NA#B$Henry|"
110: 72,32'  !| she replied with a smile$0$.
110: 72,32C  !| "Yes, he does
110: 72,33C  !| dance$1$ very well$9$."
110: 72,34A  !| "He must have thought$1$ it very odd to$9$ hear me say
110: 72,35A  !| I was engaged the other evening, when he saw me sitting$1$
110: 72,36A  !| down$5$. But I really had been engaged the whole$2$ day to$4$
110: 72,37A  !| $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe."
110: 72,37'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney could only bow$1$.
110: 72,37A  !| "You
110: 72,38A  !| cannot think,"
110: 72,38'  !| added $NA#A$Catherine after$4$ a moment's silence$0$,
110: 73, 1A  !| "how surprized I was to$9$ see him again. I felt so$5#1$ sure
110: 73, 2A  !| of his being$1$ quite gone away."
110: 73, 3C  !| "When $NA#B$Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before$5$,
110: 73, 4C  !| he was in Bath$0#1$ but for$4$ a couple of days. He came only
110: 73, 5C  !| to$9$ engage lodgings for$4$ us."
110: 73, 6A  !| "\That$6#2$\ never occurred to$4$ me; and of course$8$, not seeing
110: 73, 7A  !| him any*where, I thought$1$ he must be gone. Was not the
110: 73, 8A  !| young lady he danced with on$4$ Monday a $NA#ZS$Miss*Smith?"
110: 73, 9C  !| "Yes, an acquaintance of $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes."
110: 73,10A  !| "I dare$1#2$ say she was very glad to$9$ dance$1$. Do you think
110: 73,11A  !| her pretty$2$?"
110: 73,12C  !| "Not very."
110: 73,13A  !| "He never comes to$4$ the Pump-room, I suppose?"
110: 73,14C  !| "Yes, sometimes; but he has rid out$5$ this morning
110: 73,15C  !| with my father."
110: 73,16'  !| $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes now joined them, and asked $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
110: 73,17'  !| if she was ready to$9$ go.
110: 73,17A  !| "I hope$1$ I shall have the pleasure
110: 73,18A  !| of seeing you again soon,"
110: 73,18'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine.
110: 73,18A  !| "Shall you
110: 73,19A  !| be at the cotillion ball$0#2$ to-morrow?"
110: 73,20C  !| "Perhaps we ~ yes, I think we certainly shall."
110: 73,21A  !| "I am glad of it, for$3$ we shall all be there." ~
110: 73,21'  !| This
110: 73,22'  !| civility was duly returned; and they parted ~ on$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's
110: 73,23'  !| side$0$ with some knowledge of her new acquaintance's
110: 73,24'  !| feelings, and on$4$ $NA#A$Catherine's, without the smallest
110: 73,25'  !| consciousness of having explained them.
110: 73,26'  !| She went home very happy. The morning had answered
110: 73,27'  !| all her hopes$0$, and the evening of the following day was
110: 73,28'  !| now the object$0$ of expectation, the future good. What$6#1$
110: 73,29'  !| gown and what$6#1$ head-dress she should wear on$4$ the occasion$0$
110: 73,30'  !| became her chief concern$0$. She cannot be justified in it.
110: 73,31'  !| Dress$0$ is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive
110: 73,32'  !| solicitude about$4$ it often destroys its own$2$ aim$0$. $NA#A$Catherine
110: 73,33'  !| knew all this very well$9$; her great aunt had read her
110: 73,34'  !| a lecture on$4$ the subject$0$ only the Christmas before$5$; and
110: 73,35'  !| yet she lay$1#2$ awake$2$ ten minutes on$4$ Wednesday night
110: 73,36'  !| debating between her spotted and her tamboured muslin,
110: 73,37'  !| and nothing but the shortness of the time prevented her
110: 73,38'  !| buying a new one for$4$ the evening. This would have been
110: 74, 1'  !| an error in judgment, great though not uncommon, from
110: 74, 2'  !| which$6#1$ one of the other sex rather than her own$2$, a brother
110: 74, 3'  !| rather than a great aunt might have warned her, for$3$ man
110: 74, 4'  !| only can be aware of the insensibility of man towards
110: 74, 5'  !| a new gown. It would be mortifying to$4$ the feelings of
110: 74, 6'  !| many ladies, could they be made to$9$ understand how little
110: 74, 7'  !| the heart of man is affected by$4$ what$6#1$ is costly or new in
110: 74, 8'  !| their attire; how little it is biassed by$4$ the texture of their
110: 74, 9'  !| muslin, and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness
110: 74,10'  !| towards the spotted, the sprigged, the mull or the jackonet.
110: 74,11'  !| Woman is fine for$4$ her own$2$ satisfaction alone. No$2$ man
110: 74,12'  !| will$1$ admire her the more, no$2$ woman will$1$ like$1$ her the
110: 74,13'  !| better$9$ for$4$ it. Neatness and fashion$0$ are enough for$4$ the
110: 74,14'  !| former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety
110: 74,15'  !| will$1$ be most endearing to$4$ the latter.~ But not one of
110: 74,16'  !| these grave$2$ reflections troubled the tranquillity of
110: 74,17'  !| $NA#A$Catherine.
110: 74,18'  !| She entered the rooms on$4$ Thursday evening with feelings
110: 74,19'  !| very different from what$6#1$ had attended her thither
110: 74,20'  !| the Monday before$5$. She had then been exulting in her
110: 74,21'  !| engagement to$4$ $NA#E$Thorpe, and was now chiefly anxious to$9$
110: 74,22'  !| avoid his sight, lest he should engage her again; for$3$
110: 74,23'  !| though she could not, dared not expect that$3$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney
110: 74,24'  !| should ask her a third time to$9$ dance$1$, her wishes$0$, hopes$0$
110: 74,25'  !| and plans all centered in nothing less. Every young lady
110: 74,26'  !| may$1$ feel for$4$ my heroine in this critical moment, for$3$ every
110: 74,27'  !| young lady has at some time or other known the same
110: 74,28'  !| agitation. All have been, or at least all have believed
110: 74,29'  !| themselves to$9$ be, in danger from the pursuit of some*one
110: 74,30'  !| whom$6#1$ they wished to$9$ avoid; and all have been anxious
110: 74,31'  !| for$4$ the attentions of some*one whom$6#1$ they wished to$9$
110: 74,32'  !| please. As soon as they were joined by$4$ the $NA#N1$Thorpes,
110: 74,33'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's agony began; she fidgetted about$5$ if $NA#E$John*Thorpe
110: 74,34'  !| came towards her, hid herself as much as possible
110: 74,35'  !| from his view$0$, and when he spoke to$4$ her pretended not
110: 74,36'  !| to$9$ hear him. The cotillions were over, the country-dancing
110: 74,37'  !| beginning$1$, and she saw nothing of the $NA#F1$Tilneys.
110: 74,38D  !| "Do not be frightened, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine,"
110: 74,38'  !| whispered
110: 75, 1'  !| $NA#D$Isabella,
110: 75, 1D  !| "but I am really going to$9$ dance$1$ with your
110: 75, 2D  !| brother again. I declare positively it is quite shocking.
110: 75, 3D  !| I tell him he ought to$9$ be ashamed of himself, but you and
110: 75, 4D  !| $NA#E$John must keep us in countenance. Make$1$ haste, my dear$2#1$
110: 75, 5D  !| creature, and come to$4$ us. $NA#E$John is just$9$ walked off, but he
110: 75, 6D  !| will$1$ be back$5$ in a moment."
110: 75, 7'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had neither time nor inclination to$9$ answer$1$.
110: 75, 8'  !| The others walked away, $NA#E$John*Thorpe was still$5$ in view$0$,
110: 75, 9'  !| and she gave herself up for$4$ lost. That$3$ she might not
110: 75,10'  !| appear, however, to$9$ observe or expect him, she kept her
110: 75,11'  !| eyes intently fixed on$4$ her fan; and a self-condemnation
110: 75,12'  !| for$4$ her folly, in supposing that$3$ among such a crowd they
110: 75,13'  !| should even$5$ meet$1$ with the $NA#F1$Tilneys in any reasonable
110: 75,14'  !| time, had just$9$ passed through$4$ her mind$0$, when she suddenly
110: 75,15'  !| found herself addressed and again solicited to$9$
110: 75,16'  !| dance$1$, by$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney himself. With what$7$ sparkling eyes
110: 75,17'  !| and ready motion she granted his request$0$, and with how
110: 75,18'  !| pleasing a flutter of heart she went with him to$4$ the set$0$,
110: 75,19'  !| may$1$ be easily imagined. To$9$ escape$1$, and, as she believed,
110: 75,20'  !| so$5#1$ narrowly escape$1$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe, and to$9$ be asked, so$5#1$
110: 75,21'  !| immediately on$4$ his joining her, asked by$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, as
110: 75,22'  !| if he had sought her on$4$ purpose|~ it did not appear to$4$
110: 75,23'  !| her that$3$ life could supply$1$ any greater felicity.
110: 75,24'  !| Scarcely had they worked themselves into the quiet$0$
110: 75,25'  !| possession of a place$0$, however, when her attention was
110: 75,26'  !| claimed by$4$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe, who$6#1$ stood behind her.
110: 75,26E  !| "Hey-day,
110: 75,27E  !| $NA#A$Miss*Morland|"
110: 75,27'  !| said he,
110: 75,27E  !| "what$6#2$ is the meaning$0$ of
110: 75,28E  !| this?~ I thought$1$ you and I were to$9$ dance$1$ together."
110: 75,29A  !| "I wonder$1$ you should think so$5#2$, for$3$ you never asked
110: 75,30A  !| me."
110: 75,30E  !| "That$6#2$ is a good one, by$4$ Jove|~ I asked you as
110: 75,31E  !| soon as I came into the room, and I was just$9$ going to$9$
110: 75,32E  !| ask you again, but when I turned round$9$, you were gone|
110: 75,33E  !| ~ this is a cursed shabby trick$0$| I only came for$4$ the sake
110: 75,34E  !| of dancing$1$ with \you\, and I firmly believe you were
110: 75,35E  !| engaged to$4$ me ever since Monday. Yes; I remember,
110: 75,36E  !| I asked you while$9$ you were waiting in the lobby for$4$ your
110: 75,37E  !| cloak. And here have I been telling all my acquaintance
110: 75,38E  !| that$3$ I was going to$9$ dance$1$ with the prettiest girl in the
110: 76, 1E  !| room; and when they see you standing$1$ up with somebody
110: 76, 2E  !| else, they will$1$ quiz me famously."
110: 76, 3A  !| "Oh, no$7$; they will$1$ never think of \me\, after$4$ such
110: 76, 4A  !| a description as that$6#2$."
110: 76, 5E  !| "By$4$ heavens, if they do not, I will$1$ kick them out$8$ of
110: 76, 6E  !| the room for$4$ blockheads. What$6#2$ chap have you there?"
110: 76, 7'  !| $NA#A$Catherine satisfied$1$ his curiosity.
110: 76, 7E  !| "$NA#B$Tilney,"
110: 76, 7'  !| he repeated,
110: 76, 8E  !| "Hum ~ I do not know him. A good figure of a man;
110: 76, 9E  !| well$9$ put together.~ Does he want$1$ a horse?~ Here is
110: 76,10E  !| a friend of mine$6$, $NA#ZF$Sam*Fletcher, has got one to$9$ sell that$6#1$
110: 76,11E  !| would suit$1$ any*body. A famous clever animal for$4$ the
110: 76,12E  !| road ~ only forty guineas. I had fifty minds to$9$ buy it
110: 76,13E  !| myself, for$3$ it is one of my maxims always to$9$ buy a good
110: 76,14E  !| horse when I meet$1$ with one; but it would not answer$1$
110: 76,15E  !| my purpose, it would not do for$4$ the field. I would give
110: 76,16E  !| any money for$4$ a real good hunter. I have three now, the
110: 76,17E  !| best that$6#1$ ever were back'd. I would not take eight
110: 76,18E  !| hundred guineas for$4$ them. $NA#ZF$Fletcher and I mean$1$ to$9$ get
110: 76,19E  !| a house in Leicestershire, against the next season. It is
110: 76,20E  !| so$5#1$ d@@ uncomfortable, living$9$ at an inn."
110: 76,21'  !| This was the last$2$ sentence by$4$ which$6#1$ he could weary
110: 76,22'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's attention, for$3$ he was just$9$ then born$1#2$ off by$4$
110: 76,23'  !| the resistless pressure of a long$9$ string of passing$1$ ladies.
110: 76,24'  !| Her partner now drew near$9$, and said.
110: 76,24B  !| "That$6#2$ gentleman
110: 76,25B  !| would have put me out$8$ of patience, had he staid with
110: 76,26B  !| you half a minute$0$ longer. He has no$2$ business to$9$ withdraw
110: 76,27B  !| the attention of my partner from me. We have
110: 76,28B  !| entered into a contract of mutual agreeableness for$4$ the
110: 76,29B  !| space of an evening, and all our agreeableness belongs
110: 76,30B  !| solely to$4$ each other for$4$ that$6#2$ time. Nobody can fasten
110: 76,31B  !| themselves on$4$ the notice$0$ of one, without injuring the
110: 76,32B  !| rights of the other. I consider a country-dance as an
110: 76,33B  !| emblem of marriage. Fidelity and complaisance are
110: 76,34B  !| the principal$2$ duties of both; and those men who$6#1$
110: 76,35B  !| do not chuse to$9$ dance$1$ or marry themselves, have no$2$
110: 76,36B  !| business with the partners or wives of their neighbours."
110: 76,38A  !| "But they are such very different things|~"
110: 77, 1B  !| "~ That$3$ you think they cannot be compared together."
110: 77, 2     |
110: 77, 3A  !| "To$9$ be sure not. People that$6#1$ marry can never part$1$,
110: 77, 4A  !| but must go and keep house together. People that$6#1$ dance$1$,
110: 77, 5A  !| only stand$1$ opposite each other in a long$9$ room for$4$ half an
110: 77, 6A  !| hour."
110: 77, 7B  !| "And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing$0$.
110: 77, 8B  !| Taken in that$6#2$ light$0$ certainly, their resemblance is
110: 77, 9B  !| not striking; but I think I could place$1$ them in such
110: 77,10B  !| a view$0$.~ You will$1$ allow, that$3$ in both, man has the
110: 77,11B  !| advantage of choice$0$, woman only the power of refusal;
110: 77,12B  !| that$3$ in both, it is an engagement between man and
110: 77,13B  !| woman, formed for$4$ the advantage of each; and that$3$ when
110: 77,14B  !| once entered into, they belong exclusively to$4$ each other
110: 77,15B  !| till the moment of its dissolution; that$3$ it is their duty,
110: 77,16B  !| each to$9$ endeavour$1$ to$9$ give the other no$2$ cause for$4$ wishing
110: 77,17B  !| that$3$ he or she had bestowed themselves elsewhere, and
110: 77,18B  !| their best interest$0$ to$9$ keep their own$2$ imaginations from
110: 77,19B  !| wandering towards the perfections of their neighbours, or
110: 77,20B  !| fancying that$3$ they should have been better$9$ off with any*one
110: 77,21B  !| else. You will$1$ allow all this?"
110: 77,22A  !| "Yes, to$9$ be sure, as you state$1$ it, all this sounds$1$ very
110: 77,23A  !| well$9$; but still$5$ they are so$5#1$ very different.~ I cannot look$1$
110: 77,24A  !| upon them at all in the same light$0$, nor think the same
110: 77,25A  !| duties belong to$4$ them."
110: 77,26B  !| "In one respect$0$, there certainly is a difference. In
110: 77,27B  !| marriage, the man is supposed to$9$ provide for$4$ the support$0$
110: 77,28B  !| of the woman; the woman to$9$ make$1$ the home agreeable
110: 77,29B  !| to$4$ the man; he is to$9$ purvey, and she is to$9$ smile$1$. But in
110: 77,30B  !| dancing$0$, their duties are exactly changed; the agreeableness,
110: 77,31B  !| the compliance are expected$1$ from him, while$9$ she
110: 77,32B  !| furnishes the fan and the lavender*water. \That$6#2$\, I suppose,
110: 77,33B  !| was the difference of duties which$6#1$ struck you, as rendering
110: 77,34B  !| the conditions incapable of comparison."
110: 77,35A  !| "No$7$, indeed, I never thought$1$ of that$6#2$."
110: 77,36B  !| "Then I am quite at a loss. One thing, however,
110: 77,37B  !| I must observe. This disposition on$4$ your side$0$ is rather
110: 77,38B  !| alarming. You totally disallow any similarity in the
110: 78, 1B  !| obligations; and may$1$ I not thence infer, that$3$ your
110: 78, 2B  !| notions of the duties of the dancing$2$ state$0$ are not so$5#1$ strict
110: 78, 3B  !| as your partner might wish$1$? Have I not reason$0$ to$9$ fear$1$,
110: 78, 4B  !| that$3$ if the gentleman who$6#1$ spoke to$4$ you just$9$ now were to$9$
110: 78, 5B  !| return$1$, or if any other gentleman were to$9$ address$1$ you,
110: 78, 6B  !| there would be nothing to$9$ restrain you from conversing
110: 78, 7B  !| with him as long$9$ as you chose?"
110: 78, 8A  !| "$NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my
110: 78, 9A  !| brother's, that$3$ if he talks to$4$ me, I must talk$1$ to$4$ him
110: 78,10A  !| again; but there are hardly three young men in the room
110: 78,11A  !| besides him, that$6#1$ I have any acquaintance with."
110: 78,12B  !| "And is that$6#2$ to$9$ be my only security? alas, alas|"
110: 78,13A  !| "Nay, I am sure you cannot have a better$9$; for$3$ if I do
110: 78,14A  !| not know any*body, it is impossible for$4$ me to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$
110: 78,15A  !| them; and, besides, I do not \want$1$\ to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ any*body."
110: 78,16B  !| "Now you have given me a security worth having;
110: 78,17B  !| and I shall proceed with courage. Do you find Bath$0#1$ as
110: 78,18B  !| agreeable as when I had the honour$0$ of making the inquiry
110: 78,19B  !| before$5$?"
110: 78,20A  !| "Yes, quite ~ more so$5#2$, indeed."
110: 78,21B  !| "More so$5#2$|~ Take care$0$, or you will$1$ forget to$9$ be tired
110: 78,22B  !| of it at the proper time.~ You ought to$9$ be tired at the
110: 78,23B  !| end$0$ of six weeks."
110: 78,24A  !| "I do not think I should be tired, if I were to$9$ stay$1$ here
110: 78,25A  !| six months."
110: 78,26B  !| "Bath$0#1$, compared with London, has little variety, and
110: 78,27B  !| so$5#2$ every*body finds out$5$ every year.
110: 78,27@z   | ""For$4$ six weeks,
110: 78,28@z   | I allow Bath$0#1$ is pleasant enough; but beyond$4$ \that$6#2$\, it is
110: 78,29@z   | the most tiresome place$0$ in the world.""
110: 78,29B  !| You would be
110: 78,30B  !| told so$5#2$ by$4$ people of all descriptions, who$6#1$ come regularly
110: 78,31B  !| every winter, lengthen their six weeks into ten or twelve,
110: 78,32B  !| and go away at last$0$ because they can afford to$9$ stay$1$ no$2$
110: 78,33B  !| longer."
110: 78,34A  !| "Well$7$, other people must judge$1$ for$4$ themselves, and
110: 78,35A  !| those who$6#1$ go to$4$ London may$1$ think nothing of Bath$0#1$.
110: 78,36A  !| But I, who$6#1$ live in a small retired village in the country,
110: 78,37A  !| can never find greater sameness in such a place$0$ as this,
110: 78,38A  !| than in my own$2$ home; for$3$ here are a variety of amusements,
110: 79, 1A  !| a variety of things to$9$ be seen and done all day
110: 79, 2A  !| long$9$, which$6#1$ I can know nothing of there."
110: 79, 3B  !| "You are not fond of the country."
110: 79, 4A  !| "Yes, I am. I have always lived there, and always
110: 79, 5A  !| been very happy. But certainly there is much more
110: 79, 6A  !| sameness in a country life than in a Bath$0#1$ life. One day
110: 79, 7A  !| in the country is exactly like$9$ another."
110: 79, 8B  !| "But then you spend your time so$5#1$ much more rationally
110: 79, 9B  !| in the country."
110: 79,10A  !| "Do I?"
110: 79,11B  !| "Do you not?"
110: 79,12A  !| "I do not believe there is much difference."
110: 79,13B  !| "Here you are in pursuit only of amusement all day
110: 79,14B  !| long$9$."
110: 79,15A  !| "And so$5#2$ I am at home ~ only I do not find so$5#1$ much
110: 79,16A  !| of it. I walk$1$ about$5$ here, and so$5#2$ I do there;~ but here
110: 79,17A  !| I see a variety of people in every street, and there I can
110: 79,18A  !| only go and call$1$ on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen."
110: 79,19'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney was very much amused.
110: 79,19B  !| "Only go and call$1$
110: 79,20B  !| on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen|"
110: 79,20'  !| he repeated.
110: 79,20B  !| "What$7$ a picture$0$ of intellectual
110: 79,21B  !| poverty| However, when you sink into this
110: 79,22B  !| abyss again, you will$1$ have more to$9$ say. You will$1$ be able
110: 79,23B  !| to$9$ talk$1$ of Bath$0#1$, and of all that$6#1$ you did here."
110: 79,24A  !| "Oh| yes. I shall never be in want$0$ of something to$9$
110: 79,25A  !| talk$1$ of again to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, or any*body else. I really
110: 79,26A  !| believe I shall always be talking of Bath$0#1$, when I am at
110: 79,27A  !| home again ~ I \do\ like$1$ it so$5#1$ very much. If I could but
110: 79,28A  !| have papa and mamma, and the rest$0#1$ of them here, I suppose
110: 79,29A  !| I should be too$5#1$ happy| $NA#K$James's coming (my eldest
110: 79,30A  !| brother) is quite delightful ~ and especially as it turns$1$
110: 79,31A  !| out$5$, that$3$ the very family we are just$9$ got so$5#1$ intimate$2$ with,
110: 79,32A  !| are his intimate$2$ friends already. Oh| who$6#2$ can ever be
110: 79,33A  !| tired of Bath$0#1$?"
110: 79,34B  !| "Not those who$6#1$ bring such fresh feelings of every sort
110: 79,35B  !| to$4$ it, as you do. But papas and mammas, and brothers
110: 79,36B  !| and intimate$2$ friends are a good deal$0#2$ gone by$5$, to$4$ most of
110: 79,37B  !| the frequenters of Bath$0#1$ ~ and the honest relish$0$ of balls
110: 79,38B  !| and plays$0$, and every-day sights, is past$9$ with them."
110: 80, 1'  !| Here their conversation closed; the demands$0$ of the
110: 80, 2'  !| dance$0$ becoming$1$ now too$5#1$ importunate for$4$ a divided
110: 80, 3'  !| attention.
110: 80, 4'  !| Soon after$4$ their reaching the bottom of the set$0$, $NA#A$Catherine
110: 80, 5'  !| perceived herself to$9$ be earnestly regarded by$4$ a gentleman
110: 80, 6'  !| who$6#1$ stood among the lookers-on, immediately
110: 80, 7'  !| behind her partner. He was a very handsome man, of
110: 80, 8'  !| a commanding aspect, past$9$ the bloom, but not past$9$ the
110: 80, 9'  !| vigour of life; and with his eye still$5$ directed towards
110: 80,10'  !| her, she saw him presently address$1$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney in a familiar
110: 80,11'  !| whisper$0$. Confused by$4$ his notice$0$, and blushing from the
110: 80,12'  !| fear$0$ of its being$1$ excited by$4$ something wrong$9$ in her appearance,
110: 80,13'  !| she turned away her head$0$. But while$9$ she did so$5#2$,
110: 80,14'  !| the gentleman retreated, and her partner coming nearer,
110: 80,15'  !| said,
110: 80,15B  !| "I see that$3$ you guess$1$ what$6#1$ I have just$9$ been asked.
110: 80,16B  !| That$6#2$ gentleman knows your name$0$, and you have a right$0$
110: 80,17B  !| to$9$ know his. It is $NA#F$General*Tilney, my father."
110: 80,18'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's answer$0$ was only
110: 80,18A  !| "Oh|" ~
110: 80,18'  !| but it was an
110: 80,19'  !| "Oh|" expressing every*thing needful; attention to$4$ his
110: 80,20'  !| words, and perfect$2$ reliance on$4$ their truth. With real
110: 80,21'  !| interest$0$ and strong admiration did her eye now follow the
110: 80,22'  !| $NA#F$General, as he moved through$4$ the crowd, and
110: 80,22@a   | "How
110: 80,23@a   | handsome a family they are|"
110: 80,23'  !| was her secret$2$ remark$0$.
110: 80,24'  !| In chatting with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney before$3$ the evening concluded,
110: 80,25'  !| a new source of felicity arose to$4$ her. She had
110: 80,26'  !| never taken a country walk$0$ since her arrival in Bath$0#1$.
110: 80,27'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, to$4$ whom$6#1$ all the commonly-frequented
110: 80,28'  !| environs were familiar, spoke of them in terms which$6#1$
110: 80,29'  !| made her all eagerness to$9$ know them too$5#2$; and on$4$ her
110: 80,30'  !| openly fearing that$3$ she might find nobody to$9$ go with
110: 80,31'  !| her, it was proposed by$4$ the brother and sister that$3$ they
110: 80,32'  !| should join in a walk$0$, some morning or other.
110: 80,32A  !| "I shall
110: 80,33A  !| like$1$ it,"
110: 80,33'  !| she cried,
110: 80,33A  !| "beyond$4$ any*thing in the world; and
110: 80,34A  !| do not let us put it off ~ let us go to-morrow."
110: 80,34'  !| This was
110: 80,35'  !| readily agreed to$4$, with only a proviso of $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's,
110: 80,36'  !| that$3$ it did not rain$1$, which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine was sure it would
110: 80,37'  !| not. At twelve o'clock, they were to$9$ call$1$ for$4$ her in
110: 80,38'  !| Pulteney-street ~ and
110: 80,38A  !| "remember ~ twelve o'clock,"
110: 80,38'  !| was
110: 81, 1'  !| her parting speech to$4$ her new friend. Of her other, her
110: 81, 2'  !| older, her more established friend, $NA#D$Isabella of whose$6#1$
110: 81, 3'  !| fidelity and worth she had enjoyed a fortnight's experience$0$,
110: 81, 4'  !| she scarcely saw any*thing during the evening. Yet,
110: 81, 5'  !| though longing$1$ to$9$ make$1$ her acquainted with her happiness,
110: 81, 6'  !| she cheerfully submitted to$4$ the wish$0$ of $NA#H$Mr%*Allen,
110: 81, 7'  !| which$6#1$ took them rather early away, and her spirits
110: 81, 8'  !| danced within her, as she danced in her chair all the
110: 81, 9'  !| way home.
111: 82, 1'  !| The morrow brought a very sober looking morning;
111: 82, 2'  !| the sun making only a few efforts to$9$ appear; and $NA#A$Catherine
111: 82, 3'  !| augured from it, every*thing most favourable to$4$ her
111: 82, 4'  !| wishes$0$.
111: 82, 4@a   | A bright morning so$5#1$ early in the year, she
111: 82, 5@a   | allowed would generally turn$1$ to$4$ rain$0$, but a cloudy one
111: 82, 6@a   | foretold improvement as the day advanced.
111: 82, 6'  !| She applied
111: 82, 7'  !| to$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen for$4$ confirmation of her hopes$0$, but $NA#H$Mr%*Allen
111: 82, 8'  !| not having his own$2$ skies and barometer about$4$ him,
111: 82, 9'  !| declined giving any absolute promise$0$ of sunshine. She
111: 82,10'  !| applied to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's opinion was more
111: 82,11'  !| positive.
111: 82,11I  !| "She had no$2$ doubt$0$ in the world of its being$1$
111: 82,12I  !| a very fine day, if the clouds would only go off, and the
111: 82,13I  !| sun keep out$5$."
111: 82,14'  !| At about$4$ eleven o'clock however, a few specks of small
111: 82,15'  !| rain$0$ upon the windows caught $NA#A$Catherine's watchful eye,
111: 82,16'  !| and
111: 82,16A  !| "Oh| dear$7$, I do believe it will$1$ be wet$2$,"
111: 82,16'  !| broke from
111: 82,17'  !| her in a most desponding tone.
111: 82,18I  !| "I thought$1$ how it would be,"
111: 82,18'  !| said $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen.
111: 82,19A  !| "No$2$ walk$0$ for$4$ me to-day,"
111: 82,19'  !| sighed $NA#A$Catherine;~
111: 82,19A  !| "but
111: 82,20A  !| perhaps it may$1$ come to$4$ nothing, or it may$1$ hold$1$ up before$4$
111: 82,21A  !| twelve."
111: 82,22I  !| "Perhaps it may$1$, but then, my dear$2#1$, it will$1$ be so$5#1$
111: 82,23I  !| dirty."
111: 82,24A  !| "Oh| that$6#2$ will$1$ not signify; I never mind$1$ dirt."
111: 82,25I  !| "No$7$,"
111: 82,25'  !| replied her friend very placidly,
111: 82,25I  !| "I know you
111: 82,26I  !| never mind$1$ dirt."
111: 82,27'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$,
111: 82,27A  !| "It comes on$5$ faster and faster|"
111: 82,28'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, as she stood watching at a window.
111: 82,29I  !| "So$5#2$ it does indeed. If it keeps raining, the streets will$1$
111: 82,30I  !| be very wet$2$."
111: 82,31A  !| "There are four umbrellas up already. How I hate the
111: 82,32A  !| sight of an umbrella|"
111: 83, 1I  !| "They are disagreeable things to$9$ carry. I would much
111: 83, 2I  !| rather take a chair at any time."
111: 83, 3A  !| "It was such a nice looking morning| I felt so$5#1$ convinced
111: 83, 4A  !| it would be dry$2$|"
111: 83, 5I  !| "Any*body would have thought$1$ so$5#2$ indeed. There will$1$
111: 83, 6I  !| be very few people in the Pump-room, if it rains all the
111: 83, 7I  !| morning. I hope$1$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen will$1$ put on$5$ his great*coat
111: 83, 8I  !| when he goes, but I dare$1#2$ say he will$1$ not, for$3$ he had
111: 83, 9I  !| rather do any*thing in the world than walk$1$ out$5$ in a great*coat;
111: 83,10I  !| I wonder$1$ he should dislike$1$ it, it must be so$5#1$ comfortable."
111: 83,11     |
111: 83,12'  !| The rain$0$ continued ~ fast, though not heavy. $NA#A$Catherine
111: 83,13'  !| went every five minutes to$4$ the clock, threatening on$4$ each
111: 83,14'  !| return$0$ that$3$, if it still$5$ kept on$5$ raining another five minutes,
111: 83,15'  !| she would give up the matter as hopeless. The clock
111: 83,16'  !| struck twelve, and it still$5$ rained.~
111: 83,16I  !| "You will$1$ not be able
111: 83,17I  !| to$9$ go, my dear$2#1$."
111: 83,18A  !| "I do not quite despair$1$ yet. I shall not give it up till
111: 83,19A  !| a quarter$0#1$ after$4$ twelve. This is just$9$ the time of day for$4$
111: 83,20A  !| it to$9$ clear$1$ up, and I do think it looks$1$ a little lighter.
111: 83,21A  !| There, it is twenty minutes after$4$ twelve, and now I \shall\
111: 83,22A  !| give it up entirely. Oh| that$3$ we had such weather here
111: 83,23A  !| as they had at Udolpho, or at least in Tuscany and the
111: 83,24A  !| South of France|~ the night that$6#1$ poor $NA#Z2$St%*Aubin died|~
111: 83,25A  !| such beautiful weather|"
111: 83,26'  !| At half past$9$ twelve, when $NA#A$Catherine's anxious attention
111: 83,27'  !| to$4$ the weather was over, and she could no$2$ longer claim$1$
111: 83,28'  !| any merit$0$ from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily
111: 83,29'  !| to$9$ clear$1$. A gleam of sunshine took her quite by$4$ surprize$0$;
111: 83,30'  !| she looked round$9$; the clouds were parting, and she
111: 83,31'  !| instantly returned to$4$ the window to$9$ watch$1$ over and
111: 83,32'  !| encourage the happy appearance. Ten minutes more
111: 83,33'  !| made it certain that$3$ a bright afternoon would succeed,
111: 83,34'  !| and justified the opinion of $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, who$6#1$ had
111: 83,34I  !| "always
111: 83,35I  !| thought$1$ it would clear$1$ up."
111: 83,35'  !| But whether $NA#A$Catherine might
111: 83,36'  !| still$5$ expect her friends, whether there had not been too$5#1$
111: 83,37'  !| much rain$0$ for$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to$9$ venture, must yet be a
111: 83,38'  !| question$0$.
111: 84, 1'  !| It was too$5#1$ dirty for$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen to$9$ accompany her
111: 84, 2'  !| husband to$4$ the Pump-room; he accordingly set$1$ off by$4$
111: 84, 3'  !| himself, and $NA#A$Catherine had barely watched him down$4$
111: 84, 4'  !| the street, when her notice$0$ was claimed by$4$ the approach$0$
111: 84, 5'  !| of the same two open$2$ carriages, containing the same three
111: 84, 6'  !| people that$6#1$ had surprized her so$5#1$ much a few mornings
111: 84, 7'  !| back$5$.
111: 84, 8A  !| "$NA#D$Isabella, my brother, and $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe, I declare|
111: 84, 9A  !| They are coming for$4$ me perhaps ~ but I shall not go ~
111: 84,10A  !| I cannot go indeed, for$3$ you know $NA#C$Miss*Tilney may$1$ still$5$
111: 84,11A  !| call$1$."
111: 84,11'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen agreed to$4$ it. $NA#E$John*Thorpe was soon
111: 84,12'  !| with them, and his voice was with them yet sooner, for$3$
111: 84,13'  !| on$4$ the stairs he was calling out$5$ to$4$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland to$9$ be
111: 84,14'  !| quick$2$.
111: 84,14E  !| "Make$1$ haste| make$1$ haste|"
111: 84,14'  !| as he threw open$2$
111: 84,15'  !| the door ~
111: 84,15E  !| "put on$5$ your hat this moment ~ there is no$2$
111: 84,16E  !| time to$9$ be lost ~ we are going to$4$ Bristol.~ How d'ye do,
111: 84,17E  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen?"
111: 84,18A  !| "To$4$ Bristol| Is not that$6#2$ a great way off?~ But, however,
111: 84,19A  !| I cannot go with you to-day, because I am engaged;
111: 84,20A  !| I expect some friends every moment."
111: 84,20'  !| This was of
111: 84,21'  !| course$8$ vehemently talked down$5$ as no$2$ reason$0$ at all;
111: 84,22'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was called on$5$ to$9$ second$1$ him, and the two
111: 84,23'  !| others walked in, to$9$ give their assistance.
111: 84,23D  !| "My sweetest
111: 84,24D  !| $NA#A$Catherine, is not this delightful? We shall have a most
111: 84,25D  !| heavenly drive$0$. You are to$9$ thank your brother and me
111: 84,26D  !| for$4$ the scheme$0$; it darted into our heads at breakfast-time,
111: 84,27D  !| I verily believe at the same instant$0$; and we should
111: 84,28D  !| have been off two hours ago if it had not been for$4$ this
111: 84,29D  !| detestable rain$0$. But it does not signify, the nights are
111: 84,30D  !| moonlight, and we shall do delightfully. Oh| I am in
111: 84,31D  !| such extasies at the thoughts of a little country air and
111: 84,32D  !| quiet$0$|~ so$5#1$ much better$9$ than going to$4$ the Lower*Rooms.
111: 84,33D  !| We shall drive$1$ directly to$4$ Clifton and dine there; and,
111: 84,34D  !| as soon as dinner is over, if there is time for$4$ it, go on$5$ to$4$
111: 84,35D  !| Kingsweston."
111: 84,36K  !| "I doubt$1$ our being$1$ able to$9$ do so$5#1$ much,"
111: 84,36'  !| said $NA#K$Morland.
111: 84,37E  !| "You croaking fellow|"
111: 84,37'  !| cried $NA#E$Thorpe,
111: 84,37E  !| "we shall be
111: 84,38E  !| able to$9$ do ten times more. Kingsweston| aye, and Blaize*Castle
111: 85, 1E  !| too$5#2$, and any*thing else we can hear of; but here
111: 85, 2E  !| is your sister says she will$1$ not go."
111: 85, 3A  !| "Blaize*Castle|"
111: 85, 3'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine;
111: 85, 3A  !| "what$6#2$ is that$6#2$?"
111: 85, 4E  !| "The finest place$0$ in England ~ worth going fifty miles
111: 85, 5E  !| at any time to$9$ see."
111: 85, 6A  !| "What$7$, is it really a castle, an old castle?"
111: 85, 7E  !| "The oldest in the kingdom."
111: 85, 8A  !| "But is it like$9$ what$6#1$ one reads of?"
111: 85, 9E  !| "Exactly ~ the very same."
111: 85,10A  !| "But now really ~ are there towers and long$9$ galleries?"
111: 85,11     |
111: 85,12E  !| "By$4$ dozens."
111: 85,13A  !| "Then I should like$1$ to$9$ see it; but I cannot ~ I
111: 85,14A  !| cannot go."
111: 85,15D  !| "Not go|~ my beloved creature, what$6#2$ do you mean$1$?"
111: 85,16A  !| "I cannot go, because" ~
111: 85,16'  !| looking down$5$ as she
111: 85,17'  !| spoke, fearful of $NA#D$Isabella's smile$0$)
111: 85,17A  !| "I expect $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
111: 85,18A  !| and her brother to$9$ call$1$ on$4$ me to$9$ take a country walk$0$.
111: 85,19A  !| They promised to$9$ come at twelve, only it rained; but
111: 85,20A  !| now, as it is so$5#1$ fine, I dare$1#2$ say they will$1$ be here soon."
111: 85,21E  !| "Not they indeed,"
111: 85,21'  !| cried $NA#E$Thorpe;
111: 85,21E  !| "for$3$, as we turned
111: 85,22E  !| into Broad-street, I saw them ~ does he not drive$1$ a
111: 85,23E  !| phaeton with bright chesnuts?"
111: 85,24A  !| "I do not know indeed."
111: 85,25E  !| "Yes, I know he does; I saw him. You are talking
111: 85,26E  !| of the man you danced with last$2$ night, are not you?"
111: 85,27A  !| "Yes."
111: 85,28E  !| "Well$7$, I saw him at that$6#2$ moment turn$1$ up the Lansdown*Road,
111: 85,29E  !| ~ driving a smart-looking girl."
111: 85,30A  !| "Did you indeed?"
111: 85,31E  !| "Did upon my soul; knew him again directly, and he
111: 85,32E  !| seemed to$9$ have got some very pretty$2$ cattle too$5#2$."
111: 85,33A  !| "It is very odd| but I suppose they thought$1$ it would
111: 85,34A  !| be too$5#1$ dirty for$4$ a walk$0$."
111: 85,35E  !| "And well$9$ they might, for$3$ I never saw so$5#1$ much dirt in
111: 85,36E  !| my life. Walk$1$| you could no$2$ more walk$1$ than you could
111: 85,37E  !| fly$1$| it has not been so$5#1$ dirty the whole$2$ winter; it is
111: 85,38E  !| ancle-deep every*where."
111: 86, 1'  !| $NA#D$Isabella corroborated it:~
111: 86, 1D  !| "My dearest $NA#A$Catherine, you
111: 86, 2D  !| cannot form$1$ an idea of the dirt; come, you must go;
111: 86, 3D  !| you cannot refuse going now."
111: 86, 4A  !| "I should like$1$ to$9$ see the castle; but may$1$ we go all
111: 86, 5A  !| over it? may$1$ we go up every staircase, and into every
111: 86, 6A  !| suite of rooms?"
111: 86, 7E  !| "Yes, yes, every hole and corner."
111: 86, 8A  !| "But then,~ if they should only be gone out$5$ for$4$ an
111: 86, 9A  !| hour till it is drier, and call$1$ by*and*bye?"
111: 86,10E  !| "Make$1$ yourself easy, there is no$2$ danger of that$6#2$, for$3$
111: 86,11E  !| I heard $NA#B$Tilney hallooing to$4$ a man who$6#1$ was just$9$ passing$1$
111: 86,12E  !| by$5$ on$4$ horseback, that$3$ they were going as far as Wick*Rocks."
111: 86,13     |
111: 86,14A  !| "Then I will$1$. Shall I go, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen?"
111: 86,15I  !| "Just$9$ as you please, my dear$2#1$."
111: 86,16'  !| "$NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, you must persuade her to$9$ go," was the
111: 86,17'  !| general$2$ cry$0$. $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen was not inattentive to$4$ it:~
111: 86,18I  !| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$,"
111: 86,18'  !| said she,
111: 86,18I  !| "suppose you go."~
111: 86,18'  !| And in
111: 86,19'  !| two minutes they were off.
111: 86,20'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's feelings, as she got into the carriage, were
111: 86,21'  !| in a very unsettled state$0$; divided between regret$0$ for$4$ the
111: 86,22'  !| loss of one great pleasure, and the hope$0$ of soon enjoying
111: 86,23'  !| another, almost its equal$0$ in degree, however unlike in
111: 86,24'  !| kind$0$.
111: 86,24@a   | She could not think the $NA#F1$Tilneys had acted quite
111: 86,25@a   | well$9$ by$4$ her, in so$5#1$ readily giving up their engagement,
111: 86,26@a   | without sending her any message of excuse$0$. It was now
111: 86,27@a   | but an hour later than the time fixed on$5$ for$4$ the beginning$0$
111: 86,28@a   | of their walk$0$; and, in spite$8$ of what$6#1$ she had heard of the
111: 86,29@a   | prodigious accumulation of dirt in the course$0$ of that$6#2$
111: 86,30@a   | hour, she could not from her own$2$ observation help$1$ thinking,
111: 86,31@a   | that$3$ they might have gone with very little inconvenience.
111: 86,32@a   | To$9$ feel herself slighted by$4$ them was very
111: 86,33@a   | painful. On$4$ the other hand$0$, the delight$0$ of exploring an
111: 86,34@a   | edifice like$9$ Udolpho, as her fancy$0$ represented Blaize*Castle
111: 86,35@a   | to$9$ be, was such a counterpoise of good, as might
111: 86,36@a   | console her for$4$ almost any*thing.
111: 86,37'  !| They passed briskly down$4$ Pulteney-street, and through$4$
111: 86,38'  !| Laura-place, without the exchange$0$ of many words.
111: 87, 1'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe talked to$4$ his horse, and she meditated, by$4$ turns$0$,
111: 87, 2'  !| on$4$ broken promises$0$ and broken arches, phaetons and
111: 87, 3'  !| false hangings, $NA#F1$Tilneys and trap-doors. As they entered
111: 87, 4'  !| Argyle-buildings, however, she was roused by$4$ this address$0$
111: 87, 5'  !| from her companion,
111: 87, 5E  !| "Who$6#2$ is that$6#2$ girl who$6#1$ looked at
111: 87, 6E  !| you so$5#1$ hard as she went by$5$?"
111: 87, 7A  !| "Who$6#2$?~ where?"
111: 87, 8E  !| "On$4$ the right-hand pavement ~ she must be almost
111: 87, 9E  !| out$8$ of sight now."
111: 87, 9'  !| $NA#A$Catherine looked round$9$ and saw $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
111: 87,10'  !| leaning on$4$ her brother's arm$0$, walking slowly down$4$
111: 87,11'  !| the street. She saw them both looking back$5$ at her.
111: 87,12A  !| "Stop$1$, stop$1$, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe,"
111: 87,12'  !| she impatiently cried,
111: 87,12A  !| "it is
111: 87,13A  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney; it is indeed.~ How could you tell me they
111: 87,14A  !| were gone?~ Stop$1$, stop$1$, I will$1$ get out$5$ this moment and
111: 87,15A  !| go to$4$ them."
111: 87,15'  !| But to$4$ what$6#2$ purpose did she speak?~
111: 87,16'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe only lashed his horse into a brisker trot; the
111: 87,17'  !| $NA#F1$Tilneys, who$6#1$ had soon ceased to$9$ look$1$ after$4$ her, were in
111: 87,18'  !| a moment out$8$ of sight round$4$ the corner of Laura-place,
111: 87,19'  !| and in another moment she was herself whisked into the
111: 87,20'  !| Market-place. Still$5$, however, and during the length of
111: 87,21'  !| another street, she intreated him to$9$ stop$1$.
111: 87,21A  !| "Pray, pray
111: 87,22A  !| stop$1$, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe.~ I cannot go on$5$.~ I will$1$ not go on$5$.~
111: 87,23A  !| I must go back$5$ to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney."
111: 87,23'  !| But $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe only
111: 87,24'  !| laughed, smacked his whip, encouraged his horse, made
111: 87,25'  !| odd noises, and drove on$5$; and $NA#A$Catherine, angry and
111: 87,26'  !| vexed as she was, having no$2$ power of getting away, was
111: 87,27'  !| obliged to$9$ give up the point$0$ and submit. Her reproaches,
111: 87,28'  !| however, were not spared.
111: 87,28A  !| "How could you deceive me
111: 87,29A  !| so$5#2$, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe?~ How could you say, that$3$ you saw
111: 87,30A  !| them driving up the Lansdown-road?~ I would not have
111: 87,31A  !| had it happen so$5#2$ for$4$ the world.~ They must think it so$5#1$
111: 87,32A  !| strange; so$5#1$ rude of me| to$9$ go by$4$ them, too$5#2$, without
111: 87,33A  !| saying a word| You do not know how vexed I am.~
111: 87,34A  !| I shall have no$2$ pleasure at Clifton, nor in any*thing else.
111: 87,35A  !| I had rather, ten thousand times rather get out$5$ now, and
111: 87,36A  !| walk$1$ back$5$ to$4$ them. How could you say, you saw them
111: 87,37A  !| driving out$5$ in a phaeton?"
111: 87,37'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe  defended himself
111: 87,38'  !| very stoutly, declared he had never seen two men so$5#1$
111: 88, 1'  !| much alike in his life, and would hardly give up the point$0$
111: 88, 2'  !| of its having been $NA#B$Tilney himself.
111: 88, 3'  !| Their drive$0$, even$5$ when this subject$0$ was over, was not
111: 88, 4'  !| likely to$9$ be very agreeable. $NA#A$Catherine's complaisance
111: 88, 5'  !| was no$2$ longer what$6#1$ it had been in their former airing.
111: 88, 6'  !| She listened reluctantly, and her replies$0$ were short$2$.
111: 88, 7'  !| Blaize*Castle remained her only comfort$0$; towards \that$6#2$\,
111: 88, 8'  !| she still$5$ looked at intervals with pleasure; though rather
111: 88, 9'  !| than be disappointed of the promised walk$0$, and especially
111: 88,10'  !| rather than be thought$1$ ill of by$4$ the $NA#F1$Tilneys, she would
111: 88,11'  !| willingly have given up all the happiness which$6#1$ its walls
111: 88,12'  !| could supply$1$ ~ the happiness of a progress through$4$ a long$9$
111: 88,13'  !| suite of lofty rooms, exhibiting the remains$0$ of magnificent
111: 88,14'  !| furniture, though now for$4$ many years deserted ~ the
111: 88,15'  !| happiness of being$1$ stopped in their way along$4$ narrow,
111: 88,16'  !| winding vaults, by$4$ a low, grated door; or even$5$ of having
111: 88,17'  !| their lamp, their only lamp, extinguished by$4$ a sudden$2$
111: 88,18'  !| gust of wind, and of being$1$ left$1$ in total darkness. In the
111: 88,19'  !| meanwhile, they proceeded on$4$ their journey without any
111: 88,20'  !| mischance; and were within view$0$ of the town of Keynsham,
111: 88,21'  !| when a halloo from $NA#K$Morland, who$6#1$ was behind
111: 88,22'  !| them, made his friend pull up, to$9$ know what$6#1$ was the
111: 88,23'  !| matter. The others then came close$9$ enough for$4$ conversation,
111: 88,24'  !| and $NA#K$Morland said,
111: 88,24K  !| "We had better$9$ go back$5$,
111: 88,25K  !| $NA#E$Thorpe; it is too$5#1$ late to$9$ go on$5$ to-day; your sister thinks
111: 88,26K  !| so$5#2$ as well$9$ as I. We have been exactly an hour coming
111: 88,27K  !| from Pulteney-street, very little more than seven miles;
111: 88,28K  !| and, I suppose, we have at least eight more to$9$ go. It
111: 88,29K  !| will$1$ never do. We set$1$ out$5$ a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ late. We had
111: 88,30K  !| much better$9$ put it off till another day, and turn$1$ round$9$."
111: 88,31E  !| "It is all one to$4$ me,"
111: 88,31'  !| replied $NA#E$Thorpe rather angrily;
111: 88,32'  !| and instantly turning$1$ his horse, they were on$4$ their way
111: 88,33'  !| back$5$ to$4$ Bath$0#1$.
111: 88,34E  !| "If your brother had not got such a d@@ beast to$9$
111: 88,35E  !| drive$1$,"
111: 88,35'  !| said he soon afterwards,
111: 88,35E  !| "we might have done it
111: 88,36E  !| very well$9$. My horse would have trotted to$4$ Clifton within
111: 88,37E  !| the hour, if left$1$ to$4$ himself, and I have almost broke my
111: 88,38E  !| arm$0$ with pulling him in to$4$ that$6#2$ cursed broken-winded
111: 89, 1E  !| jade's pace$0$. $NA#K$Morland is a fool for$4$ not keeping$1$ a horse and
111: 89, 2E  !| gig of his own$2$."
111: 89, 3A  !| "No$7$, he is not,"
111: 89, 3'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine warmly,
111: 89, 3A  !| "for$3$ I am
111: 89, 4A  !| sure he could not afford it."
111: 89, 5E  !| "And why cannot he afford it?"
111: 89, 6A  !| "Because he has not money enough."
111: 89, 7E  !| "And whose$6#2$ fault is that$6#2$?"
111: 89, 8A  !| "Nobody's, that$6#1$ I know of."
111: 89, 8'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe then said some*thing
111: 89, 9'  !| in the loud, incoherent way to$4$ which$6#1$ he had often
111: 89,10'  !| recourse, about$4$
111: 89,10@e   | its being$1$ a d@@ thing to$9$ be miserly;
111: 89,11@e   | and that$3$ if people who$6#1$ rolled in money could not afford
111: 89,12@e   | things, he did not know who$6#2$ could;
111: 89,12'  !| which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine did
111: 89,13'  !| not even$5$ endeavour$1$ to$9$ understand. Disappointed of
111: 89,14'  !| what$6#1$ was to$9$ have been the consolation for$4$ her first disappointment,
111: 89,15'  !| she was less and less disposed either to$9$ be
111: 89,16'  !| agreeable herself, or to$9$ find her companion so$5#2$; and they
111: 89,17'  !| returned to$4$ Pulteney-street without her speaking twenty
111: 89,18'  !| words.
111: 89,19'  !| As she entered the house, the footman told her, that$3$
111: 89,20'  !| a gentleman and lady had called and inquired for$4$ her
111: 89,21'  !| a few minutes after$4$ her setting off; that$3$, when he told
111: 89,22'  !| them she was gone out$5$ with $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe, the lady had
111: 89,23'  !| asked whether any message had been left$1$ for$4$ her; and
111: 89,24'  !| on$4$ his saying no$7$, had felt for$4$ a card, but said she had
111: 89,25'  !| none about$4$ her, and went away. Pondering over these
111: 89,26'  !| heart-rending tidings, $NA#A$Catherine walked slowly up*stairs.
111: 89,27'  !| At the head$0$ of them she was met by$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, who$6#1$, on$4$
111: 89,28'  !| hearing the reason$0$ of their speedy return$0$, said,
111: 89,28H  !| "I am
111: 89,29H  !| glad your brother had so$5#1$ much sense; I am glad you
111: 89,30H  !| are come back$5$. It was a strange, wild scheme$0$."
111: 89,31'  !| They all spent the evening together at $NA#E$Thorpe's.
111: 89,32'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was disturbed and out$8$ of spirits; but $NA#D$Isabella
111: 89,33'  !| seemed to$9$ find a pool of commerce, in the fate of which$6#1$
111: 89,34'  !| she shared, by$4$ private$2$ partnership with $NA#K$Morland, a very
111: 89,35'  !| good equivalent for$4$ the quiet$0$ and country air of an inn
111: 89,36'  !| at Clifton. Her satisfaction, too$5#2$, in not being$1$ at the
111: 89,37'  !| Lower*Rooms, was spoken more than once.
111: 89,37D  !| "How
111: 89,38D  !| I pity$1$ the poor creatures that$6#1$ are going there| How
111: 90, 1D  !| glad I am that$3$ I am not amongst them| I wonder$1$
111: 90, 2D  !| whether it will$1$ be a full ball$0#2$ or not| They have not
111: 90, 3D  !| begun dancing$1$ yet. I would not be there for$4$ all the world.
111: 90, 4D  !| It is so$5#1$ delightful to$9$ have an evening now and then to$9$
111: 90, 5D  !| oneself. I dare$1#2$ say it will$1$ not be a very good ball$0#2$. I know
111: 90, 6D  !| the $NA#ZL$Mitchells will$1$ not be there. I am sure I pity$1$ every*body
111: 90, 7D  !| that$6#1$ is. But I dare$1#2$ say, $NA#K$Mr%*Morland, you long$1$ to$9$
111: 90, 8D  !| be at it, do not you? I am sure you do. Well$7$, pray
111: 90, 9D  !| do not let any*body here be a restraint on$4$ you. I dare$1#2$
111: 90,10D  !| say we could do very well$9$ without you; but you men
111: 90,11D  !| think yourselves of such consequence."
111: 90,12'  !| $NA#A$Catherine could almost have accused $NA#D$Isabella of being$1$
111: 90,13'  !| wanting in tenderness towards herself and her sorrows;
111: 90,14'  !| so$5#1$ very little did they appear to$9$ dwell on$4$ her mind$0$, and
111: 90,15'  !| so$5#1$ very inadequate was the comfort$0$ she offered.
111: 90,15D  !| "Do
111: 90,16D  !| not be so$5#1$ dull, my dearest creature,"
111: 90,16'  !| she whispered.
111: 90,17D  !| "You will$1$ quite break my heart. It was amazingly
111: 90,18D  !| shocking to$9$ be sure; but the $NA#F1$Tilneys were entirely to$4$
111: 90,19D  !| blame$1$. Why were not they more punctual? It was
111: 90,20D  !| dirty, indeed, but what$6#2$ did that$6#2$ signify? I am sure
111: 90,21D  !| $NA#E$John and I should not have minded it. I never mind$1$
111: 90,22D  !| going through$4$ any*thing, where a friend is concerned;
111: 90,23D  !| that$6#2$ is my disposition, and $NA#E$John is just$9$ the same; he has
111: 90,24D  !| amazing strong feelings. Good heavens| what$7$ a delightful
111: 90,25D  !| hand$0$ you have got| Kings, I vow| I never was so$5#1$
111: 90,26D  !| happy in my life| I would fifty times rather you should
111: 90,27D  !| have them than myself."
111: 90,28'  !| And now I may$1$ dismiss my heroine to$4$ the sleepless
111: 90,29'  !| couch, which$6#1$ is the true heroine's portion; to$4$ a pillow
111: 90,30'  !| strewed with thorns and wet$2$ with tears. And lucky may$1$
111: 90,31'  !| she think herself, if she get another good night's rest$0#2$ in
111: 90,32'  !| the course$0$ of the next three months.
112: 91, 1A  !| "$NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,"
112: 91, 1'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine the next morning,
112: 91, 1A  !| "will$1$
112: 91, 2A  !| there be any harm$0$ in my calling on$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to-day?
112: 91, 3A  !| I shall not be easy till I have explained every*thing."
112: 91, 4I  !| "Go by$4$ all means$0$, my dear$2#1$; only put on$5$ a white
112: 91, 5I  !| gown; $NA#C$Miss*Tilney always wears white."
112: 91, 6'  !| $NA#A$Catherine cheerfully complied; and being$1$ properly
112: 91, 7'  !| equipped, was more impatient than ever to$9$ be at the
112: 91, 8'  !| Pump-room, that$3$ she might inform herself of $NA#F$General*Tilney's
112: 91, 9'  !| lodgings, for$3$ though she believed they were in
112: 91,10'  !| Milsom-street, she was not certain of the house, and
112: 91,11'  !| $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's wavering convictions only made it more
112: 91,12'  !| doubtful. To$4$ Milsom-street she was directed; and
112: 91,13'  !| having made herself perfect$2$ in the number, hastened
112: 91,14'  !| away with eager steps and a beating heart to$9$ pay$1$ her
112: 91,15'  !| visit$0$, explain her conduct$0$, and be forgiven; tripping
112: 91,16'  !| lightly through$4$ the church-yard, and resolutely turning$1$
112: 91,17'  !| away her eyes, that$3$ she might not be obliged to$9$ see her
112: 91,18'  !| beloved $NA#D$Isabella and her dear$2#1$ family, who$6#1$, she had reason$0$
112: 91,19'  !| to$9$ believe, were in a shop hard by$5$. She reached the house
112: 91,20'  !| without any impediment, looked at the number, knocked
112: 91,21'  !| at the door, and inquired for$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney. The man
112: 91,22@z   | believed $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to$9$ be at home, but was not quite
112: 91,23@z   | certain. Would she be pleased to$9$ send up her name$0$?
112: 91,24'  !| She gave her card. In a few minutes the servant returned,
112: 91,25'  !| and with a look$0$ which$6#1$ did not quite confirm his words,
112: 91,26'  !| said
112: 91,26@z   | he had been mistaken, for$3$ that$3$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney was
112: 91,27@z   | walked out$5$.
112: 91,27'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, with a blush$0$ of mortification,
112: 91,28'  !| left$1$ the house. She felt almost persuaded that$3$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
112: 91,29'  !| \was\ at home, and too$5#1$ much offended to$9$ admit her; and
112: 91,30'  !| as she retired down$4$ the street, could not withhold one
112: 91,31'  !| glance$0$ at the drawing-room windows, in expectation of
112: 91,32'  !| seeing her there, but no*one appeared at them. At the
112: 91,33'  !| bottom of the street, however, she looked back$5$ again,
112: 92, 1'  !| and then, not at a window, but issuing from the door, she
112: 92, 2'  !| saw $NA#C$Miss*Tilney herself. She was followed by$4$ a gentleman,
112: 92, 3'  !| whom$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine believed to$9$ be her father, and they
112: 92, 4'  !| turned up towards Edgar's-buildings. $NA#A$Catherine, in deep
112: 92, 5'  !| mortification, proceeded on$4$ her way. She could almost
112: 92, 6'  !| be angry herself at such angry incivility; but she checked
112: 92, 7'  !| the resentful sensation$0#1$; she remembered her own$2$ ignorance.
112: 92, 8'  !| She knew not how such an offence as her's might
112: 92, 9'  !| be classed by$4$ the laws of worldly politeness, to$4$ what$6#1$
112: 92,10'  !| a degree of unforgivingness it might with propriety lead$1$,
112: 92,11'  !| nor to$4$ what$6#1$ rigours of rudeness in return$0$ it might justly
112: 92,12'  !| make$1$ her amenable.
112: 92,13'  !| Dejected and humbled, she had even$5$ some thoughts of
112: 92,14'  !| not going with the others to$4$ the theatre that$6#2$ night; but
112: 92,15'  !| it must be confessed that$3$ they were not of long$9$ continuance:
112: 92,16'  !| for$3$ she soon recollected, in the first place$0$, that$3$
112: 92,17'  !| she was without any excuse$0$ for$4$ staying at home; and,
112: 92,18'  !| in the second$2$, that$3$ it was a play$0$ she wanted very much
112: 92,19'  !| to$9$ see. To$4$ the theatre accordingly they all went; no$2$
112: 92,20'  !| $NA#F1$Tilneys appeared to$9$ plague or please her; she feared that$3$,
112: 92,21'  !| amongst the many perfections of the family, a fondness
112: 92,22'  !| for$4$ plays$0$ was not to$9$ be ranked; but perhaps it was
112: 92,23'  !| because they were habituated to$4$ the finer performances
112: 92,24'  !| of the London stage$0#2$, which$6#1$ she knew, on$4$ $NA#D$Isabella's
112: 92,25'  !| authority, rendered every*thing else of the kind$0$
112: 92,25@d   | "quite
112: 92,26@d   | horrid."
112: 92,26'  !| She was not deceived in her own$2$ expectation of
112: 92,27'  !| pleasure; the comedy so$5#1$ well$9$ suspended her care$0$, that$3$
112: 92,28'  !| no*one, observing her during the first four acts$0$, would
112: 92,29'  !| have supposed she had any wretchedness about$4$ her. On$4$
112: 92,30'  !| the beginning$0$ of the fifth, however, the sudden$2$ view$0$ of
112: 92,31'  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Henry*Tilney and his father, joining a party in the
112: 92,32'  !| opposite box, recalled her to$4$ anxiety and distress$0$. The
112: 92,33'  !| stage$0#2$ could no$2$ longer excite genuine merriment ~ no$2$
112: 92,34'  !| longer keep her whole$2$ attention. Every other look$0$ upon
112: 92,35'  !| an average was directed towards the opposite box; and,
112: 92,36'  !| for$4$ the space of two entire scenes, did she thus watch$1$
112: 92,37'  !| $NA#B$Henry*Tilney, without being$1$ once able to$9$ catch$1$ his eye.
112: 92,38'  !| No$2$ longer could he be suspected of indifference for$4$ a play$0$;
112: 93, 1'  !| his notice$0$ was never withdrawn from the stage$0#2$ during
112: 93, 2'  !| two whole$2$ scenes. At length, however, he did look$1$
112: 93, 3'  !| towards her, and he bowed ~ but such a bow$0#1$| no$2$ smile$0$,
112: 93, 4'  !| no$2$ continued observance attended it; his eyes were
112: 93, 5'  !| immediately returned to$4$ their former direction. $NA#A$Catherine
112: 93, 6'  !| was restlessly miserable; she could almost have run$1$ round$9$
112: 93, 7'  !| to$4$ the box in which$6#1$ he sat, and forced him to$9$ hear her
112: 93, 8'  !| explanation. Feelings rather natural$2$ than heroic
112: 93, 9'  !| possessed her; instead of considering her own$2$ dignity
112: 93,10'  !| injured by$4$ this ready condemnation ~ instead of proudly
112: 93,11'  !| resolving, in conscious innocence, to$9$ shew$1$ her resentment
112: 93,12'  !| towards him who$6#1$ could harbour$1$ a doubt$0$ of it, to$9$ leave$1$
112: 93,13'  !| to$4$ him all the trouble$0$ of seeking an explanation, and to$9$
112: 93,14'  !| enlighten him on$4$ the past$0$ only by$4$ avoiding his sight, or
112: 93,15'  !| flirting with somebody else, she took to$4$ herself all the
112: 93,16'  !| shame$0$ of misconduct, or at least of its appearance, and
112: 93,17'  !| was only eager for$4$ an opportunity of explaining its cause.
112: 93,18'  !| The play$0$ concluded ~ the curtain fell ~ $NA#B$Henry*Tilney
112: 93,19'  !| was no$2$ longer to$9$ be seen where he had hitherto sat, but
112: 93,20'  !| his father remained, and perhaps he might be now coming
112: 93,21'  !| round$9$ to$4$ their box. She was right$2#1$; in a few minutes he
112: 93,22'  !| appeared, and, making his way through$4$ the then thinning
112: 93,23'  !| rows, spoke with like$9$ calm$1$ politeness to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen and
112: 93,24'  !| her friend.~ Not with such calmness was he answered by$4$
112: 93,25'  !| the latter:
112: 93,25A  !| "Oh| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, I have been quite wild to$9$
112: 93,26A  !| speak to$4$ you, and make$1$ my apologies. You must have
112: 93,27A  !| thought$1$ me so$5#1$ rude; but indeed it was not my own$2$
112: 93,28A  !| fault,~ was it, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen? Did not they tell me that$3$
112: 93,29A  !| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney and his sister were gone out$5$ in a phaeton
112: 93,30A  !| together? and then what$6#2$ could I do? But I had ten
112: 93,31A  !| thousand times rather have been with you; now had not
112: 93,32A  !| I, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen?"
112: 93,33I  !| "My dear$2#1$, you tumble my gown,"
112: 93,33'  !| was $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's
112: 93,34'  !| reply$0$.
112: 93,35'  !| Her assurance, however, standing$1$ sole as it did, was
112: 93,36'  !| not thrown away; it brought a more cordial$2$, more
112: 93,37'  !| natural$2$ smile$0$ into his countenance, and he replied in
112: 93,38'  !| a tone which$6#1$ retained only a little affected reserve$0$:~
112: 94, 1B  !| "We were much obliged to$4$ you at any rate$0$ for$4$ wishing
112: 94, 2B  !| us a pleasant walk$0$ after$4$ our passing$1$ you in Argyle-street:
112: 94, 3B  !| you were so$5#1$ kind$2$ as to$9$ look$1$ back$5$ on$4$ purpose."
112: 94, 4A  !| "But indeed I did not wish$1$ you a pleasant walk$0$;
112: 94, 5A  !| I never thought$1$ of such a thing; but I begged $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe
112: 94, 6A  !| so$5#1$ earnestly to$9$ stop$1$; I called out$5$ to$4$ him as soon as ever
112: 94, 7A  !| I saw you; now, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, did not ~ Oh| you were
112: 94, 8A  !| not there; but indeed I did; and, if $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe would
112: 94, 9A  !| only have stopped, I would have jumped out$5$ and run$1$
112: 94,10A  !| after$4$ you."
112: 94,11'  !| Is there a $NA#B$Henry in the world who$6#1$ could be insensible
112: 94,12'  !| to$4$ such a declaration? $NA#B$Henry*Tilney at least was not.
112: 94,13'  !| With a yet sweeter smile$0$, he said every*thing that$6#1$ need$1$
112: 94,14'  !| be said of his sister's concern$0$, regret$0$, and dependence on$4$
112: 94,15'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's honour$0$.~
112: 94,15A  !| "Oh| do not say $NA#C$Miss*Tilney was
112: 94,16A  !| not angry,"
112: 94,16'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine,
112: 94,16A  !| "because I know she was;
112: 94,17A  !| for$3$ she would not see me this morning when I called;
112: 94,18A  !| I saw her walk$1$ out$8$ of the house the next minute$0$ after$4$
112: 94,19A  !| my leaving it; I was hurt, but I was not affronted.
112: 94,20A  !| Perhaps you did not know I had been there."
112: 94,21B  !| "I was not within at the time; but I heard of it from
112: 94,22B  !| $NA#C$Eleanor, and she has been wishing ever since to$9$ see you,
112: 94,23B  !| to$9$ explain the reason$0$ of such incivility; but perhaps
112: 94,24B  !| I can do it as well$9$. It was nothing more than that$3$ my
112: 94,25B  !| father ~~ they were just$9$ preparing to$9$ walk$1$ out$5$, and he
112: 94,26B  !| being$1$ hurried for$4$ time, and not caring to$9$ have it put off,
112: 94,27B  !| made a point$0$ of her being$1$ denied. That$6#2$ was all, I do
112: 94,28B  !| assure you. She was very much vexed, and meant to$9$
112: 94,29B  !| make$1$ her apology as soon as possible."
112: 94,30'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's mind$0$ was greatly eased by$4$ this information,
112: 94,31'  !| yet a something of solicitude remained, from which$6#1$ sprang
112: 94,32'  !| the following question$0$, thoroughly artless in itself, though
112: 94,33'  !| rather distressing to$4$ the gentleman:~
112: 94,33A  !| "But, $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney,
112: 94,34A  !| why were \you\ less generous than your sister? If she felt
112: 94,35A  !| such confidence in my good intentions, and could suppose
112: 94,36A  !| it to$9$ be only a mistake$0$, why should \you\ be so$5#1$ ready to$9$
112: 94,37A  !| take offence?"
112: 94,38B  !| "Me|~ I take offence|"
112: 95, 1A  !| "Nay, I am sure by$4$ your look$0$, when you came into the
112: 95, 2A  !| box, you were angry."
112: 95, 3B  !| "I angry| I could have no$2$ right$0$."
112: 95, 4A  !| "Well$7$, nobody would have thought$1$ you had no$2$ right$0$
112: 95, 5A  !| who$6#1$ saw your face$0$."
112: 95, 5'  !| He replied by$4$ asking her to$9$ make$1$
112: 95, 6'  !| room for$4$ him, and talking of the play$0$.
112: 95, 7'  !| He remained with them some time, and was only too$5#1$
112: 95, 8'  !| agreeable for$4$ $NA#A$Catherine to$9$ be contented when he went
112: 95, 9'  !| away. Before$3$ they parted, however, it was agreed that$3$
112: 95,10'  !| the projected walk$0$ should be taken as soon as possible;
112: 95,11'  !| and, setting aside the misery of his quitting their box,
112: 95,12'  !| she was, upon the whole$0$, left$1$ one of the happiest creatures
112: 95,13'  !| in the world.
112: 95,14'  !| While$9$ talking to$4$ each other, she had observed with
112: 95,15'  !| some surprize$0$, that$3$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe, who$6#1$ was never in the
112: 95,16'  !| same part$0$ of the house for$4$ ten minutes together, was
112: 95,17'  !| engaged in conversation with $NA#F$General*Tilney; and she
112: 95,18'  !| felt something more than surprize$0$, when she thought$1$ she
112: 95,19'  !| could perceive herself the object$0$ of their attention and
112: 95,20'  !| discourse.
112: 95,20@a   | What$6#2$ could they have to$9$ say of her? She
112: 95,21@a   | feared $NA#F$General*Tilney did not like$1$ her appearance: she
112: 95,22@a   | found it was implied in his preventing her admittance to$4$
112: 95,23@a   | his daughter, rather than postpone his own$2$ walk$0$ a few
112: 95,24@a   | minutes.
112: 95,24A  !| "How came $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe to$9$ know your father?"
112: 95,25'  !| was her anxious inquiry, as she pointed$1$ them out$5$ to$4$ her
112: 95,26'  !| companion.
112: 95,26@b   | He knew nothing about$4$ it; but his father,
112: 95,27@b   | like$9$ every military man, had a very large acquaintance.
112: 95,28'  !| When the entertainment was over, $NA#E$Thorpe came to$9$
112: 95,29'  !| assist them in getting out$5$. $NA#A$Catherine was the immediate
112: 95,30'  !| object$0$ of his gallantry; and, while$9$ they waited in the
112: 95,31'  !| lobby for$4$ a chair, he prevented the inquiry which$6#1$ had
112: 95,32'  !| travelled from her heart almost to$4$ the tip of her tongue,
112: 95,33'  !| by$4$ asking, in a consequential manner, whether she had
112: 95,34'  !| seen him talking with $NA#F$General*Tilney:~
112: 95,34E  !| "He is a fine
112: 95,35E  !| old fellow, upon my soul|~ stout, active,~ looks$1$ as young
112: 95,36E  !| as his son. I have a great regard$0$ for$4$ him, I assure you:
112: 95,37E  !| a gentleman-like, good sort of fellow as ever lived."
112: 95,38A  !| "But how came you to$9$ know him?"
112: 96, 1E  !| "Know him|~ There are few people much about$4$ town
112: 96, 2E  !| that$6#1$ I do not know. I have met him for*ever at the
112: 96, 3E  !| Bedford; and I knew his face$0$ again to-day the moment
112: 96, 4E  !| he came into the billiard-room. One of the best players
112: 96, 5E  !| we have, by*the*bye; and we had a little touch$0$ together,
112: 96, 6E  !| though I was almost afraid of him at first: the odds were
112: 96, 7E  !| five to$4$ four against me; and, if I had not made one of
112: 96, 8E  !| the cleanest strokes that$6#1$ perhaps ever was made in this
112: 96, 9E  !| world ~ I took his ball$0#1$ exactly ~ but I could not
112: 96,10E  !| make$1$ you understand it without a table;~ however I \did\
112: 96,11E  !| beat him. A very fine fellow; as rich as a Jew. I should
112: 96,12E  !| like$1$ to$9$ dine with him; I dare$1#2$ say he gives famous dinners.
112: 96,13E  !| But what$6#2$ do you think we have been talking of?~ You.
112: 96,14E  !| Yes, by$4$ heavens|~ and the $NA#F$General thinks you the finest
112: 96,15E  !| girl in Bath$0#1$."
112: 96,16A  !| "Oh| nonsense| how can you say so$5#2$?"
112: 96,17E  !| "And what$6#2$ do you think I said?"
112: 96,17'  !| (lowering his voice)
112: 96,18E  !| "Well$9$ done, $NA#F$General, said I, I am quite of your mind$0$."
112: 96,19'  !| Here, $NA#A$Catherine, who$6#1$ was much less gratified by$4$ his
112: 96,20'  !| admiration than by$4$ $NA#F$General*Tilney's, was not sorry to$9$ be
112: 96,21'  !| called away by$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen. $NA#E$Thorpe, however, would see
112: 96,22'  !| her to$4$ her chair, and, till she entered it, continued the
112: 96,23'  !| same kind$0$ of delicate flattery, in spite$8$ of her entreating
112: 96,24'  !| him to$9$ have done.
112: 96,25'  !| That$3$ $NA#F$General*Tilney, instead of disliking, should admire
112: 96,26'  !| her, was very delightful; and she joyfully thought$1$, that$3$
112: 96,27'  !| there was not one of the family whom$6#1$ she need$1$ now fear$1$
112: 96,28'  !| to$9$ meet$1$.~ The evening had done more, much more, for$4$
112: 96,29'  !| her, than could have been expected$1$.
113: 97, 1'  !| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
113: 97, 2'  !| Saturday have now passed in review before$4$ the reader;
113: 97, 3'  !| the events of each day, its hopes$0$ and fears, mortifications
113: 97, 4'  !| and pleasures have been separately stated, and the pangs
113: 97, 5'  !| of Sunday only now remain to$9$ be described, and close$1$
113: 97, 6'  !| the week. The Clifton scheme$0$ had been deferred, not
113: 97, 7'  !| relinquished, and on$4$ the afternoon's Crescent of this day,
113: 97, 8'  !| it was brought forward$8$ again. In a private$2$ consultation
113: 97, 9'  !| between $NA#D$Isabella and $NA#K$James, the former of whom$6#1$ had
113: 97,10'  !| particularly set$1$ her heart upon going, and the latter no$2$
113: 97,11'  !| less anxiously placed his upon pleasing her, it was agreed
113: 97,12'  !| that$3$, provided$3$ the weather were fair, the party should
113: 97,13'  !| take place$0$ on$4$ the following morning; and they were to$9$
113: 97,14'  !| set$1$ off very early, in order$8$ to$9$ be at home in good time.
113: 97,15'  !| The affair thus determined$2$, and $NA#E$Thorpe's approbation
113: 97,16'  !| secured, $NA#A$Catherine only remained to$9$ be apprized of it.
113: 97,17'  !| She had left$1$ them for$4$ a few minutes to$9$ speak to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney.
113: 97,18'  !| In that$6#2$ interval the plan was completed, and as
113: 97,19'  !| soon as she came again, her agreement was demanded;
113: 97,20'  !| but instead of the gay acquiescence expected$1$ by$4$ $NA#D$Isabella,
113: 97,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine looked grave$2$,
113: 97,21@a   | was very sorry, but could not go.
113: 97,22@a   | The engagement which$6#1$ ought to$9$ have kept her from
113: 97,23@a   | joining in the former attempt$0$, would make$1$ it impossible
113: 97,24@a   | for$4$ her to$9$ accompany them now. She had that$6#2$ moment
113: 97,25@a   | settled$1$ with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to$9$ take their promised walk$0$
113: 97,26@a   | to-morrow; it was quite determined$1$, and she would not,
113: 97,27@a   | upon any account$0$, retract.
113: 97,27'  !| But that$3$
113: 97,27@x2  | she \must\ and \should\
113: 97,28@x2  | retract,
113: 97,28'  !| was instantly the eager cry$0$ of both the $NA#N1$Thorpes;
113: 97,29@x2  | they must go to$4$ Clifton to-morrow, they would not go
113: 97,30@x2  | without her, it would be nothing to$9$ put off a mere walk$0$
113: 97,31@x2  | for$4$ one day longer, and they would not hear of a refusal.
113: 97,32'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was distressed, but not subdued.
113: 97,32A  !| "Do not
113: 97,33A  !| urge me, $NA#D$Isabella. I am engaged to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney. I cannot
113: 98, 1A  !| go."
113: 98, 1'  !| This availed nothing. The same arguments assailed
113: 98, 2'  !| her again;
113: 98, 2@x2  | she must go, she should go, and they would
113: 98, 3@x2  | not hear of a refusal.
113: 98, 3D  !| "It would be so$5#1$ easy to$9$ tell $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
113: 98, 4D  !| that$3$ you had just$9$ been reminded of a prior engagement,
113: 98, 5D  !| and must only beg to$9$ put off the walk$0$ till Tuesday."
113: 98, 6A  !| "No$7$, it would not be easy. I could not do it. There
113: 98, 7A  !| has been no$2$ prior engagement."
113: 98, 7'  !| But $NA#D$Isabella became
113: 98, 8'  !| only more and more urgent; calling on$4$ her in the most
113: 98, 9'  !| affectionate manner; addressing her by$4$ the most endearing
113: 98,10'  !| names.
113: 98,10@d   | She was sure her dearest, sweetest $NA#A$Catherine
113: 98,11@d   | would not seriously refuse such a trifling request$0$ to$4$
113: 98,12@d   | a friend who$6#1$ loved her so$5#1$ dearly$5#1$. She knew her beloved
113: 98,13@d   | $NA#A$Catherine to$9$ have so$5#1$ feeling$2$ a heart, so$5#1$ sweet a temper,
113: 98,14@d   | to$9$ be so$5#1$ easily persuaded by$4$ those she loved.
113: 98,14'  !| But all in
113: 98,15'  !| vain; $NA#A$Catherine felt herself to$9$ be in the right$0$, and though
113: 98,16'  !| pained by$4$ such tender$2$, such flattering supplication, could
113: 98,17'  !| not allow it to$9$ influence$1$ her. $NA#D$Isabella then tried another
113: 98,18'  !| method. She reproached her with have more affection
113: 98,19'  !| for$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, though she had known her so$5#1$ little
113: 98,20'  !| a while$0$, than for$4$ her best and oldest friends; with being$1$
113: 98,21'  !| grown cold$2$ and indifferent, in short$0$, towards herself.
113: 98,22D  !| "I cannot help$1$ being$1$ jealous, $NA#A$Catherine, when I see
113: 98,23D  !| myself slighted for$4$ strangers, I, who$6#1$ love$1$ you so$5#1$ excessively|
113: 98,24D  !| When once my affections are placed, it is not
113: 98,25D  !| in the power of any*thing to$9$ change$1$ them. But I believe
113: 98,26D  !| my feelings are stronger than any*body's; I am sure
113: 98,27D  !| they are too$5#1$ strong for$4$ my own$2$ peace; and to$9$ see myself
113: 98,28D  !| supplanted in your friendship by$4$ strangers, does cut$9$ me
113: 98,29D  !| to$4$ the quick$0$, I own$1$. These $NA#F1$Tilneys seem to$9$ swallow up
113: 98,30D  !| every*thing else."
113: 98,31'  !| $NA#A$Catherine thought$1$
113: 98,31@a   | this reproach$0$ equally strange and
113: 98,32@a   | unkind. Was it the part$0$ of a friend thus to$9$ expose her
113: 98,33@a   | feelings to$4$ the notice$0$ of others? $NA#D$Isabella appeared to$4$
113: 98,34@a   | her ungenerous and selfish, regardless of every*thing but
113: 98,35@a   | her own$2$ gratification.
113: 98,35'  !| These painful ideas crossed her
113: 98,36'  !| mind$0$, though she said nothing. $NA#D$Isabella, in the meanwhile,
113: 98,37'  !| had applied her handkerchief to$4$ her eyes; and $NA#K$Morland
113: 98,38'  !| miserable at such a sight, could not help$1$ saying,
113: 98,38K  !| "Nay,
113: 99, 1K  !| $NA#A$Catherine. I think you cannot stand$1$ out$5$ any longer
113: 99, 2K  !| now. The sacrifice$0$ is not much; and to$9$ oblige such
113: 99, 3K  !| a friend ~ I shall think you quite unkind, if you still$5$
113: 99, 4K  !| refuse."
113: 99, 5'  !| This was the first time of her brother's openly siding
113: 99, 6'  !| against her, and anxious to$9$ avoid his displeasure, she
113: 99, 7'  !| proposed a compromise. If they would only put off their
113: 99, 8'  !| scheme$0$ till Tuesday, which$6#1$ they might easily do, as it
113: 99, 9'  !| depended only on$4$ themselves, she could go with them,
113: 99,10'  !| and every*body might then be satisfied$2$. But
113: 99,10Z  !| "No$7$, no$7$,
113: 99,11Z  !| no$7$|"
113: 99,11'  !| was the immediate answer$0$;
113: 99,11Z  !| "that$6#2$ could not be,
113: 99,12Z  !| for$3$ $NA#E$Thorpe did not know that$3$ he might not go to$4$ town
113: 99,13Z  !| on$4$ Tuesday."
113: 99,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was sorry, but could do no$2$
113: 99,14'  !| more; and a short$2$ silence$0$ ensued, which$6#1$ was broken by$4$
113: 99,15'  !| $NA#D$Isabella; who$6#1$ in a voice of cold$2$ resentment said,
113: 99,15D  !| "Very
113: 99,16D  !| well$9$, then there is an end$0$ of the party. If $NA#A$Catherine does
113: 99,17D  !| not go, I cannot. I cannot be the only woman. I would
113: 99,18D  !| not, upon any account$0$ in the world, do so$5#1$ improper
113: 99,19D  !| a thing."
113: 99,20K  !| "$NA#A$Catherine, you must go,"
113: 99,20'  !| said $NA#K$James.
113: 99,21A  !| "But why cannot $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe drive$1$ one of his other
113: 99,22A  !| sisters? I dare$1#2$ say either of them would like$1$ to$9$ go."
113: 99,23E  !| "Thank ye,"
113: 99,23'  !| cried $NA#E$Thorpe,
113: 99,23E  !| "but I did not come to$4$
113: 99,24E  !| Bath$0#1$ to$9$ drive$1$ my sisters about$5$, and look$1$ like$9$ a fool. No$7$,
113: 99,25E  !| if you do not go, d@@ me if I do. I only go for$4$ the sake
113: 99,26E  !| of driving you."
113: 99,27A  !| "That$6#2$ is a compliment$0$ which$6#1$ gives me no$2$ pleasure."
113: 99,28'  !| But her words were lost on$4$ $NA#E$Thorpe, who$6#1$ had turned
113: 99,29'  !| abruptly away.
113: 99,30'  !| The three others still$5$ continued together, walking in
113: 99,31'  !| a most uncomfortable manner to$4$ poor $NA#A$Catherine; some*times
113: 99,32'  !| not a word was said, sometimes she was again
113: 99,33'  !| attacked with supplications or reproaches, and her arm$0$
113: 99,34'  !| was still$5$ linked within $NA#D$Isabella's, though their hearts were
113: 99,35'  !| at war. At one moment she was softened, at another
113: 99,36'  !| irritated; always distressed, but always steady.
113: 99,37K  !| "I did not think you had been so$5#1$ obstinate, $NA#A$Catherine,"
113: 99,38'  !| said $NA#K$James;
113: 99,38K  !| "you were not used$1#2$ to$9$ be so$5#1$ hard to$9$ persuade;
113:100, 1K  !| you once were the kindest, best-tempered of my
113:100, 2K  !| sisters."
113:100, 3A  !| "I hope$1$ I am not less so$5#2$ now,"
113:100, 3'  !| she replied, very feelingly;
113:100, 4A  !| "but indeed I cannot go. If I am wrong$9$, I am
113:100, 5A  !| doing what$6#1$ I believe to$9$ be right$2#1$."
113:100, 6D  !| "I suspect,"
113:100, 6'  !| said $NA#D$Isabella, in a low voice,
113:100, 6D  !| "there is no$2$
113:100, 7D  !| great struggle$0$."
113:100, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's heart swelled; she drew away her arm$0$,
113:100, 9'  !| and $NA#D$Isabella made no$2$ opposition. Thus passed a long$9$
113:100,10'  !| ten minutes, till they were again joined by$4$ $NA#E$Thorpe, who$6#1$
113:100,11'  !| coming to$4$ them with a gayer look$0$, said,
113:100,11E  !| "Well$7$, I have
113:100,12E  !| settled$1$ the matter, and now we may$1$ all go to-morrow
113:100,13E  !| with a safe conscience. I have been to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, and
113:100,14E  !| made your excuses."
113:100,15A  !| "You have not|"
113:100,15'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine.
113:100,16E  !| "I have, upon my soul. Left$1$ her this moment. Told
113:100,17E  !| her you had sent me to$9$ say, that$3$ having just$9$ recollected
113:100,18E  !| a prior engagement of going to$4$ Clifton with us to-morrow,
113:100,19E  !| you could not have the pleasure of walking with her till
113:100,20E  !| Tuesday. She said
113:100,21@c   | very well$9$, Tuesday was just$9$ as convenient
113:100,21@c   | to$4$ her;
113:100,21E  !| so$3$ there is an end$0$ of all our difficulties. ~
113:100,22E  !| A pretty$5$ good thought$0$ of mine$6$ ~ hey?"
113:100,23'  !| $NA#D$Isabella's countenance was once more all smiles and
113:100,24'  !| good-humour, and $NA#K$James too$5#2$ looked happy again.
113:100,25D  !| "A most heavenly thought$0$ indeed| Now, my sweet
113:100,26D  !| $NA#A$Catherine, all our distresses are over; you are honourably
113:100,27D  !| acquitted, and we shall have a most delightful party."
113:100,28A  !| "This will$1$ not do,"
113:100,28'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine;
113:100,28A  !| "I cannot submit
113:100,29A  !| to$4$ this. I must run$1$ after$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney directly and set$1$
113:100,30A  !| her right$2#1$."
113:100,31'  !| $NA#D$Isabella, however, caught hold$0$ of one hand$0$; $NA#E$Thorpe
113:100,32'  !| of the other; and remonstrances poured in from all three.
113:100,33'  !| Even$5$ $NA#K$James was quite angry. When every*thing was
113:100,34'  !| settled$1$, when $NA#C$Miss*Tilney herself said that$3$ Tuesday would
113:100,35'  !| suit$1$ her as well$9$, it was quite ridiculous, quite absurd to$9$
113:100,36'  !| make$1$ any further objection.
113:100,37A  !| "I do not care$1$. $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe had no$2$ business to$9$ invent
113:100,38A  !| any such message. If I had thought$1$ it right$2#1$ to$9$ put it off,
113:101, 1A  !| I could have spoken to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney myself. This is only
113:101, 2A  !| doing it in a ruder way; and how do I know that$3$ $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe
113:101, 3A  !| has ~ he may$1$ be mistaken again perhaps; he
113:101, 4A  !| led me into one act$0$ of rudeness by$4$ his mistake$0$ on$4$ Friday.
113:101, 5A  !| Let me go, $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe; $NA#D$Isabella, do not hold$1$ me."
113:101, 6'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe told her
113:101. 6@e   | it would be in vain to$9$ go after$4$ the
113:101, 7@e   | $NA#F1$Tilneys; they were turning$1$ the corner into Brock-street,
113:101, 8@e   | when he had overtaken them, and were at home by$4$ this
113:101, 9@e   | time.
113:101,10A  !| "Then I will$1$ go after$4$ them,"
113:101,10'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine;
113:101,10A  !| "wherever
113:101,11A  !| they are I will$1$ go after$4$ them. It does not signify
113:101,12A  !| talking. If I could not be persuaded into doing what$6#1$
113:101,13A  !| I thought$1$ wrong$9$, I never will$1$ be tricked into it."
113:101,13'  !| And
113:101,14'  !| with these words she broke away and hurried off. $NA#E$Thorpe
113:101,15'  !| would have darted after$4$ her, but $NA#K$Morland withheld him.
113:101,16K  !| "Let her go, let her go, if she will$1$ go."
113:101,17E  !| "She is as obstinate as ~~."
113:101,18'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe never finished the simile, for$3$ it could hardly
113:101,19'  !| have been a proper one.
113:101,20'  !| Away walked $NA#A$Catherine in great agitation, as fast as
113:101,21'  !| the crowd would permit her, fearful of being$1$ pursued,
113:101,22'  !| yet determined$2$ to$9$ persevere. As she walked, she reflected
113:101,23'  !| on$4$ what$6#1$ had passed. It was painful to$4$ her to$9$ disappoint
113:101,24'  !| and displease them, particularly to$9$ displease her brother;
113:101,25'  !| but she could not repent her resistance.
113:101,25@a   | Setting her own$2$
113:101,26@a   | inclination apart, to$9$ have failed a second$2$ time in her
113:101,27@a   | engagement to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, to$9$ have retracted a promise$0$
113:101,28@a   | voluntarily made only five minutes before$5$, and on$4$ a false
113:101,29@a   | pretence too$5#2$, must have been wrong$9$. She had not been
113:101,30@a   | withstanding them on$4$ selfish principles alone, she had
113:101,31@a   | not consulted merely her own$2$ gratification; \that$6#2$\ might
113:101,32@a   | have been ensured in some degree by$4$ the excursion itself,
113:101,33@a   | by$4$ seeing Blaize*Castle; no$7$, she had attended to$4$ what$6#1$
113:101,34@a   | was due$0$ to$4$ others, and to$4$ her own$2$ character in their
113:101,35@a   | opinion.
113:101,35'  !| Her conviction of being$1$ right$2#1$ however was not
113:101,36'  !| enough to$9$ restore her composure, till she had spoken to$4$
113:101,37'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney she could not be at ease$0$; and quickening
113:101,38'  !| her pace$0$ when she got clear$2$ of the Crescent, she almost
113:102, 1'  !| ran over the remaining ground till she gained the top of
113:102, 2'  !| Milsom-street. So$5#1$ rapid had been her movements, that$3$
113:102, 3'  !| in spite$8$ of the $NA#F1$Tilneys' advantage in the outset, they were
113:102, 4'  !| but just$9$ turning$1$ into their lodgings as she came within
113:102, 5'  !| view$0$ of them; and the servant still$5$ remaining at the open$2$
113:102, 6'  !| door, she used$1#1$ only the ceremony of saying that$3$ she must
113:102, 7'  !| speak with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney that$6#2$ moment, and hurrying by$4$
113:102, 8'  !| him proceeded up*stairs. Then, opening the first door
113:102, 9'  !| before$4$ her, which$6#1$ happened to$9$ be the right$2#1$, she immediately
113:102,10'  !| found herself in the drawing-room with $NA#F$General*Tilney,
113:102,11'  !| his son and daughter. Her explanation, defective
113:102,12'  !| only in being$1$ ~ from her irritation of nerves and shortness
113:102,13'  !| of breath ~ no$2$ explanation at all, was instantly given.
113:102,14A  !| "I am come in a great hurry$0$ ~ It was all a mistake$0$ ~
113:102,15A  !| I never promised to$9$ go ~ I told them from the first I could
113:102,16A  !| not go.~ I ran away in a great hurry$0$ to$9$ explain it.~ I did
113:102,17A  !| not care$1$ what$6#1$ you thought$1$ of me.~ I would not stay$1$ for$4$
113:102,18A  !| the servant."
113:102,19'  !| The business however, though not perfectly elucidated
113:102,20'  !| by$4$ this speech, soon ceased to$9$ be a puzzle$0$. $NA#A$Catherine
113:102,21'  !| found that$3$ $NA#E$John*Thorpe \had\ given the message; and
113:102,22'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney had no$2$ scruple$0$ in owning herself greatly
113:102,23'  !| surprized by$4$ it. But whether her brother had still$5$
113:102,24'  !| exceeded her in resentment, $NA#A$Catherine, though she instinctively
113:102,25'  !| addressed herself as much to$4$ one as to$4$ the
113:102,26'  !| other in her vindication, had no$2$ means$0$ of knowing.
113:102,27'  !| Whatever might have been felt before$4$ her arrival, her
113:102,28'  !| eager declarations immediately made every look$0$ and
113:102,29'  !| sentence as friendly as she could desire$1$.
113:102,30'  !| The affair thus happily settled$1$, she was introduced by$4$
113:102,31'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to$4$ her father, and received by$4$ him with such
113:102,32'  !| ready, such solicitous politeness as recalled $NA#E$Thorpe's
113:102,33'  !| information to$4$ her mind$0$, and made her think with
113:102,34'  !| pleasure that$3$ he might be sometimes depended on$5$. To$4$
113:102,35'  !| such anxious attention was the $NA#F$General's civility carried,
113:102,36'  !| that$3$ not aware of her extraordinary swiftness in entering
113:102,37'  !| the house, he was quite angry with the servant whose$6#1$
113:102,38'  !| neglect$0$ had reduced her to$9$ open$1$ the door of the apartment
113:103, 1'  !| herself.
113:103, 1F  !| "What$6#2$ did $NA#ZY$William mean$1$ by$4$ it? He
113:103, 2F  !| should make$1$ a point$0$ of inquiring into the matter."
113:103, 2'  !| And
113:103, 3'  !| if $NA#A$Catherine had not most warmly asserted his innocence,
113:103, 4'  !| it seemed likely that$3$ $NA#ZY$William would lose the favour$0$ of his
113:103, 5'  !| master for*ever, if not his place$0$, by$4$ her rapidity.
113:103, 6'  !| After$4$ sitting$1$ with them a quarter$0#1$ of an hour, she rose$1$
113:103, 7'  !| to$9$ take leave$0$, and was then most agreeably surprized by$4$
113:103, 8'  !| $NA#F$General*Tilney's asking her if she would do his daughter
113:103, 9'  !| the honour$0$ of dining and spending the rest$0#1$ of the day
113:103,10'  !| with her. $NA#C$Miss*Tilney added her own$2$ wishes$0$.
113:103,10@a   | $NA#A$Catherine
113:103,11@a   | was greatly obliged; but it was quite out$8$ of her power.
113:103,12@a   | $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen would expect her back$5$ every moment.
113:103,13'  !| The $NA#F$general declared
113:103,13@f   | he could say no$2$ more; the claims
113:103,14@f   | of $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen were not to$9$ be superseded; but on$4$
113:103,15@f   | some other day he trusted, when longer notice$0$ could be
113:103,16@f   | given, they would not refuse to$9$ spare$1$ her to$4$ her friend.
113:103,17@a   | "Oh, no$7$; $NA#A$Catherine was sure they would not have the
113:103,18@a   | least objection, and she should have great pleasure in
113:103,19@a   | coming."
113:103,19'  !| The $NA#F$general attended her himself to$4$ the street-door,
113:103,20'  !| saying every*thing gallant as they went down*stairs,
113:103,21'  !| admiring the elasticity of her walk$0$, which$6#1$ corresponded
113:103,22'  !| exactly with the spirit of her dancing$0$, and making her
113:103,23'  !| one of the most graceful bows she had ever beheld, when
113:103,24'  !| they parted.
113:103,25'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, delighted by$4$ all that$6#1$ had passed, proceeded
113:103,26'  !| gaily to$4$ Pulteney-street; walking, as she concluded, with
113:103,27'  !| great elasticity, though she had never thought$1$ of it before$5$.
113:103,28'  !| She reached home without seeing any*thing more of the
113:103,29'  !| offended party; and now that$3$ she had been triumphant
113:103,30'  !| throughout, had carried her point$0$ and was secure$2$ of her
113:103,31'  !| walk$0$, she began (as the flutter of her spirits subsided) to$9$
113:103,32'  !| doubt$1$ whether she had been perfectly right$2#1$. A sacrifice$0$
113:103,33'  !| was always noble; and if she had given way to$4$ their
113:103,34'  !| entreaties, she should have been spared the distressing
113:103,35'  !| idea of a friend displeased, a brother angry, and a scheme$0$
113:103,36'  !| of great happiness to$4$ both destroyed, perhaps through$4$
113:103,37'  !| her means$0$. To$9$ ease$1$ her mind$0$, and ascertain by$4$ the
113:103,38'  !| opinion of an unprejudiced person what$6#1$ her own$2$ conduct$0$
113:104, 1'  !| had really been, she took occasion$0$ to$9$ mention$1$ before$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen
113:104, 2'  !| the half-settled scheme$0$ of her brother and the
113:104, 3'  !| $NA#N1$Thorpes for$4$ the following day. $NA#H$Mr%*Allen caught at it
113:104, 4'  !| directly.
113:104, 4H  !| "Well$7$,"
113:104, 4'  !| said he,
113:104, 4H  !| "and do you think of going
113:104, 5H  !| too$5#2$?"
113:104, 6A  !| "No$7$; I had just$9$ engaged myself to$9$ walk$1$ with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
113:104, 7A  !| before$3$ they told me of it; and therefore you know
113:104, 8A  !| I could not go with them, could I?"
113:104, 9H  !| "No$7$, certainly not; and I am glad you do not think
113:104,10H  !| of it. These schemes are not at all the thing. Young
113:104,11H  !| men and women driving about$4$ the country in open$2$
113:104,12H  !| carriages| Now and then it is very well$9$; but going to$4$
113:104,13H  !| inns and public$2$ places$0$ together| It is not right$2#1$; and
113:104,14H  !| I wonder$1$ $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe should allow it. I am glad you do
113:104,15H  !| not think of going; I am sure $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland would not
113:104,16H  !| be pleased. $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, are not you of my way of thinking?
113:104,17H  !| Do not you think these kind$0$ of projects objectionable?"
113:104,18     |
113:104,19I  !| "Yes, very much so$5#2$ indeed. Open$2$ carriages are nasty
113:104,20I  !| things. A clean gown is not five minutes wear in them.
113:104,21I  !| You are splashed getting in and getting out$5$; and the
113:104,22I  !| wind takes your hair and your bonnet in every direction.
113:104,23I  !| I hate an open$2$ carriage myself."
113:104,24H  !| "I know you do; but that$6#2$ is not the question$0$. Do
113:104,25H  !| not you think it has an odd appearance, if young ladies
113:104,26H  !| are frequently driven about$5$ in them by$4$ young men, to$4$
113:104,27H  !| whom$6#1$ they are not even$5$ related?"
113:104,28I  !| "Yes, my dear$2#1$, a very odd appearance indeed. I cannot
113:104,29I  !| bear$1$ to$9$ see it."
113:104,30A  !| "Dear$2#1$ madam,"
113:104,30'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine,
113:104,30A  !| "then why did not
113:104,31A  !| you tell me so$5#2$ before$5$? I am sure if I had known it to$9$
113:104,32A  !| be improper, I would not have gone with $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe at
113:104,33A  !| all; but I always hoped you would tell me, if you thought$1$
113:104,34A  !| I was doing wrong$9$."
113:104,35I  !| "And so$5#2$ I should, my dear$2#1$, you may$1$ depend on$4$ it;
113:104,36I  !| for$3$ as I told $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland at parting. I would always do
113:104,37I  !| the best for$4$ you in my power. But one must not be over
113:104,38I  !| particular. Young people \will$1$\ be young people, as your
113:105, 1I  !| good mother says herself. You know I wanted you,
113:105, 2I  !| when we first came, not to$9$ buy that$6#2$ sprigged muslin, but
113:105, 3I  !| you would. Young people do not like$1$ to$9$ be always
113:105, 4I  !| thwarted."
113:105, 5A  !| "But this was something of real consequence; and
113:105, 6A  !| I do not think you would have found me hard to$9$ persuade."
113:105, 7     |
113:105, 8H  !| "As far as it has gone hitherto, there is no$2$ harm$0$ done,"
113:105, 9'  !| said $NA#H$Mr%*Allen;
113:105, 9H  !| "and I would only advise you, my dear$2#1$,
113:105,10H  !| not to$9$ go out$5$ with $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe any more."
113:105,11I  !| "That$6#2$ is just$9$ what$6#1$ I was going to$9$ say,"
113:105,11'  !| added his
113:105,12'  !| wife.
113:105,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, relieved for$4$ herself, felt uneasy for$4$ $NA#D$Isabella;
113:105,14'  !| and after$4$ a moment's thought$0$, asked $NA#H$Mr%*Allen
113:105,14@a   | whether
113:105,15@a   | it would not be both proper and kind$2$ in her to$9$ write to$9$
113:105,16@a   | $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, and explain the indecorum of which$6#1$ she
113:105,17@a   | must be as insensible as herself;
113;105,17'  !| for$3$ she considered that$3$
113:105,18'  !| $NA#D$Isabella might otherwise perhaps be going to$4$ Clifton the
113:105,19'  !| next day, in spite$8$ of what$6#1$ had passed.
113:105,19'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen however
113:105,20'  !| discouraged her from doing any such thing.
113:105,20H  !| "You had
113:105,21H  !| better$9$ leave$1$ her alone, my dear$2#1$, she is old enough to$9$
113:105,22H  !| know what$6#1$ she is about$4$; and if not, has a mother to$9$
113:105,23H  !| advise her. $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe is too$5#1$ indulgent beyond$4$ a doubt$0$;
113:105,24H  !| but however you had better$9$ not interfere. She and your
113:105,25H  !| brother chuse to$9$ go, and you will$1$ be only getting ill-will."
113:105,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine submitted; and though sorry to$9$ think that$3$
113:105,27'  !| $NA#D$Isabella should be doing wrong$9$, felt greatly relieved by$4$
113:105,28'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's approbation of her own$2$ conduct$0$, and truly
113:105,29'  !| rejoiced to$9$ be preserved by$4$ his advice from the danger of
113:105,30'  !| falling into such an error herself.
113:105,30@a   | Her escape$0$ from being$1$
113:105,31@a   | one of the party to$4$ Clifton was now an escape$0$ indeed;
113:105,32@a   | for$3$ what$6#2$ would the $NA#F1$Tilneys have thought$1$ of her, if she
113:105,33@a   | had broken her promise$0$ to$4$ them in order$8$ to$9$ do what$6#1$ was
113:105,34@a   | wrong$9$ in itself? if she had been guilty of one breach of
113:105,35@a   | propriety, only to$9$ enable her to$9$ be guilty of another?
114:106, 1'  !| The next morning was fair, and $NA#A$Catherine almost
114:106, 2'  !| expected$1$ another attack$0$ from the assembled party. With
114:106, 3'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen to$9$ support$1$ her, she felt no$2$ dread$0$ of the event:
114:106, 4'  !| but she would gladly be spared a contest$0$, where victory
114:106, 5'  !| itself was painful; and was heartily rejoiced therefore at
114:106, 6'  !| neither seeing nor hearing any*thing of them. The
114:106, 7'  !| $NA#F1$Tilneys called for$4$ her at the appointed time; and no$2$ new
114:106, 8'  !| difficulty arising, no$2$ sudden$2$ recollection, no$2$ unexpected
114:106, 9'  !| summons, no$2$ impertinent intrusion to$9$ disconcert their
114:106,10'  !| measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able to$9$ fulfil
114:106,11'  !| her engagement, though it was made with the hero himself.
114:106,12'  !| They determined$1$ on$4$ walking round$4$ Beechen*Cliff,
114:106,13'  !| that$6#2$ noble hill, whose$6#1$ beautiful verdure and hanging$2$
114:106,14'  !| coppice render it so$5#1$ striking an object$0$ from almost every
114:106,15'  !| opening in Bath$0#1$.
114:106,16A  !| "I never look$1$ at it,"
114:106,16'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, as they walked
114:106,17'  !| along$4$ the side$0$ of the river,
114:106,17A  !| "without thinking of the south
114:106,18A  !| of France."
114:106,19B  !| "You have been abroad then?"
114:106,19'  !| said $NA#B$Henry, a little
114:106,20'  !| surprized.
114:106,21A  !| "Oh| no$7$, I only mean$1$ what$6#1$ I have read about$4$. It
114:106,22A  !| always puts me in mind$0$ of the country that$6#1$ $NA#Z2$Emily and
114:106,23A  !| her father travelled through$5$, in the ""Mysteries*of*Udolpho.""
114:106,24A  !| But you never read novels, I dare$1#2$ say?"
114:106,25B  !| "Why not?"
114:106,26A  !| "Because they are not clever enough for$4$ you ~ gentlemen
114:106,27A  !| read better$9$ books."
114:106,28B  !| "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who$6#1$ has not
114:106,29B  !| pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
114:106,30B  !| I have read all $NA#Z1$Mrs%*Radcliffe's works$0$, and most of them
114:106,31B  !| with great pleasure. The Mysteries*of*Udolpho, when
114:106,32B  !| I had once begun it, I could not lay$1#1$ down$5$ again;~ I remember
114:106,33B  !| finishing it in two days ~ my hair standing$1$ on$4$
114:106,34B  !| end$0$ the whole$2$ time."
114:107, 1C  !| "Yes,"
114:107, 1'  !| added $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
114:107, 1C  !| "and I remember that$3$ you
114:107, 2C  !| undertook to$9$ read it aloud to$4$ me, and that$3$ when I was
114:107, 3C  !| called away for$4$ only five minutes to$9$ answer$1$ a note$0$, instead
114:107, 4C  !| of waiting for$4$ me, you took the volume into the Hermitage-walk,
114:107, 5C  !| and I was obliged to$9$ stay$1$ till you had finished it."
114:107, 6B  !| "Thank you, $NA#C$Eleanor; ~ a most honourable testimony.
114:107, 7B  !| You see, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, the injustice of your suspicions.
114:107, 8B  !| Here was I, in my eagerness to$9$ get on$5$, refusing to$9$ wait
114:107, 9B  !| only five minutes for$4$ my sister; breaking the promise$0$
114:107,10B  !| I had made of reading it aloud, and keeping$1$ her in suspense
114:107,11B  !| at a most interesting part$0$, by$4$ running away with the
114:107,12B  !| volume, which$6#1$, you are to$9$ observe, was her own$2$, particularly
114:107,13B  !| her own$2$. I am proud when I reflect on$4$ it, and
114:107,14B  !| I think it must establish me in your good opinion."
114:107,15A  !| "I am very glad to$9$ hear it indeed, and now I shall
114:107,16A  !| never be ashamed of liking Udolpho myself. But I really
114:107,17A  !| thought$1$ before$5$, young men despised novels amazingly."
114:107,18B  !| "It is \amazingly\; it may$1$ well$9$ suggest \amazement\ if
114:107,19B  !| they do ~ for$3$ they read nearly as many as women. I
114:107,20B  !| myself have read hundreds and hundreds. Do not
114:107,21B  !| imagine that$3$ you can cope with me in a knowledge of
114:107,22B  !| Julias and Louisas. If we proceed to$4$ particulars, and
114:107,23B  !| engage in the never-ceasing inquiry of ""Have you read
114:107,24B  !| this?"" and ""Have you read that$6#2$?"" I shall soon leave$1$
114:107,25B  !| you as far behind me as ~ what$6#2$ shall I say?~ I want$1$ an
114:107,26B  !| appropriate simile;~ as far as your friend $NA#Z2$Emily herself
114:107,27B  !| left$1$ poor $NA#Z2$Valancourt when she went with her aunt into
114:107,28B  !| Italy. Consider how many years I have had the start$0$ of
114:107,29B  !| you. I had entered on$4$ my studies at Oxford, while$9$ you
114:107,30B  !| were a good little girl working your sampler at home|"
114:107,31A  !| "Not very good I am afraid. But now really, do not
114:107,32A  !| you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?"
114:107,33B  !| "The nicest;~ by$4$ which$6#1$ I suppose you mean$1$ the
114:107,34B  !| neatest. That$6#2$ must depend upon the binding."
114:107,35C  !| "$NA#B$Henry,"
114:107,35'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
114:107,35C  !| "you are very impertinent.
114:107,36C  !| $NA#A$Miss*Morland, he is treating you exactly as he does his
114:107,37C  !| sister. He is for*ever finding fault with me, for$4$ some
114:107,38C  !| incorrectness of language, and now he is taking the same
114:108, 1C  !| liberty with you. The word ""nicest"", as you used$1#1$ it, did
114:108, 2C  !| not suit$1$ him; and you had better$9$ change$1$ it as soon as
114:108, 3C  !| you can, or we shall be overpowered with $NA#Z1$Johnson and
114:108, 4C  !| $NA#Z1$Blair all the rest$0#1$ of the way."
114:108, 5A  !| "I am sure,"
114:108, 5'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine,
114:108, 5A  !| "I did not mean$1$ to$9$ say
114:108, 6A  !| any*thing wrong$9$; but it \is\ a nice book, and why should
114:108, 7A  !| not I call$1$ it so$5#2$?"
114:108, 8B  !| "Very true,"
114:108, 8'  !| said $NA#B$Henry,
114:108, 8B  !| "and this is a very nice day,
114:108, 9B  !| and we are taking a very nice walk$0$, and you are two very
114:108,10B  !| nice young ladies. Oh| it is a very nice word indeed|~
114:108,11B  !| it does for$4$ every*thing. Originally perhaps it was applied
114:108,12B  !| only to$9$ express$1$ neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement;~
114:108,13B  !| people were nice in their dress$0$, in their sentiments,
114:108,14B  !| or their choice$0$. But now every commendation on$4$ every
114:108,15B  !| subject$0$ is comprised in that$6#2$ one word."
114:108,16C  !| "While$9$, in fact,"
114:108,16'  !| cried his sister,
114:108,16C  !| "it ought only to$9$ be
114:108,17C  !| applied to$4$ you, without any commendation at all. You
114:108,18C  !| are more nice than wise. Come, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, let us
114:108,19C  !| leave$1$ him to$9$ meditate over our faults in the utmost
114:108,20C  !| propriety of diction, while$9$ we praise$1$ Udolpho in whatever
114:108,21C  !| terms we like$1$ best. It is a most interesting work$0$. You
114:108,22C  !| are fond of that$6#2$ kind$0$ of reading?"
114:108,23A  !| "To$9$ say the truth, I do not much like$1$ any other."
114:108,24C  !| "Indeed|"
114:108,25A  !| "That$3$ is, I can read poetry and plays$0$, and things of
114:108,26A  !| that$6#2$ sort, and do not dislike$1$ travels. But history, real
114:108,27A  !| solemn history, I cannot be interested in. Can you?"
114:108,28C  !| "Yes, I am fond of history."
114:108,29A  !| "I wish$1$ I were too$5#2$. I read it a little as a duty, but it
114:108,30A  !| tells me nothing that$6#1$ does not either vex or weary me.
114:108,31A  !| The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences,
114:108,32A  !| in every page; the men all so$5#1$ good for$4$ nothing, and
114:108,33A  !| hardly any women at all ~ it is very tiresome: and yet
114:108,34A  !| I often think it odd that$3$ it should be so$5#1$ dull, for$3$ a great
114:108,35A  !| deal$0#2$ of it must be invention. The speeches that$6#1$ are put
114:108,36A  !| into the heroes' mouths, their thoughts and designs ~ the
114:108,37A  !| chief of all this must be invention, and invention is what$6#1$
114:108,38A  !| delights$1$ me in other books."
114:109, 1C  !| "Historians, you think,"
114:109, 1'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
114:109, 1C  !| "are not
114:109, 2C  !| happy in their flights of fancy$0$. They display$1$ imagination
114:109, 3C  !| without raising interest$0$. I am fond of history ~ and
114:109, 4C  !| am very well$9$ contented to$9$ take the false with the true.
114:109, 5C  !| In the principal$2$ facts they have sources of intelligence in
114:109, 6C  !| former histories and records, which$6#1$ may$1$ be as much
114:109, 7C  !| depended on$5$, I conclude, as any*thing that$6#1$ does not
114:109, 8C  !| actually pass$1$ under one's own$2$ observation; and as for$4$
114:109, 9C  !| the little embellishments you speak of, they are embellishments,
114:109,10C  !| and I like$1$ them as such. If a speech be well$9$ drawn
114:109,11C  !| up, I read it with pleasure, by$4$ whomsoever it may$1$ be
114:109,12C  !| made ~ and probably with much greater, if the production
114:109,13C  !| of $NA#Z1$Mr%*Hume or $NA#Z1$Mr%*Robertson, than if the genuine words
114:109,14C  !| of $NA#Z1$Caractacus, $NA#Z1$Agricola, or $NA#Z1$Alfred*the*Great."
114:109,15A  !| "You are fond of history| ~ and so$5#2$ are $NA#H$Mr%*Allen and
114:109,16A  !| my father; and I have two brothers who$6#1$ do not dislike$1$
114:109,17A  !| it. So$5#1$ many instances within my small circle of friends
114:109,18A  !| is remarkable| At this rate$0$, I shall not pity$1$ the writers
114:109,19A  !| of history any longer. If people like$1$ to$9$ read their books,
114:109,20A  !| it is all very well$9$, but to$9$ be at so$5#1$ much trouble$0$ in filling
114:109,21A  !| great volumes, which$6#1$, as I used$1#2$ to$9$ think, nobody would
114:109,22A  !| willingly ever look$1$ into, to$9$ be labouring only for$4$ the
114:109,23A  !| torment$0$ of little boys and girls, always struck me as
114:109,24A  !| a hard fate; and though I know it is all very right$2#1$ and
114:109,25A  !| necessary, I have often wondered at the person's courage
114:109,26A  !| that$6#1$ could sit down$5$ on$4$ purpose to$9$ do it."
114:109,27B  !| "That$3$ little boys and girls should be tormented,"
114:109,27'  !| said
114:109,28'  !| $NA#B$Henry,
114:109,28B  !| "is what$6#1$ no*one at all acquainted with human
114:109,29B  !| nature in a civilized state$0$ can deny; but in behalf of our
114:109,30B  !| most distinguished historians, I must observe, that$3$ they
114:109,31B  !| might well$9$ be offended at being$1$ supposed to$9$ have no$2$
114:109,32B  !| higher aim$0$; and that$3$ by$4$ their method and style, they are
114:109,33B  !| perfectly well$9$ qualified to$9$ torment$1$ readers of the most
114:109,34B  !| advanced reason$0$ and mature time of life. I use$1$ the verb
114:109,35B  !| ""to$9$ torment$1$"", as I observed to$9$ be your own$2$ method,
114:109,36B  !| instead of ""to$9$ instruct,"" supposing them to$9$ be now
114:109,37B  !| admitted as synonimous."
114:109,38A  !| "You think me foolish to$9$ call$1$ instruction a torment$0$,
114:110, 1A  !| but if you had been as much used$1#2$ as myself to$9$ hear poor
114:110, 2A  !| little children first learning their letters and then learning
114:110, 3A  !| to$9$ spell, if you had ever seen how stupid they can be
114:110, 4A  !| for$4$ a whole$2$ morning together, and how tired my poor
114:110, 5A  !| mother is at the end$0$ of it, as I am in the habit of seeing
114:110, 6A  !| almost every day of my life at home, you would allow
114:110, 7A  !| that$3$ to$9$ \torment$1$\ and to$9$ \instruct\ might sometimes be used$1#1$
114:110, 8A  !| as synonimous words."
114:110, 9B  !| "Very probably. But historians are not accountable
114:110,10B  !| for$4$ the difficulty of learning to$9$ read; and even$5$ you yourself,
114:110,11B  !| who$6#1$ do not altogether seem particularly friendly to$4$
114:110,12B  !| very severe, very intense application, may$1$ perhaps be
114:110,13B  !| brought to$9$ acknowledge that$3$ it is very well$9$ worth while$0$
114:110,14B  !| to$9$ be tormented for$4$ two or three years of one's life, for$4$
114:110,15B  !| the sake of being$1$ able to$9$ read all the rest$0#1$ of it. Consider ~
114:110,16B  !| if reading had not been taught $NA#Z1$Mrs%*Radcliffe would have
114:110,17B  !| written in vain ~ or perhaps might not have written
114:110,18B  !| at all."
114:110,19'  !| $NA#A$Catherine assented ~ and a very warm$2$ panegyric from
114:110,20'  !| her on$4$ that$6#2$ lady's merits, closed the subject$0$.~ The $NA#F1$Tilneys
114:110,21'  !| were soon engaged in another on$4$ which$6#1$ she had nothing
114:110,22'  !| to$9$ say. They were viewing the country with the eyes of
114:110,23'  !| persons accustomed to$4$ drawing, and decided$1$ on$4$ its
114:110,24'  !| capability of being$1$ formed into pictures, with all the
114:110,25'  !| eagerness of real taste. Here $NA#A$Catherine was quite lost.
114:110,26'  !| She knew nothing of drawing ~ nothing of taste:~ and
114:110,27'  !| she listened to$4$ them with an attention which$6#1$ brought her
114:110,28'  !| little profit, for$3$ they talked in phrases which$6#1$ conveyed
114:110,29'  !| scarcely any idea to$4$ her. The little which$6#1$ she could
114:110,30'  !| understand however appeared to$9$ contradict the very few
114:110,31'  !| notions she had entertained on$4$ the matter before$5$.
114:110.31@a   | It
114:110,32@a   | seemed as if a good view$0$ were no$2$ longer to$9$ be taken
114:110,33@a   | from the top of an high hill, and that$3$ a clear$2$ blue sky
114:110,34@a   | was no$2$ longer a proof of a fine day.
114:110,34'  !| She was heartily
114:110,35'  !| ashamed of her ignorance. A misplaced shame$0$. Where
114:110,36'  !| people wish$1$ to$9$ attach, they should always be ignorant.
114:110,37'  !| To$9$ come with a well-informed mind$0$, is to$9$ come with an
114:110,38'  !| inability of administering to$4$ the vanity of others, which$6#1$
114:111, 1'  !| a sensible$2#2$ person would always wish$1$ to$9$ avoid. A woman
114:111, 2'  !| especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing any*thing,
114:111, 3'  !| should conceal it as well$9$ as she can.
114:111, 4'  !| The advantages of natural$2$ folly in a beautiful girl have
114:111, 5'  !| been already set$1$ forth by$4$ the capital pen of a sister
114:111, 6'  !| author;~ and to$4$ her treatment of the subject$0$ I will$1$ only
114:111, 7'  !| add in justice to$4$ men, that$3$ though to$4$ the larger and more
114:111, 8'  !| trifling part$0$ of the sex, imbecility in females is a great
114:111, 9'  !| enhancement of their personal charms, there is a portion
114:111,10'  !| of them too$5#1$ reasonable and too$5#1$ well$9$ informed themselves
114:111,11'  !| to$9$ desire$1$ any*thing more in woman than ignorance. But
114:111,12'  !| $NA#A$Catherine did not know her own$2$ advantages ~ did not
114:111,13'  !| know that$3$ a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart
114:111,14'  !| and a very ignorant mind$0$, cannot fail of attracting a clever
114:111,15'  !| young man, unless circumstances are particularly untoward.
114:111,16'  !| In the present$9$ instance$0$, she confessed and
114:111,17'  !| lamented her want$0$ of knowledge; declared that$3$
114:111,17@a   | she
114:111,18@a   | would give any*thing in the world to$9$ be able to$9$ draw;
114:111,19'  !| and a lecture on$4$ the picturesque immediately followed,
114:111,20'  !| in which$6#1$ his instructions were so$5#1$ clear$2$ that$3$ she soon
114:111,21'  !| began to$9$ see beauty in every*thing admired by$4$ him, and
114:111,22'  !| her attention was so$5#1$ earnest, that$3$ he became perfectly
114:111,23'  !| satisfied$2$ of her having a great deal$0#2$ of natural$2$ taste. He
114:111,24'  !| talked of fore-grounds, distances, and second$2$ distances ~
114:111,25'  !| side-screens and perspectives ~ lights and shades;~ and
114:111,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was so$5#1$ hopeful a scholar, that$3$ when they gained
114:111,27'  !| the top of Beechen*Cliff, she voluntarily rejected the whole$2$
114:111,28'  !| city of Bath$0#1$, as unworthy to$9$ make$1$ part$0$ of a landscape.
114:111,29'  !| Delighted with her progress, and fearful of wearying her
114:111,30'  !| with too$5#1$ much wisdom at once, $NA#B$Henry suffered the subject$0$
114:111,31'  !| to$9$ decline, and by$4$ an easy transition from a piece of rocky
114:111,32'  !| fragment and the withered oak which$6#1$ he had placed near$4$
114:111,33'  !| its summit, to$4$ oaks in general$0$, to$4$ forests, the inclosure of
114:111,34'  !| them, waste$2$ lands, crown$2$ lands and government, he
114:111,35'  !| shortly found himself arrived at politics; and from
114:111,36'  !| politics, it was an easy step$0$ to$4$ silence$0$. The general$2$ pause$0$
114:111,37'  !| which$6#1$ succeeded his short$2$ disquisition on$4$ the state$0$ of the
114:111,38'  !| nation, was put an end$0$ to$4$ by$4$ $NA#A$Catherine, who$6#1$, in rather
114:112, 1'  !| a solemn tone of voice, uttered these words,
114:112, 1A  !| "I have
114:112, 2A  !| heard that$3$ something very shocking indeed, will$1$ soon
114:112, 3A  !| come out$5$ in London."
114:112, 4'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, to$4$ whom$6#1$ this was chiefly addressed, was
114:112, 5'  !| startled, and hastily replied,
114:112, 5C  !| "Indeed|~ and of what$6#2$
114:112, 6C  !| nature?"
114:112, 7A  !| "That$6#2$ I do not know, nor who$6#2$ is the author. I have
114:112, 8A  !| only heard that$3$ it is to$9$ be more horrible than any*thing
114:112, 9A  !| we have met with yet."
114:112,10C  !| "Good heaven|~ Where could you hear of such a
114:112,11C  !| thing?"
114:112,12A  !| "A particular friend of mine$6$ had an account$0$ of it in
114:112,13A  !| a letter from London yesterday. It is to$9$ be uncommonly
114:112,14A  !| dreadful. I shall expect murder and every*thing of the
114:112,15A  !| kind$0$."
114:112,16C  !| "You speak with astonishing composure| But I hope$1$
114:112,17C  !| your friend's accounts have been exaggerated;~ and if
114:112,18C  !| such a design$0$ is known beforehand, proper measures will$1$
114:112,19C  !| undoubtedly be taken by$4$ government to$9$ prevent its
114:112,20C  !| coming to$4$ effect$0$."
114:112,21C  !| "Government,"
114:112,21'  !| said $NA#B$Henry, endeavouring not to$9$ smile$1$,
114:112,22B  !| "neither desires nor dares to$9$ interfere in such matters.
114:112,23B  !| There must be murder; and government cares$1$ not how
114:112,24B  !| much."
114:112,25'  !| The ladies stared. He laughed, and added,
114:112,25B  !| "Come,
114:112,26B  !| shall I make$1$ you understand each other, or leave$1$ you to$9$
114:112,27B  !| puzzle$1$ out$5$ an explanation as you can? No$7$ ~ I will$1$ be
114:112,28B  !| noble. I will$1$ prove myself a man, no$2$ less by$4$ the generosity
114:112,29B  !| of my soul than the clearness of my head$0$. I have no$2$
114:112,30B  !| patience with such of my sex as disdain$1$ to$9$ let themselves
114:112,31B  !| sometimes down$5$ to$4$ the comprehension of yours. Perhaps
114:112,32B  !| the abilities of women are neither sound$9$ nor acute ~
114:112,33B  !| neither vigorous nor keen. Perhaps they may$1$ want$1$
114:112,34B  !| observation, discernment, judgment, fire$0$, genius, and
114:112,35B  !| wit$0#1$."
114:112,36C  !| "$NA#A$Miss*Morland, do not mind$1$ what$6#1$ he says;~ but have
114:112,37C  !| the goodness to$9$ satisfy me as to$4$ this dreadful riot."
114:112,38A  !| "Riot|~ what$6#2$ riot?"
114:113, 1B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#C$Eleanor, the riot is only in your own$2$ brain.
114:113, 2B  !| The confusion there is scandalous. $NA#A$Miss*Morland has
114:113, 3B  !| been talking of nothing more dreadful than a new publication
114:113, 4B  !| which$6#1$ is shortly to$9$ come out$5$, in three duodecimo
114:113, 5B  !| volumes, two hundred and seventy-six pages in each,
114:113, 6B  !| with a frontispiece to$4$ the first, of two tombstones and
114:113, 7B  !| a lantern ~ do you understand?~ And you, $NA#A$Miss*Morland
114:113, 8B  !| ~ my stupid sister has mistaken all your clearest expressions.
114:113, 9B  !| You talked of expected$2$ horrors in London ~ and
114:113,10B  !| instead of instantly conceiving, as any rational creature
114:113,11B  !| would have done, that$3$ such words could relate only to$4$
114:113,12B  !| a circulating library, she immediately pictured to$4$ herself
114:113,13B  !| a mob of three thousand men assembling in St%*George's*Fields;
114:113,14B  !| the Bank attacked, the Tower threatened, the
114:113,15B  !| streets of London flowing with blood, a detachment of the
114:113,16B  !| 12th Light$9$ Dragoons, (the hopes$0$ of the nation,) called up
114:113,17B  !| from Northampton to$9$ quell the insurgents, and the
114:113,18B  !| gallant $NA#G$Capt%*Frederick*Tilney, in the moment of charging
114:113,19B  !| at the head$0$ of his troop, knocked off his horse by$4$ a brickbat
114:113,20B  !| from an upper window. Forgive her stupidity. The fears
114:113,21B  !| of the sister have added to$4$ the weakness of the woman;
114:113,22B  !| but she is by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ a simpleton in general$0$."
114:113,23'  !| $NA#A$Catherine looked grave$2$.
114:113,23C  !| "And now, $NA#B$Henry,"
114:113,23'  !| said
114:113,24'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
114:113,24C  !| "that$3$ you have made us understand each
114:113,25C  !| other, you may$1$ as well$9$ make$1$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland understand
114:113,26C  !| yourself ~ unless you mean$1$ to$9$ have her think you intolerably
114:113,27C  !| rude to$4$ your sister, and a great brute in your
114:113,28C  !| opinion of women in general$0$. $NA#A$Miss*Morland is not used$1#2$
114:113,29C  !| to$4$ your odd ways."
114:113,30B  !| "I shall be most happy to$9$ make$1$ her better$9$ acquainted
114:113,31B  !| with them."
114:113,32C  !| "No$2$ doubt$0$;~ but that$6#2$ is no$2$ explanation of the
114:113,33C  !| present$0#1$."
114:113,34B  !| "What$6#2$ am I to$9$ do?"
114:113,35C  !| "You know what$6#1$ you ought to$9$ do. Clear$1$ your character
114:113,36C  !| handsomely before$4$ her. Tell her that$3$ you think very
114:113,37C  !| highly of the understanding$0$ of women."
114:113,38B  !| "$NA#A$Miss*Morland, I think very highly of the understanding$0$
114:114, 1B  !| of all the women in the world ~ especially of those ~
114:114, 2B  !| whoever they may$1$ be ~ with whom$6#1$ I happen to$9$ be in
114:114, 3B  !| company."
114:114, 4C  !| "That$6#2$ is not enough. Be more serious$2$."
114:114, 5B  !| "$NA#A$Miss*Morland, no*one can think more highly of the
114:114, 6B  !| understanding$0$ of women than I do. In my opinion,
114:114, 7B  !| nature has given them so$5#1$ much, that$3$ they never find it
114:114, 8B  !| necessary to$9$ use$1$ more than half."
114:114, 9C  !| "We shall get nothing more serious$2$ from him now,
114:114,10C  !| $NA#A$Miss*Morland. He is not in a sober mood. But I do
114:114,11C  !| assure you that$3$ he must be entirely misunderstood, if he
114:114,12C  !| can ever appear to$9$ say an unjust thing of any woman at
114:114,13C  !| all, or an unkind one of me."
114:114,14'  !| It was no$2$ effort to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine to$9$ believe that$3$ $NA#B$Henry*Tilney
114:114,15'  !| could never be wrong$9$. His manner might sometimes
114:114,16'  !| surprize$1$, but his meaning$0$ must always be just$2$:~
114:114,17'  !| and what$6#1$ she did not understand, she was almost as ready
114:114,18'  !| to$9$ admire, as what$6#1$ she did. The whole$2$ walk$0$ was delightful,
114:114,19'  !| and though it ended too$5#1$ soon, its conclusion was delightful
114:114,20'  !| too$5#2$;~ her friends attended her into the house, and $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
114:114,21'  !| before$3$ they parted, addressing herself with respectful
114:114,22'  !| form$0$, as much to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen as to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine, petitioned
114:114,23'  !| for$4$ the pleasure of her company to$4$ dinner on$4$ the day
114:114,24'  !| after$4$ the next. No$2$ difficulty was made on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's
114:114,25'  !| side$0$ ~ and the only difficulty on$4$ $NA#A$Catherine's was in concealing
114:114,26'  !| the excess of her pleasure.
114:114,27'  !| The morning had passed away so$5#1$ charmingly as to$9$
114:114,28'  !| banish all her friendship and natural$2$ affection; for$3$ no$2$
114:114,29'  !| thought$0$ of $NA#D$Isabella or $NA#K$James had crossed her during
114:114,30'  !| their walk$0$. When the $NA#F1$Tilneys were gone, she became
114:114,31'  !| amiable again, but she was amiable for$4$ some time to$4$
114:114,32'  !| little effect$0$; $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen had no$2$ intelligence to$9$ give that$6#1$
114:114,33'  !| could relieve her anxiety, she had heard nothing of any
114:114,34'  !| of them. Towards the end$0$ of the morning however,
114:114,35'  !| $NA#A$Catherine having occasion$0$ for$4$ some indispensable yard of
114:114,36'  !| ribbon which$6#1$ must be bought without a moment's delay$0$,
114:114,37'  !| walked out$5$ into the town, and in Bond-street overtook
114:114,38'  !| the second$2$ $NA#O$Miss*Thorpe, as she was loitering towards
114:115, 1'  !| Edgar's*Buildings between two of the sweetest girls in the
114:115, 2'  !| world, who$6#1$ had been her dear$2#1$ friends all the morning.
114:115, 3'  !| From her, she soon learned that$3$ the party to$4$ Clifton had
114:115, 4'  !| taken place$0$.
114:115, 4O  !| "They set$1$ off at eight this morning,"
114:115, 4'  !| said
114:115, 5'  !| $NA#O$Miss*Anne,
114:115, 5O  !| "and I am sure I do not envy$1$ them their
114:115, 6O  !| drive$0$. I think you and I are very well$9$ off to$9$ be out$8$ of
114:115, 7O  !| the scrape.~ It must be the dullest thing in the world,
114:115, 8O  !| for$3$ there is not a soul at Clifton at this time of year.
114:115, 9O  !| $NA#D$Belle went with your brother, and $NA#E$John drove $NA#P$Maria."
114:115,10'  !| $NA#A$Catherine spoke the pleasure she really felt on$4$ hearing
114:115,11'  !| this part$0$ of the arrangement.
114:115,12O  !| "Oh| yes,"
114:115,12'  !| rejoined the other,
114:115,12O  !| "$NA#P$Maria is gone. She
114:115,13O  !| was quite wild to$9$ go. She thought$1$ it would be something
114:115,14O  !| very fine. I cannot say I admire her taste; and for$4$ my
114:115,15O  !| part$0$ I was determined$2$ from the first not to$9$ go, if they
114:115,16O  !| pressed me ever so$5#1$ much."
114:115,17'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, a little doubtful of this, could not help$1$
114:115,18'  !| answering,
114:115,18A  !| "I wish$1$ you could have gone too$5#2$. It is a pity$0$
114:115,19A  !| you could not all go."
114:115,20O  !| "Thank you; but it is quite a matter of indifference
114:115,21O  !| to$4$ me. Indeed, I would not have gone on$4$ any account$0$.
114:115,22O  !| I was saying so$5#2$ to$4$ $NA#ZE$Emily and $NA#ZT$Sophia when you over*took
114:115,23O  !| us."
114:115,24'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was still$5$ unconvinced; but glad that$3$ $NA#O$Anne
114:115,25'  !| should have the friendship of an $NA#ZE$Emily and a $NA#ZT$Sophia to$9$
114:115,26'  !| console her, she bade her adieu without much uneasiness,
114:115,27'  !| and returned home, pleased that$3$ the party had not been
114:115,28'  !| prevented by$4$ her refusing to$9$ join it, and very heartily
114:115,29'  !| wishing that$3$ it might be too$5#1$ pleasant to$9$ allow either $NA#K$James
114:115,30'  !| or $NA#D$Isabella to$9$ resent her resistance any longer.
115:116, 1'  !| Early the next day, a note$0$ from $NA#D$Isabella, speaking
115:116, 2'  !| peace and tenderness in every line, and entreating the
115:116, 3'  !| immediate presence of her friend on$4$ a matter of the
115:116, 4'  !| utmost importance, hastened $NA#A$Catherine, in the happiest
115:116, 5'  !| state$0$ of confidence and curiosity, to$4$ Edgar's*Buildings.~
115:116, 6'  !| The two youngest $NA#N1$Miss*Thorpes were by$4$ themselves in
115:116, 7'  !| the parlour; and, on$4$ $NA#O$Anne's quitting it to$9$ call$1$ her sister,
115:116, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine took the opportunity of asking the other for$4$
115:116, 9'  !| some particulars of their yesterday's party. $NA#P$Maria desired
115:116,10'  !| no$2$ greater pleasure than to$9$ speak of it; and $NA#A$Catherine
115:116,11'  !| immediately learnt that$3$
115:116,11@p   | it had been altogether the most
115:116,12@p   | delightful scheme$0$ in the world; that$3$ nobody could
115:116,13@p   | imagine how charming it had been, and that$3$ it had been
115:116,14@p   | more delightful than any*body could conceive.
115:116,14'  !| Such was
115:116,15'  !| the information of the first five minutes; the second$2$
115:116,16'  !| unfolded thus much in detail$0$,~
115:116,16@p   | that$3$ they had driven
115:116,17@p   | directly to$4$ the York*Hotel, ate some soup, and bespoke
115:116,18@p   | an early dinner, walked down$5$ to$4$ the Pump-room, tasted
115:116,19@p   | the water, and laid out$5$ some shillings in purses and spars;
115:116,20@p   | thence adjourned to$9$ eat ice at a pastry-cook's, and hurrying
115:116,21@p   | back$5$ to$4$ the Hotel, swallowed their dinner in haste, to$9$
115:116,22@p   | prevent being$1$ in the dark$0$; and then had a delightful
115:116,23@p   | drive$0$ back$5$, only the moon was not up, and it rained
115:116,24@p   | a little, and $NA#K$Mr%*Morland's horse was so$5#1$ tired he could
115:116,25@p   | hardly get it along$5$.
115:116,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine listened with heartfelt satisfaction. It
115:116,27'  !| appeared that$3$ Blaize*Castle had never been thought$1$
115:116,28'  !| of; and, as for$4$ all the rest$0#1$, there was nothing to$9$ regret$1$
115:116,29'  !| for$4$ half an instant$0$.~ $NA#P$Maria's intelligence concluded with
115:116,30'  !| a tender$2$ effusion of pity$0$ for$4$ her sister $NA#O$Anne, whom$6#1$ she
115:116,31'  !| represented as insupportably cross$2$, from being$1$ excluded
115:116,32'  !| the party.
115:116,33P  !| "She will$1$ never forgive me, I am sure; but, you know,
115:117, 1P  !| how could I help$1$ it? $NA#E$John would have me go, for$3$ he
115:117, 2P  !| vowed he would not drive$1$ her, because she had such
115:117, 3P  !| thick ancles. I dare$1#2$ say she will$1$ not be in good humour
115:117, 4P  !| again this month; but I am determined$2$ I will$1$ not be
115:117, 5P  !| cross$2$; it is not a little matter that$3$ puts me out$8$ of temper."
115:117, 6'  !| $NA#D$Isabella now entered the room with so$5#1$ eager a step$0$,
115:117, 7'  !| and a look$0$ of such happy importance, as engaged all her
115:117, 8'  !| friend's notice$0$. $NA#P$Maria was without ceremony sent away,
115:117, 9'  !| and $NA#D$Isabella, embracing $NA#A$Catherine, thus began:~
115:117, 9D  !| "Yes,
115:117,10D  !| my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, it is so$5#2$ indeed; your penetration has
115:117,11D  !| not deceived you.~ Oh| that$6#2$ arch$2$ eye of yours|~ It sees
115:117,12D  !| through$4$ every*thing."
115:117,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine replied only by$4$ a look$0$ of wondering ignorance.
115:117,14D  !| "Nay, my beloved, sweetest friend,"
115:117,14'  !| continued the
115:117,15'  !| other,
115:117,15D  !| "compose yourself.~ I am amazingly agitated, as
115:117,16D  !| you perceive. Let us sit down$5$ and talk$1$ in comfort$0$. Well$7$,
115:117,17D  !| and so$3$ you guessed it the moment you had my note$0$?~
115:117,18D  !| Sly creature|~ Oh| my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, you alone who$6#1$
115:117,19D  !| know my heart can judge$1$ of my present$9$ happiness. Your
115:117,20D  !| brother is the most charming of men. I only wish$1$ I were
115:117,21D  !| more worthy of him.~ But what$6#2$ will$1$ your excellent father
115:117,22D  !| and mother say?~ Oh| heavens| when I think of them
115:117,23D  !| I am so$5#1$ agitated|"
115:117,24'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's understanding$0$ began to$9$ awake$1$: an idea
115:117,25'  !| of the truth suddenly darted into her mind$0$; and, with
115:117,26'  !| the natural$2$ blush$0$ of so$5#1$ new an emotion, she cried out$5$,
115:117,27A  !| "Good heaven|~ my dear$2#1$ $NA#D$Isabella, what$6#2$ do you mean$1$?
115:117,28A  !| Can you ~ can you really be in love$0$ with $NA#K$James?"
115:117,29'  !| This bold surmise$0$, however, she soon learnt comprehended
115:117,30'  !| but half the fact. The anxious affection, which$6#1$
115:117,31'  !| she was accused of having continually watched in $NA#D$Isabella's
115:117,32'  !| every look$0$ and action, had, in the course$0$ of their yesterday's
115:117,33'  !| party, received the delightful confession of an equal$2$
115:117,34'  !| love$0$. Her heart and faith were alike engaged to$4$ $NA#K$James.~
115:117,35'  !| Never had $NA#A$Catherine listened to$4$ any*thing so$5#1$ full of
115:117,36'  !| interest$0$, wonder$0$, and joy.
115:117,36@a   | Her brother and her friend
115:117,37@a   | engaged|~
115:117,37'  !| New to$4$ such circumstances, the importance of
115:117,38'  !| it appeared unspeakably great, and she contemplated it
115:118, 1'  !| as one of those grand events, of which$6#1$ the ordinary course$0$
115:118, 2'  !| of life can hardly afford a return$0$. The strength of her
115:118, 3'  !| feelings she could not express$1$; the nature of them,
115:118, 4'  !| however, contented her friend. The happiness of having
115:118, 5'  !| such a sister was their first effusion, and the fair ladies
115:118, 6'  !| mingled in embraces and tears of joy.
115:118, 7'  !| Delighting, however, as $NA#A$Catherine sincerely did in the
115:118, 8'  !| prospect of the connexion, it must be acknowledged that$3$
115:118, 9'  !| $NA#D$Isabella far surpassed her in tender$2$ anticipations.~
115:118, 9D  !| "You
115:118,10D  !| will$1$ be so$5#1$ infinitely dearer to$4$ me, my $NA#A$Catherine, than
115:118,11D  !| either $NA#O$Anne or $NA#P$Maria: I feel that$3$ I shall be so$5#1$ much more
115:118,12D  !| attached to$4$ my dear$2#1$ $NA#K$Morland's family than to$4$ my own$2$."
115:118,13'  !| This was a pitch of friendship beyond$4$ $NA#A$Catherine.
115:118,14D  !| "You are so$5#1$ like$9$ your dear$2#1$ brother,"
115:118,14'  !| continued $NA#D$Isabella,
115:118,15D  !| "that$3$ I quite doated on$4$ you the first moment I saw you.
115:118,16D  !| But so$5#2$ it always is with me; the first moment settles
115:118,17D  !| every*thing. The very first day that$6#1$ $NA#K$Morland came to$4$ us
115:118,18D  !| last$1$ Christmas ~ the very first moment I beheld him ~ my
115:118,19D  !| heart was irrecoverably gone. I remember I wore my
115:118,20D  !| yellow gown, with my hair done up in braids; and when
115:118,21D  !| I came into the drawing-room, and $NA#E$John introduced him,
115:118,22D  !| I thought$1$ I never saw any*body so$5#1$ handsome before$5$."
115:118,23'  !| Here $NA#A$Catherine secretly acknowledged the power of
115:118,24'  !| love$0$; for$3$, though exceedingly fond of her brother, and
115:118,25'  !| partial to$4$ all his endowments, she had never in her life
115:118,26'  !| thought$1$ him handsome.
115:118,27D  !| "I remember too$5#2$, $NA#ZB$Miss*Andrews drank tea with us that$6#2$
115:118,28D  !| evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet; and she
115:118,29D  !| looked so$5#1$ heavenly, that$3$ I thought$1$ your brother must
115:118,30D  !| certainly fall$1$ in love$0$ with her; I could not sleep$1$ a wink
115:118,31D  !| all night for$4$ thinking of it. Oh| $NA#A$Catherine, the many
115:118,32D  !| sleepless nights I have had on$4$ your brother's account$0$|~
115:118,33D  !| I would not have you suffer half what$6#1$ I have done|
115:118,34D  !| I am grown wretchedly thin I know; but I will$1$ not pain$1$
115:118,35D  !| you by$4$ describing my anxiety; you have seen enough of
115:118,36D  !| it. I feel that$3$ I have betrayed myself perpetually;~ so$5#1$
115:118,37D  !| unguarded in speaking of my partiality for$4$ the church|~
115:118,38D  !| But my secret$0$ I was always sure would be safe with \you\."
115:119, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine felt that$3$ nothing could have been safer; but
115:119, 2'  !| ashamed of an ignorance little expected$1$, she dared no$2$
115:119, 3'  !| longer contest$1$ the point$0$, nor refuse to$9$ have been as full
115:119, 4'  !| of arch$2$ penetration and affectionate sympathy as $NA#D$Isabella
115:119, 5'  !| chose to$9$ consider her. Her brother she found was preparing
115:119, 6'  !| to$9$ set$1$ off with all speed to$9$ Fullerton, to$9$ make$1$
115:119, 7'  !| known his situation and ask consent$0$; and here was
115:119, 8'  !| a source of some real agitation to$4$ the mind$0$ of $NA#D$Isabella.
115:119, 9'  !| $NA#A$Catherine endeavoured to$9$ persuade her, as she was herself
115:119,10'  !| persuaded, that$3$ her father and mother would never oppose
115:119,11'  !| their son's wishes$0$.~
115:119,11A  !| "It is impossible,"
115:119,11'  !| said she,
115:119,11A  !| "for$4$
115:119,12A  !| parents to$9$ be more kind$2$, or more desirous of their children's
115:119,13A  !| happiness; I have no$2$ doubt$0$ of their consenting immediately."
115:119,14     |
115:119,15D  !| "$NA#K$Morland says exactly the same,"
115:119,15'  !| replied $NA#D$Isabella;
115:119,16D  !| "and yet I dare$1#2$ not expect it; my fortune will$1$ be so$5#1$
115:119,17D  !| small; they never can consent$1$ to$4$ it. Your brother, who$6#1$
115:119,18D  !| might marry any*body|"
115:119,19'  !| Here $NA#A$Catherine again discerned the force$0$ of love$0$.
115:119,20A  !| "Indeed, $NA#D$Isabella, you are too$5#1$ humble$2$.~ The difference
115:119,21A  !| of fortune can be nothing to$9$ signify."
115:119,22D  !| "Oh| my sweet $NA#A$Catherine, in \your\ generous heart
115:119,23D  !| I know it would signify nothing; but we must not expect
115:119,24D  !| such disinterestedness in many. As for$4$ myself, I am sure
115:119,25D  !| I only wish$1$ our situations were reversed. Had I the
115:119,26D  !| command$0$ of millions, were I mistress of the whole$2$ world,
115:119,27D  !| your brother would be my only choice$0$."
115:119,28'  !| This charming sentiment, recommended as much by$4$
115:119,29'  !| sense as novelty, gave $NA#A$Catherine a most pleasing remembrance
115:119,30'  !| of all the heroines of her acquaintance; and she
115:119,31'  !| thought$1$ her friend never looked more lovely than in
115:119,32'  !| uttering the grand idea.~
115:119,32A  !| "I am sure they will$1$ consent$1$,"
115:119,33'  !| was her frequent declaration;
115:119,33A  !| "I am sure they will$1$ be
115:119,34A  !| delighted with you."
115:119,35D  !| "For$4$ my own$2$ part$0$,"
115:119,35'  !| said $NA#D$Isabella,
115:119,35D  !| "my wishes$0$ are so$5#1$
115:119,36D  !| moderate, that$3$ the smallest income in nature would be
115:119,37D  !| enough for$4$ me. Where people are really attached,
115:119,38D  !| poverty itself is wealth: grandeur I detest: I would
115:120, 1D  !| not settle in London for$4$ the universe. A cottage in some
115:120, 2D  !| retired village would be extasy. There are some charming
115:120, 3D  !| little villas about$4$ Richmond."
115:120, 4A  !| "Richmond|"
115:120, 4'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine.~
115:120, 4A  !| "You must settle
115:120, 5A  !| near$4$ Fullerton. You must be near$4$ us."
115:120, 6D  !| "I am sure I shall be miserable if we do not. If I can
115:120, 7D  !| but be near$4$ \you\, I shall be satisfied$2$. But this is idle
115:120, 8D  !| talking| I will$1$ not allow myself to$9$ think of such things,
115:120, 9D  !| till we have your father's answer$0$. $NA#K$Morland says that$3$ by$4$
115:120,10D  !| sending it to-night to$4$ Salisbury, we may$1$ have it to-morrow.~
115:120,11D  !| To-morrow?~ I know I shall never have
115:120,12D  !| courage to$9$ open$1$ the letter. I know it will$1$ be the death
115:120,13D  !| of me."
115:120,14'  !| A reverie succeeded this conviction ~ and when $NA#D$Isabella
115:120,15'  !| spoke again, it was to$9$ resolve$1$ on$4$ the quality of her
115:120,16'  !| wedding-gown.
115:120,17'  !| Their conference was put an end$0$ to$4$ by$4$ the anxious
115:120,18'  !| young lover himself, who$6#1$ came to$9$ breathe his parting
115:120,19'  !| sigh$0$ before$3$ he set$1$ off for$4$ Wiltshire. $NA#A$Catherine wished to$9$
115:120,20'  !| congratulate him, but knew not what$6#1$ to$9$ say, and her
115:120,21'  !| eloquence was only in her eyes. From them however the
115:120,22'  !| eight parts of speech shone out$5$ most expressively, and
115:120,23'  !| $NA#K$James could combine them with ease$0$. Impatient for$4$ the
115:120,24'  !| realization of all that$6#1$ he hoped at home, his adieus were
115:120,25'  !| not long$9$; and they would have been yet shorter, had he
115:120,26'  !| not been frequently detained by$4$ the urgent entreaties
115:120,27'  !| of his fair one that$3$ he would go. Twice was he called
115:120,28'  !| almost from the door by$4$ her eagerness to$9$ have him gone.
115:120,29D  !| "Indeed, $NA#K$Morland, I must drive$1$ you away. Consider
115:120,30D  !| how far you have to$9$ ride$1$. I cannot bear$0$ to$9$ see you linger
115:120,31D  !| so$5#2$. For$4$ Heaven's sake, waste$0$ no$2$ more time. There, go,
115:120,32D  !| go ~ I insist on$4$ it."
115:120,33'  !| The two friends, with hearts now more united than
115:120,34'  !| ever, were inseparable for$4$ the day; and in schemes of
115:120,35'  !| sisterly happiness the hours flew along$5$. $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe and
115:120,36'  !| her son, who$6#1$ were acquainted with every*thing, and who$6#1$
115:120,37'  !| seemed only to$9$ want$1$ $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland's consent$0$, to$9$ consider
115:120,38'  !| $NA#D$Isabella's engagement as the most fortunate circumstance
115:121, 1'  !| imaginable for$4$ their family, were allowed to$9$ join their
115:121, 2'  !| counsels, and add their quota of significant looks$0$ and
115:121, 3'  !| mysterious expressions to$9$ fill up the measure$0$ of curiosity
115:121, 4'  !| to$9$ be raised in the unprivileged younger sisters. To$4$
115:121, 5'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's simple$2$ feelings, this odd sort of reserve$0$ seemed
115:121, 6'  !| neither kindly meant, nor consistently supported; and
115:121, 7'  !| its unkindness she would hardly have forborn pointing
115:121, 8'  !| out$5$, had its inconsistency been less their friend;~ but
115:121, 9'  !| $NA#O$Anne and $NA#P$Maria soon set$1$ her heart at ease$0$ by$4$ the sagacity
115:121,10'  !| of their
115:121,10Z  !| "I know what$6#1$;"
115:121,10'  !| and the evening was spent in
115:121,11'  !| a sort of war of wit$0#1$, a display$0$ of family ingenuity; on$4$
115:121,12'  !| one side$0$ in the mystery of an affected secret$0$, on$4$ the other
115:121,13'  !| of undefined discovery, all equally acute.
115:121,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was with her friend again the next day,
115:121,15'  !| endeavouring to$9$ support$1$ her spirits, and while$1$ away the
115:121,16'  !| many tedious hours before$4$ the delivery of the letters;
115:121,17'  !| a needful exertion, for$3$ as the time of reasonable expectation
115:121,18'  !| drew near$9$, $NA#D$Isabella became more and more desponding,
115:121,19'  !| and before$3$ the letter arrived, had worked herself into
115:121,20'  !| a state$0$ of real distress$0$. But when it did come, where
115:121,21'  !| could distress$0$ be found?
115:121,21K  !| "I have had no$2$ difficulty in
115:121,22K  !| gaining the consent$0$ of my kind$2$ parents, and am promised
115:121,23K  !| that$3$ every*thing in their power shall be done to$9$ forward$1$
115:121,24K  !| my happiness,"
115:121,24'  !| were the first three lines, and in one
115:121,25'  !| moment all was joyful security. The brightest glow was
115:121,26'  !| instantly spread over $NA#D$Isabella's features, all care$0$ and
115:121,27'  !| anxiety seemed removed, her spirits became almost
115:121,28'  !| too$5#1$ high for$4$ controul, and she called herself without
115:121,29'  !| scruple$0$ the happiest of mortals.
115:121,30'  !| $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, with tears of joy, embraced her daughter,
115:121,31'  !| her son, her visitor, and could have embraced half the
115:121,32'  !| inhabitants of Bath$0#1$ with satisfaction. Her heart was
115:121,33'  !| overflowing with tenderness. It was
115:121,33N  !| "dear$2#1$ $NA#E$John,"
115:121,33'  !| and
115:121,34N  !| "dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine"
115:121,34'  !| at every word;~
115:121,34N  !| "dear$2#1$ $NA#O$Anne and
115:121,35N  !| dear$2#1$ $NA#P$Maria"
115:121,35'  !| must immediately be made sharers in their
115:121,36'  !| felicity; and two "dears" at once before$4$ the name$0$ of
115:121,37'  !| $NA#D$Isabella were not more than that$6#2$ beloved child had now
115:121,38'  !| well$9$ earned. $NA#E$John himself was no$2$ skulker in joy. He
115:122, 1'  !| not only bestowed on$4$ $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland the high commendation
115:122, 2'  !| of being$1$ one of the finest fellows in the world, but
115:122, 3'  !| swore off many sentences in his praise$0$.
115:122, 4'  !| The letter, whence sprang all this felicity, was short$2$,
115:122, 5'  !| containing little more than this assurance of success;
115:122, 6'  !| and every particular was deferred till $NA#K$James could write
115:122, 7'  !| again. But for$4$ particulars $NA#D$Isabella could well$9$ afford to$9$
115:122, 8'  !| wait. The needful was comprised in $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland's
115:122, 9'  !| promise$0$; his honour$0$ was pledged to$9$ make$1$ every*thing
115:122,10'  !| easy; and by$4$ what$6#1$ means$0$ their income was to$9$ be formed,
115:122,11'  !| whether landed property were to$9$ be resigned, or funded
115:122,12'  !| money made over, was a matter in which$6#1$ her disinterested
115:122,13'  !| spirit took no$2$ concern$0$. She knew enough to$9$ feel
115:122,14'  !| secure$2$ of an honourable and speedy establishment, and
115:122,15'  !| her imagination took a rapid flight over its attendant
115:122,16'  !| felicities. She saw herself at the end$0$ of a few weeks,
115:122,17'  !| the gaze and admiration of every new acquaintance at
115:122,18'  !| Fullerton, the envy$0$ of every valued old friend in Putney,
115:122,19'  !| with a carriage at her command$0$, a new name$0$ on$4$ her
115:122,20'  !| tickets, and a brilliant exhibition of hoop rings on$4$ her
115:122,21'  !| finger.
115:122,22'  !| When the contents of the letter were ascertained, $NA#E$John*Thorpe,
115:122,23'  !| who$6#1$ had only waited its arrival to$9$ begin his
115:122,24'  !| journey to$4$ London, prepared to$9$ set$1$ off.
115:122,24E  !| "Well$7$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
115:122,25'  !| said he, on$4$ finding her alone in the parlour,
115:122,26E  !| "I am come to$9$ bid you good*bye."
115:122,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine wished
115:122,27'  !| him a good journey. Without appearing to$9$ hear her, he
115:122,28'  !| walked to$4$ the window, fidgetted about$5$, hummed a tune,
115:122,29'  !| and seemed wholly self-occupied.
115:122,30A  !| "Shall not you be late at Devizes?"
115:122,30'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine.
115:122,31'  !| He made no$2$ answer$0$; but after$4$ a minute's silence$0$ burst$1$
115:122,32'  !| out$5$ with,
115:122,32E  !| "A famous good thing this marrying scheme$0$,
115:122,33E  !| upon my soul| A clever fancy$0$ of $NA#K$Morland's and $NA#D$Belle's.
115:122,34E  !| What$6#2$ do you think of it, $NA#A$Miss*Morland? \I\ say it is no$2$
115:122,35E  !| bad notion."
115:122,36A  !| "I am sure I think it a very good one."
115:122,37E  !| "Do you?~ that's honest, by$4$ heavens| I am glad
115:122,38E  !| you are no$2$ enemy to$4$ matrimony however. Did you ever
115:123, 1E  !| hear the old song, ""Going to$4$ one wedding brings on$5$
115:123, 2E  !| another?"" I say, you will$1$ come to$4$ $NA#D$Belle's wedding,
115:123, 3E  !| I hope$1$."
115:123, 4A  !| "Yes; I have promised your sister to$9$ be with her, if
115:123, 5A  !| possible."
115:123, 6E  !| "And then you know"~
115:123, 6'  !| twisting himself about$5$ and
115:123, 7'  !| forcing a foolish laugh$0$~
115:123, 7E  !| "I say, then you know, we may$1$
115:123, 8E  !| try the truth of this same old song."
115:123, 9A  !| "May$1$ we?~ but I never sing. Well$7$, I wish$1$ you a good
115:123,10A  !| journey. I dine with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney to-day, and must now
115:123,11A  !| be going home."
115:123,12E  !| "Nay, but there is no$2$ such confounded hurry$0$.~ Who$6#2$
115:123,13E  !| knows when we may$1$ be together again?~ Not but that$3$
115:123,14E  !| I shall be down$5$ again by$4$ the end$0$ of a fortnight, and
115:123,15E  !| a devilish long$9$ fortnight it will$1$ appear to$4$ me."
115:123,16A  !| "Then why do you stay$1$ away so$5#1$ long$9$?"
115:123,16'  !| replied
115:123,17'  !| $NA#A$Catherine ~ finding that$3$ he waited for$4$ an answer$0$.
115:123,18E  !| "That$6#2$ is kind$2$ of you, however ~ kind$2$ and good-natured.~
115:123,19E  !| I shall not forget it in a hurry$0$.~ But you have
115:123,20E  !| more good-nature and all that$6#2$, than any*body living$9$
115:123,21E  !| I believe. A monstrous deal$0#2$ of good-nature, and it is
115:123,22E  !| not only good-nature, but you have so$5#1$ much, so$5#1$ much of
115:123,23E  !| every*thing; and then you have such ~ upon my soul
115:123,24E  !| I do not know any*body like$9$ you."
115:123,25A  !| "Oh| dear$7$, there are a great many people like$9$ me,
115:123,26A  !| I dare$1#2$ say, only a great deal$0#2$ better$9$. Good*morning
115:123,27A  !| to$4$ you."
115:123,28E  !| "But I say, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, I shall come and pay$1$ my
115:123,29E  !| respects at Fullerton before$3$ it is long$9$, if not disagreeable."
115:123,30     |
115:123,31A  !| "Pray do.~ My father and mother will$1$ be very glad to$9$
115:123,32A  !| see you."
115:123,33E  !| "And I hope$1$ ~ I hope$1$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, \you\ will$1$ not be
115:123,34E  !| sorry to$9$ see me."
115:123,35A  !| "Oh| dear$7$, not at all. There are very few people
115:123,36A  !| I am sorry to$9$ see. Company is always cheerful."
115:123,37E  !| "That$6#2$ is just$9$ my way of thinking. Give me but
115:123,38E  !| a little cheerful company, let me only have the company
115:124, 1E  !| of the people I love$1$, let me only be where I like$1$ and with
115:124, 2E  !| whom$6#1$ I like$1$, and the devil take the rest$0#1$, say I.~ And
115:124, 3E  !| I am heartily glad to$9$ hear you say the same. But I have
115:124, 4E  !| a notion, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, you and I think pretty$5$ much
115:124, 5E  !| alike upon most matters."
115:124, 6A  !| "Perhaps we may$1$; but it is more than I ever thought$1$
115:124, 7A  !| of. And as to$4$ \most\ \matters\, to$9$ say the truth, there are
115:124, 8A  !| not many that$3$ I know my own$2$ mind$0$ about$4$."
115:124, 9E  !| "By$4$ Jove, no$2$ more do I. It is not my way to$9$ bother
115:124,10E  !| my brains with what$6#1$ does not concern$1$ me. My notion
115:124,11E  !| of things is simple$2$ enough. Let me only have the girl
115:124,12E  !| I like$1$, say I, with a comfortable house over my head$0$, and
115:124,13E  !| what$6#2$ care$1$ I for$4$ all the rest$0#1$? Fortune is nothing. I am
115:124,14E  !| sure of a good income of my own$2$; and if she had not
115:124,15E  !| a penny, why so$5#1$ much the better$9$."
115:124,16A  !| "Very true. I think like$9$ you there. If there is a good
115:124,17A  !| fortune on$4$ one side$0$, there can be no$2$ occasion$0$ for$4$ any on$4$
115:124,18A  !| the other. No$2$ matter which$6#1$ has it, so$3$ that$3$ there is enough.
115:124,19A  !| I hate the idea of one great fortune looking out$5$ for$4$ another.
115:124,20A  !| And to$9$ marry for$4$ money I think the wickedest thing in
115:124,21A  !| existence.~ Good*day.~ We shall be very glad to$9$ see you
115:124,22A  !| at Fullerton, whenever it is convenient."
115:124,22'  !| And away she
115:124,23'  !| went. It was not in the power of all his gallantry to$9$
115:124,24'  !| detain her longer. With such news to$9$ communicate, and
115:124,25'  !| such a visit$0$ to$9$ prepare for$4$, her departure was not to$9$ be
115:124,26'  !| delayed by$4$ any*thing in his nature to$9$ urge; and she
115:124,27'  !| hurried away, leaving him to$4$ the undivided consciousness
115:124,28'  !| of his own$2$ happy address$0$, and her explicit encouragement.
115:124,29     |
115:124,30'  !| The agitation which$6#1$ she had herself experienced on$4$
115:124,31'  !| first learning her brother's engagement, made her expect
115:124,32'  !| to$9$ raise no$2$ inconsiderable emotion in $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen,
115:124,33'  !| by$4$ the communication of the wonderful event. How
115:124,34'  !| great was her disappointment| The important affair,
115:124,35'  !| which$6#1$ many words of preparation ushered in, had been
115:124,36'  !| foreseen by$4$ them both ever since her brother's arrival;
115:124,37'  !| and all that$6#1$ they felt on$4$ the occasion$0$ was comprehended
115:124,38'  !| in a wish$0$ for$4$ the young people's happiness, with a remark$0$,
115:125, 1'  !| on$4$ the gentleman's side$0$, in favour$0$ of $NA#D$Isabella's beauty,
115:125, 2'  !| and on$4$ the lady's, of her great good luck. It was to$4$
115:125, 3'  !| $NA#A$Catherine the most surprizing insensibility. The disclosure
115:125, 4'  !| however of the great secret$0$ of $NA#K$James's going to$4$
115:125, 5'  !| Fullerton the day before$5$, did raise some emotion in $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen.
115:125, 6'  !| She could not listen to$4$ that$6#2$ with perfect$2$ calmness;
115:125, 7'  !| but repeatedly
115:125, 7@i   | regretted the necessity of its concealment,
115:125, 8@i   | wished she could have known his intention, wished she
115:125, 9@i   | could have seen him before$3$ he went, as she should certainly
115:125,10@i   | have troubled him with her best regards$0$ to$4$ his father
115:125,11@i   | and mother, and her kind$2$ compliments to$4$ all the $NA#ZU$Skinners.
201:129, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's expectations of pleasure from her visit$0$ in
201:129, 2'  !| Milsom-street were so$5#1$ very high, that$3$ disappointment
201:129, 3'  !| was inevitable; and accordingly, though she was most
201:129, 4'  !| politely received by$4$ $NA#F$General*Tilney, and kindly welcomed
201:129, 5'  !| by$4$ his daughter, though $NA#B$Henry was at home, and no*one
201:129, 6'  !| else of the party, she found, on$4$ her return$0$, without
201:129, 7'  !| spending many hours in the examination of her feelings,
201:129, 8'  !| that$3$ she had gone to$4$ her appointment preparing for$4$
201:129, 9'  !| happiness which$6#1$ it had not afforded. Instead of finding
201:129,10'  !| herself improved in acquaintance with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, from
201:129,11'  !| the intercourse of the day, she seemed hardly so$5#1$ intimate$2$
201:129,12'  !| with her as before$5$; instead of seeing $NA#B$Henry*Tilney to$4$
201:129,13'  !| greater advantage than ever, in the ease$0$ of a family party,
201:129,14'  !| he had never said so$5#1$ little, nor been so$5#1$ little agreeable;
201:129,15'  !| and, in spite$8$ of their father's great civilities to$4$ her ~ in
201:129,16'  !| spite$8$ of his thanks, invitations, and compliments ~ it had
201:129,17'  !| been a release$0$ to$9$ get away from him. It puzzled her to$9$
201:129,18'  !| account$1$ for$4$ all this. It could not be $NA#F$General*Tilney's
201:129,19'  !| fault. That$3$ he was perfectly agreeable and good-natured,
201:129,20'  !| and altogether a very charming man, did not
201:129,21'  !| admit of a doubt$0$, for$3$ he was tall and handsome, and
201:129,22'  !| $NA#B$Henry's father. \He\ could not be accountable for$4$ his
201:129,23'  !| children's want$0$ of spirits, or for$4$ her want$0$ of enjoyment
201:129,24'  !| in his company. The former she hoped at last$0$ might
201:129,25'  !| have been accidental, and the latter she could only
201:129,26'  !| attribute to$4$ her own$2$ stupidity. $NA#D$Isabella, on$4$ hearing the
201:129,27'  !| particulars of the visit$0$, gave a different explanation:
201:129,28D  !| "It was all pride, pride, insufferable haughtiness and
201:129,29D  !| pride|"
201:129,29'  !| She had long$9$ suspected the family to$9$ be very high,
201:130, 1'  !| and this made it certain. Such insolence of behaviour as
201:130, 2'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's she had never heard of in her life| Not to$9$
201:130, 3'  !| do the honours of her house with common$2$ good-breeding|
201:130, 4'  !| ~ To$9$ behave to$4$ her guest with such superciliousness|~
201:130, 5'  !| Hardly even$5$ to$9$ speak to$4$ her|
201:130, 6A  !| "But it was not so$5#1$ bad as that$6#2$, $NA#D$Isabella; there was no$2$
201:130, 7A  !| superciliousness; she was very civil."
201:130, 8D  !| "Oh| don't defend her| And then the brother, he
201:130, 9D  !| who$6#1$ had appeared so$5#1$ attached to$4$ you| Good heavens|
201:130,10D  !| well$7$, some people's feelings are incomprehensible. And
201:130,11D  !| so$3$ he hardly looked once at you the whole$2$ day?"
201:130,12A  !| "I do not say so$5#2$; but he did not seem in good spirits."
201:130,13D  !| "How contemptible| Of all things in the world
201:130,14D  !| inconstancy is my aversion. Let me entreat you never
201:130,15D  !| to$9$ think of him again, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine; indeed he is
201:130,16D  !| unworthy of you."
201:130,17A  !| "Unworthy| I do not suppose he ever thinks of me."
201:130,18D  !| "That$6#2$ is exactly what$6#1$ I say; he never thinks of
201:130,19D  !| you.~ Such fickleness| Oh| how different to$4$ your
201:130,20D  !| brother and to$4$ mine$6$| I really believe $NA#E$John has the most
201:130,21D  !| constant heart."
201:130,22A  !| "But as for$4$ $NA#F$General*Tilney, I assure you it would be
201:130,23A  !| impossible for$4$ any*body to$9$ behave to$4$ me with greater
201:130,24A  !| civility and attention; it seemed to$9$ be his only care$0$ to$9$
201:130,25A  !| entertain and make$1$ me happy."
201:130,26D  !| "Oh| I know no$2$ harm$0$ of him; I do not suspect him
201:130,27D  !| of pride. I believe he is a very gentleman-like man.
201:130,28D  !| $NA#E$John thinks very well$9$ of him, and $NA#E$John's judgment ~~"
201:130,29A  !| "Well$7$, I shall see how they behave to$4$ me this evening;
201:130,30A  !| we shall meet$1$ them at the rooms."
201:130,31D  !| "And must I go?"
201:130,32A  !| "Do not you intend it? I thought$1$ it was all settled$1$."
201:130,33D  !| "Nay, since you make$1$ such a point$0$ of it, I can refuse
201:130,34D  !| you nothing. But do not insist upon my being$1$ very
201:130,35D  !| agreeable, for$4$ my heart, you know, will$1$ be some forty
201:130,36D  !| miles off. And as for$4$ dancing$0$, do not mention$1$ it I beg;
201:130,37D  !| \that$6#2$\ is quite out$8$ of the question$0$. $NA#ZH$Charles*Hodges will$1$
201:130,38D  !| plague me to$4$ death I dare$1#2$ say; but I shall cut$9$ him very
201:131, 1D  !| short$2$. Ten to$4$ one but he guesses the reason$0$, and that$6#2$
201:131, 2D  !| is exactly what$6#1$ I want$1$ to$9$ avoid, so$3$ I shall insist on$4$ his
201:131, 3D  !| keeping$1$ his conjecture$0$ to$4$ himself."
201:131, 4'  !| $NA#D$Isabella's opinion of the $NA#F1$Tilneys did not influence$1$ her
201:131, 5'  !| friend; she was sure there had been no$2$ insolence in the
201:131, 6'  !| manners either of brother or sister; and she did not
201:131, 7'  !| credit$1$ there being$1$ any pride in their hearts. The evening
201:131, 8'  !| rewarded her confidence; she was met by$4$ one with the
201:131, 9'  !| same kindness, and by$4$ the other with the same attention
201:131,10'  !| as heretofore: $NA#C$Miss*Tilney took pains to$9$ be near$4$ her,
201:131,11'  !| and $NA#B$Henry asked her to$9$ dance$1$.
201:131,12'  !| Having heard the day before$5$ in Milsom-street, that$3$
201:131,13'  !| their elder brother, $NA#G$Captain*Tilney, was expected$1$ almost
201:131,14'  !| every hour, she was at no$2$ loss for$4$ the name$0$ of a very
201:131,15'  !| fashionable-looking, handsome young man, whom$6#1$ she had
201:131,16'  !| never seen before$5$, and who$6#1$ now evidently belonged to$4$
201:131,17'  !| their party. She looked at him with great admiration,
201:131,18@a   | and even$5$ supposed it possible, that$3$ some people might
201:131,19@a   | think him handsomer than his brother, though, in her
201:131,20@a   | eyes, his air was more assuming, and his countenance
201:131,21@a   | less prepossessing. His taste and manners were beyond$4$
201:131,22@a   | a doubt$0$ decidedly inferior;
201:131,22'  !| for$3$, within her hearing, he
201:131,23'  !| not only protested against every thought$0$ of dancing$0$
201:131,24'  !| himself, but even$5$ laughed openly at $NA#B$Henry for$4$ finding it
201:131,25'  !| possible.
201:131,26'  !| From the latter circumstance it may$1$ be presumed,
201:131,26'  !| that$3$, whatever might be our heroine's opinion of
201:131,27'  !| him, his admiration of her was not of a very dangerous
201:131,28'  !| kind$0$; not likely to$9$ produce animosities between the
201:131,29'  !| brothers, nor persecutions to$4$ the lady. \He\ cannot be the
201:131,30'  !| instigator of the three villains in horsemen's great*coats,
201:131,31'  !| by$4$ whom$6#1$ she will$1$ hereafter be forced into a travelling-chaise
201:131,32'  !| and four, which$6#1$ will$1$ drive$1$ off with incredible speed.
201:131,33'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, meanwhile, undisturbed by$4$ presentiments of
201:131,34'  !| such an evil, or of any evil at all, except that$6#2$ of having
201:131,35'  !| but a short$2$ set$0$ to$9$ dance$1$ down$5$, enjoyed her usual happiness
201:131,36'  !| with $NA#B$Henry*Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to$4$ every*thing
201:131,37'  !| he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming$1$
201:131,38'  !| so$5#2$ herself.
201:132, 1'  !| At the end$0$ of the first dance$0$, $NA#G$Captain*Tilney came
201:132, 2'  !| towards them again, and, much to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine's dissatisfaction,
201:132, 3'  !| pulled his brother away. They retired whispering
201:132, 4'  !| together; and, though her delicate sensibility did not
201:132, 5'  !| take immediate alarm$0$, and lay$1#1$ it down$5$ as fact, that$3$
201:132, 6'  !| $NA#G$Captain*Tilney must have heard some malevolent misrepresentation
201:132, 7'  !| of her, which$6#1$ he now hastened to$9$ communicate
201:132, 8'  !| to$4$ his brother, in the hope$0$ of separating them for*ever,
201:132, 9'  !| she could not have her partner conveyed from her
201:132,10'  !| sight without very uneasy sensations. Her suspense
201:132,11'  !| was of full five minutes' duration; and she was beginning$1$
201:132,12'  !| to$9$ think it a very long$9$ quarter$0#1$ of an hour, when they
201:132,13'  !| both returned, and an explanation was given, by$4$ $NA#B$Henry's
201:132,14'  !| requesting to$9$ know, if she thought$1$ her friend, $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe,
201:132,15'  !| would have any objection to$4$ dancing$0$, as his
201:132,16'  !| brother would be most happy to$9$ be introduced to$4$ her.
201:132,17'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, without hesitation, replied, that$3$ she was very
201:132,18'  !| sure $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe did not mean$1$ to$9$ dance$1$ at all. The
201:132,19'  !| cruel reply$0$ was passed on$5$ to$4$ the other, and he immediately
201:132,20'  !| walked away.
201:132,21A  !| "Your brother will$1$ not mind$1$ it I know,"
201:132,21'  !| said she,
201:132,22A  !| "because I heard him say before$5$, that$3$ he hated dancing$0$;
201:132,23A  !| but it was very good-natured in him to$9$ think of it. I suppose
201:132,24A  !| he saw $NA#D$Isabella sitting$1$ down$5$, and fancied she might
201:132,25A  !| wish$1$ for$4$ a partner; but he is quite mistaken, for$3$ she
201:132,26A  !| would not dance$1$ upon any account$0$ in the world."
201:132,27'  !| $NA#B$Henry smiled, and said,
201:132,27B  !| "How very little trouble$0$ it
201:132,28B  !| can give you to$9$ understand the motive of other people's
201:132,29B  !| actions."
201:132,30A  !| "Why?~ What$6#2$ do you mean$1$?"
201:132,31B  !| "With you, it is not, How is such a one likely to$9$ be
201:132,32B  !| influenced? What$6#2$ is the inducement most likely to$9$ act$1$
201:132,33B  !| upon such a person's feelings, age, situation, and probable
201:132,34B  !| habits of life considered?~ but, how should \I\ be influenced,
201:132,35B  !| what$6#2$ would be \my\ inducement in acting so$5#2$ and so$5#2$?"
201:132,36A  !| "I do not understand you."
201:132,37B  !| "Then we are on$4$ very unequal terms, for$3$ I understand
201:132,38B  !| you perfectly well$9$."
201:133, 1A  !| "Me?~ yes; I cannot speak well$9$ enough to$9$ be unintelligible."
201:133, 2     |
201:133, 3B  !| "Bravo|~ an excellent satire on$4$ modern language."
201:133, 4A  !| "But pray tell me what$6#1$ you mean$1$."
201:133, 5B  !| "Shall I indeed?~ Do you really desire$1$ it?~ But you
201:133, 6B  !| are not aware of the consequences; it will$1$ involve you
201:133, 7B  !| in a very cruel embarrassment, and certainly bring on$5$
201:133, 8B  !| a disagreement between us."
201:133, 9A  !| "No$7$, no$7$; it shall not do either; I am not afraid."
201:133,10B  !| "Well$7$ then, I only meant that$3$ your attributing my
201:133,11B  !| brother's wish$0$ of dancing$1$ with $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe to$4$ good-nature
201:133,12B  !| alone, convinced me of your being$1$ superior$2$ in
201:133,13B  !| good-nature yourself to$4$ all the rest$0#1$ of the world."
201:133,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine blushed and disclaimed, and the gentleman's
201:133,15'  !| predictions were verified. There was a something, however,
201:133,16'  !| in his words which$6#1$ repaid her for$4$ the pain$0$ of confusion;
201:133,17'  !| and that$6#2$ something occupied her mind$0$ so$5#1$ much,
201:133,18'  !| that$3$ she drew back$5$ for$4$ some time, forgetting to$9$ speak
201:133,19'  !| or to$9$ listen, and almost forgetting where she was; till,
201:133,20'  !| roused by$4$ the voice of $NA#D$Isabella, she looked up and saw
201:133,21'  !| her with $NA#G$Captain*Tilney preparing to$9$ give them hands
201:133,22'  !| across$5$.
201:133,23'  !| $NA#D$Isabella shrugged her shoulders and smiled, the only
201:133,24'  !| explanation of this extraordinary change$0$ which$6#1$ could at
201:133,25'  !| that$6#2$ time be given; but as it was not quite enough for$4$
201:133,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's comprehension, she spoke her astonishment
201:133,27'  !| in very plain terms to$4$ her partner.
201:133,28A  !| "I cannot think how it could happen| $NA#D$Isabella was so$5#1$
201:133,29A  !| determined$2$ not to$9$ dance$1$."
201:133,30B  !| "And did $NA#D$Isabella never change$1$ her mind$0$ before$5$?"
201:133,31A  !| "Oh| but, because ~ and your brother|~ After$4$ what$6#1$
201:133,32A  !| you told him from me, how could he think of going to$9$
201:133,33A  !| ask her?"
201:133,34B  !| "I cannot take surprize$0$ to$4$ myself on$4$ that$6#2$ head$0$. You
201:133,35B  !| bid me be surprized on$4$ your friend's account$0$, and therefore
201:133,36B  !| I am; but as for$4$ my brother, his conduct$0$ in the
201:133,37B  !| business, I must own$1$, has been no$2$ more than I believed
201:133,38B  !| him perfectly equal$2$ to$4$. The fairness of your friend was
201:134, 1B  !| an open$2$ attraction; her firmness, you know, could only
201:134, 2B  !| be understood by$4$ yourself."
201:134, 3A  !| "You are laughing; but, I assure you, $NA#D$Isabella is very
201:134, 4A  !| firm in general$0$."
201:134, 5B  !| "It is as much as should be said of any*one. To$9$ be
201:134, 6B  !| always firm must be to$9$ be often obstinate. When
201:134, 7B  !| properly to$9$ relax is the trial of judgment; and, without
201:134, 8B  !| reference to$4$ my brother, I really think $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe
201:134, 9B  !| has by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ chosen ill in fixing on$4$ the present$9$
201:134,10B  !| hour."
201:134,11'  !| The friends were not able to$9$ get together for$4$ any
201:134,12'  !| confidential discourse till all the dancing$0$ was over; but
201:134,13'  !| then, as they walked about$4$ the room arm$0$ in arm$0$, $NA#D$Isabella
201:134,14'  !| thus explained herself:~
201:134,14D  !| "I do not wonder$1$ at your
201:134,15D  !| surprize$0$; and I am really fatigued to$4$ death. He is such
201:134,16D  !| a rattle|~ Amusing enough, if my mind$0$ had been disengaged;
201:134,17D  !| but I would have given the world to$9$ sit still$2$."
201:134,18A  !| "Then why did not you?"
201:134,19D  !| "Oh| my dear$2#1$| it would have looked so$5#1$ particular;
201:134,20D  !| and you know how I abhor doing that$6#2$. I refused him
201:134,21D  !| as long$9$ as I possibly could, but he would take no$2$ denial.
201:134,22D  !| You have no$2$ idea how he pressed me. I begged him to$9$
201:134,23D  !| excuse$1$ me, and get some other partner ~ but no$7$, not he;
201:134,24D  !| after$4$ aspiring to$4$ my hand$0$, there was nobody else in the
201:134,25D  !| room he could bear$1$ to$9$ think of; and it was not that$3$ he
201:134,26D  !| wanted merely to$9$ dance$1$, he wanted to$9$ be with \me\. Oh|
201:134,27D  !| such nonsense|~ I told him he had taken a very unlikely
201:134,28D  !| way to$9$ prevail upon me; for$3$, of all things in the world,
201:134,29D  !| I hated fine speeches and compliments;~ and so$3$ ~~
201:134,30D  !| and so$3$ then I found there would be no$2$ peace if I did not
201:134,31D  !| stand$1$ up. Besides, I thought$1$ $NA#Q$Mrs%*Hughes, who$6#1$ introduced
201:134,32D  !| him, might take it ill if I did not: and your dear$2#1$
201:134,33D  !| brother, I am sure he would have been miserable if I had
201:134,34D  !| sat down$5$ the whole$2$ evening. I am so$5#1$ glad it is over|
201:134,35D  !| My spirits are quite jaded with listening to$4$ his nonsense:
201:134,36D  !| and then,~ being$1$ such a smart young fellow, I saw every
201:134,37D  !| eye was upon us."
201:134,38A  !| "He is very handsome indeed."
201:135, 1D  !| "Handsome|~ Yes, I suppose he may$1$. I dare$1#2$ say
201:135, 2D  !| people would admire him in general$0$; but he is not at all
201:135, 3D  !| in my style of beauty. I hate a florid complexion and
201:135, 4D  !| dark$2$ eyes in a man. However, he is very well$9$. Amazingly
201:135, 5D  !| conceited, I am sure. I took him down$5$ several
201:135, 6D  !| times you know in my way."
201:135, 7'  !| When the young ladies next met, they had a far more
201:135, 8'  !| interesting subject$0$ to$9$ discuss. $NA#K$James*Morland's second$2$
201:135, 9'  !| letter was then received, and the kind$2$ intentions of his
201:135,10'  !| father fully explained. A living$0$, of which$6#1$ $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland
201:135,11'  !| was himself patron and incumbent, of about$4$ four hundred
201:135,12'  !| pounds yearly value$0$, was to$9$ be resigned to$4$ his son as
201:135,13'  !| soon as he should be old enough to$9$ take it; no$2$ trifling
201:135,14'  !| deduction from the family income, no$2$ niggardly assignment
201:135,15'  !| to$4$ one of ten children. An estate of at least equal$2$
201:135,16'  !| value$0$, moreover, was assured as his future inheritance.
201:135,17'  !| $NA#K$James  expressed himself on$4$ the occasion$0$ with becoming$2$
201:135,18'  !| gratitude; and the necessity of waiting between two and
201:135,19'  !| three years before$3$ they could marry, being$1$, however
201:135,20'  !| unwelcome, no$2$ more than he had expected$1$, was born$1#2$ by$4$
201:135,21'  !| him without discontent. $NA#A$Catherine, whose$6#1$ expectations
201:135,22'  !| had been as unfixed as her ideas of her father's income,
201:135,23'  !| and whose$6#1$ judgment was now entirely led by$4$ her
201:135,24'  !| brother, felt equally well$9$ satisfied$2$, and heartily congratulated
201:135,25'  !| $NA#D$Isabella on$4$ having every*thing so$5#1$ pleasantly
201:135,26'  !| settled$1$.
201:135,27D  !| "It is very charming indeed,"
201:135,27'  !| said $NA#D$Isabella, with
201:135,28'  !| a grave$2$ face$0$.
201:135,28N  !| "$NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland has behaved vastly handsome
201:135,29N  !| indeed,"
201:135,29'  !| said the gentle $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, looking
201:135,30'  !| anxiously at her daughter.
201:135,30N  !| "I only wish$1$ I could do as
201:135,31N  !| much. One could not expect more from him you know.
201:135,32N  !| If he finds he \can\ do more by*and*bye, I dare$1#2$ say he will$1$,
201:135,33N  !| for$3$ I am sure he must be an excellent good*hearted
201:135,34N  !| man. Four hundred is but a small income to$9$ begin
201:135,35N  !| on$4$ indeed, but your wishes$0$, my dear$2#1$ $NA#D$Isabella, are so$5#1$
201:135,36N  !| moderate, you do not consider how little you ever want$1$,
201:135,37N  !| my dear$2#1$."
201:135,38D  !| "It is not on$4$ my own$2$ account$0$ I wish$1$ for$4$ more; but
201:136, 1D  !| I cannot bear$1$ to$9$ be the means$0$ of injuring my dear$2#1$ $NA#K$Morland,
201:136, 2D  !| making him sit down$5$ upon an income hardly enough to$9$
201:136, 3D  !| find one in the common$2$ necessaries of life. For$4$ myself,
201:136, 4D  !| it is nothing; I never think of myself."
201:136, 5N  !| "I know you never do, my dear$2#1$; and you will$1$ always
201:136, 6N  !| find your reward$0$ in the affection it makes every*body
201:136, 7N  !| feel for$4$ you. There never was a young woman so$5#1$ beloved
201:136, 8N  !| as you are by$4$ every*body that$6#1$ knows you; and I dare$1#2$ say
201:136, 9N  !| when $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland sees you, my dear$2#1$ child ~ but do not
201:136,10N  !| let us distress$1$ our dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine by$4$ talking of such
201:136,11N  !| things. $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland has behaved so$5#1$ very handsome you
201:136,12N  !| know. I always heard he was a most excellent man;
201:136,13N  !| and you know, my dear$2#1$, we are not to$9$ suppose but what$6#1$,
201:136,14N  !| if you had had a suitable fortune, he would have come
201:136,15N  !| down$5$ with something more, for$3$ I am sure he must be
201:136,16N  !| a most liberal-minded man."
201:136,17D  !| "Nobody can think better$9$ of $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland than I do,
201:136,18D  !| I am sure. But every*body has their failing you know,
201:136,19D  !| and every*body has a right$0$ to$9$ do what$6#1$ they like$1$ with
201:136,20D  !| their own$2$ money."
201:136,20'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was hurt by$4$ these insinuations.
201:136,21A  !| "I am very sure,"
201:136,21'  !| said she,
201:136,21A  !| "that$3$ my father has
201:136,22A  !| promised to$9$ do as much as he can afford."
201:136,23'  !| $NA#D$Isabella recollected herself.
201:136,23D  !| "As to$4$ that$6#2$, my sweet
201:136,24D  !| $NA#A$Catherine, there cannot be a doubt$0$, and you know me
201:136,25D  !| well$9$ enough to$9$ be sure that$3$ a much smaller income would
201:136,26D  !| satisfy me. It is not the want$0$ of more money that$6#1$ makes
201:136,27D  !| me just$9$ at present$0#1$ a little out$8$ of spirits; I hate money;
201:136,28D  !| and if our union could take place$0$ now upon only fifty
201:136,29D  !| pounds a year, I should not have a wish$0$ unsatisfied. Ah|
201:136,30D  !| my $NA#A$Catherine, you have found me out$5$. There's the sting.
201:136,31D  !| The long$9$, long$9$, endless two years and half that$6#1$ are to$9$ pass$1$
201:136,32D  !| before$3$ your brother can hold$1$ the living$0$."
201:136,33N  !| "Yes, yes, my darling $NA#D$Isabella,"
201:136,33'  !| said $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe,
201:136,34N  !| "we perfectly see into your heart. You have no$2$ disguise.
201:136,35N  !| We perfectly understand the present$9$ vexation; and
201:136,36N  !| every*body must love$1$ you the better$9$ for$4$ such a noble
201:136,37N  !| honest affection."
201:136,38'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's uncomfortable feelings began to$9$ lessen.
201:137, 1'  !| She endeavoured to$9$ believe that$3$ the delay$0$ of the marriage
201:137, 2'  !| was the only source of $NA#D$Isabella's regret$0$; and when she
201:137, 3'  !| saw her at their next interview as cheerful and amiable
201:137, 4'  !| as ever, endeavoured to$9$ forget that$3$ she had for$4$ a minute$0$
201:137, 5'  !| thought$1$ otherwise. $NA#K$James soon followed his letter, and
201:137, 6'  !| was received with the most gratifying kindness.
202:138, 1'  !| The $NA#H1$Allens had now entered on$4$ the sixth week of their
202:138, 2'  !| stay$0$ in Bath$0#1$; and whether it should be the last$2$, was for$4$
202:138, 3'  !| some time a question$0$, to$4$ which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine listened with
202:138, 4'  !| a beating heart. To$9$ have her acquaintance with the
202:138, 5'  !| $NA#F1$Tilneys end$1$ so$5#1$ soon, was an evil which$6#1$ nothing could
202:138, 6'  !| counterbalance. Her whole$2$ happiness seemed at stake$0$,
202:138, 7'  !| while$9$ the affair was in suspense, and every*thing secured
202:138, 8'  !| when it was determined$1$ that$3$ the lodgings should be taken
202:138, 9'  !| for$4$ another fortnight. What$6#1$ this additional fortnight
202:138,10'  !| was to$9$ produce to$4$ her beyond$4$ the pleasure of sometimes
202:138,11'  !| seeing $NA#B$Henry*Tilney, made but a small part$0$ of $NA#A$Catherine's
202:138,12'  !| speculation. Once or twice indeed, since $NA#K$James's engagement
202:138,13'  !| had taught her what$6#1$ \could\ be done, she had got so$5#1$
202:138,14'  !| far as to$9$ indulge in a secret$2$ "perhaps," but in general$0$
202:138,15'  !| the felicity of being$1$ with him for$4$ the present$0#1$ bounded her
202:138,16'  !| views: the present$0#1$ was now comprised in another three
202:138,17'  !| weeks, and her happiness being$1$ certain for$4$ that$6#2$ period,
202:138,18'  !| the rest$0#1$ of her life was at such a distance$0$ as to$9$ excite
202:138,19'  !| but little interest$0$. In the course$0$ of the morning which$6#1$
202:138,20'  !| saw this business arranged, she visited $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, and
202:138,21'  !| poured forth her joyful feelings. It was doomed to$9$ be
202:138,22'  !| a day of trial. No$2$ sooner had she expressed her delight$0$
202:138,23'  !| in $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's lengthened stay$0$, than $NA#C$Miss*Tilney told her
202:138,24'  !| of her father's having just$9$ determined$1$ upon quitting Bath$0#1$
202:138,25'  !| by$4$ the end$0$ of another week. Here was a blow| The
202:138,26'  !| past$9$ suspense of the morning had been ease$0$ and quiet$0$ to$4$
202:138,27'  !| the present$9$ disappointment. $NA#A$Catherine's countenance
202:138,28'  !| fell, and in a voice of most sincere concern$0$ she echoed
202:138,29'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's concluding words,
202:138,29C  !| "By$4$ the end$0$ of another
202:138,30C  !| week|"
202:138,31C  !| "Yes, my father can seldom be prevailed on$5$ to$9$ give
202:138,32C  !| the waters what$6#1$ I think a fair trial. He has been disappointed
202:138,33C  !| of some friends' arrival whom$6#1$ he expected$1$ to$9$
202:139, 1C  !| meet$1$ here, and as he is now pretty$5$ well$9$, is in a hurry$0$ to$9$
202:139, 2C  !| get home."
202:139, 3A  !| "I am very sorry for$4$ it,"
202:139, 3'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine dejectedly,
202:139, 4A  !| "if I had known this before$5$ ~~"
202:139, 5C  !| "Perhaps,"
202:139, 5'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney in an embarrassed manner,
202:139, 6C  !| "you would be so$5#1$ good ~ it would make$1$ me very happy
202:139, 7C  !| if ~"
202:139, 8'  !| The entrance of her father put a stop$0$ to$4$ the civility,
202:139, 9'  !| which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine was beginning$1$ to$9$ hope$1$ might introduce
202:139,10'  !| a desire$0$ of their corresponding. After$4$ addressing her
202:139,11'  !| with his usual politeness, he turned to$4$ his daughter and
202:139,12'  !| said,
202:139,12F  !| "Well$7$, $NA#C$Eleanor, may$1$ I congratulate you on$4$ being$1$
202:139,13F  !| successful in your application to$4$ your fair friend?"
202:139,14C  !| "I was just$9$ beginning$1$ to$9$ make$1$ the request$0$, sir, as you
202:139,15C  !| came in."
202:139,16F  !| "Well$7$, proceed by$4$ all means$0$. I know how much your
202:139,17F  !| heart is in it. My daughter, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
202:139,17'  !| he continued,
202:139,18'  !| without leaving his daughter time to$9$ speak,
202:139,18F  !| "has been
202:139,19F  !| forming a very bold wish$0$. We leave$1$ Bath$0#1$, as she has
202:139,20F  !| perhaps told you, on$4$ Saturday se'nnight. A letter from
202:139,21F  !| my steward tells me that$3$ my presence is wanted at home;
202:139,22F  !| and being$1$ disappointed in my hope$0$ of seeing the $NA#ZK$Marquis*of*Longtown
202:139,23F  !| and $NA#ZC$General*Courteney here, some of my
202:139,24F  !| very old friends, there is nothing to$9$ detain me longer in
202:139,25F  !| Bath$0#1$. And could we carry our selfish point$0$ with you,
202:139,26F  !| we should leave$1$ it without a single regret$0$. Can you, in
202:139,27F  !| short$0$, be prevailed on$5$ to$9$ quit this scene of public$2$ triumph$0$
202:139,28F  !| and oblige your friend $NA#C$Eleanor with your company in
202:139,29F  !| Gloucestershire? I am almost ashamed to$9$ make$1$ the
202:139,30F  !| request$0$, though its presumption would certainly appear
202:139,31F  !| greater to$4$ every creature in Bath$0#1$ than yourself. Modesty
202:139,32F  !| such as your's ~ but not for$4$ the world would I pain$1$ it by$4$
202:139,33F  !| open$2$ praise$0$. If you can be induced to$9$ honour$1$ us with
202:139,34F  !| a visit$0$, you will$1$ make$1$ us happy beyond$4$ expression.
202:139,35F  !| 'Tis true, we can offer$1$ you nothing like$9$ the gaieties of this
202:139,36F  !| lively place$0$; we can tempt you neither by$4$ amusement
202:139,37F  !| nor splendour, for$3$ our mode of living$9$, as you see, is plain
202:139,38F  !| and unpretending; yet no$2$ endeavours$0$ shall be wanting
202:140, 1F  !| on$4$ our side$0$ to$9$ make$1$ Northanger*Abbey not wholly
202:140, 2F  !| disagreeable."
202:140, 3'  !| Northanger*Abbey|~ These were thrilling words, and
202:140, 4'  !| wound$1#1$ up $NA#A$Catherine's feelings to$4$ the highest point$0$ of
202:140, 5'  !| extasy. Her grateful and gratified heart could hardly
202:140, 6'  !| restrain its expressions within the language of tolerable
202:140, 7'  !| calmness.
202:140, 7@a   | To$9$ receive so$5#1$ flattering an invitation| To$9$
202:140, 8@a   | have her company so$5#1$ warmly solicited|
202:140, 8'  !| Every*thing
202:140, 9'  !| honourable and soothing, every present$9$ enjoyment, and
202:140,10'  !| every future hope$0$ was contained in it; and her acceptance,
202:140,11'  !| with only the saving clause of papa and mamma's approbation,
202:140,12'  !| was eagerly given.~
202:140,12A  !| "I will$1$ write home directly,"
202:140,13'  !| said she,
202:140,13A  !| "and if they do not object$1$, as I dare$1#2$ say they
202:140,14A  !| will$1$ not"~
202:140,15'  !| $NA#F$General*Tilney was not less sanguine, having already
202:140,16'  !| waited on$4$ her excellent friends in Pulteney-street, and
202:140,17'  !| obtained their sanction of his wishes$0$.
202:140,17F  !| "Since they can
202:140,18F  !| consent$1$ to$9$ part$1$ with you,"
202:140,18'  !| said he,
202:140,18F  !| "we may$1$ expect
202:140,19F  !| philosophy from all the world."
202:140,20'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney was earnest, though gentle, in her secondary
202:140,21'  !| civilities, and the affair became in a few minutes as nearly
202:140,22'  !| settled$1$, as this necessary reference to$4$ Fullerton would
202:140,23'  !| allow.
202:140,24'  !| The circumstances of the morning had led $NA#A$Catherine's
202:140,25'  !| feelings through$4$ the varieties of suspense, security, and
202:140,26'  !| disappointment; but they were now safely lodged in
202:140,27'  !| perfect$2$ bliss; and with spirits elated to$4$ rapture, with
202:140,28'  !| $NA#B$Henry at her heart, and Northanger*Abbey on$4$ her lips,
202:140,29'  !| she hurried home to$9$ write her letter. $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland,
202:140,30'  !| relying on$4$ the discretion of the friends to$4$ whom$6#1$
202:140,31'  !| they had already entrusted their daughter, felt no$2$ doubt$0$
202:140,32'  !| of the propriety of an acquaintance which$6#1$ had been
202:140,33'  !| formed under their eye, and sent therefore by$4$ return$0$ of
202:140,34'  !| post their ready consent$0$ to$4$ her visit$0$ in Gloucestershire.
202:140,35'  !| This indulgence, though not more than $NA#A$Catherine had
202:140,36'  !| hoped for$4$, completed her conviction of being$1$ favoured
202:140,37'  !| beyond$4$ every other human creature, in friends and
202:140,38'  !| fortune, circumstance and chance$0$.
202:140,38@a   | Every*thing seemed
202:141, 1@a   | to$9$ co-operate for$4$ her advantage. By$4$ the kindness of her
202:141, 2@a   | first friends the $NA#H1$Allens, she had been introduced into
202:141, 3@a   | scenes, where pleasures of every kind$0$ had met her. Her
202:141, 4@a   | feelings, her preferences had each known the happiness
202:141, 5@a   | of a return$0$. Wherever she felt attachment, she had been
202:141, 6@a   | able to$9$ create it. The affection of $NA#D$Isabella was to$9$ be
202:141, 7@a   | secured to$4$ her in a sister. The $NA#F1$Tilneys, they, by$4$ whom$6#1$
202:141, 8@a   | above$4$ all, she desired to$9$ be favourably thought$1$ of,
202:141, 9@a   | outstripped even$5$ her wishes$0$ in the flattering measures by$4$
202:141,10@a   | which$6#1$ their intimacy was to$9$ be continued. She was to$9$
202:141,11@a   | be their chosen visitor, she was to$9$ be for$4$ weeks under
202:141,12@a   | the same roof with the person whose$6#1$ society she mostly
202:141,13@a   | prized ~ and, in addition to$4$ all the rest$0#1$, this roof was to$9$
202:141,14@a   | be the roof of an abbey|~
202:141,14'  !| Her passion for$4$ ancient edifices
202:141,15'  !| was next in degree to$4$ her passion for$4$ $NA#B$Henry*Tilney ~ and
202:141,16'  !| castles and abbies made usually the charm$0$ of those
202:141,17'  !| reveries which$6#1$ his image did not fill. To$9$ see and explore
202:141,18'  !| either the ramparts and keep of the one, or the cloisters
202:141,19'  !| of the other, had been for$4$ many weeks a darling wish$0$,
202:141,20'  !| though to$9$ be more than the visitor of an hour, had seemed
202:141,21'  !| too$5#1$ nearly impossible for$4$ desire$0$. And yet, this was to$9$
202:141,22'  !| happen. With all the chances against her of house, hall,
202:141,23'  !| place$0$, park, court$0$, and cottage, Northanger turned up an
202:141,24'  !| abbey, and she was to$9$ be its inhabitant.
202:141,24@a   | Its long$9$, damp$2$
202:141,25@a   | passages, its narrow cells and ruined chapel, were to$9$ be
202:141,26@a   | within her daily reach$0$, and she could not entirely subdue
202:141,27@a   | the hope$0$ of some traditional legends, some awful memorials
202:141,28@a   | of an injured and ill-fated nun.
202:141,29@a   | It was wonderful that$3$ her friends should seem so$5#1$ little
202:141,30@a   | elated by$4$ the possession of such a home; that$3$ the consciousness
202:141,31@a   | of it should be so$5#1$ meekly born$1#2$. The power of
202:141,32@a   | early habit only could account$1$ for$4$ it. A distinction to$4$
202:141,33@a   | which$6#1$ they had been born$1#1$ gave no$2$ pride. Their superiority
202:141,34@a   | of abode was no$2$ more to$4$ them than their superiority of
202:141,35@a   | person.
202:141,36'  !| Many were the inquiries she was eager to$9$ make$1$ of
202:141,37'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney; but so$5#1$ active were her thoughts, that$3$ when
202:141,38'  !| these inquiries were answered, she was hardly more
202:142, 1'  !| assured than before$5$, of Northanger*Abbey having been
202:142, 2'  !| a richly-endowed convent at the time of the Reformation,
202:142, 3'  !| of its having fallen into the hands of an ancestor of the
202:142, 4'  !| $NA#F1$Tilneys on$4$ its dissolution, of a large portion of the ancient
202:142, 5'  !| building still$5$ making a part$0$ of the present$9$ dwelling
202:142, 6'  !| although the rest$0#1$ was decayed, or of its standing$1$ low in
202:142, 7'  !| a valley, sheltered from the north and east by$4$ rising
202:142, 8'  !| woods of oak.
203:143, 1'  !| With a mind$0$ thus full of happiness, $NA#A$Catherine was
203:143, 2'  !| hardly aware that$3$ two or three days had passed away,
203:143, 3'  !| without her seeing $NA#D$Isabella for$4$ more than a few minutes
203:143, 4'  !| together. She began first to$9$ be sensible$2#1$ of this, and to$9$
203:143, 5'  !| sigh$1$ for$4$ her conversation, as she walked along$4$ the Pump-room
203:143, 6'  !| one morning, by$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen's side$0$, without any*thing
203:143, 7'  !| to$9$ say or hear; and scarcely had she felt a five
203:143, 8'  !| minutes' longing$0$ of friendship, before$3$ the object$0$ of it
203:143, 9'  !| appeared, and inviting her to$4$ a secret$2$ conference, led the
203:143,10'  !| way to$4$ a seat.
203:143,10D  !| "This is my favourite$2$ place$0$,"
203:143,10'  !| said she,
203:143,11'  !| as they sat down$5$ on$4$ a bench between the doors, which$6#1$
203:143,12'  !| commanded a tolerable view$0$ of every*body entering at
203:143,13'  !| either,
203:143,13D  !| "it is so$5#1$ out$8$ of the way."
203:143,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, observing that$3$ $NA#D$Isabella's eyes were continually bent
203:143,15'  !| towards one door or the other, as in eager
203:143,16'  !| expectation, and remembering how often she had been
203:143,17'  !| falsely accused of being$1$ arch$2$, thought$1$ the present$0#1$ a fine
203:143,18'  !| opportunity for$4$ being$1$ really so$5#2$; and therefore gaily said,
203:143,19A  !| "Do not be uneasy, $NA#D$Isabella. $NA#K$James will$1$ soon be here."
203:143,20D  !| "Psha| my dear$2#1$ creature,"
203:143,20'  !| she replied,
203:143,20D  !| "do not think
203:143,21D  !| me such a simpleton as to$9$ be always wanting to$9$ confine
203:143,22D  !| him to$4$ my elbow. It would be hideous to$9$ be always
203:143,23D  !| together; we should be the jest of the place$0$. And so$3$
203:143,24D  !| you are going to$4$ Northanger|~ I am amazingly glad
203:143,25D  !| of it. It is one of the finest old places$0$ in England,
203:143,26D  !| I understand. I shall depend upon a most particular
203:143,27D  !| description of it."
203:143,28A  !| "You shall certainly have the best in my power to$9$
203:143,29A  !| give. But who$6#2$ are you looking for$4$? Are your sisters
203:143,30A  !| coming?"
203:143,31D  !| "I am not looking for$4$ any*body. One's eyes must be
203:143,32D  !| somewhere, and you know what$6#1$ a foolish trick$0$ I have
203:143,33D  !| of fixing mine$6$, when my thoughts are an hundred miles off.
203:144, 1D  !| I am amazingly absent; I believe I am the most absent
203:144, 2D  !| creature in the world. $NA#G$Tilney says it is always the case
203:144, 3D  !| with minds of a certain stamp."
203:144, 4A  !| "But I thought$1$, $NA#D$Isabella, you had something in
203:144, 5A  !| particular to$9$ tell me?"
203:144, 6D  !| "Oh| yes, and so$3$ I have. But here is a proof of what$6#1$
203:144, 7D  !| I was saying. My poor head$0$| I had quite forgot it.
203:144, 8D  !| Well$7$, the thing is this, I have just$9$ had a letter from
203:144, 9D  !| $NA#E$John;~ you can guess$1$ the contents."
203:144,10A  !| "No$7$, indeed, I cannot."
203:144,11D  !| "My sweet love$0$, do not be so$5#1$ abominably affected.
203:144,12D  !| What$6#2$ can he write about$4$, but yourself? You know he
203:144,13D  !| is over head$0$ and ears in love$0$ with you."
203:144,14A  !| "With \me\, dear$2#1$ $NA#D$Isabella|"
203:144,15D  !| "Nay, my sweetest $NA#A$Catherine, this is being$1$ quite
203:144,16D  !| absurd| Modesty, and all that$6#2$, is very well$9$ in its way
203:144,17D  !| but really a little common$2$ honesty is sometimes quite as
203:144,18D  !| becoming$2$. I have no$2$ idea of being$1$ so$5#1$ overstrained|
203:144,19D  !| It is fishing for$4$ compliments. His attentions were such
203:144,20D  !| as a child must have noticed. And it was but half an
203:144,21D  !| hour before$3$ he left$1$ Bath$0#1$, that$6#1$ you gave him the most
203:144,22D  !| positive encouragement. He says so$5#2$ in this letter, says
203:144,23D  !| that$3$ he as good as made you an offer$0$, and that$3$ you
203:144,24D  !| received his advances$0$ in the kindest way; and now he
203:144,25D  !| wants$1$ me to$9$ urge his suit$0$, and say all manner of pretty$2$
203:144,26D  !| things to$4$ you. So$3$ it is in vain to$9$ affect ignorance."
203:144,27'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, with all the earnestness of truth, expressed
203:144,28'  !| her astonishment at such a charge$0$, protesting her innocence
203:144,29'  !| of every thought$0$ of $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe's being$1$ in love$0$ with
203:144,30'  !| her, and the consequent impossibility of her having ever
203:144,31'  !| intended to$9$ encourage him.
203:144,31A  !| "As to$4$ any attentions on$4$
203:144,32A  !| his side$0$, I do declare, upon my honour$0$, I never was
203:144,33A  !| sensible$2#1$ of them for$4$ a moment ~ except just$9$ his asking me
203:144,34A  !| to$9$ dance$1$ the first day of his coming. And as to$4$ making
203:144,35A  !| me an offer$0$, or any*thing like$9$ it, there must be some
203:144,36A  !| unaccountable mistake$0$. I could not have misunderstood
203:144,37A  !| a thing of that$6#2$ kind$0$, you know|~ and, as I ever wish$1$ to$9$
203:144,38A  !| be believed, I solemnly protest that$3$ no$2$ syllable of such
203:145, 1A  !| a nature ever passed between us. The last$2$ half hour
203:145, 2A  !| before$3$ he went away|~ It must be all and completely
203:145, 3A  !| a mistake$0$ ~ for$3$ I did not see him once that$6#2$ whole$2$ morning."
203:145, 4D  !| "But \that$6#2$\ you certainly did, for$3$ you spent the whole$2$
203:145, 5D  !| morning in Edgar's*Buildings ~ it was the day your
203:145, 6D  !| father's consent$0$ came ~ and I am pretty$5$ sure that$3$ you
203:145, 7D  !| and $NA#E$John were alone in the parlour, some time before$3$ you
203:145, 8D  !| left$1$ the house."
203:145, 9A  !| "Are you?~ Well$7$, if you say it, it was so$5#2$, I dare$1#2$ say ~
203:145,10A  !| but for$4$ the life of me, I cannot recollect it.~ I \do\ remember
203:145,11A  !| now being$1$ with you, and seeing him as well$9$ as the rest$0#1$ ~ but
203:145,12A  !| that$3$ we were ever alone for$4$ five minutes ~ However, it is
203:145,13A  !| not worth arguing about$4$, for$3$ whatever might pass$1$ on$4$ his
203:145,14A  !| side$0$, you must be convinced, by$4$ my having no$2$ recollection
203:145,15A  !| of it, that$3$ I never thought$1$, nor expected$1$, nor wished for$4$
203:145,16A  !| any*thing of the kind$0$ from him. I am excessively concerned
203:145,17A  !| that$3$ he should have any regard$0$ for$4$ me ~ but
203:145,18A  !| indeed it has been quite unintentional on$4$ my side$0$, I never
203:145,19A  !| had the smallest idea of it. Pray undeceive him as soon
203:145,20A  !| as you can, and tell him I beg his pardon$0$ ~ that$3$ is ~ I do
203:145,21A  !| not know what$6#1$ I ought to$9$ say ~ but make$1$ him understand
203:145,22A  !| what$6#1$ I mean$1$, in the properest way. I would not speak
203:145,23A  !| disrespectfully of a brother of your's, $NA#D$Isabella, I am sure;
203:145,24A  !| but you know very well$9$ that$3$ if I could think of one man
203:145,25A  !| more than another ~ \he\ is not the person."
203:145,25'  !| $NA#D$Isabella was
203:145,26'  !| silent.
203:145,26A  !| "My dear$2#1$ friend, you must not be angry with
203:145,27A  !| me. I cannot suppose your brother cares$1$ so$5#1$ very much
203:145,28A  !| about$4$ me. And, you know, we shall be sisters."
203:145,29D  !| "Yes, yes,"
203:145,29'  !| (with a blush$0$)
203:145,29D  !| "there are more ways than
203:145,30D  !| one of our being$1$ sisters.~ But where am I wandering
203:145,31D  !| to$4$?~ Well$7$, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, the case seems to$9$ be, that$3$
203:145,32D  !| you are determined$2$ against poor $NA#E$John ~ is not it so$5#2$?"
203:145,33A  !| "I certainly cannot return$1$ his affection, and as certainly
203:145,34A  !| never meant to$9$ encourage it."
203:145,35D  !| "Since that$6#2$ is the case, I am sure I shall not tease you
203:145,36D  !| any further. $NA#E$John desired me to$9$ speak to$4$ you on$4$ the
203:145,37D  !| subject$0$, and therefore I have. But I confess, as soon as
203:145,38D  !| I read his letter, I thought$1$ it a very foolish, imprudent
203:146, 1D  !| business, and not likely to$9$ promote the good of either;
203:146, 2D  !| for$3$ what$6#2$ were you to$9$ live upon, supposing you came
203:146, 3D  !| together? You have both of you something to$9$ be sure,
203:146, 4D  !| but it is not a trifle$0$ that$6#1$ will$1$ support$1$ a family now-a-days;
203:146, 5D  !| and after$4$ all that$6#1$ romancers may$1$ say, there is no$2$ doing
203:146, 6D  !| without money. I only wonder$1$ $NA#E$John could think of
203:146, 7D  !| it; he could not have received my last$0$."
203:146, 8A  !| "You \do\ acquit me then of any*thing wrong$9$?~ You
203:146, 9A  !| are convinced that$3$ I never meant to$9$ deceive your brother,
203:146,10A  !| never suspected him of liking me till this moment?"
203:146,11D  !| "Oh| as to$4$ that$6#2$,"
203:146,11'  !| answered $NA#D$Isabella laughingly,
203:146,11D  !| "I do
203:146,12D  !| not pretend to$9$ determine what$6#1$ your thoughts and designs
203:146,13D  !| in time past$9$ may$1$ have been. All that$6#2$ is best known to$4$
203:146,14D  !| yourself. A little harmless flirtation or so$5#2$ will$1$ occur,
203:146,15D  !| and one is often drawn on$5$ to$9$ give more encouragement
203:146,16D  !| than one wishes$1$ to$9$ stand$1$ by$5$. But you may$1$ be assured
203:146,17D  !| that$3$ I am the last$2$ person in the world to$9$ judge$1$ you
203:146,18D  !| severely. All those things should be allowed for$5$ in
203:146,19D  !| youth and high spirits. What$6#1$ one means$1$ one day, you
203:146,20D  !| know, one may$1$ not mean$1$ the next. Circumstances
203:146,21D  !| change$1$, opinions alter."
203:146,22A  !| "But my opinion of your brother never did alter;
203:146,23A  !| it was always the same. You are describing what$6#1$ never
203:146,24A  !| happened."
203:146,25D  !| "My dearest $NA#A$Catherine,"
203:146,25'  !| continued the other without
203:146,26'  !| at all listening to$4$ her,
203:146,26D  !| "I would not for$4$ all the world be
203:146,27D  !| the means$0$ of hurrying you into an engagement before$3$
203:146,28D  !| you knew what$6#1$ you were about$4$. I do not think any*thing
203:146,29D  !| would justify me in wishing you to$9$ sacrifice$1$ all your
203:146,30D  !| happiness merely to$9$ oblige my brother, because he is my
203:146,31D  !| brother, and who$6#1$ perhaps after$4$ all, you know, might be
203:146,32D  !| just$9$ as happy without you, for$3$ people seldom know what$6#1$
203:146,33D  !| they would be at, young men especially, they are so$5#1$
203:146,34D  !| amazingly changeable, and inconstant. What$6#1$ I say is,
203:146,35D  !| why should a brother's happiness be dearer to$4$ me than
203:146,36D  !| a friend's? You know I carry my notions of friendship
203:146,37D  !| pretty$5$ high. But, above$4$ all things, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine,
203:146,38D  !| do not be in a hurry$0$. Take my word for$4$ it, that$3$ if you
203:147, 1D  !| are in too$5#1$ great a hurry$0$, you will$1$ certainly live to$9$ repent
203:147, 2D  !| it. $NA#G$Tilney says, there is nothing people are so$5#1$ often
203:147, 3D  !| deceived in, as the state$0$ of their own$2$ affections, and
203:147, 4D  !| I believe he is very right$2#1$. Ah| here he comes; never
203:147, 5D  !| mind$1$, he will$1$ not see us, I am sure."
203:147, 6'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, looking up, perceived $NA#G$Captain*Tilney; and
203:147, 7'  !| $NA#D$Isabella, earnestly fixing her eye on$4$ him as she spoke,
203:147, 8'  !| soon caught his notice$0$. He approached immediately,
203:147, 9'  !| and took the seat to$4$ which$6#1$ her movements invited him.
203:147,10'  !| His first address$0$ made $NA#A$Catherine start$1$. Though spoken
203:147,11'  !| low she could distinguish,
203:147,11G  !| "What$7$| always to$9$ be watched,
203:147,12G  !| in person or by$4$ proxy|"
203:147,13D  !| "Psha, nonsense|"
203:147,13'  !| was $NA#D$Isabella's answer$0$ in the same
203:147,14'  !| half whisper$0$.
203:147,14D  !| "Why do you put such things into my
203:147,15D  !| head$0$? If I could believe it ~ my spirit, you know, is
203:147,16D  !| pretty$5$ independent."
203:147,17G  !| "I wish$1$ your heart were independent. That$6#2$ would
203:147,18G  !| be enough for$4$ me."
203:147,19D  !| "My heart, indeed| What$6#2$ can you have to$9$ do with
203:147,20D  !| hearts? You men have none of you any hearts."
203:147,21G  !| "If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give
203:147,22G  !| us torment$0$ enough."
203:147,23D  !| "Do they? I am sorry for$4$ it; I am sorry they find
203:147,24D  !| any*thing so$5#1$ disagreeable in me. I will$1$ look$1$ another way.
203:147,25D  !| I hope$1$ this pleases you,
203:147,25'  !| (turning$1$ her back$0$ on$4$ him,)
203:147,25D  !| I hope$1$
203:147,26D  !| your eyes are not tormented now."
203:147,27G  !| "Never more so$5#2$; for$3$ the edge of a blooming cheek is
203:147,28G  !| still$5$ in view$0$ ~ at once too$5#1$ much and too$5#1$ little."
203:147,29'  !| $NA#A$Catherine heard all this, and quite out$8$ of countenance
203:147,30'  !| could listen no$2$ longer. Amazed that$3$ $NA#D$Isabella could
203:147,31'  !| endure it, and jealous for$4$ her brother, she rose$1$ up, and
203:147,32'  !| saying she should join $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, proposed their walking.
203:147,33'  !| But for$4$ this $NA#D$Isabella shewed no$2$ inclination.
203:147,33@d   | She was so$5#1$
203:147,34@d   | amazingly tired, and it was so$5#1$ odious to$9$ parade$1$ about$4$
203:147,35@d   | the Pump-room; and if she moved from her seat she
203:147,36@d   | should miss her sisters, she was expecting her sisters
203:147,37@d   | every moment; so$3$ that$3$ her dearest $NA#A$Catherine must
203:147,38@d   | excuse$1$ her, and must sit quietly down$5$ again.
203:147,38'  !| But
203:148, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine could be stubborn too$5#2$; and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen just$9$
203:148, 2'  !| then coming up to$9$ propose their returning home, she
203:148, 3'  !| joined her and walked out$8$ of the Pump-room, leaving
203:148, 4'  !| $NA#D$Isabella still$5$ sitting$1$ with $NA#G$Captain*Tilney. With much
203:148, 5'  !| uneasiness did she thus leave$1$ them.
203:148, 5@a   | It seemed to$4$ her
203:148, 6@a   | that$3$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney was falling in love$0$ with $NA#D$Isabella, and
203:148, 7@a   | $NA#D$Isabella unconsciously encouraging him; unconsciously
203:148, 8@a   | it must be, for$3$ $NA#D$Isabella's attachment to$4$ $NA#K$James was as
203:148, 9@a   | certain and well$9$ acknowledged as her engagement. To$9$
203:148,10@a   | doubt$1$ her truth or good intentions was impossible; and
203:148,11@a   | yet, during the whole$0$ of their conversation her manner
203:148,12@a   | had been odd. She wished $NA#D$Isabella had talked more like$9$
203:148,13@a   | her usual self, and not so$5#1$ much about$4$ money; and had
203:148,14@a   | not looked so$5#1$ well$9$ pleased at the sight of $NA#G$Captain*Tilney.
203:148,15@a   | How strange that$3$ she should not perceive his admiration|
203:148,16@a   | $NA#A$Catherine longed to$9$ give her a hint$0$ of it, to$9$ put her on$4$ her
203:148,17@a   | guard$0$, and prevent all the pain$0$ which$6#1$ her too$5#1$ lively
203:148,18@a   | behaviour might otherwise create both for$4$ him and her
203:148,19@a   | brother.
203:148,20'  !| The compliment$0$ of $NA#E$John*Thorpe's affection did not
203:148,21'  !| make$1$ amends for$4$ this thoughtlessness in his sister. She
203:148,22'  !| was almost as far from believing as from wishing it to$9$ be
203:148,23'  !| sincere; for$3$ she had not forgotten that$3$ he could mistake$1$,
203:148,24'  !| and his assertion of the offer$0$ and of her encouragement
203:148,25'  !| convinced her that$3$ his mistakes could sometimes be very
203:148,26'  !| egregious. In vanity therefore she gained but little, her
203:148,27'  !| chief profit was in wonder$0$.
203:148,27@a   | That$3$ he should think it
203:148,28@a   | worth his while$0$ to$9$ fancy$1$ himself in love$0$ with her, was
203:148,29@a   | a matter of lively astonishment. $NA#D$Isabella talked of his
203:148,30@a   | attentions; \she\ had never been sensible$2#1$ of any; but
203:148,31@a   | $NA#D$Isabella had said many things which$6#1$ she hoped had been
203:148,32@a   | spoken in haste, and would never be said again;
203:148,32'  !| and
203:148,33'  !| upon this she was glad to$9$ rest$1$ altogether for$4$ present$9$ ease$0$
203:148,34'  !| and comfort$0$.
204:149, 1'  !| A few days passed away, and $NA#A$Catherine, though not
204:149, 2'  !| allowing herself to$9$ suspect her friend, could not help$1$
204:149, 3'  !| watching her closely. The result$0$ of her observations
204:149, 4'  !| was not agreeable. $NA#D$Isabella seemed an altered creature.
204:149, 5'  !| When she saw her indeed surrounded only by$4$ their immediate
204:149, 6'  !| friends in Edgar's*Buildings or Pulteney-street, her
204:149, 7'  !| change$0$ of manners was so$5#1$ trifling that$3$, had it gone no$2$
204:149, 8'  !| farther, it might have passed unnoticed. A something of
204:149, 9'  !| languid indifference, or of that$6#2$ boasted$2$ absence of mind$0$
204:149,10'  !| which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine had never heard of before$5$, would occasionally
204:149,11'  !| come across$4$ her; but had nothing worse appeared,
204:149,12'  !| \that$6#2$\ might only have spread a new grace$0$ and inspired
204:149,13'  !| a warmer interest$0$. But when $NA#A$Catherine saw her in
204:149,14'  !| public$0$, admitting $NA#G$Captain*Tilney's attentions as readily
204:149,15'  !| as they were offered, and allowing him almost an equal$2$
204:149,16'  !| share$0$ with $NA#K$James in her notice$0$ and smiles, the alteration
204:149,17'  !| became too$5#1$ positive to$9$ be past$1$ over.
204:149,17@a   | What$6#1$ could be
204:149,18@a   | meant by$4$ such unsteady conduct$0$, what$6#1$ her friend could
204:149,19@a   | be at, was beyond$4$ her comprehension. $NA#D$Isabella could
204:149,20@a   | not be aware of the pain$0$ she was inflicting; but it was
204:149,21@a   | a degree of wilful thoughtlessness which$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine could
204:149,22@a   | not but resent. $NA#K$James was the sufferer. She saw him
204:149,23@a   | grave$2$ and uneasy; and however careless of his present$9$
204:149,24@a   | comfort$0$ the woman might be who$6#1$ had given him her
204:149,25@a   | heart, to$4$ \her\ it was always an object$0$. For$4$ poor $NA#G$Captain*Tilney
204:149,26@a   | too$5#2$ she was greatly concerned.
204:149,26'  !| Though his looks$0$
204:149,27'  !| did not please her, his name$0$ was a passport to$4$ her good*will,
204:149,28'  !| and she thought$1$ with sincere compassion of his
204:149,29'  !| approaching disappointment;
204:149,29@a   | for$3$, in spite$8$ of what$6#1$ she
204:149,30@a   | had believed herself to$9$ overhear in the Pump-room, his
204:149,31@a   | behaviour was so$5#1$ incompatible with a knowledge of
204:149,32@a   | $NA#D$Isabella's engagement, that$3$ she could not, upon reflection,
204:149,33@a   | imagine him aware of it. He might be jealous of her
204:150, 1@a   | brother as a rival, but if more had seemed implied, the
204:150, 2@a   | fault must have been in her misapprehension. She
204:150, 3@a   | wished, by$4$ a gentle remonstrance, to$9$ remind $NA#D$Isabella of
204:150, 4@a   | her situation, and make$1$ her aware of this double$1$ unkindness;
204:150, 5@a   | but for$4$ remonstrance, either opportunity or comprehension
204:150, 6@a   | was always against her. If able to$9$ suggest
204:150, 7@a   | a hint$0$, $NA#D$Isabella could never understand it.
204:150, 7@a   | In this
204:150, 8@a   | distress$0$, the intended departure of the $NA#F1$Tilney family
204:150, 9@a   | became her chief consolation; their journey into Gloucestershire
204:150,10@a   | was to$9$ take place$0$ within a few days, and
204:150,11@a   | $NA#G$Captain*Tilney's removal would at least restore peace
204:150,12@a   | to$4$ every heart but his own$2$.
204:150,12'  !| But $NA#G$Captain*Tilney had at
204:150,13'  !| present$0#1$ no$2$ intention of removing; he was not to$9$ be of the
204:150,14'  !| party to$4$ Northanger, he was to$9$ continue at Bath$0#1$. When
204:150,15'  !| $NA#A$Catherine knew this, her resolution was directly made.
204:150,16'  !| She spoke to$4$ $NA#B$Henry*Tilney on$4$ the subject$0$, regretting his
204:150,17'  !| brother's evident partiality for$4$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, and entreating
204:150,18'  !| him to$9$ make$1$ known her prior engagement.
204:150,19B  !| "My brother does know it,"
204:150,19'  !| was $NA#B$Henry's answer$0$.
204:150,20A  !| "Does he?~ then why does he stay$1$ here?"
204:150,21'  !| He made no$2$ reply$0$, and was beginning$1$ to$9$ talk$1$ of something
204:150,22'  !| else; but she eagerly continued,
204:150,22A  !| "Why do not you
204:150,23A  !| persuade him to$9$ go away? The longer he stays, the
204:150,24A  !| worse it will$1$ be for$4$ him at last$0$. Pray advise him for$4$ his
204:150,25A  !| own$2$ sake, and for$4$ every*body's sake, to$9$ leave$1$ Bath$0#1$
204:150,26A  !| directly. Absence will$1$ in time make$1$ him comfortable
204:150,27A  !| again; but he can have no$2$ hope$0$ here, and it is only
204:150,28A  !| staying to$9$ be miserable."
204:150,28'  !| $NA#B$Henry smiled and said,
204:150,28B  !| "I am
204:150,29B  !| sure my brother would not wish$1$ to$9$ do that$6#2$."
204:150,30A  !| "Then you will$1$ persuade him to$9$ go away?"
204:150,31B  !| "Persuasion is not at command$0$; but pardon$1$ me, if
204:150,32B  !| I cannot even$5$ endeavour$1$ to$9$ persuade him. I have myself
204:150,33B  !| told him that$3$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe is engaged. He knows what$6#1$
204:150,34B  !| he is about$4$, and must be his own$2$ master."
204:150,35A  !| "No$7$, he does not know what$6#1$ he is about$4$,"
204:150,35'  !| cried
204:150,36'  !| $NA#A$Catherine;
204:150,36A  !| "he does not know the pain$0$ he is giving my
204:150,37A  !| brother. Not that$3$ $NA#K$James has ever told me so$5#2$, but I am
204:150,38A  !| sure he is very uncomfortable."
204:151, 1B  !| "And are you sure it is my brother's doing?"
204:151, 2A  !| "Yes, very sure."
204:151, 3B  !| "Is it my brother's attentions to$4$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, or $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's
204:151, 4B  !| admission of them, that$6#1$ gives the pain$0$?"
204:151, 5A  !| "Is not it the same thing?"
204:151, 6B  !| "I think $NA#K$Mr%*Morland would acknowledge a difference.
204:151, 7B  !| No$2$ man is offended by$4$ another man's admiration of the
204:151, 8B  !| woman he loves; it is the woman only who$6#1$ can make$1$ it
204:151, 9B  !| a torment$0$."
204:151,10'  !| $NA#A$Catherine blushed for$4$ her friend, and said,
204:151,10A  !| "$NA#D$Isabella
204:151,11A  !| is wrong$9$. But I am sure she cannot mean$1$ to$9$ torment$1$,
204:151,12A  !| for$3$ she is very much attached to$4$ my brother. She has
204:151,13A  !| been in love$0$ with him ever since they first met, and
204:151,14A  !| while$9$ my father's consent$0$ was uncertain, she fretted
204:151,15A  !| herself almost into a fever. You know she must be
204:151,16A  !| attached to$4$ him."
204:151,17B  !| "I understand: she is in love$0$ with $NA#K$James, and flirts
204:151,18B  !| with $NA#G$Frederick."
204:151,19A  !| "Oh| no$7$, not flirts. A woman in love$0$ with one man
204:151,20A  !| cannot flirt with another."
204:151,21B  !| "It is probable that$3$ she will$1$ neither love$1$ so$5#1$ well$9$, nor
204:151,22B  !| flirt so$5#1$ well$9$, as she might do either singly. The gentlemen
204:151,23B  !| must each give up a little."
204:151,24'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$, $NA#A$Catherine resumed with
204:151,24A  !| "Then
204:151,25A  !| you do not believe $NA#D$Isabella so$5#1$ very much attached to$4$ my
204:151,26A  !| brother?"
204:151,27B  !| "I can have no$2$ opinion on$4$ that$6#2$ subject$0$."
204:151,28A  !| "But what$6#2$ can your brother mean$1$? If he knows her
204:151,29A  !| engagement, what$6#2$ can he mean$1$ by$4$ his behaviour?"
204:151,30B  !| "You are a very close$9$ questioner."
204:151,31A  !| "Am I?~ I only ask what$6#1$ I want$1$ to$9$ be told."
204:151,32B  !| "But do you only ask what$6#1$ I can be expected$1$ to$9$ tell?"
204:151,33A  !| "Yes, I think so$5#2$; for$3$ you must know your brother's
204:151,34A  !| heart."
204:151,35B  !| "My brother's heart, as you term$1$ it, on$4$ the present$9$
204:151,36B  !| occasion$0$, I assure you I can only guess$1$ at."
204:151,37A  !| "Well$7$?"
204:151,38B  !| "Well$7$|~ Nay, if it is to$9$ be guess-work, let us all guess$1$
204:152, 1B  !| for$4$ ourselves. To$9$ be guided by$4$ second-hand conjecture$0$
204:152, 2B  !| is pitiful. The premises are before$4$ you. My brother is
204:152, 3B  !| a lively, and perhaps sometimes a thoughtless young man;
204:152, 4B  !| he has had about$4$ a week's acquaintance with your friend,
204:152, 5B  !| and he has known her engagement almost as long$9$ as he
204:152, 6B  !| has known her."
204:152, 7A  !| "Well$7$,"
204:152, 7'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, after$4$ some moments' consideration,
204:152, 8A  !| "\you\ may$1$ be able to$9$ guess$1$ at your brother's
204:152, 9A  !| intentions from all this; but I am sure I cannot. But is
204:152,10A  !| not your father uncomfortable about$4$ it?~ Does not he
204:152,11A  !| want$1$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney to$9$ go away?~ Sure, if your father
204:152,12A  !| were to$9$ speak to$4$ him, he would go."
204:152,13B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland,"
204:152,13'  !| said $NA#B$Henry,
204:152,13B  !| "in this amiable
204:152,14B  !| solicitude for$4$ your brother's comfort$0$, may$1$ you not be
204:152,15B  !| a little mistaken? Are you not carried a little too$5#1$ far?
204:152,16B  !| Would he thank you, either on$4$ his own$2$ account$0$ or $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's,
204:152,17B  !| for$3$ supposing that$3$ her affection, or at least her
204:152,18B  !| good-behaviour, is only to$9$ be secured by$4$ her seeing nothing
204:152,19B  !| of $NA#G$Captain*Tilney? Is he safe only in solitude?~ or,
204:152,20B  !| is her heart constant to$4$ him only when unsolicited by$4$
204:152,21B  !| any*one else?~ He cannot think this ~ and you may$1$ be
204:152,22B  !| sure that$3$ he would not have you think it. I will$1$ not say,
204:152,23B  !| ""Do not be uneasy,"" because I know that$3$ you are so$5#2$, at
204:152,24B  !| this moment; but be as little uneasy as you can. You
204:152,25B  !| have no$2$ doubt$0$ of the mutual attachment of your brother
204:152,26B  !| and your friend; depend upon it therefore, that$3$ real
204:152,27B  !| jealousy never can exist between them; depend upon it
204:152,28B  !| that$3$ no$2$ disagreement between them can be of any duration.
204:152,29B  !| Their hearts are open$2$ to$4$ each other, as neither
204:152,30B  !| heart can be to$4$ you; they know exactly what$6#1$ is required
204:152,31B  !| and what$6#1$ can be borne; and you may$1$ be certain, that$3$
204:152,32B  !| one will$1$ never tease the other beyond$4$ what$6#1$ is known to$9$
204:152,33B  !| be pleasant."
204:152,34'  !| Perceiving her still$5$ to$9$ look$1$ doubtful and grave$2$, he
204:152,35'  !| added,
204:152,35B  !| "Though $NA#G$Frederick does not leave$1$ Bath$0#1$ with us,
204:152,36B  !| he will$1$ probably remain but a very short$2$ time, perhaps
204:152,37B  !| only a few days behind us. His leave$0$ of absence will$1$ soon
204:152,38B  !| expire, and he must return$1$ to$4$ his regiment.~ And what$6#2$
204:153, 1B  !| will$1$ then be their acquaintance?~ The mess-room will$1$
204:153, 2B  !| drink $NA#D$Isabella*Thorpe for$4$ a fortnight, and she will$1$ laugh$1$
204:153, 3B  !| with your brother over poor $NA#G$Tilney's passion for$4$ a month."
204:153, 4'  !| $NA#A$Catherine would contend no$2$ longer against comfort$0$.
204:153, 5'  !| She had resisted its approaches during the whole$2$ length of
204:153, 6'  !| a speech, but it now carried her captive.
204:153, 6@a   | $NA#B$Henry*Tilney
204:153, 7@a   | must know best.
204:153, 7'  !| She blamed herself for$4$ the extent of
204:153, 8'  !| her fears, and resolved never to$9$ think so$5#1$ seriously on$4$ the
204:153, 9'  !| subject$0$ again.
204:153,10'  !| Her resolution was supported by$4$ $NA#D$Isabella's behaviour
204:153,11'  !| in their parting interview. The $NA#N1$Thorpes spent the last$2$
204:153,12'  !| evening of $NA#A$Catherine's stay$0$ in Pulteney-street, and
204:153,13'  !| nothing passed between the lovers to$9$ excite her uneasiness,
204:153,14'  !| or make$1$ her quit them in apprehension. $NA#K$James was in
204:153,15'  !| excellent spirits, and $NA#D$Isabella most engagingly placid.
204:153,16'  !| Her tenderness for$4$ her friend seemed rather the first
204:153,17'  !| feeling$0$ of her heart; but that$6#2$ at such a moment was
204:153,18'  !| allowable; and once she gave her lover a flat contradiction,
204:153,19'  !| and once she drew back$5$ her hand$0$; but $NA#A$Catherine
204:153,20'  !| remembered $NA#B$Henry's instructions, and placed it all to$4$
204:153,21'  !| judicious affection. The embraces, tears, and promises$0$
204:153,22'  !| of the parting fair ones may$1$ be fancied.
205:154, 1'  !| $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen were sorry to$9$ lose their young
205:154, 2'  !| friend, whose$6#1$ good-humour and cheerfulness had made
205:154, 3'  !| her a valuable companion, and in the promotion of whose$6#1$
205:154, 4'  !| enjoyment their own$2$ had been gently increased. Her
205:154, 5'  !| happiness in going with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, however, prevented
205:154, 6'  !| their wishing it otherwise; and, as they were to$9$ remain
205:154, 7'  !| only one more week in Bath$0#1$ themselves, her quitting
205:154, 8'  !| them now would not long$9$ be felt. $NA#H$Mr%*Allen attended
205:154, 9'  !| her to$4$ Milsom-street, where she was to$9$ breakfast$1$, and saw
205:154,10'  !| her seated with the kindest welcome$0$ among her new
205:154,11'  !| friends; but so$5#1$ great was her agitation in finding herself
205:154,12'  !| as one of the family, and so$5#1$ fearful was she of not doing
205:154,13'  !| exactly what$6#1$ was right$2#1$, and of not being$1$ able to$9$ preserve
205:154,14'  !| their good opinion, that$3$, in the embarrassment of the
205:154,15'  !| first five minutes, she could almost have wished to$9$ return$1$
205:154,16'  !| with him to$4$ Pulteney-street.
205:154,17'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's manners and $NA#B$Henry's smile$0$ soon did away
205:154,18'  !| some of her unpleasant feelings; but still$5$ she was far
205:154,19'  !| from being$1$ at ease$0$; nor could the incessant attentions
205:154,20'  !| of the $NA#F$General himself entirely reassure her. Nay, perverse
205:154,21'  !| as it seemed, she doubted whether she might not
205:154,22'  !| have felt less, had she been less attended to$4$. His anxiety
205:154,23'  !| for$4$ her comfort$0$ ~ his continual solicitations that$3$ she would
205:154,24'  !| eat, and his often-expressed fears of her seeing nothing
205:154,25'  !| to$4$ her taste ~ though never in her life before$5$ had she
205:154,26'  !| beheld half such variety on$4$ a breakfast-table ~ made it
205:154,27'  !| impossible for$4$ her to$9$ forget for$4$ a moment that$3$ she was
205:154,28'  !| a visitor. She felt utterly unworthy of such respect$0$, and
205:154,29'  !| knew not how to$9$ reply$1$ to$4$ it. Her tranquillity was not
205:154,30'  !| improved by$4$ the $NA#F$General's impatience for$4$ the appearance
205:154,31'  !| of his eldest son, nor by$4$ the displeasure he expressed at
205:154,32'  !| his laziness when $NA#G$Captain*Tilney at last$0$ came down$5$.
205:154,33'  !| She was quite pained by$4$ the severity of his father's
205:155, 1'  !| reproof, which$6#1$ seemed disproportionate to$4$ the offence;
205:155, 2'  !| and much was her concern$0$ increased, when she found
205:155, 3'  !| herself the principal$2$ cause of the lecture; and that$3$ his
205:155, 4'  !| tardiness was chiefly resented from being$1$ disrespectful
205:155, 5'  !| to$4$ her. This was placing her in a very uncomfortable
205:155, 6'  !| situation, and she felt great compassion for$4$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney,
205:155, 7'  !| without being$1$ able to$9$ hope$1$ for$4$ his good-will.
205:155, 8'  !| He listened to$4$ his father in silence$0$, and attempted
205:155, 9'  !| not any defence, which$6#1$ confirmed her in fearing, that$3$ the
205:155,10'  !| inquietude of his mind$0$, on$4$ $NA#D$Isabella's account$0$, might, by$4$
205:155,11'  !| keeping$1$ him long$9$ sleepless, have been the real cause of
205:155,12'  !| his rising late.~ It was the first time of her being$1$ decidedly
205:155,13'  !| in his company, and she had hoped to$9$ be now able to$9$
205:155,14'  !| form$1$ her opinion of him; but she scarcely heard his voice
205:155,15'  !| while$9$ his father remained in the room; and even$5$ afterwards,
205:155,16'  !| so$5#1$ much were his spirits affected, she could
205:155,17'  !| distinguish nothing but these words, in a whisper$0$ to$4$
205:155,18'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor,
205:155,18G  !| "How glad I shall be when you are all off."
205:155,19'  !| The bustle$0$ of going was not pleasant.~ The clock struck
205:155,20'  !| ten while$9$ the trunks were carrying down$5$, and the $NA#F$General
205:155,21'  !| had fixed to$9$ be out$8$ of Milsom-street by$4$ that$6#2$ hour. His
205:155,22'  !| great*coat, instead of being$1$ brought for$4$ him to$9$ put on$5$
205:155,23'  !| directly, was spread out$5$ in the curricle in which$6#1$ he was
205:155,24'  !| to$9$ accompany his son. The middle seat of the chaise
205:155,25'  !| was not drawn out$5$, though there were three people to$9$ go
205:155,26'  !| in it, and his daughter's maid had so$5#1$ crowded it with
205:155,27'  !| parcels, that$3$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland would not have room to$9$ sit;
205:155,28'  !| and, so$5#1$ much was he influenced by$4$ this apprehension
205:155,29'  !| when he handed her in, that$3$ she had some difficulty in
205:155,30'  !| saving her own$2$ new writing-desk from being$1$ thrown out$5$
205:155,31'  !| into the street.~ At last$0$, however, the door was closed
205:155,32'  !| upon the three females, and they set$1$ off at the sober pace$0$
205:155,33'  !| in which$6#1$ the handsome, highly-fed four horses of a gentleman
205:155,34'  !| usually perform a journey of thirty miles: such was
205:155,35'  !| the distance$0$ of Northanger from Bath$0#1$, to$9$ be now divided
205:155,36'  !| into two equal$2$ stages. $NA#A$Catherine's spirits revived as they
205:155,37'  !| drove from the door; for$3$ with $NA#C$Miss*Tilney she felt no$2$
205:155,38'  !| restraint; and, with the interest$0$ of a road entirely new
205:156, 1'  !| to$4$ her, of an abbey before$5$, and a curricle behind, she
205:156, 2'  !| caught the last$2$ view$0$ of Bath$0#1$ without any regret$0$, and
205:156, 3'  !| met with every mile-stone before$3$ she expected$1$ it. The
205:156, 4'  !| tediousness of a two hours' bait at Petty-France, in which$6#1$
205:156, 5'  !| there was nothing to$9$ be done but to$9$ eat without being$1$
205:156, 6'  !| hungry, and loiter about$5$ without any*thing to$9$ see, next
205:156, 7'  !| followed ~ and her admiration of the style in which$6#1$ they
205:156, 8'  !| travelled, of the fashionable chaise-and-four ~ postilions
205:156, 9'  !| handsomely liveried, rising so$5#1$ regularly in their stirrups,
205:156,10'  !| and numerous out-riders properly mounted, sunk a little
205:156,11'  !| under this consequent inconvenience. Had their party
205:156,12'  !| been perfectly agreeable, the delay$0$ would have been
205:156,13'  !| nothing; but $NA#F$General*Tilney, though so$5#1$ charming a man,
205:156,14'  !| seemed always a check$0$ upon his children's spirits, and
205:156,15'  !| scarcely any*thing was said but by$4$ himself; the observation
205:156,16'  !| of which$6#1$, with his discontent at whatever the inn
205:156,17'  !| afforded, and his angry impatience at the waiters, made
205:156,18'  !| $NA#A$Catherine grow every moment more in awe of him, and
205:156,19'  !| appeared to$9$ lengthen the two hours into four.~ At last$0$,
205:156,20'  !| however, the order$0$ of release$0$ was given; and much was
205:156,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine then surprized by$4$ the $NA#F$General's proposal of her
205:156,22'  !| taking his place$0$ in his son's curricle for$4$ the rest$0#1$ of the
205:156,23'  !| journey:~
205:156,23@f   | "the day was fine, and he was anxious for$4$ her
205:156,24@f   | seeing as much of the country as possible."
205:156,25'  !| The remembrance of $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's opinion, respecting
205:156,26'  !| young men's open$2$ carriages, made her blush$1$ at the mention$0$
205:156,27'  !| of such a plan, and her first thought$0$ was to$9$ decline
205:156,28'  !| it; but her second$2$ was of greater deference for$4$ $NA#F$General*Tilney's
205:156,29'  !| judgment;
205:156,29@a   | he could not propose any*thing
205:156,30@a   | improper for$4$ her;
205:156,30'  !| and, in the course$0$ of a few minutes,
205:156,31'  !| she found herself with $NA#B$Henry in the curricle, as happy
205:156,32'  !| a being$0$ as ever existed. A very short$2$ trial convinced
205:156,33'  !| her that$3$
205:156,33@a   | a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world;
205:156,34@a   | the chaise-and-four wheeled off with some grandeur, to$9$ be
205:156,35@a   | sure, but it was a heavy and troublesome business, and
205:156,36@a   | she could not easily forget its having stopped two hours
205:156,37@a   | at Petty-France. Half the time would have been enough
205:156,38@a   | for$4$ the curricle, and so$5#1$ nimbly were the light$9$ horses
205:157, 1@a   | disposed to$9$ move$1$, that$3$, had not the $NA#F$General chosen to$9$
205:157, 2@a   | have his own$2$ carriage lead$1$ the way, they could have
205:157, 3@a   | passed it with ease$0$ in half a minute$0$. But the merit$0$ of
205:157, 4@a   | the curricle did not all belong to$4$ the horses;~ $NA#B$Henry
205:157, 5@a   | drove so$5#1$ well$9$,~ so$5#1$ quietly ~ without making any disturbance,
205:157, 6@a   | without parading to$4$ her, or swearing at them; so$5#1$
205:157, 7@a   | different from the only gentleman-coachman whom$6#1$ it
205:157, 8@a   | was in her power to$9$ compare him with|~ And then his
205:157, 9@a   | hat sat so$5#1$ well$9$, and the innumerable capes of his great*coat
205:157,10@a   | looked so$5#1$ becomingly important|~ To$9$ be driven by$4$
205:157,11@a   | him, next to$4$ being$1$ dancing$1$ with him, was certainly the
205:157,12@a   | greatest happiness in the world.
205:157,12'  !| In addition to$4$ every
205:157,13'  !| other delight$0$, she had now that$6#2$ of listening to$4$ her own$2$
205:157,14'  !| praise$0$; of being$1$ thanked at least, on$4$ his sister's account$0$,
205:157,15'  !| for$4$ her kindness in thus becoming$1$ her visitor; of hearing
205:157,16'  !| it ranked as real friendship, and described as creating
205:157,17'  !| real gratitude.
205:157,17@b   | His sister,
205:157,17'  !| he said,
205:157,17@b   | was uncomfortably
205:157,18@b   | circumstanced ~ she had no$2$ female$2$ companion ~ and, in
205:157,19@b   | the frequent absence of her father, was sometimes without
205:157,20@b   | any companion at all.
205:157,21A  !| "But how can that$6#2$ be?"
205:157,21'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
205:157,21A  !| "are not
205:157,22A  !| you with her?"
205:157,23B  !| "Northanger is not more than half my home; I have
205:157,24B  !| an establishment at my own$2$ house in Woodston, which$6#1$ is
205:157,25B  !| nearly twenty miles from my father's, and some of my
205:157,26B  !| time is necessarily spent there."
205:157,27A  !| "How sorry you must be for$4$ that$6#2$|"
205:157,28B  !| "I am always sorry to$9$ leave$1$ $NA#C$Eleanor."
205:157,29A  !| "Yes; but besides your affection for$4$ her, you must
205:157,30A  !| be so$5#1$ fond of the abbey|~ After$4$ being$1$ used$1#2$ to$4$ such
205:157,31A  !| a home as the abbey, an ordinary parsonage-house must
205:157,32A  !| be very disagreeable."
205:157,33'  !| He smiled, and said,
205:157,33B  !| "You have formed a very favourable
205:157,34B  !| idea of the abbey."
205:157,35A  !| "To$9$ be sure I have. Is not it a fine old place$0$, just$9$ like$9$
205:157,36A  !| what$6#1$ one reads about$4$?"
205:157,37B  !| "And are you prepared to$9$ encounter all the horrors
205:157,38B  !| that$6#1$ a building such as ""what$6#1$ one reads about$4$"" may$1$
205:158, 1B  !| produce?~ Have you a stout heart?~ Nerves fit$9$ for$4$
205:158, 2B  !| sliding pannels and tapestry?"
205:158, 3A  !| "Oh| yes ~ I do not think I should be easily frightened,
205:158, 4A  !| because there would be so$5#1$ many people in the house ~
205:158, 5A  !| and besides, it has never been uninhabited and left$1$
205:158, 6A  !| deserted for$4$ years, and then the family come back$0$ to$4$
205:158, 7A  !| it unawares, without giving any notice$0$, as generally
205:158, 8A  !| happens."
205:158, 9B  !| "No$7$, certainly.~ We shall not have to$9$ explore our way
205:158,10B  !| into a hall dimly lighted by$4$ the expiring embers of a wood
205:158,11B  !| fire$0$ ~ nor be obliged to$9$ spread our beds on$4$ the floor of
205:158,12B  !| a room without windows, doors, or furniture. But you
205:158,13B  !| must be aware that$3$ when a young lady is (by$4$ whatever
205:158,14B  !| means$0$) introduced into a dwelling of this kind$0$, she is
205:158,15B  !| always lodged apart from the rest$0#1$ of the family. While$9$
205:158,16B  !| they snugly repair to$4$ their own$2$ end$0$ of the house, she is
205:158,17B  !| formally conducted by$4$ $NA#Z2$Dorothy the ancient housekeeper
205:158,18B  !| up a different staircase, and along$4$ many gloomy passages,
205:158,19B  !| into an apartment never used$1#1$ since some cousin or kin
205:158,20B  !| died in it about$4$ twenty years before$5$. Can you stand$1$ such
205:158,21B  !| a ceremony as this? Will$1$ not your mind$0$ misgive you,
205:158,22B  !| when you find yourself in this gloomy chamber ~ too$5#1$ lofty
205:158,23B  !| and extensive for$4$ you, with only the feeble rays of a single
205:158,24B  !| lamp to$9$ take in its size ~ its walls hung with tapestry
205:158,25B  !| exhibiting figures$0$ as large as life, and the bed, of dark$2$
205:158,26B  !| green stuff or purple velvet, presenting even$5$ a funereal
205:158,27B  !| appearance. Will$1$ not your heart sink within you?"
205:158,28A  !| "Oh| but this will$1$ not happen to$4$ me, I am sure."
205:158,29B  !| "How fearfully will$1$ you examine the furniture of your
205:158,30B  !| apartment|~ And what$6#2$ will$1$ you discern?~ Not tables,
205:158,31B  !| toilettes, wardrobes, or drawers, but on$4$ one side$0$ perhaps
205:158,32B  !| the remains$0$ of a broken lute, on$4$ the other a ponderous
205:158,33B  !| chest which$6#1$ no$2$ efforts can open$1$, and over the fire-place
205:158,34B  !| the portrait of some handsome warrior, whose$6#1$ features
205:158,35B  !| will$1$ so$5#1$ incomprehensibly strike you, that$3$ you will$1$ not be
205:158,36B  !| able to$9$ withdraw your eyes from it. $NA#Z2$Dorothy meanwhile,
205:158,37B  !| no$2$ less struck by$4$ your appearance, gazes on$4$ you in great
205:158,38B  !| agitation, and drops$1$ a few unintelligible hints. To$9$ raise
205:159, 1B  !| your spirits, moreover, she gives you reason$0$ to$9$ suppose
205:159, 2B  !| that$3$ the part$0$ of the abbey you inhabit is undoubtedly
205:159, 3B  !| haunted, and informs you that$3$ you will$1$ not have a single
205:159, 4B  !| domestic$0$ within call$0$. With this parting cordial$0$ she
205:159, 5B  !| curtseys off ~ you listen to$4$ the sound$0$ of her receding
205:159, 6B  !| footsteps as long$9$ as the last$2$ echo can reach$1$ you ~ and
205:159, 7B  !| when, with fainting spirits, you attempt$1$ to$9$ fasten your door,
205:159, 8B  !| you discover, with increased alarm$0$, that$3$ it has no$2$ lock$0$."
205:159, 9A  !| "Oh| $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, how frightful|~ This is just$9$ like$9$ a
205:159,10A  !| book|~ But it cannot really happen to$4$ me. I am sure your
205:159,11A  !| housekeeper is not really $NA#Z2$Dorothy.~ Well$7$, what$6#2$ then?"
205:159,12B  !| "Nothing further to$9$ alarm$1$ perhaps may$1$ occur the first
205:159,13B  !| night. After$4$ surmounting your \unconquerable\ horror of
205:159,14B  !| the bed, you will$1$ retire to$4$ rest$1$, and get a few hours'
205:159,15B  !| unquiet slumber$0$. But on$4$ the second$2$, or at farthest the
205:159,16B  !| \third\ night after$4$ your arrival, you will$1$ probably have
205:159,17B  !| a violent storm$0$. Peals of thunder so$5#1$ loud as to$9$ seem to$9$
205:159,18B  !| shake$1$ the edifice to$4$ its foundation will$1$ roll$1$ round$4$ the
205:159,19B  !| neighbouring mountains ~ and during the frightful gusts
205:159,20B  !| of wind which$6#1$ accompany it, you will$1$ probably think you
205:159,21B  !| discern (for$3$ your lamp is not extinguished) one part$0$ of
205:159,22B  !| the hanging$0$ more violently agitated than the rest$0#1$. Unable
205:159,23B  !| of course$8$ to$9$ repress your curiosity in so$5#1$ favourable
205:159,24B  !| a moment for$4$ indulging it, you will$1$ instantly arise, and
205:159,25B  !| throwing your dressing-gown around$4$ you, proceed to$9$
205:159,26B  !| examine this mystery. After$4$ a very short$2$ search$0$, you
205:159,27B  !| will$1$ discover a division in the tapestry so$5#1$ artfully constructed
205:159,28B  !| as to$9$ defy the minutest inspection, and on$4$
205:159,29B  !| opening it, a door will$1$ immediately appear ~ which$6#1$ door
205:159,30B  !| being$1$ only secured by$4$ massy bars and a padlock, you will$1$,
205:159,31B  !| after$4$ a few efforts, succeed in opening,~ and, with your
205:159,32B  !| lamp in your hand$0$, will$1$ pass$1$ through$4$ it into a small
205:159,33B  !| vaulted room."
205:159,34A  !| "No$7$, indeed; I should be too$5#1$ much frightened to$9$ do
205:159,35A  !| any such thing."
205:159,36B  !| "What$7$| not when $NA#Z2$Dorothy has given you to$9$ understand
205:159,37B  !| that$3$ there is a secret$2$ subterraneous communication
205:159,38B  !| between your apartment and the chapel of St%*Anthony,
205:160, 1B  !| scarcely two miles off ~ Could you shrink from so$5#1$ simple$2$
205:160, 2B  !| an adventure? No$7$, no$7$, you will$1$ proceed into this small
205:160, 3B  !| vaulted room, and through$4$ this into several others,
205:160, 4B  !| without perceiving any*thing very remarkable in either.
205:160, 5B  !| In one perhaps there may$1$ be a dagger, in another a few
205:160, 6B  !| drops$0$ of blood, and in a third the remains$0$ of some instrument
205:160, 7B  !| of torture; but there being$1$ nothing in all this out$8$
205:160, 8B  !| of the common$2$ way, and your lamp being$1$ nearly exhausted,
205:160, 9B  !| you will$1$ return$1$ towards your own$2$ apartment. In repassing
205:160,10B  !| through$4$ the small vaulted room, however, your eyes
205:160,11B  !| will$1$ be attracted towards a large, old-fashioned cabinet of
205:160,12B  !| ebony and gold, which$6#1$, though narrowly examining the
205:160,13B  !| furniture before$5$, you had passed unnoticed. Impelled by$4$
205:160,14B  !| an irresistible presentiment, you will$1$ eagerly advance$1$ to$4$
205:160,15B  !| it, unlock its folding*doors, and search$1$ into every drawer;
205:160,16B  !| ~ but for$4$ some time without discovering any*thing of
205:160,17B  !| importance ~ perhaps nothing but a considerable hoard
205:160,18B  !| of diamonds. At last$0$, however, by$4$ touching a secret$2$
205:160,19B  !| spring$0$, an inner compartment will$1$ open$1$ ~ a roll$0$ of paper
205:160,20B  !| appears:~ you seize it ~ it contains many sheets of manuscript
205:160,21B  !| ~ you hasten with the precious treasure into your
205:160,22B  !| own$2$ chamber, but scarcely have you been able to$9$ decipher
205:160,23B  !| ""Oh| thou ~ whomsoever thou mayst be, into whose$6#1$ hands
205:160,24B  !| these memoirs of the wretched $NA#Z2$Matilda may$1$ fall$1$"" ~ when
205:160,25B  !| your lamp suddenly expires in the socket, and leaves$1$ you
205:160,26B  !| in total darkness."
205:160,27A  !| "Oh| no$7$, no$7$ ~ do not say so$5#2$. Well$7$, go on$5$."
205:160,28'  !| But $NA#B$Henry was too$5#1$ much amused by$4$ the interest$0$ he
205:160,29'  !| had raised, to$9$ be able to$9$ carry it farther; he could no$2$
205:160,30'  !| longer command$1$ solemnity either of subject$0$ or voice, and
205:160,31'  !| was obliged to$9$ entreat her to$9$ use$1$ her own$2$ fancy$0$ in the
205:160,32'  !| perusal of $NA#Z2$Matilda's woes. $NA#A$Catherine, recollecting herself,
205:160,33'  !| grew ashamed of her eagerness, and began earnestly to$9$
205:160,34'  !| assure him that$3$ her attention had been fixed without the
205:160,35'  !| smallest apprehension of really meeting$9$ with what$6#1$ he
205:160,36'  !| related.
205:160,36@a   | "$NA#C$Miss*Tilney, she was sure, would never put
205:160,37@a   | her into such a chamber as he had described|~ She was
205:160,38@a   | not at all afraid."
205:161, 1'  !| As they drew near$4$ the end$0$ of their journey, her impatience
205:161, 2'  !| for$4$ a sight of the abbey ~ for$4$ some time suspended
205:161, 3'  !| by$4$ his conversation on$4$ subjects very different ~ returned
205:161, 4'  !| in full force$0$, and every bend$0$ in the road was expected$1$
205:161, 5'  !| with solemn awe to$9$ afford a glimpse of its massy walls of
205:161, 6'  !| grey stone, rising amidst a grove of ancient oaks, with
205:161, 7'  !| the last$2$ beams of the sun playing in beautiful splendour
205:161, 8'  !| on$4$ its high Gothic windows. But so$5#1$ low did the building
205:161, 9'  !| stand$1$, that$3$ she found herself passing$1$ through$4$ the great
205:161,10'  !| gates of the lodge into the very grounds of Northanger,
205:161,11'  !| without having discerned even$5$ an antique chimney.
205:161,12'  !| She knew not that$3$ she had any right$0$ to$9$ be surprized,
205:161,13'  !| but there was a something in this mode of approach$0$
205:161,14'  !| which$6#1$ she certainly had not expected$1$. To$9$ pass$1$ between
205:161,15'  !| lodges of a modern appearance, to$9$ find herself with such
205:161,16'  !| ease$0$ in the very precincts of the abbey, and driven so$5#1$
205:161,17'  !| rapidly along$4$ a smooth$2$, level$2$ road of fine gravel, without
205:161,18'  !| obstacle, alarm$0$ or solemnity of any kind$0$, struck her as
205:161,19'  !| odd and inconsistent. She was not long$9$ at leisure however
205:161,20'  !| for$4$ such considerations. A sudden$2$ scud of rain$0$
205:161,21'  !| driving full in her face$0$, made it impossible for$4$ her to$9$
205:161,22'  !| observe any*thing further, and fixed all her thoughts on$4$
205:161,23'  !| the welfare of her new straw bonnet:~ and she was
205:161,24'  !| actually under the Abbey walls, was springing, with
205:161,25'  !| $NA#B$Henry's assistance, from the carriage, was beneath the
205:161,26'  !| shelter of the old porch, and had even$5$ passed on$5$ to$4$ the
205:161,27'  !| hall, where her friend and the $NA#F$General were waiting to$9$
205:161,28'  !| welcome$1$ her, without feeling$1$ one aweful foreboding of
205:161,29'  !| future misery to$4$ herself, or one moment's suspicion of
205:161,30'  !| any past$9$ scenes of horror being$1$ acted within the solemn
205:161,31'  !| edifice. The breeze had not seemed to$9$ waft the sighs of
205:161,32'  !| the murdered to$4$ her; it had wafted nothing worse than
205:161,33'  !| a thick mizzling rain$0$; and having given a good shake$0$ to$4$
205:161,34'  !| her habit, she was ready to$9$ be shewn into the common$2$
205:161,35'  !| drawing-room, and capable of considering where she was.
205:161,36@a   | An abbey|~ yes, it was delightful to$9$ be really in an
205:161,37@a   | abbey|~
205:161,37'  !| but she doubted, as she looked round$4$ the room,
205:161,38'  !| whether any*thing within her observation, would have
205:162, 1'  !| given her the consciousness. The furniture was in all the
205:162, 2'  !| profusion and elegance of modern taste. The fire-place,
205:162, 3'  !| where she had expected$1$ the ample width and ponderous
205:162, 4'  !| carving of former times, was contracted to$4$ a Rumford,
205:162, 5'  !| with slabs of plain though handsome marble, and ornaments
205:162, 6'  !| over it of the prettiest English china. The windows,
205:162, 7'  !| to$4$ which$6#1$ she looked with peculiar dependence, from
205:162, 8'  !| having heard the $NA#F$General talk$1$ of his preserving them in
205:162, 9'  !| their Gothic form$0$ with reverential care$0$, were yet less what$6#1$
205:162,10'  !| her fancy$0$ had portrayed.
205:162,10@a   | To$9$ be sure, the pointed$2$ arch$0$
205:162,11@a   | was preserved ~ the form$0$ of them was Gothic ~ they might
205:162,12@a   | be even$5$ casements ~ but every pane was so$5#1$ large, so$5#1$ clear$2$, so$5#1$
205:162,13@a   | light$9$|
205:162,13'  !| To$4$ an imagination which$6#1$ had hoped for$4$ the smallest
205:162,14'  !| divisions, and the heaviest stone-work, for$4$ painted glass,
205:162,15'  !| dirt and cobwebs, the difference was very distressing.
205:162,16'  !| The $NA#F$General, perceiving how her eye was employed,
205:162,17'  !| began to$9$ talk$1$ of the smallness of the room and simplicity
205:162,18'  !| of the furniture, where every*thing being$1$ for$4$ daily use$0$,
205:162,19'  !| pretended only to$4$ comfort$0$, &c%, flattering himself however
205:162,20'  !| that$3$ there were some apartments in the Abbey not
205:162,21'  !| unworthy her notice$0$ ~ and was proceeding to$9$ mention$1$ the
205:162,22'  !| costly gilding of one in particular, when taking out$5$ his
205:162,23'  !| watch$0$, he stopped short$2$ to$9$ pronounce it with surprize$0$
205:162,24'  !| within twenty minutes of five| This seemed the word of
205:162,25'  !| separation, and $NA#A$Catherine found herself hurried away by$4$
205:162,26'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney in such a manner as convinced her that$3$ the
205:162,27'  !| strictest punctuality to$4$ the family hours would be expected$1$
205:162,28'  !| at Northanger.
205:162,29'  !| Returning through$4$ the large and lofty hall, they
205:162,30'  !| ascended a broad staircase of shining oak, which$6#1$, after$4$
205:162,31'  !| many flights and many landing-places, brought them
205:162,32'  !| upon a long$9$ wide gallery. On$4$ one side$0$ it had a range$0$ of
205:162,33'  !| doors, and it was lighted on$4$ the other by$4$ windows which$6#1$
205:162,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had only time to$9$ discover looked into a quadrangle,
205:162,35'  !| before$3$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney led the way into a chamber,
205:162,36'  !| and scarcely staying to$9$ hope$1$ she would find it comfortable,
205:162,37'  !| left$1$ her with an anxious entreaty that$3$ she would make$1$
205:162,38'  !| as little alteration as possible in her dress$0$.
206:163, 1'  !| A moment's glance$0$ was enough to$9$ satisfy $NA#A$Catherine
206:163, 2'  !| that$3$ her apartment was very unlike the one which$6#1$ $NA#B$Henry
206:163, 3'  !| had endeavoured to$9$ alarm$1$ her by$4$ the description of.~ It
206:163, 4'  !| was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ unreasonably large, and contained
206:163, 5'  !| neither tapestry nor velvet.~ The walls were papered,
206:163, 6'  !| the floor was carpeted; the windows were neither less
206:163, 7'  !| perfect$2$, nor more dim than those of the drawing-room
206:163, 8'  !| below; the furniture, though not of the latest fashion$0$,
206:163, 9'  !| was handsome and comfortable, and the air of the room
206:163,10'  !| altogether far from uncheerful. Her heart instantaneously
206:163,11'  !| at ease$0$ on$4$ this point$0$, she resolved to$9$ lose no$2$ time
206:163,12'  !| in particular examination of any*thing, as she greatly
206:163,13'  !| dreaded disobliging the $NA#F$General by$4$ any delay$0$. Her habit
206:163,14'  !| therefore was thrown off with all possible haste, and she
206:163,15'  !| was preparing to$9$ unpin the linen package, which$6#1$ the
206:163,16'  !| chaise-seat had conveyed for$4$ her immediate accommodation,
206:163,17'  !| when her eye suddenly fell on$4$ a large high chest,
206:163,18'  !| standing$1$ back$5$ in a deep recess on$4$ one side$0$ of the fire-place.
206:163,19'  !| The sight of it made her start$1$; and, forgetting
206:163,20'  !| every*thing else, she stood gazing on$4$ it in motionless
206:163,21'  !| wonder$0$, while$9$ these thoughts crossed her:~
206:163,21A  !| "This is strange indeed| I did not expect such a sight
206:163,22A  !| as this|~ An immense heavy chest|~ What$6#2$ can it hold$1$?~
206:163,23A  !| Why should it be placed here?~ Pushed back$5$ too$5#2$, as if
206:163,24A  !| meant to$9$ be out$8$ of sight|~ I will$1$ look$1$ into it ~ cost$1$ me
206:163,25A  !| what$6#1$ it may$1$, I will$1$ look$1$ into it ~ and directly too$5#2$ ~ by$4$
206:163,26A  !| day-light.~ If I stay$1$ till evening my candle may$1$ go out$5$."
206:163,27'  !| She advanced and examined it closely: it was of cedar,
206:163,28'  !| curiously inlaid with some darker wood, and raised, about$4$
206:163,29'  !| a foot from the ground, on$4$ a carved stand$0$ of the same.
206:163,30'  !| The lock$0$ was silver, though tarnished from age; at each
206:163,31'  !| end$0$ were the imperfect remains$0$ of handles also of silver,
206:163,32'  !| broken perhaps prematurely by$4$ some strange violence;
206:164, 1'  !| and, on$4$ the centre$0$ of the lid, was a mysterious cypher,
206:164, 2'  !| in the same metal. $NA#A$Catherine bent over it intently, but
206:164, 3'  !| without being$1$ able to$9$ distinguish any*thing with certainty.
206:164, 4'  !| She could not, in whatever direction she took it, believe
206:164, 5'  !| the last$2$ letter to$9$ be a \T\; and yet that$3$ it should be any*thing
206:164, 6'  !| else in that$6#2$ house was a circumstance to$9$ raise no$2$
206:164, 7'  !| common$2$ degree of astonishment. If not originally their's,
206:164, 8'  !| by$4$ what$6#2$ strange events could it have fallen into the
206:164, 9'  !| $NA#F1$Tilney family?
206:164,10'  !| Her fearful curiosity was every moment growing
206:164,11'  !| greater; and seizing, with trembling hands, the hasp of
206:164,12'  !| the lock$0$, she resolved at all hazards to$9$ satisfy herself at
206:164,13'  !| least as to$4$ its contents. With difficulty, for$3$ something
206:164,14'  !| seemed to$9$ resist her efforts, she raised the lid a few inches;
206:164,15'  !| but at that$6#2$ moment a sudden$2$ knocking at the door of the
206:164,16'  !| room made her, starting, quit her hold$0$, and the lid closed
206:164,17'  !| with alarming violence. This ill-timed intruder was
206:164,18'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's maid, sent by$4$ her mistress to$9$ be of use$0$ to$9$
206:164,19'  !| $NA#A$Miss*Morland; and though $NA#A$Catherine immediately dismissed
206:164,20'  !| her, it recalled her to$4$ the sense of what$6#1$ she ought
206:164,21'  !| to$9$ be doing, and forced her, in spite$8$ of her anxious desire$0$
206:164,22'  !| to$9$ penetrate this mystery, to$9$ proceed in her dressing
206:164,23'  !| without further delay$0$. Her progress was not quick$2$, for$3$
206:164,24'  !| her thoughts and her eyes were still$5$ bent on$4$ the object$0$
206:164,25'  !| so$5#1$ well$9$ calculated to$9$ interest$1$ and alarm$1$; and though
206:164,26'  !| she dared not waste$1$ a moment upon a second$2$ attempt$0$,
206:164,27'  !| she could not remain many paces from the chest. At
206:164,28'  !| length, however, having slipped one arm$0$ into her gown,
206:164,29'  !| her toilette seemed so$5#1$ nearly finished, that$3$ the impatience
206:164,30'  !| of her curiosity might safely be indulged. One moment
206:164,31'  !| surely might be spared; and, so$5#1$ desperate should be the
206:164,32'  !| exertion of her strength, that$3$, unless secured by$4$ supernatural
206:164,33'  !| means$0$, the lid in one moment should be thrown
206:164,34'  !| back$5$. With this spirit she sprang forward$8$, and her
206:164,35'  !| confidence did not deceive her. Her resolute effort threw
206:164,36'  !| back$5$ the lid, and gave to$4$ her astonished eyes the view$0$
206:164,37'  !| of a white cotton counterpane, properly folded, reposing
206:164,38'  !| at one end$0$ of the chest in undisputed possession|
206:165, 1'  !| She was gazing on$4$ it with the first blush$0$ of surprize$0$,
206:165, 2'  !| when $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, anxious for$4$ her friend's being$1$ ready,
206:165, 3'  !| entered the room, and to$4$ the rising shame$0$ of having
206:165, 4'  !| harboured for$4$ some minutes an absurd expectation, was
206:165, 5'  !| then added the shame$0$ of being$1$ caught in so$5#1$ idle a search$0$.
206:165, 6C  !| "That$6#2$ is a curious old chest, is not it?"
206:165, 6'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
206:165, 7'  !| as $NA#A$Catherine hastily closed it and turned away to$4$
206:165, 8'  !| the glass.
206:165, 8C  !| "It is impossible to$9$ say how many generations
206:165, 9C  !| it has been here. How it came to$9$ be first put in this room
206:165,10C  !| I know not, but I have not had it moved, because I thought$1$
206:165,11C  !| it might sometimes be of use$0$ in holding hats and bonnets.
206:165,12C  !| The worst of it is that$3$ its weight makes it difficult to$9$
206:165,13C  !| open$1$. In that$6#2$ corner, however, it is at least out$8$ of the
206:165,14C  !| way."
206:165,15'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had no$2$ leisure for$4$ speech, being$1$ at once
206:165,16'  !| blushing, tying her gown, and forming wise resolutions
206:165,17'  !| with the most violent dispatch. $NA#C$Miss*Tilney gently
206:165,18'  !| hinted her fear$0$ of being$1$ late; and in half a minute$0$ they
206:165,19'  !| ran down*stairs together, in an alarm$0$ not wholly unfounded,
206:165,20'  !| for$3$ $NA#F$General*Tilney was pacing the drawing-room,
206:165,21'  !| his watch$0$ in his hand$0$, and having, on$4$ the very instant$0$ of
206:165,22'  !| their entering, pulled the bell with violence, ordered
206:165,23F  !| "Dinner to$9$ be on$4$ table \directly|\"
206:165,24'  !| $NA#A$Catherine trembled at the emphasis with which$6#1$ he
206:165,25'  !| spoke, and sat pale and breathless, in a most humble$2$
206:165,26'  !| mood, concerned for$4$ his children, and detesting old chests;
206:165,27'  !| and the $NA#F$General recovering his politeness as he looked at
206:165,28'  !| her, spent the rest$0#1$ of his time in scolding his daughter,
206:165,29'  !| for$4$ so$5#1$ foolishly hurrying her fair friend, who$6#1$ was absolutely
206:165,30'  !| out$8$ of breath from haste, when there was not the
206:165,31'  !| least occasion$0$ for$4$ hurry$0$ in the world: but $NA#A$Catherine
206:165,32'  !| could not at all get over the double$1$ distress$0$ of having
206:165,33'  !| involved her friend in a lecture and been a great simpleton
206:165,34'  !| herself, till they were happily seated at the dinner-table,
206:165,35'  !| when the $NA#F$General's complacent smiles, and a good
206:165,36'  !| appetite of her own$2$, restored her to$4$ peace. The dining-parlour
206:165,37'  !| was a noble room, suitable in its dimensions to$4$
206:165,38'  !| a much larger drawing-room than the one in common$2$ use$0$,
206:166, 1'  !| and fitted up in a style of luxury and expense which$6#1$ was
206:166, 2'  !| almost lost on$4$ the unpractised eye of $NA#A$Catherine, who$6#1$ saw
206:166, 3'  !| little more than its spaciousness and the number of their
206:166, 4'  !| attendants. Of the former, she spoke aloud her admiration;
206:166, 5'  !| and the $NA#F$General, with a very gracious countenance,
206:166, 6'  !| acknowledged that$3$ it was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ an ill-sized room;
206:166, 7'  !| and further confessed, that$3$, though as careless on$4$ such
206:166, 8'  !| subjects as most people, he did look$1$ upon a tolerably
206:166, 9'  !| large eating-room as one of the necessaries of life; he
206:166,10'  !| supposed, however,
206:166,10F  !| "that$3$ she must have been used$1#2$ to$4$
206:166,11F  !| much better$9$ sized apartments at $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's?"
206:166,12A  !| "No$7$, indeed,"
206:166,12'  !| was $NA#A$Catherine's honest assurance;
206:166,12A  !| "$NA#H$Mr%*Allen's
206:166,13A  !| dining-parlour was not more than half as large:"
206:166,14@a   | and she had never seen so$5#1$ large a room as this in her life.
206:166,15'  !| The $NA#F$General's good-humour increased.~
206:166,15@f   | Why, as he \had\
206:166,16@f   | such rooms, he thought$1$ it would be simple$2$ not to$9$ make$1$
206:166,17@f   | use$0$ of them; but, upon his honour$0$, he believed there
206:166,18@f   | might be more comfort$0$ in rooms of only half their size.
206:166,19@f   | $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's house, he was sure, must be exactly of the
206:166,20@f   | true size for$4$ rational happiness.
206:166,21'  !| The evening passed without any further disturbance,
206:166,22'  !| and, in the occasional absence of $NA#F$General*Tilney, with
206:166,23'  !| much positive cheerfulness. It was only in his presence
206:166,24'  !| that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine felt the smallest fatigue$0$ from her journey;
206:166,25'  !| and even$5$ then, even$5$ in moments of languor or restraint,
206:166,26'  !| a sense of general$2$ happiness preponderated, and she could
206:166,27'  !| think of her friends in Bath$0#1$ without one wish$0$ of being$1$
206:166,28'  !| with them.
206:166,29'  !| The night was stormy; the wind had been rising at
206:166,30'  !| intervals the whole$2$ afternoon; and by$4$ the time the party
206:166,31'  !| broke up, it blew and rained violently. $NA#A$Catherine, as she
206:166,32'  !| crossed the hall, listened to$4$ the tempest with sensations
206:166,33'  !| of awe; and, when she heard it rage round$4$ a corner of
206:166,34'  !| the ancient building and close$1$ with sudden$2$ fury a distant
206:166,35'  !| door, felt for$4$ the first time that$3$ she was really in an
206:166,36'  !| Abbey.~
206:166,36@a   | Yes, these were characteristic sounds$0$;~ they
206:166,37@a   | brought to$4$ her recollection a countless variety of dreadful
206:166,38@a   | situations and horrid scenes, which$6#1$ such buildings had
206:167, 1@a   | witnessed, and such storms ushered in; and most heartily
206:167, 2@a   | did she rejoice in the happier circumstances attending her
206:167, 3@a   | entrance within walls so$5#1$ solemn|~ \She\ had nothing to$9$
206:167, 4@a   | dread$1$ from midnight assassins or drunken gallants.
206:167, 5@a   | $NA#B$Henry had certainly been only in jest in what$6#1$ he had
206:167, 6@a   | told her that$6#2$ morning. In a house so$5#1$ furnished, and so$5#1$
206:167, 7@a   | guarded, she could have nothing to$9$ explore or to$9$ suffer;
206:167, 8@a   | and might go to$4$ her bedroom as securely as if it had been
206:167, 9@a   | her own$2$ chamber at Fullerton.
206:167, 9'  !| Thus wisely fortifying
206:167,10'  !| her mind$0$, as she proceeded up*stairs, she was enabled,
206:167,11'  !| especially on$4$ perceiving that$3$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney slept only two
206:167,12'  !| doors from her, to$9$ enter her room with a tolerably stout
206:167,13'  !| heart; and her spirits were immediately assisted by$4$ the
206:167,14'  !| cheerful blaze of a wood fire$0$.
206:167,14A  !| "How much better$9$ is this,"
206:167,15'  !| said she, as she walked to$4$ the fender~
206:167,15A  !| "how much better$9$
206:167,16A  !| to$9$ find a fire$0$ ready lit, than to$9$ have to$9$ wait shivering in
206:167,17A  !| the cold$0$ till all the family are in bed, as so$5#1$ many poor
206:167,18A  !| girls have been obliged to$9$ do, and then to$9$ have a faithful
206:167,19A  !| old servant frightening one by$4$ coming in with a faggot|
206:167,20A  !| How glad I am that$3$ Northanger is what$6#1$ it is| If it had
206:167,21A  !| been like$9$ some other places$0$, I do not know that$3$, in such
206:167,22A  !| a night as this, I could have answered for$4$ my courage:~
206:167,23A  !| but now, to$9$ be sure, there is nothing to$9$ alarm$1$ one."
206:167,24'  !| She looked round$4$ the room. The window curtains
206:167,25'  !| seemed in motion. It could be nothing but the violence
206:167,26'  !| of the wind penetrating through$4$ the divisions of the
206:167,27'  !| shutters; and she stept boldly forward$8$, carelessly
206:167,28'  !| humming a tune, to$9$ assure herself of its being$1$ so$5#2$, peeped
206:167,29'  !| courageously behind each curtain, saw nothing on$4$ either
206:167,30'  !| low window seat to$9$ scare her, and on$4$ placing a hand$0$
206:167,31'  !| against the shutter, felt the strongest conviction of the
206:167,32'  !| wind's force$0$. A glance$0$ at the old chest, as she turned
206:167,33'  !| away from this examination, was not without its use$0$;
206:167,34'  !| she scorned the causeless fears of an idle fancy$0$, and began
206:167,35'  !| with a most happy indifference to$9$ prepare herself for$4$ bed.
206:167,36@a   | "She should take her time; she should not hurry$1$ herself;
206:167,37@a   | she did not care$1$ if she were the last$2$ person up in the
206:167,38@a   | house. But she would not make$1$ up her fire$0$; \that$6#2$\ would
206:168, 1@a   | seem cowardly, as if she wished for$4$ the protection of light$0$
206:168, 2@a   | after$3$ she were in bed."
206:168, 2'  !| The fire$0$ therefore died away, and
206:168, 3'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, having spent the best part$0$ of an hour in her
206:168, 4'  !| arrangements, was beginning$1$ to$9$ think of stepping into
206:168, 5'  !| bed, when on$4$ giving a parting glance$0$ round$4$ the room,
206:168, 6'  !| she was struck by$4$ the appearance of a high, old-fashioned
206:168, 7'  !| black cabinet, which$6#1$, though in a situation conspicuous
206:168, 8'  !| enough, had never caught her notice$0$ before$5$. $NA#B$Henry's
206:168, 9'  !| words, his description of the ebony cabinet which$6#1$ was to$9$
206:168,10'  !| escape$1$ her observation at first, immediately rushed across$4$
206:168,11'  !| her;
206:168,11@a   | and though there could be nothing really in it, there
206:168,12@a   | was something whimsical, it was certainly a very remarkable
206:168,13@a   | coincidence|
206:168,13'  !| She took her candle and looked closely
206:168,14'  !| at the cabinet.
206:168,14@a   | It was not absolutely ebony and gold;
206:168,15@a   | but it was Japan, black and yellow Japan of the handsomest
206:168,16@a   | kind$0$; and as she held her candle, the yellow had
206:168,17@a   | very much the effect$0$ of gold.
206:168,17'  !| The key was in the door,
206:168,18'  !| and she had a strange fancy$0$ to$9$ look$1$ into it;
206:168,18@a   | not however
206:168,19@a   | with the smallest expectation of finding any*thing, but
206:168,20@a   | it was so$5#1$ very odd, after$4$ what$6#1$ $NA#B$Henry had said. In short$0$,
206:168,21@a   | she could not sleep$1$ till she had examined it.
206:168,21'  !| So$3$, placing
206:168,22'  !| the candle with great caution$0$ on$4$ a chair, she seized the
206:168,23'  !| key with a very tremulous hand$0$ and tried to$9$ turn$1$ it;
206:168,24'  !| but it resisted her utmost strength. Alarmed, but not
206:168,25'  !| discouraged, she tried it another way; a bolt flew, and
206:168,26'  !| she believed herself successful;
206:168,26@a   | but how strangely
206:168,27@a   | mysterious|~
206:168,27@a   | the door was still$5$ immoveable.
206:168,27'  !| She paused
206:168,28'  !| a moment in breathless wonder$0$. The wind roared down$4$
206:168,29'  !| the chimney, the rain$0$ beat in torrents against the windows,
206:168,30'  !| and every*thing seemed to$9$ speak the awfulness of her
206:168,31'  !| situation.
206:168,31@a   | To$9$ retire to$9$ bed, however, unsatisfied on$4$ such
206:168,32@a   | a point$0$, would be vain, since sleep$0$ must be impossible
206:168,33@a   | with the consciousness of a cabinet so$5#1$ mysteriously closed
206:168,34@a   | in her immediate vicinity.
206:168,34'  !| Again therefore she applied
206:168,35'  !| herself to$4$ the key, and after$4$ moving it in every possible
206:168,36'  !| way for$4$ some instants with the determined$2$ celerity of
206:168,37'  !| hope's last$2$ effort, the door suddenly yielded to$4$ her hand$0$:
206:168,38'  !| her heart leaped with exultation at such a victory, and
206:169, 1'  !| having thrown open$2$ each folding*door, the second$2$ being$1$
206:169, 2'  !| secured only by$4$ bolts of less wonderful construction than
206:169, 3'  !| the lock$0$, though in that$3$ her eye could not discern any*thing
206:169, 4'  !| unusual, a double$1$ range$0$ of small drawers appeared
206:169, 5'  !| in view$0$, with some larger drawers above$4$ and below them;
206:169, 6'  !| and in the centre$0$, a small door, closed also with a lock$0$
206:169, 7'  !| and key, secured in all probability a cavity of importance.
206:169, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's heart beat quick$2$, but her courage did not
206:169, 9'  !| fail her. With a cheek flushed by$4$ hope$0$, and an eye
206:169,10'  !| straining with curiosity, her fingers grasped the handle
206:169,11'  !| of a drawer and drew it forth. It was entirely empty$2$.
206:169,12'  !| With less alarm$0$ and greater eagerness she seized a second$2$,
206:169,13'  !| a third, a fourth; each was equally empty$2$. Not one
206:169,14'  !| was left$1$ unsearched, and in not one was any*thing found.
206:169,15'  !| Well$9$ read in the art of concealing a treasure, the possibility
206:169,16'  !| of false linings to$4$ the drawers did not escape$1$ her,
206:169,17'  !| and she felt round$4$ each with anxious acuteness in vain.
206:169,18'  !| The place$0$ in the middle alone remained now unexplored;
206:169,19'  !| and though she had
206:169,19@a   | "never from the first had the smallest
206:169,20@a   | idea of finding any*thing in any part$0$ of the cabinet, and
206:169,21@a   | was not in the least disappointed at her ill success thus
206:169,22@a   | far, it would be foolish not to$9$ examine it thoroughly
206:169,23@a   | while$9$ she was about$4$ it."
206:169,23'  !| It was some time however
206:169,24'  !| before$3$ she could unfasten the door, the same difficulty
206:169,25'  !| occurring in the management of this inner lock$0$ as of the
206:169,26'  !| outer; but at length it did open$1$; and not vain, as
206:169,27'  !| hitherto, was her search$0$; her quick$2$ eyes directly fell on$4$
206:169,28'  !| a roll$0$ of paper pushed back$5$ into the further part$0$ of the
206:169,29'  !| cavity, apparently for$4$ concealment, and her feelings at
206:169,30'  !| that$6#2$ moment were indescribable. Her heart fluttered,
206:169,31'  !| her knees trembled, and her cheeks grew pale. She
206:169,32'  !| seized, with an unsteady hand$0$, the precious manuscript,
206:169,33'  !| for$3$ half a glance$0$ sufficed to$9$ ascertain written characters;
206:169,34'  !| and while$9$ she acknowledged with awful sensations this
206:169,35'  !| striking exemplification of what$6#1$ $NA#B$Henry had foretold,
206:169,36'  !| resolved instantly to$9$ peruse every line before$3$ she attempted
206:169,37'  !| to$9$ rest$1$.
206:169,38'  !| The dimness of the light$0$ her candle emitted made her
206:170, 1'  !| turn$1$ to$4$ it with alarm$0$; but there was no$2$ danger of its
206:170, 2'  !| sudden$2$ extinction, it had yet some hours to$9$ burn; and
206:170, 3'  !| that$3$ she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing
206:170, 4'  !| the writing$0$ than what$6#1$ its ancient date might
206:170, 5'  !| occasion$1$, she hastily snuffed it. Alas| it was snuffed
206:170, 6'  !| and extinguished in one. A lamp could not have expired
206:170, 7'  !| with more awful effect$0$. $NA#A$Catherine, for$4$ a few moments,
206:170, 8'  !| was motionless with horror. It was done completely;
206:170, 9'  !| not a remnant of light$0$ in the wick could give hope$0$ to$4$
206:170,10'  !| the rekindling breath. Darkness impenetrable and immoveable
206:170,11'  !| filled the room. A violent gust of wind, rising
206:170,12'  !| with sudden$2$ fury, added fresh horror to$4$ the moment.
206:170,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine trembled from head$0$ to$4$ foot. In the pause$0$
206:170,14'  !| which$6#1$ succeeded, a sound$0$ like$9$ receding footsteps and the
206:170,15'  !| closing of a distant door struck on$4$ her affrighted ear.
206:170,16'  !| Human nature could support$1$ no$2$ more. A cold$2$ sweat
206:170,17'  !| stood on$4$ her forehead, the manuscript fell from her hand$0$,
206:170,18'  !| and groping her way to$4$ the bed, she jumped hastily in,
206:170,19'  !| and sought some suspension of agony by$4$ creeping far
206:170,20'  !| underneath the clothes. To$9$ close$1$ her eyes in sleep$0$ that$6#2$
206:170,21'  !| night, she felt must be entirely out$8$ of the question$0$.
206:170,22@a   | With a curiosity so$5#1$ justly awakened, and feelings in every
206:170,23@a   | way so$5#1$ agitated, repose must be absolutely impossible.
206:170,24@a   | The storm$0$ too$5#2$ abroad so$5#1$ dreadful|~
206:170,24'  !| She had not been
206:170,25'  !| used$1#2$ to$9$ feel alarm$0$ from wind, but now every blast seemed
206:170,26'  !| fraught with awful intelligence.
206:170,26@a   | The manuscript so$5#1$
206:170,27@a   | wonderfully found, so$5#1$ wonderfully accomplishing the
206:170,28@a   | morning's prediction, how was it to$9$ be accounted for$5$?~
206:170,29@a   | What$6#2$ could it contain?~ to$4$ whom$6#2$ could it relate?~ by$4$
206:170,30@a   | what$6#2$ means$0$ could it have been so$5#1$ long$9$ concealed?~ and
206:170,31@a   | how singularly strange that$3$ it should fall$1$ to$4$ her lot to$9$
206:170,32@a   | discover it| Till she had made herself mistress of its
206:170,33@a   | contents, however, she could have neither repose nor
206:170,34@a   | comfort$0$; and with the sun's first rays she was determined$2$
206:170,35@a   | to$9$ peruse it. But many were the tedious hours which$6#1$
206:170,36@a   | must yet intervene.
206:170,36'  !| She shuddered, tossed about$5$ in her
206:170,37'  !| bed, and envied every quiet$0$ sleeper. The storm$0$ still$5$
206:170,38'  !| raged, and various were the noises, more terrific even$5$
206:171, 1'  !| than the wind, which$6#1$ struck at intervals on$4$ her startled
206:171, 2'  !| ear. The very curtains of her bed seemed at one moment
206:171, 3'  !| in motion, and at another the lock$0$ of her door was agitated,
206:171, 4'  !| as if by$4$ the attempt$0$ of somebody to$9$ enter. Hollow
206:171, 5'  !| murmurs seemed to$9$ creep along$4$ the gallery, and more
206:171, 6'  !| than once her blood was chilled by$4$ the sound$0$ of distant
206:171, 7'  !| moans. Hour after$4$ hour passed away, and the wearied
206:171, 8'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had heard three proclaimed by$4$ all the clocks
206:171, 9'  !| in the house, before$3$ the tempest subsided, or she unknowingly
206:171,10'  !| fell fast asleep.
207:172, 1'  !| The housemaid's folding back$5$ her window-shutters at
207:172, 2'  !| eight o'clock the next day, was the sound$0$ which$6#1$ first
207:172, 3'  !| roused $NA#A$Catherine; and she opened her eyes, wondering
207:172, 4'  !| that$3$ they could ever have been closed, on$4$ objects$0$ of
207:172, 5'  !| cheerfulness; her fire$0$ was already burning, and a bright
207:172, 6'  !| morning had succeeded the tempest of the night. Instantaneously
207:172, 7'  !| with the consciousness of existence, returned
207:172, 8'  !| her recollection of the manuscript; and springing from
207:172, 9'  !| the bed in the very moment of the maid's going away,
207:172,10'  !| she eagerly collected every scattered sheet which$6#1$ had
207:172,11'  !| burst$1$ from the roll$0$ on$4$ its falling to$4$ the ground, and flew
207:172,12'  !| back$5$ to$9$ enjoy the luxury of their perusal on$4$ her pillow.
207:172,13'  !| She now plainly saw that$3$ she must not expect a manuscript
207:172,14'  !| of equal$2$ length with the generality of what$6#1$ she had
207:172,15'  !| shuddered over in books, for$3$ the roll$0$, seeming to$9$ consist
207:172,16'  !| entirely of small disjointed sheets, was altogether but of
207:172,17'  !| trifling size, and much less than she had supposed it to$9$
207:172,18'  !| be at first.
207:172,19'  !| Her greedy eye glanced rapidly over a page. She
207:172,20'  !| started at its import.
207:172,20@a   | Could it be possible, or did not her
207:172,21@a   | senses play$1$ her false?~ An inventory of linen, in coarse
207:172,22@a   | and modern characters, seemed all that$6#1$ was before$4$ her|
207:172,23@a   | If the evidence of sight might be trusted, she held a
207:172,24@a   | washing-bill in her hand$0$.
207:172,24'  !| She seized another sheet, and
207:172,25'  !| saw the same articles with little variation;
207:172,25@a   | a third,
207:172,26@a   | a fourth, and a fifth presented nothing new. Shirts,
207:172,27@a   | stockings, cravats and waistcoats faced her in each.
207:172,28@a   | Two others, penned by$4$ the same hand$0$, marked an expenditure
207:172,29@a   | scarcely more interesting, in letters, hair-powder,
207:172,30@a   | shoe-string and breeches-ball. And the larger sheet,
207:172,31@a   | which$6#1$ had inclosed the rest$0#1$, seemed by$4$ its first cramp
207:172,32@a   | line, "To$9$ poultice chesnut mare,"~ a farrier's bill|
207:172,32'  !| Such
207:172,33'  !| was the collection of papers, (left$1$ perhaps, as she could
207:173, 1'  !| then suppose, by$4$ the negligence of a servant in the place$0$
207:173, 2'  !| whence she had taken them,) which$6#1$ had filled her with
207:173, 3'  !| expectation and alarm$0$, and robbed her of half her night's
207:173, 4'  !| rest$0#2$| She felt humbled to$4$ the dust.
207:173, 4@a   | Could not the
207:173, 5@a   | adventure of the chest have taught her wisdom?
207:173, 5'  !| A corner
207:173, 6'  !| of it catching her eye as she lay$1#2$, seemed to$9$ rise$1$ up in
207:173, 7'  !| judgment against her.
207:173, 7@a   | Nothing could now be clearer
207:173, 8@a   | than the absurdity of her recent fancies$0$. To$9$ suppose
207:173, 9@a   | that$3$ a manuscript of many generations back$5$ could have
207:173,10@a   | remained undiscovered in a room such as that$6#2$, so$5#1$ modern,
207:173,11@a   | so$5#1$ habitable|~ or that$3$ she should be the first to$9$ possess
207:173,12@a   | the skill of unlocking a cabinet, the key of which$6#1$ was
207:173,13@a   | open$2$ to$4$ all|
207:173,14@a   | How could she have so$5#1$ imposed on$4$ herself?~ Heaven
207:173,15@a   | forbid that$3$ $NA#B$Henry*Tilney should ever know her folly|
207:173,16@a   | And it was in a great measure$0$ his own$2$ doing, for$3$ had
207:173,17@a   | not the cabinet appeared so$5#1$ exactly to$9$ agree with his
207:173,18@a   | description of her adventures, she should never have felt
207:173,19@a   | the smallest curiosity about$4$ it.
207:173,19'  !| This was the only comfort$0$
207:173,20'  !| that$6#1$ occurred. Impatient to$9$ get rid of those hateful
207:173,21'  !| evidences of her folly, those detestable papers then
207:173,22'  !| scattered over the bed, she rose$1$ directly, and folding them
207:173,23'  !| up as nearly as possible in the same shape$0$ as before$5$,
207:173,24'  !| returned them to$4$ the same spot within the cabinet, with
207:173,25'  !| a very hearty wish$0$ that$3$ no$2$ untoward accident might ever
207:173,26'  !| bring them forward$8$ again, to$9$ disgrace$1$ her even$5$ with
207:173,27'  !| herself.
207:173,28@a   | Why the locks should have been so$5#1$ difficult to$9$ open$1$
207:173,29@a   | however, was still$5$ something remarkable, for$3$ she could
207:173,30@a   | now manage them with perfect$2$ ease$0$. In this there was
207:173,31@a   | surely something mysterious,
207:173,31'  !| and she indulged in the
207:173,32'  !| flattering suggestion for$4$ half a minute$0$, till the possibility
207:173,33'  !| of the door's having been at first unlocked, and of being$1$
207:173,34'  !| herself its fastener, darted into her head$0$, and cost$1$ her
207:173,35'  !| another blush$0$.
207:173,36'  !| She got away as soon as she could from a room in which$6#1$
207:173,37'  !| her conduct$0$ produced such unpleasant reflections, and
207:173,38'  !| found her way with all speed to$4$ the breakfast-parlour,
207:174, 1'  !| as it had been pointed$1$ out$5$ to$4$ her by$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney the
207:174, 2'  !| evening before$5$. $NA#B$Henry was alone in it; and his immediate
207:174, 3'  !| hope$0$ of her having been undisturbed by$4$ the tempest,
207:174, 4'  !| with an arch$2$ reference to$4$ the character of the building
207:174, 5'  !| they inhabited, was rather distressing. For$4$ the world
207:174, 6'  !| would she not have her weakness suspected; and yet,
207:174, 7'  !| unequal to$4$ an absolute falsehood, was constrained to$9$
207:174, 8'  !| acknowledge that$3$ the wind had kept her awake$2$ a little.
207:174, 9A  !| "But we have a charming morning after$4$ it,"
207:174, 9'  !| she added,
207:174,10'  !| desiring to$9$ get rid of the subject$0$;
207:174,10A  !| "and storms and
207:174,11A  !| sleeplessness are nothing when they are over. What$7$
207:174,12A  !| beautiful hyacinths|~ I have just$9$ learnt to$9$ love$1$ a hyacinth."
207:174,13     |
207:174,14B  !| "And how might you learn?~ By$4$ accident or argument?"
207:174,15     |
207:174,16A  !| "Your sister taught me; I cannot tell how. $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
207:174,17A  !| used$1#2$ to$9$ take pains, year after$4$ year, to$9$ make$1$ me like$1$
207:174,18A  !| them; but I never could, till I saw them the other day
207:174,19A  !| in Milsom-street; I am naturally indifferent about$4$
207:174,20A  !| flowers."
207:174,21B  !| "But now you love$1$ a hyacinth. So$5#1$ much the better$9$.
207:174,22B  !| You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is
207:174,23B  !| well$9$ to$9$ have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
207:174,24B  !| Besides, a taste for$4$ flowers is always desirable in your sex,
207:174,25B  !| as a means$0$ of getting you out$8$ of doors, and tempting you
207:174,26B  !| to$4$ more frequent exercise$0$ than you would otherwise
207:174,27B  !| take. And though the love$0$ of a hyacinth may$1$ be rather
207:174,28B  !| domestic$2$, who$6#2$ can tell, the sentiment once raised, but you
207:174,29B  !| may$1$ in time come to$9$ love$1$ a rose$0$?"
207:174,30A  !| "But I do not want$1$ any such pursuit to$9$ get me out$8$ of
207:174,31A  !| doors. The pleasure of walking and breathing fresh air
207:174,32A  !| is enough for$4$ me, and in fine weather I am out$5$ more than
207:174,33A  !| half my time.~ Mamma says, I am never within."
207:174,34B  !| "At any rate$0$, however, I am pleased that$3$ you have
207:174,35B  !| learnt to$9$ love$1$ a hyacinth. The mere habit of learning to$9$
207:174,36B  !| love$1$ is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in
207:174,37B  !| a young lady is a great blessing.~ Has my sister a pleasant
207:174,38B  !| mode of instruction?"
207:175, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was saved the embarrassment of attempting
207:175, 2'  !| an answer$0$, by$4$ the entrance of the $NA#F$General, whose$6#1$ smiling
207:175, 3'  !| compliments announced a happy state$0$ of mind$0$, but
207:175, 4'  !| whose$6#1$ gentle hint$0$ of sympathetic early rising did not
207:175, 5'  !| advance$1$ her composure.
207:175, 6'  !| The elegance of the breakfast$0$ set$0$ forced itself on$4$
207:175, 7'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's notice$0$ when they were seated at table; and,
207:175, 8'  !| luckily, it had been the $NA#F$General's choice$0$.
207:175, 8@f   | He was
207:175, 9@f   | enchanted by$4$ her approbation of his taste, confessed it
207:175,10@f   | to$9$ be neat and simple$2$, thought$1$ it right$2#1$ to$9$ encourage the
207:175,11@f   | manufacture of his country; and for$4$ his part$0$, to$4$ his
207:175,12@f   | uncritical palate, the tea was as well$9$ flavoured from the
207:175,13@f   | clay of Staffordshire, as from that$6#2$ of Dresden or Se~ve.
207:175,14@f   | But this was quite an old set$0$, purchased two years ago.
207:175,15@f   | The manufacture was much improved since that$6#2$ time;
207:175,16@f   | he had seen some beautiful specimens when last$2$ in town,
207:175,17@f   | and had he not been perfectly without vanity of that$6#2$ kind$0$,
207:175,18@f   | might have been tempted to$9$ order$1$ a new set$0$. He trusted,
207:175,19@f   | however, that$3$ an opportunity might ere long$9$ occur of
207:175,20@f   | selecting one ~ though not for$4$ himself.
207:175,20'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was
207:175,21'  !| probably the only one of the party who$6#1$ did not understand
207:175,22'  !| him.
207:175,23'  !| Shortly after$4$ breakfast$0$ $NA#B$Henry left$1$ them for$4$ Woodston,
207:175,24'  !| where business required and would keep him two or three
207:175,25'  !| days. They all attended in the hall to$9$ see him mount
207:175,26'  !| his horse, and immediately on$4$ re-entering the breakfast*room,
207:175,27'  !| $NA#A$Catherine walked to$4$ the window in the hope$0$ of
207:175,28'  !| catching another glimpse of his figure.
207:175,28F  !| "This is a somewhat
207:175,29F  !| heavy call$0$ upon your brother's fortitude,"
207:175,29'  !| observed
207:175,30'  !| the $NA#F$General to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor.
207:175,30F  !| "Woodston will$1$ make$1$ but
207:175,31F  !| a sombre appearance to-day."
207:175,32A  !| "Is it a pretty$2$ place$0$?"
207:175,32'  !| asked $NA#A$Catherine.
207:175,33F  !| "What$6#2$ say you, $NA#C$Eleanor?~ speak your opinion, for$3$
207:175,34F  !| ladies can best tell the taste of ladies in regard$0$ to$4$ places$0$
207:175,35F  !| as well$9$ as men. I think it would be acknowledged by$4$ the
207:175,36F  !| most impartial eye to$9$ have many recommendations.
207:175,37F  !| The house stands among fine meadows facing the south-east,
207:175,38F  !| with an excellent kitchen-garden in the same aspect;
207:176, 1F  !| the walls surrounding which$6#1$ I built and stocked myself
207:176, 2F  !| about$4$ ten years ago, for$4$ the benefit of my son. It is
207:176, 3F  !| a family living$0$, $NA#A$Miss*Morland; and the property in the
207:176, 4F  !| place$0$ being$1$ chiefly my own$2$, you may$1$ believe I take care$0$
207:176, 5F  !| that$3$ it shall not be a bad one. Did $NA#B$Henry's income
207:176, 6F  !| depend solely on$4$ this living$0$, he would not be ill provided$1$
207:176, 7F  !| for$5$. Perhaps it may$1$ seem odd, that$3$ with only two
207:176, 8F  !| younger children, I should think any profession$0#2$ necessary
207:176, 9F  !| for$4$ him; and certainly there are moments when we could
207:176,10F  !| all wish$1$ him disengaged from every tie$0$ of business. But
207:176,11F  !| though I may$1$ not exactly make$1$ converts of you young
207:176,12F  !| ladies, I am sure your father, $NA#A$Miss*Morland, would agree
207:176,13F  !| with me in thinking it expedient$2$ to$9$ give every young man
207:176,14F  !| some employment. The money is nothing, it is not an
207:176,15F  !| object$0$, but employment is the thing. Even$5$ $NA#G$Frederick,
207:176,16F  !| my eldest son, you see, who$6#1$ will$1$ perhaps inherit as considerable
207:176,17F  !| a landed property as any private$2$ man in the
207:176,18F  !| county, has his profession$0#2$."
207:176,19'  !| The imposing effect$0$ of this last$2$ argument was equal$2$ to$4$
207:176,20'  !| his wishes$0$. The silence$0$ of the lady proved it to$9$ be
207:176,21'  !| unanswerable.
207:176,22'  !| Something had been said the evening before$5$ of her
207:176,23'  !| being$1$ shewn over the house, and he now offered himself
207:176,24'  !| as her conductor; and though $NA#A$Catherine had hoped to$9$
207:176,25'  !| explore it accompanied only by$4$ his daughter, it was
207:176,26'  !| a proposal of too$5#1$ much happiness in itself, under any
207:176,27'  !| circumstances, not to$9$ be gladly accepted; for$3$ she had
207:176,28'  !| been already eighteen hours in the Abbey, and had seen
207:176,29'  !| only a few of its rooms. The netting-box, just$9$ leisurely
207:176,30'  !| drawn forth, was closed with joyful haste, and she was
207:176,31'  !| ready to$9$ attend him in a moment.
207:176,31@f   | "And when they had
207:176,32@f   | gone over the house, he promised himself moreover the
207:176,33@f   | pleasure of accompanying her into the shrubberies and
207:176,34@f   | garden."
207:176,34'  !| She curtsied her acquiescence.
207:176,34@f   | "But perhaps
207:176,35@f   | it might be more agreeable to$4$ her to$9$ make$1$ those her first
207:176,36@f   | object$0$. The weather was at present$0#1$ favourable, and at
207:176,37@f   | this time of year the uncertainty was very great of its
207:176,38@f   | continuing so$5#2$.~ Which$6#2$ would she prefer? He was
207:177, 1@f   | equally at her service.~ Which$6#2$ did his daughter think
207:177, 2@f   | would most accord with her fair friend's wishes$0$?~ But
207:177, 3@f   | he thought$1$ he could discern.~ Yes, he certainly read in
207:177, 4@f   | $NA#A$Miss*Morland's eyes a judicious desire$0$ of making use$0$ of
207:177, 5@f   | the present$9$ smiling weather.~ But when did she judge$1$
207:177, 6@f   | amiss?~ The Abbey would be always safe and dry$2$.~ He
207:177, 7@f   | yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend
207:177, 8@f   | them in a moment."
207:177, 8'  !| He left$1$ the room, and $NA#A$Catherine,
207:177, 9'  !| with a disappointed, anxious face$0$, began to$9$ speak of her
207:177,10'  !| unwillingness that$3$ he should be taking them out$8$ of doors
207:177,11'  !| against his own$2$ inclination, under a mistaken idea of
207:177,12'  !| pleasing her; but she was stopt by$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's saying,
207:177,13'  !| with a little confusion,
207:177,13C  !| "I believe it will$1$ be wisest to$9$ take the
207:177,14C  !| morning while$9$ it is so$5#1$ fine; and do not be uneasy on$4$ my
207:177,15C  !| father's account$0$, he always walks$1$ out$5$ at this time of day."
207:177,16'  !| $NA#A$Catherine did not exactly know how this was to$9$ be
207:177,17'  !| understood.
207:177,17@a   | Why was $NA#C$Miss*Tilney embarrassed? Could
207:177,18@a   | there be any unwillingness on$4$ the $NA#F$General's side$0$ to$9$ shew$1$
207:177,19@a   | her over the Abbey? The proposal was his own$2$. And
207:177,20@a   | was not it odd that$3$ he should \always\ take his walk$0$
207:177,21@a   | so$5#1$ early? Neither her father nor $NA#H$Mr%*Allen did so$5#2$.
207:177,22@a   | It was certainly very provoking. She was all impatience
207:177,23@a   | to$9$ see the house, and had scarcely any curiosity about$4$
207:177,24@a   | the grounds. If $NA#B$Henry had been with them indeed|~
207:177,25@a   | but now she should not know what$6#1$ was picturesque when
207:177,26@a   | she saw it.
207:177,26'  !| Such were her thoughts, but she kept them
207:177,27'  !| to$4$ herself, and put on$5$ her bonnet in patient discontent.
207:177,28'  !| She was struck however, beyond$4$ her expectation, by$4$
207:177,29'  !| the grandeur of the Abbey, as she saw it for$4$ the first time
207:177,30'  !| from the lawn. The whole$2$ building enclosed a large
207:177,31'  !| court$0$; and two sides of the quadrangle, rich in Gothic
207:177,32'  !| ornaments, stood forward$8$ for$4$ admiration. The remainder
207:177,33'  !| was shut off by$4$ knolls of old trees, or luxuriant plantations,
207:177,34'  !| and the steep woody hills rising behind to$9$ give it
207:177,35'  !| shelter, were beautiful even$5$ in the leafless month of
207:177,36'  !| March. $NA#A$Catherine had seen nothing to$9$ compare with it;
207:177,37'  !| and her feelings of delight$0$ were so$5#1$ strong, that$3$ without
207:177,38'  !| waiting for$4$ any better$9$ authority, she boldly burst$1$ forth
207:178, 1'  !| in wonder$0$ and praise$0$. The $NA#F$General listened with assenting
207:178, 2'  !| gratitude; and it seemed as if his own$2$ estimation of
207:178, 3'  !| Northanger had waited unfixed till that$6#2$ hour.
207:178, 4'  !| The kitchen-garden was to$9$ be next admired, and he
207:178, 5'  !| led the way to$4$ it across$4$ a small portion of the park.
207:178, 6'  !| The number of acres contained in this garden was such
207:178, 7'  !| as $NA#A$Catherine could not listen to$4$ without dismay, being$1$
207:178, 8'  !| more than double$2$ the extent of all $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's, as well$9$ as
207:178, 9'  !| her father's, including church-yard and orchard. The
207:178,10'  !| walls seemed countless in number, endless in length;
207:178,11'  !| a village of hot-houses seemed to$9$ arise among them, and
207:178,12'  !| a whole$2$ parish to$9$ be at work$0$ within the inclosure. The
207:178,13'  !| $NA#F$General was flattered by$4$ her looks$0$ of surprize$0$, which$6#1$ told
207:178,14'  !| him almost as plainly, as he soon forced her to$9$ tell him
207:178,15'  !| in words, that$3$ she had never seen any gardens at all
207:178,16'  !| equal$2$ to$4$ them before$5$;~ and he then modestly owned that$3$,
207:178,17@f   | "without any ambition of that$6#2$ sort himself ~ without
207:178,18@f   | any solicitude about$4$ it,~ he did believe them to$9$ be
207:178,19@f   | unrivalled in the kingdom. If he had a hobby-horse, it
207:178,20@f   | was \that$6#2$\. He loved a garden. Though careless enough
207:178,21@f   | in most matters of eating, he loved good fruit ~ or if he
207:178,22@f   | did not, his friends and children did. There were great
207:178,23@f   | vexations however attending such a garden as his. The
207:178,24@f   | utmost care$0$ could not always secure$1$ the most valuable
207:178,25@f   | fruits. The pinery had yielded only one hundred in the
207:178,26@f   | last$2$ year. $NA#H$Mr%*Allen, he supposed, must feel these
207:178,27@f   | inconveniences as well$9$ as himself."
207:178,28A  !| "No$7$, not at all. $NA#H$Mr%*Allen did not care$1$ about$4$ the
207:178,29A  !| garden, and never went into it."
207:178,30'  !| With a triumphant smile$0$ of self-satisfaction, the
207:178,31'  !| $NA#F$General
207:178,31@f   | wished he could do the same, for$3$ he never entered
207:178,32@f   | his, without being$1$ vexed in some way or other, by$4$ its
207:178,33@f   | falling short$2$ of his plan.
207:178,34F  !| "How were $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's succession-houses worked?"
207:178,35'  !| describing the nature of his own$2$ as they entered them.
207:178,36A  !| "$NA#H$Mr%*Allen had only one small hot-house, which$6#1$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
207:178,37A  !| had the use$0$ of for$4$ her plants in winter, and there
207:178,38A  !| was a fire$0$ in it now and then."
207:179, 1F  !| "He is a happy man|"
207:179, 1'  !| said the $NA#F$General, with a look$0$
207:179, 2'  !| of very happy contempt.
207:179, 3'  !| Having taken her into every division, and led her
207:179, 4'  !| under every wall, till she was heartily weary of seeing
207:179, 5'  !| and wondering, he suffered the girls at last$0$ to$9$ seize the
207:179, 6'  !| advantage of an outer door, and then expressing his wish$0$
207:179, 7'  !| to$9$ examine the effect$0$ of some recent alterations about$4$ the
207:179, 8'  !| tea-house, proposed it as
207:179, 8@f   | no$2$ unpleasant extension of their
207:179, 9@f   | walk$0$, if $NA#A$Miss*Morland were not tired.
207:179, 9F  !| "But where are
207:179,10F  !| you going, $NA#C$Eleanor?~ Why do you chuse that$6#2$ cold$2$,
207:179,11F  !| damp$2$ path to$4$ it? $NA#A$Miss*Morland will$1$ get wet$2$. Our best
207:179,12F  !| way is across$4$ the park."
207:179,13C  !| "This is so$5#1$ favourite$2$ a walk$0$ of mine$6$,"
207:179,13'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney,
207:179,14C  !| "that$3$ I always think it the best and nearest way. But
207:179,15C  !| perhaps it may$1$ be damp$2$."
207:179,16'  !| It was a narrow winding path through$4$ a thick grove of
207:179,17'  !| old Scotch firs; and $NA#A$Catherine, struck by$4$ its gloomy
207:179,18'  !| aspect, and eager to$9$ enter it, could not, even$5$ by$4$ the
207:179,19'  !| $NA#F$General's disapprobation, be kept from stepping forward$8$.
207:179,20'  !| He perceived her inclination, and having again urged the
207:179,21'  !| plea of health in vain, was too$5#1$ polite to$9$ make$1$ further
207:179,22'  !| opposition. He excused himself however from attending
207:179,23'  !| them:~
207:179,23@f   | "The rays of the sun were not too$5#1$ cheerful for$4$
207:179,24@f   | him, and he would meet$1$ them by$4$ another course$0$."
207:179,24'  !| He
207:179,25'  !| turned away; and $NA#A$Catherine was shocked to$9$ find how
207:179,26'  !| much her spirits were relieved by$4$ the separation. The
207:179,27'  !| shock$0$ however being$1$ less real than the relief, offered it no$2$
207:179,28'  !| injury; and she began to$9$ talk$1$ with easy gaiety of the
207:179,29'  !| delightful melancholy$0$ which$6#1$ such a grove inspired.
207:179,30C  !| "I am particularly fond of this spot,"
207:179,30'  !| said her companion,
207:179,31'  !| with a sigh$0$.
207:179,31C  !| "It was my mother's favourite$2$
207:179,32C  !| walk$0$."
207:179,33'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had never heard $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney mentioned in
207:179,34'  !| the family before$5$, and the interest$0$ excited by$4$ this tender$2$
207:179,35'  !| remembrance, shewed itself directly in her altered countenance,
207:179,36'  !| and in the attentive pause$0$ with which$6#1$ she waited
207:179,37'  !| for$4$ something more.
207:179,38C  !| "I used$1#2$ to$9$ walk$1$ here so$5#1$ often with her|"
207:179,38'  !| added $NA#C$Eleanor;
207:180, 1C  !| "though I never loved it then, as I have loved it since.
207:180, 2C  !| At that$6#2$ time indeed I used$1#2$ to$9$ wonder$1$ at her choice$0$.
207:180, 3C  !| But her memory endears it now."
207:180, 4@a   | "And ought it not,"
207:180, 4'  !| reflected $NA#A$Catherine,
207:180, 4@a   | "to$9$ endear it
207:180, 5@a   | to$4$ her husband? Yet the $NA#F$General would not enter it."
207:180, 6'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney continuing silent, she ventured to$9$ say,
207:180, 6A  !| "Her
207:180, 7A  !| death must have been a great affliction|"
207:180, 8C  !| "A great and increasing one,"
207:180, 8'  !| replied the other, in
207:180, 9'  !| a low voice.
207:180, 9C  !| "I was only thirteen when it happened;
207:180,10C  !| and though I felt my loss perhaps as strongly as one so$5#1$
207:180,11C  !| young could feel it, I did not, I could not then know what$6#1$
207:180,12C  !| a loss it was."
207:180,12'  !| She stopped for$4$ a moment, and then
207:180,13'  !| added, with great firmness,
207:180,13C  !| "I have no$2$ sister, you know
207:180,14C  !| ~ and though $NA#B$Henry ~ though my brothers are very
207:180,15C  !| affectionate, and $NA#B$Henry is a great deal$0#2$ here, which$6#1$ I am
207:180,16C  !| most thankful for$4$, it is impossible for$4$ me not to$9$ be often
207:180,17C  !| solitary."
207:180,18A  !| "To$9$ be sure you must miss him very much."
207:180,19C  !| "A mother would have been always present$9$. A mother
207:180,20C  !| would have been a constant friend; her influence$0$ would
207:180,21C  !| have been beyond$4$ all other."
207:180,22A  !| "Was she a very charming woman? Was she handsome?
207:180,23A  !| Was there any picture$0$ of her in the Abbey?
207:180,24A  !| And why had she been so$5#1$ partial to$4$ that$6#2$ grove? Was it
207:180,25A  !| from dejection of spirits?"
207:180,25'  !| ~ were questions now eagerly
207:180,26'  !| poured forth;~ the first three received a ready affirmative,
207:180,27'  !| the two others were passed by$5$; and $NA#A$Catherine's interest$0$
207:180,28'  !| in the deceased $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney augmented with every
207:180,29'  !| question$0$, whether answered or not. Of her unhappiness
207:180,30'  !| in marriage, she felt persuaded.
207:180,30@a   | The $NA#F$General certainly
207:180,31@a   | had been an unkind husband. He did not love$1$ her walk$0$:
207:180,32@a   | ~ could he therefore have loved her? And besides, handsome
207:180,33@a   | as he was, there was a something in the turn$0$ of his
207:180,34@a   | features which$6#1$ spoke his not having behaved well$9$ to$4$ her.
207:180,35A  !| "Her picture$0$, I suppose,"
207:180,35'  !| blushing at the consummate
207:180,36'  !| art of her own$2$ question$0$,
207:180,36A  !| "hangs in your father's room?"
207:180,37C  !| "No$7$;~ it was intended for$4$ the drawing-room; but my
207:180,38C  !| father was dissatisfied with the painting, and for$4$ some
207:181, 1C  !| time it had no$2$ place$0$. Soon after$4$ her death I obtained it
207:181, 2C  !| for$4$ my own$2$, and hung it in my bed-chamber ~ where
207:181, 3C  !| I shall be happy to$9$ shew$1$ it you;~ it is very like$9$." ~
207:181, 3@a   | Here
207:181, 4@a   | was another proof. A portrait ~ very like$9$ ~ of a departed
207:181, 5@a   | wife, not valued by$4$ the husband|~ He must have been
207:181, 6@a   | dreadfully cruel to$4$ her|
207:181, 7'  !| $NA#A$Catherine attempted no$2$ longer to$9$ hide from herself the
207:181, 8'  !| nature of the feelings which$6#1$, in spite$8$ of all his attentions,
207:181, 9'  !| he had previously excited; and what$6#1$ had been terror and
207:181,10'  !| dislike$0$ before$5$, was now absolute aversion. Yes, aversion|
207:181,11'  !| His cruelty to$4$ such a charming woman made him odious
207:181,12'  !| to$4$ her. She had often read of such characters; characters,
207:181,13'  !| which$6#1$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen had been used$1#2$ to$9$ call$1$ unnatural and
207:181,14'  !| overdrawn; but here was proof positive of the contrary$0$.
207:181,15'  !| She had just$9$ settled$1$ this point$0$, when the end$0$ of the
207:181,16'  !| path brought them directly upon the $NA#F$General; and in
207:181,17'  !| spite$8$ of all her virtuous indignation, she found herself
207:181,18'  !| again obliged to$9$ walk$1$ with him, listen to$4$ him, and even$5$
207:181,19'  !| to$9$ smile$1$ when he smiled. Being$1$ no$2$ longer able however
207:181,20'  !| to$9$ receive pleasure from the surrounding objects$0$, she soon
207:181,21'  !| began to$9$ walk$1$ with lassitude; the $NA#F$General perceived it,
207:181,22'  !| and with a concern$0$ for$4$ her health, which$6#1$ seemed to$9$
207:181,23'  !| reproach$1$ her for$4$ her opinion of him, was most urgent
207:181,24'  !| for$4$ returning with his daughter to$4$ the house. He would
207:181,25'  !| follow them in a quarter$0#1$ of an hour. Again they parted ~
207:181,26'  !| but $NA#C$Eleanor was called back$5$ in half a minute$0$ to$9$ receive
207:181,27'  !| a strict charge$0$ against taking her friend round$4$ the Abbey
207:181,28'  !| till his return$0$. This second$2$ instance$0$ of his anxiety to$9$
207:181,29'  !| delay$1$ what$6#1$ she so$5#1$ much wished for$4$, struck $NA#A$Catherine as
207:181,30'  !| very remarkable.
208:182, 1'  !| An hour passed away before$3$ the $NA#F$General came in,
208:182, 2'  !| spent, on$4$ the part$0$ of his young guest, in no$2$ very favourable
208:182, 3'  !| consideration of his character.~
208:182, 3@a   | "This lengthened absence,
208:182, 4@a   | these solitary rambles, did not speak a mind$0$ at ease$0$, or
208:182, 5@a   | a conscience void$2$ of reproach$0$."~
208:182, 5'  !| At length he appeared;
208:182, 6'  !| and, whatever might have been the gloom of his meditations,
208:182, 7'  !| he could still$5$ smile$1$ with \them\. $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, understanding$1$
208:182, 8'  !| in part$0$ her friend's curiosity to$9$ see the house,
208:182, 9'  !| soon revived the subject$0$; and her father being$1$, contrary$8$
208:182,10'  !| to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine's expectations, unprovided with any pretence
208:182,11'  !| for$4$ further delay$0$, beyond$4$ that$6#2$ of stopping five minutes
208:182,12'  !| to$9$ order$1$ refreshments to$9$ be in the room by$4$ their return$0$,
208:182,13'  !| was at last$0$ ready to$9$ escort them.
208:182,14'  !| They set$1$ forward$8$; and, with a grandeur of air, a dignified
208:182,15'  !| step$0$, which$6#1$ caught the eye, but could not shake$1$ the
208:182,16'  !| doubts$0$ of the well-read $NA#A$Catherine, he led the way across$4$
208:182,17'  !| the hall, through$4$ the common$2$ drawing-room and one
208:182,18'  !| useless anti-chamber, into a room magnificent both in size
208:182,19'  !| and furniture ~ the real drawing-room, used$1#1$ only with
208:182,20'  !| company of consequence.~
208:182,20@a   | It was very noble ~ very
208:182,21@a   | grand ~ very charming|~
208:182,21'  !| was all that$6#1$ $NA#A$Catherine had to$9$
208:182,22'  !| say, for$3$ her indiscriminating eye scarcely discerned the
208:182,23'  !| colour of the satin; and all minuteness of praise$0$, all
208:182,24'  !| praise$0$ that$6#1$ had much meaning$0$, was supplied by$4$ the
208:182,25'  !| $NA#F$General: the costliness or elegance of any room's fitting-up
208:182,26'  !| could be nothing to$4$ her; she cared for$4$ no$2$ furniture of
208:182,27'  !| a more modern date than the fifteenth century. When
208:182,28'  !| the $NA#F$General had satisfied$1$ his own$2$ curiosity, in a close$9$
208:182,29'  !| examination of every well-known ornament, they proceeded
208:182,30'  !| into the library, an apartment, in its way, of equal$2$
208:182,31'  !| magnificence, exhibiting a collection of books, on$4$ which$6#1$
208:182,32'  !| an humble$2$ man might have looked with pride.~ $NA#A$Catherine
208:182,33'  !| heard, admired, and wondered with more genuine feeling$0$
208:182,34'  !| than before$5$ ~ gathered all that$6#1$ she could from this store-house
208:183, 1'  !| of knowledge, by$4$ running over the titles of half
208:183, 2'  !| a shelf, and was ready to$9$ proceed. But suites of apartments
208:183, 3'  !| did not spring$1$ up with her wishes$0$.~ Large as was
208:183, 4'  !| the building, she had already visited the greatest part$0$;
208:183, 5'  !| though, on$4$ being$1$ told that$3$, with the addition of the
208:183, 6'  !| kitchen, the six or seven rooms she had now seen surrounded
208:183, 7'  !| three sides of the court$0$, she could scarcely
208:183, 8'  !| believe it, or overcome the suspicion of there being$1$ many
208:183, 9'  !| chambers secreted. It was some relief, however, that$3$ they
208:183,10'  !| were to$9$ return$1$ to$4$ the rooms in common$2$ use$0$, by$4$ passing$1$
208:183,11'  !| through$4$ a few of less importance, looking into the court$0$,
208:183,12'  !| which$6#1$, with occasional passages, not wholly unintricate,
208:183,13'  !| connected the different sides;~ and she was further
208:183,14'  !| soothed in her progress, by$4$ being$1$ told, that$3$ she was
208:183,15'  !| treading what$6#1$ had once been a cloister, having traces of
208:183,16'  !| cells pointed$1$ out$5$, and observing several doors, that$6#1$ were
208:183,17'  !| neither opened nor explained to$4$ her;~ by$4$ finding herself
208:183,18'  !| successively in a billiard-room, and in the $NA#F$General's
208:183,19'  !| private$2$ apartment, without comprehending their connexion,
208:183,20'  !| or being$1$ able to$9$ turn$1$ aright when she left$1$ them;
208:183,21'  !| and lastly, by$4$ passing$1$ through$4$ a dark$2$ little room, owning
208:183,22'  !| $NA#B$Henry's authority, and strewed with his litter of books,
208:183,23'  !| guns, and great*coats.
208:183,24'  !| From the dining-room of which$6#1$, though already seen,
208:183,25'  !| and always to$9$ be seen at five o'clock, the $NA#F$General could
208:183,26'  !| not forego the pleasure of pacing out$5$ the length, for$4$ the
208:183,27'  !| more certain information of $NA#A$Miss*Morland, as to$4$ what$6#1$
208:183,28'  !| she neither doubted nor cared for$4$, they proceeded by$4$
208:183,29'  !| quick$2$ communication to$4$ the kitchen ~ the ancient kitchen
208:183,30'  !| of the convent, rich in the massy walls and smoke of
208:183,31'  !| former days, and in the stoves and hot closets of the
208:183,32'  !| present$0#1$. The $NA#F$General's improving hand$0$ had not loitered
208:183,33'  !| here: every modern invention to$9$ facilitate the labour of
208:183,34'  !| the cooks, had been adopted within this, their spacious
208:183,35'  !| theatre; and, when the genius of others had failed, his
208:183,36'  !| own$2$ had often produced the perfection wanted. His
208:183,37'  !| endowments of this spot alone might at any time have
208:183,38'  !| placed him high among the benefactors of the convent.
208:184, 1'  !| With the walls of the kitchen ended all the antiquity
208:184, 2'  !| of the Abbey; the fourth side$0$ of the quadrangle having,
208:184, 3'  !| on$4$ account$0$ of its decaying state$0$, been removed by$4$ the
208:184, 4'  !| $NA#F$General's father, and the present$9$ erected in its place$0$.
208:184, 5'  !| All that$6#1$ was venerable ceased here. The new building
208:184, 6'  !| was not only new, but declared itself to$9$ be so$5#2$; intended
208:184, 7'  !| only for$4$ offices, and enclosed behind by$4$ stable-yards, no$2$
208:184, 8'  !| uniformity of architecture had been thought$1$ necessary.
208:184, 9'  !| $NA#A$Catherine could have raved at the hand$0$ which$6#1$ had swept
208:184,10'  !| away what$6#1$ must have been beyond$4$ the value$0$ of all the
208:184,11'  !| rest$0#1$, for$4$ the purposes of mere domestic$2$ economy; and
208:184,12'  !| would willingly have been spared the mortification of
208:184,13'  !| a walk$0$ through$4$ scenes so$5#1$ fallen, had the $NA#F$General allowed
208:184,14'  !| it;
208:184,14@f   | but if he had a vanity, it was in the arrangement of
208:184,15@f   | his offices; and as he was convinced, that$3$, to$4$ a mind$0$ like$9$
208:184,16@f   | $NA#A$Miss*Morland's, a view$0$ of the accommodations and comforts,
208:184,17@f   | by$4$ which$6#1$ the labours of her inferiors were softened,
208:184,18@f   | must always be gratifying, he should make$1$ no$2$ apology
208:184,19@f   | for$4$ leading her on$5$.
208:184,19'  !| They took a slight$2$ survey of all;
208:184,20'  !| and $NA#A$Catherine was impressed, beyond$4$ her expectation, by$4$
208:184,21'  !| their multiplicity and their convenience. The purposes
208:184,22'  !| for$4$ which$6#1$ a few shapeless pantries and a comfortless
208:184,23'  !| scullery were deemed sufficient at Fullerton, were here
208:184,24'  !| carried on$5$ in appropriate divisions, commodious and
208:184,25'  !| roomy. The number of servants continually appearing
208:184,26'  !| did not strike her less than the number of their offices.
208:184,27'  !| Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to$9$
208:184,28'  !| curtsey or some footman in dishabille sneaked off.
208:184,28@a   | Yet
208:184,29@a   | this was an Abbey|~ How inexpressibly different in these
208:184,30@a   | domestic$2$ arrangements from such as she had read about$4$
208:184,31@a   | ~ from abbeys and castles, in which$6#1$, though certainly
208:184,32@a   | larger than Northanger, all the dirty work$0$ of the house
208:184,33@a   | was to$9$ be done by$4$ two pair$0$ of female$2$ hands at the utmost.
208:184,34@a   | How they could get through$4$ it all, had often amazed
208:184,35@a   | $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen;
208:184,35'  !| and, when $NA#A$Catherine saw what$6#1$ was necessary
208:184,36'  !| here, she began to$9$ be amazed herself.
208:184,37'  !| They returned to$4$ the hall, that$3$ the chief stair-case
208:184,38'  !| might be ascended, and the beauty of its wood, and
208:185, 1'  !| ornaments of rich carving might be pointed$1$ out$5$: having
208:185, 2'  !| gained the top, they turned in an opposite direction from
208:185, 3'  !| the gallery in which$6#1$ her room lay$1#2$, and shortly entered
208:185, 4'  !| one on$4$ the same plan, but superior$2$ in length and breadth.
208:185, 5'  !| She was here shewn successively into three large bed-chambers,
208:185, 6'  !| with their dressing-rooms, most completely
208:185, 7'  !| and handsomely fitted up; every*thing that$6#1$ money and
208:185, 8'  !| taste could do, to$9$ give comfort$0$ and elegance to$4$ apartments,
208:185, 9'  !| had been bestowed on$4$ these; and, being$1$ furnished
208:185,10'  !| within the last$2$ five years, they were perfect$2$ in all that$6#1$
208:185,11'  !| would be generally pleasing, and wanting in all that$6#1$ could
208:185,12'  !| give pleasure to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine. As they were surveying the
208:185,13'  !| last$1$, the $NA#F$General, after$4$ slightly naming a few of the
208:185,14'  !| distinguished characters, by$4$ whom$6#1$ they had at times been
208:185,15'  !| honoured, turned with a smiling countenance to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine
208:185,16'  !| and
208:185,16@f   | ventured to$9$ hope$1$, that$3$ henceforward some of their
208:185,17@f   | earliest tenants might be
208:185,17F  !| "our friends from Fullerton."
208:185,18@a   | She felt the unexpected compliment$0$, and deeply regretted
208:185,19@a   | the impossibility of thinking well$9$ of a man so$5#1$ kindly
208:185,20@a   | disposed towards herself, and so$5#1$ full of civility to$4$ all her
208:185,21@a   | family.
208:185,22'  !| The gallery was terminated by$4$ folding*doors, which$6#1$
208:185,23'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, advancing, had thrown open$2$, and passed
208:185,24'  !| through$5$, and seemed on$4$ the point$0$ of doing the same by$4$
208:185,25'  !| the first door to$4$ the left$2$, in another long$9$ reach$0$ of gallery,
208:185,26'  !| when the $NA#F$General, coming forwards, called her hastily,
208:185,27'  !| and, as $NA#A$Catherine thought$1$, rather angrily back$5$, demanding
208:185,28@f   | whither she were going?~ And what$6#2$ was there more to$9$
208:185,29@f   | be seen?~ Had not $NA#A$Miss*Morland already seen all that$6#1$
208:185,30@f   | could be worth her notice$0$?~ And did she not suppose
208:185,31@f   | her friend might be glad of some refreshment after$4$ so$5#1$
208:185,32@f   | much exercise$0$?
208:185,32'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney drew back$5$ directly, and the
208:185,33'  !| heavy doors were closed upon the mortified $NA#A$Catherine,
208:185,34'  !| who$6#1$, having seen, in a momentary glance$0$ beyond$4$ them,
208:185,35'  !| a narrower passage, more numerous openings, and symptoms
208:185,36'  !| of a winding stair-case, believed herself at last$0$
208:185,37'  !| within the reach$0$ of something worth her notice$0$; and felt,
208:185,38'  !| as she unwillingly paced back$5$ the gallery, that$3$ she would
208:186, 1'  !| rather be allowed to$9$ examine that$6#2$ end$0$ of the house, than
208:186, 2'  !| see all the finery of all the rest$0#1$.~ The $NA#F$General's evident
208:186, 3'  !| desire$0$ of preventing such an examination was an additional
208:186, 4'  !| stimulant.
208:186, 4@a   | Something was certainly to$9$ be concealed;
208:186, 5@a   | her fancy$0$, though it had trespassed lately once or
208:186, 6@a   | twice, could not mislead her here; and what$6#1$ that$6#2$ some*thing
208:186, 7@a   | was, a short$2$ sentence of $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's, as they
208:186, 8@a   | followed the $NA#F$General at some distance$0$ down*stairs, seemed
208:186, 9@a   | to$9$ point$1$ out$5$:~
208:186, 9C  !| "I was going to$9$ take you into what$6#1$ was
208:186,10C  !| my mother's room ~ the room in which$6#1$ she died ~~"
208:186,11'  !| were all her words; but few as they were, they conveyed
208:186,12'  !| pages of intelligence to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine.
208:186,12@a   | It was no$2$ wonder$0$ that$3$
208:186,13@a   | the $NA#F$General should shrink from the sight of such objects$0$
208:186,14@a   | as that$6#2$ room must contain; a room in all probability
208:186,15@a   | never entered by$4$ him since the dreadful scene had passed,
208:186,16@a   | which$6#1$ released his suffering wife, and left$1$ him to$4$ the
208:186,17@a   | stings of conscience.
208:186,18'  !| She ventured, when next alone with $NA#C$Eleanor, to$9$ express$1$
208:186,19'  !| her wish$0$ of being$1$ permitted to$9$ see it, as well$9$ as all the
208:186,20'  !| rest$0#1$ of that$6#2$ side$0$ of the house; and $NA#C$Eleanor promised to$9$
208:186,21'  !| attend her there, whenever they should have a convenient
208:186,22'  !| hour. $NA#A$Catherine understood her:~
208:186,22@a   | the $NA#F$General must be
208:186,23@a   | watched from home, before$3$ that$6#2$ room could be entered.
208:186,24A  !| "It remains$1$ as it was, I suppose?"
208:186,24'  !| said she, in a tone
208:186,25'  !| of feeling$0$.
208:186,26C  !| "Yes, entirely."
208:186,27A  !| "And how long$9$ ago may$1$ it be that$3$ your mother died?"
208:186,28C  !| "She has been dead these nine years."
208:186,28'  !| And nine
208:186,29'  !| years, $NA#A$Catherine knew was a trifle$0$ of time, compared with
208:186,30'  !| what$6#1$ generally elapsed after$4$ the death of an injured wife,
208:186,31'  !| before$3$ her room was put to$4$ rights.
208:186,32A  !| "You were with her, I suppose, to$4$ the last$0$?"
208:186,33C  !| "No$7$,"
208:186,33'  !| said $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, sighing;
208:186,33C  !| "I was unfortunately
208:186,34C  !| from home.~ Her illness was sudden$2$ and short$2$; and
208:186,35C  !| before$3$ I arrived it was all over."
208:186,36'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's blood ran cold$2$ with the horrid suggestions
208:186,37'  !| which$6#1$ naturally sprang from these words.
208:186,37@a   | Could it be
208:186,38@a   | possible?~ Could $NA#B$Henry's father?~ And yet how many
208:187, 1@a   | were the examples to$9$ justify even$5$ the blackest suspicions|
208:187, 2@a   | ~ And, when she saw him in the evening, while$9$ she worked
208:187, 3@a   | with her friend, slowly pacing the drawing-room for$4$ an
208:187, 4@a   | hour together in silent thoughtfulness, with downcast eyes
208:187, 5@a   | and contracted brow, she felt secure$2$ from all possibility
208:187, 6@a   | of wronging him. It was the air and attitude of a $NA#Z2$Montoni
208:187, 7@a   | What$6#2$ could more plainly speak the gloomy workings
208:187, 8@a   | of a mind$0$ not wholly dead to$4$ every sense of humanity,
208:187, 9@a   | in its fearful review of past$9$ scenes of guilt? Unhappy
208:187,10@a   | man|~
208:187,10'  !| And the anxiousness of her spirits, directed her
208:187,11'  !| eyes towards his figure so$5#1$ repeatedly, as to$9$ catch$1$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's
208:187,12'  !| notice$0$.
208:187,12C  !| "My father,"
208:187,12'  !| she whispered,
208:187,12C  !| "often
208:187,13C  !| walks$1$ about$4$ the room in this way; it is nothing unusual."
208:187,14A  !| "So$5#1$ much the worse|"
208:187,14'  !| thought$1$ $NA#A$Catherine;
208:187,14@a   | such
208:187,15@a   | ill-timed exercise$0$ was of a piece with the strange unseasonableness
208:187,16@a   | of his morning walks$0$, and boded nothing
208:187,17@a   | good.
208:187,18'  !| After$4$ an evening, the little variety and seeming length
208:187,19'  !| of which$6#1$ made her peculiarly sensible$2#1$ of $NA#B$Henry's importance
208:187,20'  !| among them, she was heartily glad to$9$ be dismissed;
208:187,21'  !| though it was a look$0$ from the $NA#F$General not designed for$4$
208:187,22'  !| her observation which$6#1$ sent his daughter to$4$ the bell.
208:187,23'  !| When the butler would have lit his master's candle,
208:187,24'  !| however, he was forbidden. The latter was not going to$9$
208:187,25'  !| retire.
208:187,25F  !| "I have many pamphlets to$9$ finish$1$,"
208:187,25'  !| said he to$4$
208:187,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine,
208:187,26F  !| "before$3$ I can close$1$ my eyes; and perhaps
208:187,27F  !| may$1$ be poring over the affairs of the nation for$4$ hours
208:187,28F  !| after$3$ you are asleep. Can either of us be more meetly
208:187,29F  !| employed? \My\ eyes will$1$ be blinding for$4$ the good of
208:187,30F  !| others; and \yours\ preparing by$4$ rest$0#2$ for$4$ future mischief."
208:187,31'  !| But neither the business alleged, nor the magnificent
208:187,32'  !| compliment$0$, could win $NA#A$Catherine from thinking, that$3$
208:187,33@a   | some very different object$0$ must occasion$1$ so$5#1$ serious$2$
208:187,34@a   | a delay$0$ of proper repose. To$9$ be kept up for$4$ hours, after$3$
208:187,35@a   | the family were in bed, by$4$ stupid pamphlets, was not
208:187,36@a   | very likely. There must be some deeper cause: some*thing
208:187,37@a   | was to$9$ be done which$6#1$ could be done only while$9$ the
208:187,38@a   | household slept; and the probability that$3$ $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney
208:188, 1@a   | yet lived, shut up for$4$ causes unknown, and receiving from
208:188, 2@a   | the pitiless hands of her husband a nightly supply$0$ of
208:188, 3@a   | coarse food, was the conclusion which$6#1$ necessarily followed.
208:188, 4@a   | Shocking as was the idea, it was at least better$9$ than
208:188, 5@a   | a death unfairly hastened, as, in the natural$2$ course$0$ of
208:188, 6@a   | things, she must ere long$9$ be released. The suddenness of
208:188, 7@a   | her reputed illness; the absence of her daughter, and
208:188, 8@a   | probably of her other children, at the time ~ all favoured
208:188, 9@a   | the supposition of her imprisonment.~ Its origin ~
208:188,10@a   | jealousy perhaps, or wanton cruelty ~ was yet to$9$ be
208:188,11@a   | unravelled.
208:188,12'  !| In revolving these matters, while$9$ she undressed, it
208:188,13'  !| suddenly struck her as not unlikely, that$3$
208:188,13@a   | she might that$6#2$
208:188,14@a   | morning have passed near$4$ the very spot of this unfortunate
208:188,15@a   | woman's confinement ~ might have been within
208:188,16@a   | a few paces of the cell in which$6#1$ she languished out$5$ her
208:188,17@a   | days; for$3$ what$6#2$ part$0$ of the Abbey could be more fitted
208:188,18@a   | for$4$ the purpose than that$6#2$ which$6#1$ yet bore$1#1$ the traces of
208:188,19@a   | monastic division? In the high-arched passage, paved
208:188,20@a   | with stone, which$6#1$ already she had trodden with peculiar
208:188,21@a   | awe, she well$9$ remembered the doors of which$6#1$ the $NA#F$General
208:188,22@a   | had given no$2$ account$0$. To$4$ what$6#2$ might not those doors
208:188,23@a   | lead$1$? In support$0$ of the plausibility of this conjecture$0$,
208:188,24@a   | it further occurred to$4$ her, that$3$ the forbidden gallery, in
208:188,25@a   | which$6#1$ lay$1#2$ the apartments of the unfortunate $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney,
208:188,26@a   | must be, as certainly as her memory could guide$1$ her,
208:188,27@a   | exactly over this suspected range$0$ of cells, and the stair-case
208:188,28@a   | by$4$ the side$0$ of those apartments of which$6#1$ she had caught
208:188,29@a   | a transient glimpse, communicating by$4$ some secret$2$ means$0$
208:188,30@a   | with those cells, might well$9$ have favoured the barbarous
208:188,31@a   | proceedings of her husband. Down$4$ that$6#2$ stair-case she
208:188,32@a   | had perhaps been conveyed in a state$0$ of well-prepared
208:188,33@a   | insensibility|
208:188,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine sometimes started at the boldness of her own$2$
208:188,35'  !| surmises, and sometimes hoped or feared that$3$ she had
208:188,36'  !| gone too$5#1$ far;
208:188,36@a   | but they were supported by$4$ such appearances
208:188,37@a   | as made their dismissal impossible.
208:188,38'  !| The side$0$ of the quadrangle, in which$6#1$ she supposed the
208:189, 1'  !| guilty scene to$9$ be acting, being$1$, according to$4$ her belief,
208:189, 2'  !| just$9$ opposite her own$2$, it struck her that$3$, if judiciously
208:189, 3'  !| watched, some rays of light$0$ from the $NA#F$General's lamp
208:189, 4'  !| might glimmer through$4$ the lower$2$ windows, as he passed
208:189, 5'  !| to$4$ the prison of his wife; and, twice before$3$ she stepped
208:189, 6'  !| into bed, she stole gently from her room to$4$ the corresponding
208:189, 7'  !| window in the gallery, to$9$ see if it appeared;
208:189, 8'  !| but all abroad was dark$2$, and it must yet be too$5#1$ early.
208:189, 9'  !| The various ascending noises convinced her that$3$ the
208:189,10'  !| servants must still$5$ be up. Till midnight, she supposed
208:189,11'  !| it would be in vain to$9$ watch$1$; but then, when the clock
208:189,12'  !| had struck twelve, and all was quiet$0$, she would, if not
208:189,13'  !| quite appalled by$4$ darkness, steal out$5$ and look$1$ once more.
208:189,14'  !| The clock struck twelve ~ and $NA#A$Catherine had been half
208:189,15'  !| an hour asleep.
209:190, 1'  !| The next day afforded no$2$ opportunity for$4$ the proposed
209:190, 2'  !| examination of the mysterious apartments. It was
209:190, 3'  !| Sunday, and the whole$2$ time between morning and afternoon
209:190, 4'  !| service was required by$4$ the $NA#F$General in exercise$0$
209:190, 5'  !| abroad or eating cold$2$ meat at home; and great as was
209:190, 6'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's curiosity, her courage was not equal$2$ to$4$ a wish$0$
209:190, 7'  !| of exploring them after$4$ dinner, either by$4$ the fading light$0$
209:190, 8'  !| of the sky between six and seven o'clock, or by$4$ the yet
209:190, 9'  !| more partial though stronger illumination of a treacherous
209:190,10'  !| lamp. The day was unmarked therefore by$4$ any*thing
209:190,11'  !| to$9$ interest$1$ her imagination beyond$4$ the sight of a very
209:190,12'  !| elegant monument to$4$ the memory of $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney, which$6#1$
209:190,13'  !| immediately fronted the family pew. By$4$ that$6#2$ her eye
209:190,14'  !| was instantly caught and long$9$ retained;
209:190,14@a   | and the perusal
209:190,15@a   | of the highly-strained epitaph, in which$6#1$ every virtue
209:190,16@a   | was ascribed to$4$ her by$4$ the inconsolable husband, who$6#1$
209:190,17@a   | must have been in some way or other her destroyer,
209:190,18@a   | affected her even$5$ to$4$ tears.
209:190,19@a   | That$3$ the $NA#F$General, having erected such a monument,
209:190,20@a   | should be able to$9$ face$1$ it, was not perhaps very strange,
209:190,21@a   | and yet that$3$ he could sit so$5#1$ boldly collected within its
209:190,22@a   | view$0$, maintain so$5#1$ elevated an air, look$1$ so$5#1$ fearlessly
209:190,23@a   | around$5$, nay, that$3$ he should even$5$ enter the church,
209:190,24@a   | seemed wonderful to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine. Not however that$3$ many
209:190,25@a   | instances of beings equally hardened in guilt might not be
209:190,26@a   | produced. She could remember dozens who$6#1$ had persevered
209:190,27@a   | in every possible vice, going on$5$ from crime to$4$
209:190,28@a   | crime, murdering whomsoever they chose, without any
209:190,29@a   | feeling$0$ of humanity or remorse; till a violent death or
209:190,30@a   | a religious retirement closed their black career. The
209:190,31@a   | erection of the monument itself could not in the smallest
209:190,32@a   | degree affect her doubts$0$ of $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney's actual decease.
209:190,33@a   | Were she even$5$ to$9$ descend into the family vault where
209:191, 1@a   | her ashes were supposed to$9$ slumber$1$, were she to$9$ behold
209:191, 2@a   | the coffin in which$6#1$ they were said to$9$ be enclosed ~ what$6#2$
209:191, 3@a   | could it avail in such a case? $NA#A$Catherine had read too$5#1$
209:191, 4@a   | much not to$9$ be perfectly aware of the ease$0$ with which$6#1$
209:191, 5@a   | a waxen figure might be introduced, and a supposititious
209:191, 6@a   | funeral carried on$5$.
209:191, 7'  !| The succeeding morning promised something better$9$.
209:191, 8'  !| The $NA#F$General's early walk$0$, ill-timed as it was in every
209:191, 9'  !| other view$0$, was favourable here; and when she knew
209:191,10'  !| him to$9$ be out$8$ of the house, she directly proposed to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney
209:191,11'  !| the accomplishment of her promise$0$. $NA#C$Eleanor was
209:191,12'  !| ready to$9$ oblige her; and $NA#A$Catherine reminding her as they
209:191,13'  !| went of another promise$0$, their first visit$0$ in consequence
209:191,14'  !| was to$4$ the portrait in her bed-chamber. It presented
209:191,15'  !| a very lovely woman, with a mild and pensive countenance,
209:191,16'  !| justifying, so$5#1$ far, the expectations of its new
209:191,17'  !| observer; but they were not in every respect$0$ answered,
209:191,18'  !| for$3$ $NA#A$Catherine had depended upon meeting$9$ with features,
209:191,19'  !| air, complexion that$6#1$ should be the very counterpart, the
209:191,20'  !| very image, if not of $NA#B$Henry's, of $NA#C$Eleanor's;~ the only
209:191,21'  !| portraits of which$6#1$ she had been in the habit of thinking,
209:191,22'  !| bearing always an equal$2$ resemblance of mother and child.
209:191,23'  !| A face$0$ once taken was taken for$4$ generations. But here
209:191,24'  !| she was obliged to$9$ look$1$ and consider and study$1$ for$4$
209:191,25'  !| a likeness. She contemplated it, however, in spite$8$ of this
209:191,26'  !| drawback, with much emotion; and, but for$4$ a yet
209:191,27'  !| stronger interest$0$, would have left$1$ it unwillingly.
209:191,28'  !| Her agitation as they entered the great gallery was too$5#1$
209:191,29'  !| much for$4$ any endeavour$0$ at discourse; she could only
209:191,30'  !| look$1$ at her companion. $NA#C$Eleanor's countenance was
209:191,31'  !| dejected, yet sedate; and its composure spoke her
209:191,32'  !| enured to$4$ all the gloomy objects$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ they were
209:191,33'  !| advancing. Again she passed through$4$ the folding-doors,
209:191,34'  !| again her hand$0$ was upon the important lock$0$, and $NA#A$Catherine,
209:191,35'  !| hardly able to$9$ breathe, was turning$1$ to$9$ close$1$ the former
209:191,36'  !| with fearful caution$0$, when the figure, the dreaded figure
209:191,37'  !| of the $NA#F$General himself at the further end$0$ of the gallery,
209:191,38'  !| stood before$4$ her| The name$0$ of
209:191,38F  !| "$NA#C$Eleanor"
209:191,38'  !| at the same
209:192, 1'  !| moment, in his loudest tone, resounded through$4$ the
209:192, 2'  !| building, giving to$4$ his daughter the first intimation of his
209:192, 3'  !| presence, and to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine terror upon terror. An
209:192, 4'  !| attempt$0$ at concealment had been her first instinctive
209:192, 5'  !| movement on$4$ perceiving him, yet she could scarcely hope$1$
209:192, 6'  !| to$9$ have escaped his eye; and when her friend, who$6#1$ with
209:192, 7'  !| an apologizing look$0$ darted hastily by$4$ her, had joined and
209:192, 8'  !| disappeared with him, she ran for$4$ safety to$4$ her own$2$ room,
209:192, 9'  !| and, locking herself in, believed that$3$ she should never
209:192,10'  !| have courage to$9$ go down$5$ again. She remained there at
209:192,11'  !| least an hour, in the greatest agitation, deeply commiserating
209:192,12'  !| the state$0$ of her poor friend, and expecting a summons
209:192,13'  !| herself from the angry $NA#F$General to$9$ attend him in his
209:192,14'  !| own$2$ apartment. No$2$ summons however arrived; and at
209:192,15'  !| last$0$, on$4$ seeing a carriage drive$1$ up to$4$ the Abbey, she was
209:192,16'  !| emboldened to$9$ descend and meet$1$ him under the protection
209:192,17'  !| of visitors. The breakfast-room was gay with
209:192,18'  !| company; and she was named to$4$ them by$4$ the $NA#F$General,
209:192,19'  !| as the friend of his daughter, in a complimentary style,
209:192,20'  !| which$6#1$ so$5#1$ well$9$ concealed his resentful ire, as to$9$ make$1$ her
209:192,21'  !| feel secure$2$ at least of life for$4$ the present$0#1$. And $NA#C$Eleanor,
209:192,22'  !| with a command$0$ of countenance which$6#1$ did honour$0$ to$4$ her
209:192,23'  !| concern$0$ for$4$ his character, taking an early occasion$0$ of
209:192,24'  !| saying to$4$ her,
209:192,24C  !| "My father only wanted me to$9$ answer$1$
209:192,25C  !| a note$0$,"
209:192,25'  !| she began to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ she had either been
209:192,26'  !| unseen by$4$ the $NA#F$General, or that$3$ from some consideration
209:192,27'  !| of policy she should be allowed to$9$ suppose herself so$5#2$.
209:192,28'  !| Upon this trust$0$ she dared still$5$ to$9$ remain in his presence,
209:192,29'  !| after$3$ the company left$1$ them, and nothing occurred to$9$
209:192,30'  !| disturb it.
209:192,31'  !| In the course$0$ of this morning's reflections, she came to$4$
209:192,32'  !| a resolution of making her next attempt$0$ on$4$ the forbidden
209:192,33'  !| door alone.
209:192,33@a   | It would be much better$9$ in every respect$0$ that$3$
209:192,34@a   | $NA#C$Eleanor should know nothing of the matter. To$9$ involve
209:192,35@a   | her in the danger of a second$2$ detection, to$9$ court$1$ her into
209:192,36@a   | an apartment which$6#1$ must wring her heart, could not be
209:192,37@a   | the office of a friend. The $NA#F$General's utmost anger$0$ could
209:192,38@a   | not be to$4$ herself what$6#1$ it might be to$4$ a daughter; and,
209:193, 1@a   | besides, she thought$1$ the examination itself would be more
209:193, 2@a   | satisfactory if made without any companion. It would
209:193, 3@a   | be impossible to$9$ explain to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor the suspicions, from
209:193, 4@a   | which$6#1$ the other had, in all likelihood, been hitherto
209:193, 5@a   | happily exempt; nor could she therefore, in \her\ presence,
209:193, 6@a   | search$1$ for$4$ those proofs of the $NA#F$General's cruelty, which$6#1$
209:193, 7@a   | however they might yet have escaped discovery, she felt
209:193, 8@a   | confident of somewhere drawing forth, in the shape$0$ of
209:193, 9@a   | some fragmented journal, continued to$4$ the last$2$ gasp.
209:193,10@a   | Of the way to$4$ the apartment she was now perfectly
209:193,11@a   | mistress; and as she wished to$9$ get it over before$4$ $NA#B$Henry's
209:193,12@a   | return$0$, who$6#1$ was expected$1$ on$4$ the morrow, there was no$2$
209:193,13@a   | time to$9$ be lost. The day was bright, her courage high;
209:193,14@a   | at four o'clock, the sun was now two hours above$4$ the
209:193,15@a   | horizon, and it would be only her retiring to$9$ dress$1$ half
209:193,16@a   | an hour earlier than usual.
209:193,17'  !| It was done; and $NA#A$Catherine found herself alone in the
209:193,18'  !| gallery before$3$ the clocks had ceased to$9$ strike. It was no$2$
209:193,19'  !| time for$4$ thought$0$; she hurried on$5$, slipped with the least
209:193,20'  !| possible noise through$4$ the folding*doors, and without
209:193,21'  !| stopping to$9$ look$1$ or breathe, rushed forward$8$ to$4$ the one in
209:193,22'  !| question$0$. The lock$0$ yielded to$4$ her hand$0$, and, luckily,
209:193,23'  !| with no$2$ sullen sound$0$ that$6#1$ could alarm$1$ a human being$0$.
209:193,24'  !| On$4$ tip-toe she entered; the room was before$4$ her; but it
209:193,25'  !| was some minutes before$3$ she could advance$1$ another step$0$.
209:193,26'  !| She beheld what$6#1$ fixed her to$4$ the spot and agitated every
209:193,27'  !| feature.~ She saw a large, well-proportioned apartment,
209:193,28'  !| an handsome dimity bed, arranged as unoccupied with an
209:193,29'  !| housemaid's care$0$, a bright Bath$0#1$ stove, mahogany wardrobes
209:193,30'  !| and neatly-painted chairs, on$4$ which$6#1$ the warm$2$
209:193,31'  !| beams of a western sun gaily poured through$4$ two sash
209:193,32'  !| windows| $NA#A$Catherine had expected$1$ to$9$ have her feelings
209:193,33'  !| worked, and worked they were. Astonishment and doubt$0$
209:193,34'  !| first seized them; and a shortly succeeding ray of common$2$
209:193,35'  !| sense added some bitter emotions of shame$0$.
209:193,35@a   | She could
209:193,36@a   | not be mistaken as to$4$ the room; but how grossly mistaken
209:193,37@a   | in every*thing else|~ in $NA#C$Miss*Tilney's meaning$0$, in
209:193,38@a   | her own$2$ calculation| This apartment, to$4$ which$6#1$ she had
209:194, 1@a   | given a date so$5#1$ ancient, a position so$5#1$ awful, proved to$9$ be
209:194, 2@a   | one end$0$ of what$6#1$ the $NA#F$General's father had built. There
209:194, 3@a   | were two other doors in the chamber, leading probably
209:194, 4@a   | into dressing-closets; but she had no$2$ inclination to$9$ open$1$
209:194, 5@a   | either. Would the veil in which$6#1$ $NA#ZX$Mrs%*Tilney had last$2$
209:194, 6@a   | walked, or the volume in which$6#1$ she had last$2$ read, remain
209:194, 7@a   | to$9$ tell what$6#1$ nothing else was allowed to$9$ whisper$1$? No$7$:
209:194, 8@a   | whatever might have been the $NA#F$General's crimes, he had
209:194, 9@a   | certainly too$5#1$ much wit$0#1$ to$9$ let them sue for$4$ detection.
209:194,10'  !| She was sick of exploring, and desired but to$9$ be safe in
209:194,11'  !| her own$2$ room, with her own$2$ heart only privy to$4$ its folly;
209:194,12'  !| and she was on$4$ the point$0$ of retreating as softly as she had
209:194,13'  !| entered, when the sound$0$ of footsteps, she could hardly
209:194,14'  !| tell where, made her pause$1$ and tremble$1$.
209:194,14@a   | To$9$ be found
209:194,15@a   | there, even$5$ by$4$ a servant, would be unpleasant; but by$4$
209:194,16@a   | the $NA#F$General, (and he seemed always at hand$0$ when least
209:194,17@a   | wanted,) much worse|~
209:194,17'  !| She listened ~ the sound$0$ had
209:194,18'  !| ceased; and resolving not to$9$ lose a moment, she passed
209:194,19'  !| through$5$ and closed the door. At that$6#2$ instant$0$ a door
209:194,20'  !| underneath was hastily opened; some*one seemed with
209:194,21'  !| swift steps to$9$ ascend the stairs, by$4$ the head$0$ of which$6#1$ she
209:194,22'  !| had yet to$9$ pass$1$ before$3$ she could gain$1$ the gallery. She
209:194,23'  !| had no$2$ power to$9$ move$1$. With a feeling$0$ of terror not very
209:194,24'  !| definable, she fixed her eyes on$4$ the staircase, and in a few
209:194,25'  !| moments it gave $NA#B$Henry to$4$ her view$0$.
209:194,25A  !| "$NA#B$Mr%*Tilney|"
209:194,25'  !| she
209:194,26'  !| exclaimed in a voice of more than common$2$ astonishment.
209:194,27'  !| He looked astonished too$5#2$.
209:194,27A  !| "Good God|"
209:194,27'  !| she continued,
209:194,28'  !| not attending to$4$ his address$0$,
209:194,28A  !| "how came you
209:194,29A  !| here?~ how came you up that$6#2$ staircase?"
209:194,30B  !| "How came I up that$6#2$ staircase|"
209:194,30'  !| he replied, greatly
209:194,31'  !| surprized.
209:194,31B  !| "Because it is my nearest way from the
209:194,32B  !| stable-yard to$4$ my own$2$ chamber; and why should I not
209:194,33B  !| come up it?"
209:194,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine recollected herself, blushed deeply, and could
209:194,35'  !| say no$2$ more. He seemed to$9$ be looking in her countenance
209:194,36'  !| for$4$ that$6#2$ explanation which$6#1$ her lips did not
209:194,37'  !| afford. She moved on$5$ towards the gallery.
209:194,37B  !| "And may$1$
209:194,38B  !| I not, in my turn$0$,"
209:194,38'  !| said he, as he pushed back$5$ the folding*doors,
209:195, 1B  !| "ask how \you\ came here?~ This passage is at
209:195, 2B  !| least as extraordinary a road from the breakfast-parlour
209:195, 3B  !| to$4$ your apartment, as that$6#2$ staircase can be from the
209:195, 4B  !| stables to$4$ mine$6$."
209:195, 5A  !| "I have been,"
209:195, 5'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, looking down$5$,
209:195, 5A  !| "to$9$ see
209:195, 6A  !| your mother's room."
209:195, 7B  !| "My mother's room|~ Is there any*thing extraordinary
209:195, 8B  !| to$9$ be seen there?"
209:195, 9A  !| "No$7$, nothing at all.~ I thought$1$ you did not mean$1$ to$9$
209:195,10A  !| come back$5$ till to-morrow."
209:195,11B  !| "I did not expect to$9$ be able to$9$ return$1$ sooner, when
209:195,12B  !| I went away; but three hours ago I had the pleasure of
209:195,13B  !| finding nothing to$9$ detain me.~ You look$1$ pale.~ I am
209:195,14B  !| afraid I alarmed you by$4$ running so$5#1$ fast up those stairs.
209:195,15B  !| Perhaps you did not know ~ you were not aware of their
209:195,16B  !| leading from the offices in common$2$ use$0$?"
209:195,17A  !| "No$7$, I was not.~ You have had a very fine day for$4$
209:195,18A  !| your ride$0$."
209:195,19B  !| "Very;~ and does $NA#C$Eleanor leave$1$ you to$9$ find your way
209:195,20B  !| into all the rooms in the house by$4$ yourself?"
209:195,21A  !| "Oh| no$7$; she shewed me over the greatest part$0$ on$4$
209:195,22A  !| Saturday ~ and we were coming here to$4$ these rooms ~
209:195,23A  !| but only ~
209:195,23'  !| (dropping her voice) ~
209:195,23A  !| your father was with us."
209:195,24B  !| "And that$6#2$ prevented you;"
209:195,24'  !| said $NA#B$Henry, earnestly
209:195,25'  !| regarding her.~
209:195,25B  !| "Have you looked into all the rooms in
209:195,26B  !| that$6#2$ passage?"
209:195,27A  !| "No$7$, I only wanted to$9$ see ~~ Is not it very late?
209:195,28A  !| I must go and dress$1$."
209:195,29B  !| "It is only a quarter$0#1$ past$9$ four,
209:195,29'  !| (shewing his watch$0$)
209:195,29B  !| and
209:195,30B  !| you are not now in Bath$0#1$. No$2$ theatre, no$2$ rooms to$9$
209:195,31B  !| prepare for$4$. Half an hour at Northanger must be enough."
209:195,32'  !| She could not contradict it, and therefore suffered herself
209:195,33'  !| to$9$ be detained, though her dread$0$ of further questions
209:195,34'  !| made her, for$4$ the first time in their acquaintance, wish$1$ to$9$
209:195,35'  !| leave$1$ him. They walked slowly up the gallery.
209:195,35B  !| "Have
209:195,36B  !| you had any letter from Bath$0#1$ since I saw you?"
209:195,37A  !| "No$7$, and I am very much surprized. $NA#D$Isabella promised
209:195,38A  !| so$5#1$ faithfully to$9$ write directly."
209:196, 1B  !| "Promised so$5#1$ faithfully|~ A faithful promise$0$|~ That$6#2$
209:196, 2B  !| puzzles$1$ me.~ I have heard of a faithful performance.
209:196, 3B  !| But a faithful promise$0$ ~ the fidelity of promising| It is
209:196, 4B  !| a power little worth knowing however, since it can deceive
209:196, 5B  !| and pain$1$ you. My mother's room is very commodious,
209:196, 6B  !| is it not? Large and cheerful-looking, and the dressing*closets
209:196, 7B  !| so$5#1$ well$9$ disposed| It always strikes me as the most
209:196, 8B  !| comfortable apartment in the house, and I rather wonder$1$
209:196, 9B  !| that$3$ $NA#C$Eleanor should not take it for$4$ her own$2$. She sent you
209:196,10B  !| to$9$ look$1$ at it, I suppose?"
209:196,11A  !| "No$7$."
209:196,12B  !| "It has been your own$2$ doing entirely?"~
209:196,12'  !| $NA#A$Catherine
209:196,13'  !| said nothing ~ After$4$ a short$2$ silence$0$, during which$6#1$ he had
209:196,14'  !| closely observed her, he added,
209:196,14B  !| "As there is nothing in
209:196,15B  !| the room in itself to$9$ raise curiosity, this must have proceeded
209:196,16B  !| from a sentiment of respect$0$ for$4$ my mother's
209:196,17B  !| character, as described by$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor, which$6#1$ does honour$0$
209:196,18B  !| to$4$ her memory. The world, I believe, never saw a better$9$
209:196,19B  !| woman. But it is not often that$3$ virtue can boast$1$ an
209:196,20B  !| interest$0$ such as this. The domestic$2$, unpretending merits
209:196,21B  !| of a person never known, do not often create that$6#2$ kind$0$
209:196,22B  !| of fervent, venerating tenderness which$6#1$ would prompt$1$
209:196,23B  !| a visit$0$ like$9$ yours. $NA#C$Eleanor, I suppose, has talked of her
209:196,24B  !| a great deal$0#2$?"
209:196,25A  !| "Yes, a great deal$0#2$. That$3$ is ~ no$7$, not much, but what$6#1$
209:196,26A  !| she did say, was very interesting. Her dying so$5#1$ suddenly,"
209:196,27'  !| (slowly, and with hesitation it was spoken,)
209:196,27A  !| "and you ~
209:196,28A  !| none of you being$1$ at home ~ and your father, I thought$1$ ~
209:196,29A  !| perhaps had not been very fond of her."
209:196,30B  !| "And from these circumstances,"
209:196,30'  !| he replied, (his quick$2$
209:196,31'  !| eye fixed on$4$ her's,)
209:196,31B  !| "you infer perhaps the probability of
209:196,32B  !| some negligence ~ some ~
209:196,32'  !| (involuntarily she shook her
209:196,33'  !| head$0$)~
209:196,33B  !| or it may$1$ be ~ of something still$5$ less pardonable."
209:196,34'  !| She raised her eyes towards him more fully than she had
209:196,35'  !| ever done before$5$.
209:196,35B  !| "My mother's illness,"
209:196,35'  !| he continued,
209:196,36B  !| "the seizure which$6#1$ ended in her death \was\ sudden$2$. The
209:196,37B  !| malady itself, one from which$6#1$ she had often suffered,
209:196,38B  !| a bilious fever ~ its cause therefore constitutional. On$4$ the
209:197, 1B  !| third day, in short$0$ as soon as she could be prevailed on$5$,
209:197, 2B  !| a physician attended her, a very respectable man, and one
209:197, 3B  !| in whom$6#1$ she had always placed great confidence. Upon
209:197, 4B  !| his opinion of her danger, two others were called in the
209:197, 5B  !| next day, and remained in almost constant attendance
209:197, 6B  !| for$4$ four-and-twenty hours. On$4$ the fifth day she died.
209:197, 7B  !| During the progress of her disorder, $NA#G$Frederick and I (\we\
209:197, 8B  !| were both at home) saw her repeatedly; and from our
209:197, 9B  !| own$2$ observation can bear$1$ witness$0$ to$4$ her having received
209:197,10B  !| every possible attention which$6#1$ could spring$1$ from the
209:197,11B  !| affection of those about$4$ her, or which$6#1$ her situation in
209:197,12B  !| life could command$1$. Poor $NA#C$Eleanor \was\ absent, and at
209:197,13B  !| such a distance$0$ as to$9$ return$1$ only to$9$ see her mother in her
209:197,14B  !| coffin."
209:197,15A  !| "But your father,"
209:197,15'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
209:197,15A  !| "was \he\ afflicted?"
209:197,16B  !| "For$4$ a time, greatly so$5#2$. You have erred in supposing
209:197,17B  !| him not attached to$4$ her. He loved her, I am persuaded,
209:197,18B  !| as well$9$ as it was possible for$4$ him to$9$ ~ We have not all,
209:197,19B  !| you know, the same tenderness of disposition ~ and I will$1$
209:197,20B  !| not pretend to$9$ say that$3$ while$9$ she lived, she might not
209:197,21B  !| often have had much to$9$ bear$1$, but though his temper
209:197,22B  !| injured her, his judgment never did. His value$0$ of her
209:197,23B  !| was sincere; and, if not permanently, he was truly
209:197,24B  !| afflicted by$4$ her death."
209:197,25A  !| "I am very glad of it,"
209:197,25'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine,
209:197,25A  !| "it would have
209:197,26A  !| been very shocking|" ~~
209:197,27B  !| "If I understand you rightly, you had formed a surmise$0$
209:197,28B  !| of such horror as I have hardly words to$9$ ~~ Dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland,
209:197,29B  !| consider the dreadful nature of the suspicions
209:197,30B  !| you have entertained. What$6#2$ have you been judging
209:197,31B  !| from? Remember the country and the age in which$6#1$ we
209:197,32B  !| live. Remember that$3$ we are English, that$3$ we are
209:197,33B  !| Christians. Consult your own$2$ understanding$0$, your own$2$
209:197,34B  !| sense of the probable, your own$2$ observation of what$6#1$ is
209:197,35B  !| passing$1$ around$4$ you ~ Does our education prepare us for$4$
209:197,36B  !| such atrocities? Do our laws connive at them? Could
209:197,37B  !| they be perpetrated without being$1$ known, in a country
209:197,38B  !| like$9$ this, where social and literary intercourse is on$4$ such
209:198, 1B  !| a footing; where every man is surrounded by$4$ a neighbourhood
209:198, 2B  !| of voluntary spies, and where roads and newspapers
209:198, 3B  !| lay$1#1$ every*thing open$2$? Dearest $NA#A$Miss*Morland,
209:198, 4B  !| what$6#2$ ideas have you been admitting?"
209:198, 5'  !| They had reached the end$0$ of the gallery; and with
209:198, 6'  !| tears of shame$0$ she ran off to$4$ her own$2$ room.
210:199, 1'  !| The visions of romance were over. $NA#A$Catherine was
210:199, 2'  !| completely awakened. $NA#B$Henry's address$0$, short$2$ as it had
210:199, 3'  !| been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to$4$ the extravagance
210:199, 4'  !| of her late fancies$0$ than all their several disappointments
210:199, 5'  !| had done. Most grievously was she humbled.
210:199, 6'  !| Most bitterly did she cry$1$.
210:199, 6@a   | It was not only with herself
210:199, 7@a   | that$3$ she was sunk ~ but with $NA#B$Henry. Her folly, which$6#1$
210:199, 8@a   | now seemed even$5$ criminal, was all exposed to$4$ him, and he
210:199, 9@a   | must despise her for*ever. The liberty which$6#1$ her imagination
210:199,10@a   | had dared to$9$ take with the character of his father,
210:199,11@a   | could he ever forgive it? The absurdity of her curiosity
210:199,12@a   | and her fears, could they ever be forgotten? She hated
210:199,13@a   | herself more than she could express$1$. He had ~ she
210:199,14@a   | thought$1$ he had, once or twice before$4$ this fatal morning,
210:199,15@a   | shewn something like$9$ affection for$4$ her.~ But now ~
210:199,15'  !| in
210:199,16'  !| short$0$, she made herself as miserable as possible for$4$ about$4$
210:199,17'  !| half an hour, went down$5$ when the clock struck five, with
210:199,18'  !| a broken heart, and could scarcely given an intelligible
210:199,19'  !| answer$0$ to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor's inquiry, if she was well$9$.
210:199,19@a   | The formidable
210:199,20@a   | $NA#B$Henry soon followed her into the room, and the only
210:199,21@a   | difference in his behaviour to$4$ her, was that$3$ he paid her
210:199,22@a   | rather more attention than usual. $NA#A$Catherine had never
210:199,23@a   | wanted comfort$0$ more, and he looked as if he was aware of it.
210:199,24'  !| The evening wore away with no$2$ abatement of this
210:199,25'  !| soothing politeness; and her spirits were gradually raised
210:199,26'  !| to$4$ a modest tranquillity. She did not learn either to$9$
210:199,27'  !| forget or defend the past$0$; but she learned to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ it
210:199,28'  !| would never transpire farther, and that$3$ it might not cost$1$
210:199,29'  !| her $NA#B$Henry's entire regard$0$. Her thoughts being$1$ still$5$
210:199,30'  !| chiefly fixed on$4$ what$6#1$ she had with such causeless terror
210:199,31'  !| felt and done, nothing could shortly be clearer, than that$3$
210:199,32'  !| it had been all a voluntary, self-created delusion, each
210:199,33'  !| trifling circumstance receiving importance from an
210:200, 1'  !| imagination resolved on$4$ alarm$0$, and every*thing forced to$9$
210:200, 2'  !| bend$1$ to$4$ one purpose by$4$ a mind$0$ which$6#1$, before$3$ she entered
210:200, 3'  !| the Abbey, had been craving to$9$ be frightened. She
210:200, 4'  !| remembered with what$6#1$ feelings she had prepared for$4$ a
210:200, 5'  !| knowledge of Northanger. She saw that$3$ the infatuation
210:200, 6'  !| had been created, the mischief settled$1$ long$9$ before$4$ her
210:200, 7'  !| quitting Bath$0#1$, and it seemed as if the whole$0$ might be
210:200, 8'  !| traced to$4$ the influence$0$ of that$6#2$ sort of reading which$6#1$ she
210:200, 9'  !| had there indulged.
210:200,10'  !| Charming as were all $NA#Z1$Mrs%*Radcliffe's works$0$, and
210:200,11'  !| charming even$5$ as were the works$0$ of all her imitators, it
210:200,12'  !| was not in them perhaps that$3$ human nature, at least in
210:200,13'  !| the midland counties of England, was to$9$ be looked for$5$.
210:200,14'  !| Of the Alps and Pyrenees, with their pine forests and
210:200,15'  !| their vices, they might give a faithful delineation; and
210:200,16'  !| Italy, Switzerland, and the South of France, might be as
210:200,17'  !| fruitful in horrors as they were there represented. $NA#A$Catherine
210:200,18'  !| dared not doubt$1$ beyond$4$ her own$2$ country, and even$5$
210:200,19'  !| of that$6#2$, if hard pressed, would have yielded the northern
210:200,20'  !| and western extremities. But in the central part$0$ of
210:200,21'  !| England there was surely some security for$4$ the existence
210:200,22'  !| even$5$ of a wife not beloved, in the laws of the land, and the
210:200,23'  !| manners of the age. Murder was not tolerated, servants
210:200,24'  !| were not slaves, and neither poison nor sleeping potions
210:200,25'  !| to$9$ be procured, like$9$ rhubarb, from every druggist. Among
210:200,26'  !| the Alps and Pyrenees, perhaps, there were no$2$ mixed
210:200,27'  !| characters. There, such as were not as spotless as an
210:200,28'  !| angel, might have the dispositions of a fiend. But in
210:200,29'  !| England it was not so$5#2$; among the English, she believed,
210:200,30'  !| in their hearts and habits, there was a general$2$ though
210:200,31'  !| unequal mixture of good and bad. Upon this conviction,
210:200,32'  !| she would not be surprized if even$5$ in $NA#B$Henry and $NA#C$Eleanor*Tilney,
210:200,33'  !| some slight$2$ imperfection might hereafter appear;
210:200,34'  !| and upon this conviction she need$1$ not fear$1$ to$9$ acknowledge
210:200,35'  !| some actual specks in the character of their father, who$6#1$,
210:200,36'  !| though cleared from the grossly injurious suspicions which$6#1$
210:200,37'  !| she must ever blush$1$ to$9$ have entertained, she did believe,
210:200,38'  !| upon serious$2$ consideration, to$9$ be not perfectly amiable.
210:201, 1'  !| Her mind$0$ made up on$4$ these several points, and her
210:201, 2'  !| resolution formed, of always judging and acting in future
210:201, 3'  !| with the greatest good sense, she had nothing to$9$ do but
210:201, 4'  !| to$9$ forgive herself and be happier than ever; and the
210:201, 5'  !| lenient hand$0$ of time did much for$4$ her by$4$ insensible
210:201, 6'  !| gradations in the course$0$ of another day. $NA#B$Henry's
210:201, 7'  !| astonishing generosity and nobleness of conduct$0$, in never
210:201, 8'  !| alluding in the slightest way to$4$ what$6#1$ had passed, was of
210:201, 9'  !| the greatest assistance to$4$ her; and sooner than she could
210:201,10'  !| have supposed it possible in the beginning$0$ of her distress$0$,
210:201,11'  !| her spirits became absolutely comfortable, and capable, as
210:201,12'  !| heretofore, of continual improvement by$4$ any*thing he
210:201,13'  !| said. There were still$5$ some subjects indeed, under which$6#1$
210:201,14'  !| she believed they must always tremble$1$;~ the mention$0$ of
210:201,15'  !| a chest or a cabinet, for$4$ instance$0$ ~ and she did not love$1$
210:201,16'  !| the sight of japan in any shape$0$: but even$5$ \she\ could
210:201,17'  !| allow, that$3$ an occasional memento of past$9$ folly, however
210:201,18'  !| painful, might not be without use$0$.
210:201,19'  !| The anxieties of common$2$ life began soon to$9$ succeed to$4$
210:201,20'  !| the alarms of romance. Her desire$0$ of hearing from
210:201,21'  !| $NA#D$Isabella grew every day greater. She was quite impatient
210:201,22'  !| to$9$ know how the Bath$0#1$ world went on$5$, and how the Rooms
210:201,23'  !| were attended; and especially was she anxious to$9$ be
210:201,24'  !| assured of $NA#D$Isabella's having matched some fine netting-cotton,
210:201,25'  !| on$4$ which$6#1$ she had left$1$ her intent; and of her
210:201,26'  !| continuing on$4$ the best terms with $NA#K$James. Her only
210:201,27'  !| dependence for$4$ information of any kind$0$ was on$4$ $NA#D$Isabella.
210:201,28@a   | $NA#K$James had protested against writing$1$ to$4$ her till his return$0$
210:201,29@a   | to$4$ Oxford; and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen had given her no$2$ hopes$0$ of
210:201,30@a   | a letter till she had got back$5$ to$4$ Fullerton.~ But $NA#D$Isabella
210:201,31@a   | had promised and promised again; and when she promised
210:201,32@a   | a thing, she was so$5#1$ scrupulous in performing it|
210:201,33@a   | this made it so$5#1$ particularly strange|
210:201,34'  !| For$4$ nine successive mornings, $NA#A$Catherine wondered over
210:201,35'  !| the repetition of a disappointment, which$6#1$ each morning
210:201,36'  !| became more severe: but, on$4$ the tenth, when she entered
210:201,37'  !| the breakfast-room, her first object$0$ was a letter, held out$5$
210:201,38'  !| by$4$ $NA#B$Henry's willing hand$0$. She thanked him as heartily
210:202, 1'  !| as if he had written it himself.
210:202, 1A  !| "'Tis only from $NA#K$James,
210:202, 2A  !| however,"
210:202, 2'  !| as she looked at the direction. She opened
210:202, 3'  !| it; it was from Oxford; and to$4$ this purpose:~
210:202, 4K  !| ""Dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine,
210:202, 5K  !| Though, God knows, with little inclination for$4$
210:202, 6K  !| writing$1$, I think it my duty to$9$ tell you, that$3$ every*thing
210:202, 7K  !| is at an end$0$ between $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe and me.~ I left$1$ her and
210:202, 8K  !| Bath$0#1$ yesterday, never to$9$ see either again. I shall not
210:202, 9K  !| enter into particulars, they would only pain$1$ you more.
210:202,10K  !| You will$1$ soon hear enough from another quarter$0#2$ to$9$ know
210:202,11K  !| where lies$1$ the blame$0$; and I hope$1$ will$1$ acquit your brother
210:202,12K  !| of every*thing but the folly of too$5#1$ easily thinking his
210:202,13K  !| affection returned. Thank God| I am undeceived in
210:202,14K  !| time| But it is a heavy blow|~ After$3$ my father's consent$0$
210:202,15K  !| had been so$5#1$ kindly given ~ but no$2$ more of this. She
210:202,16K  !| has made me miserable for*ever| Let me soon hear from
210:202,17K  !| you, dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine; you are my only friend; \your\ love$0$
210:202,18K  !| I do build upon. I wish$1$ your visit$0$ at Northanger may$1$
210:202,19K  !| be over before$3$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney makes his engagement
210:202,20K  !| known, or you will$1$ be uncomfortably circumstanced.~
210:202,21K  !| Poor $NA#E$Thorpe is in town: I dread$1$ the sight of him; his
210:202,22K  !| honest heart would feel so$5#1$ much. I have written to$4$ him
210:202,23K  !| and my father. Her duplicity hurts me more than all;
210:202,24K  !| till the very last$0$, if I reasoned with her, she declared
210:202,25K  !| herself as much attached to$4$ me as ever, and laughed at
210:202,26K  !| my fears. I am ashamed to$9$ think how long$9$ I bore$1#1$ with
210:202,27K  !| it; but if ever man had reason$0$ to$9$ believe himself loved,
210:202,28K  !| I was that$6#2$ man. I cannot understand even$5$ now what$6#1$
210:202,29K  !| she would be at, for$3$ there could be no$2$ need$0$ of my being$1$
210:202,30K  !| played off to$9$ make$1$ her secure$2$ of $NA#G$Tilney. We parted at
210:202,31K  !| last$0$ by$4$ mutual consent$0$ ~ happy for$4$ me had we never
210:202,32K  !| met| I can never expect to$9$ know such another woman|
210:202,33K  !| Dearest $NA#A$Catherine, beware how you give your heart.
210:202,34K  !| Believe me,""
210:202,34'  !| &c%
210:202,35'  !| $NA#A$Catherine had not read three lines before$4$ her sudden$2$
210:202,36'  !| change$0$ of countenance, and short$2$ exclamations of sorrowing
210:202,37'  !| wonder$0$, declared her to$9$ be receiving unpleasant news;
210:203, 1'  !| and $NA#B$Henry, earnestly watching her through$4$ the whole$2$
210:203, 2'  !| letter, saw plainly that$3$ it ended no$2$ better$9$ than it began.
210:203, 3'  !| He was prevented, however, from even$5$ looking his
210:203, 4'  !| surprize$0$ by$4$ his father's entrance. They went to$4$ breakfast$0$
210:203, 5'  !| directly; but $NA#A$Catherine could hardly eat any*thing.
210:203, 6'  !| Tears filled her eyes, and even$5$ ran down$4$ her cheeks as she
210:203, 7'  !| sat. The letter was one moment in her hand$0$, then in her
210:203, 8'  !| lap, and then in her pocket; and she looked as if she
210:203, 9'  !| knew not what$6#1$ she did. The $NA#F$General, between his cocoa
210:203,10'  !| and his newspaper, had luckily no$2$ leisure for$4$ noticing her;
210:203,11'  !| but to$4$ the other two her distress$0$ was equally visible.
210:203,12'  !| As soon as she dared leave$1$ the table she hurried away
210:203,13'  !| to$4$ her own$2$ room; but the house-maids were busy in it,
210:203,14'  !| and she was obliged to$9$ come down$5$ again. She turned
210:203,15'  !| into the drawing-room for$4$ privacy, but $NA#B$Henry and
210:203,16'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor had likewise retreated thither, and were at that$6#2$
210:203,17'  !| moment deep in consultation about$4$ her. She drew back$5$,
210:203,18'  !| trying$1$ to$9$ beg their pardon$0$, but was, with gentle violence,
210:203,19'  !| forced to$9$ return$1$; and the others withdrew, after$3$ $NA#C$Eleanor
210:203,20'  !| had affectionately expressed a wish$0$ of being$1$ of use$0$ or
210:203,21'  !| comfort$0$ to$4$ her.
210:203,22'  !| After$4$ half an hour's free indulgence of grief and reflection,
210:203,23'  !| $NA#A$Catherine felt equal$2$ to$4$ encountering her friends;
210:203,24'  !| but whether she should make$1$ her distress$0$ known to$4$ them
210:203,25'  !| was another consideration.
210:203,25@a   | Perhaps, if particularly
210:203,26@a   | questioned, she might just$9$ give an idea ~ just$9$ distantly
210:203,27@a   | hint$1$ at it ~ but not more. To$9$ expose a friend, such
210:203,28@a   | a friend as $NA#D$Isabella had been to$4$ her ~ and then their own$2$
210:203,29@a   | brother so$5#1$ closely concerned in it|~ She believed she
210:203,30@a   | must wave the subject$0$ altogether.
210:203,30'  !| $NA#B$Henry and $NA#C$Eleanor
210:203,31'  !| were by$4$ themselves in the breakfast-room; and each,
210:203,32'  !| as she entered it, looked at her anxiously. $NA#A$Catherine
210:203,33'  !| took her place$0$ at the table, and, after$4$ a short$2$ silence$0$,
210:203,34'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor said,
210:203,34C  !| "No$2$ bad news from Fullerton, I hope$1$?
210:203,35C  !| $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland ~ your brothers and sisters ~ I hope$1$
210:203,36C  !| they are none of them ill?"
210:203,37A  !| "No$7$, I thank you,"
210:203,37'  !| (sighing as she spoke,)
210:203,37A  !| "they are
210:203,38A  !| all very well$9$. My letter was from my brother at Oxford."
210:204, 1'  !| Nothing further was said for$4$ a few minutes; and then
210:204, 2'  !| speaking through$4$ her tears, she added,
210:204, 2A  !| "I do not think
210:204, 3A  !| I shall ever wish$1$ for$4$ a letter again|"
210:204, 4B  !| "I am sorry,"
210:204, 4'  !| said $NA#B$Henry, closing the book he had
210:204, 5'  !| just$9$ opened;
210:204, 5B  !| "if I had suspected the letter of containing
210:204, 6B  !| any*thing unwelcome, I should have given it with very
210:204, 7B  !| different feelings."
210:204, 8A  !| "It contained something worse than any*body could
210:204, 9A  !| suppose|~ Poor $NA#K$James is so$5#1$ unhappy|~ You will$1$ soon
210:204,10A  !| know why."
210:204,11B  !| "To$9$ have so$5#1$ kind-hearted, so$5#1$ affectionate a sister,"
210:204,12'  !| replied $NA#B$Henry, warmly,
210:204,12B  !| "must be a comfort$0$ to$4$ him under
210:204,13B  !| any distress$0$."
210:204,14A  !| "I have one favour$0$ to$9$ beg,"
210:204,14'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, shortly
210:204,15'  !| afterwards, in an agitated manner,
210:204,15A  !| "that$3$, if your brother
210:204,16A  !| should be coming here, you will$1$ give me notice$0$ of it, that$3$
210:204,17A  !| I may$1$ go away."
210:204,18B  !| "Our brother|~ $NA#G$Frederick|"
210:204,19A  !| "Yes; I am sure I should be very sorry to$9$ leave$1$ you
210:204,20A  !| so$5#1$ soon, but something has happened that$3$ would make$1$ it
210:204,21A  !| very dreadful for$4$ me to$9$ be in the same house with $NA#G$Captain*Tilney."
210:204,22     |
210:204,23'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor's work$0$ was suspended while$9$ she gazed with
210:204,24'  !| increasing astonishment; but $NA#B$Henry began to$9$ suspect
210:204,25'  !| the truth, and something, in which$6#1$ $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's name$0$
210:204,26'  !| was included, passed his lips.
210:204,27A  !| "How quick$2$ you are|"
210:204,27'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine:
210:204,27A  !| "you have
210:204,28A  !| guessed it, I declare|~ And yet, when we talked about$4$
210:204,29A  !| it in Bath$0#1$, you little thought$1$ of its ending so$5#2$. $NA#D$Isabella ~
210:204,30A  !| no$2$ wonder$0$ \now\ I have not heard from her ~ $NA#D$Isabella has
210:204,31A  !| deserted my brother, and is to$9$ marry your's| Could you
210:204,32A  !| have believed there had been such inconstancy and
210:204,33A  !| fickleness, and every*thing that$6#1$ is bad in the world?"
210:204,34B  !| "I hope$1$, so$5#1$ far as concerns$1$ my brother, you are misinformed.
210:204,35B  !| I hope$1$ he has not had any material$2$ share$0$ in
210:204,36B  !| bringing on$5$ $NA#K$Mr%*Morland's disappointment. His marrying
210:204,37B  !| $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe is not probable. I think you must be
210:204,38B  !| deceived so$5#1$ far. I am very sorry for$4$ $NA#K$Mr%*Morland ~
210:205, 1B  !| sorry that$3$ any*one you love$1$ should be unhappy; but my
210:205, 2B  !| surprize$0$ would be greater at $NA#G$Frederick's marrying her,
210:205, 3B  !| than at any other part$0$ of the story."
210:205, 4A  !| "It is very true, however; you shall read $NA#K$James's
210:205, 5A  !| letter yourself.~ Stay$1$ ~~ there is one part$0$ ~~"
210:205, 5'  !| recollecting
210:205, 6'  !| with a blush$0$ the last$2$ line.
210:205, 7B  !| "Will$1$ you take the trouble$0$ of reading to$4$ us the passages
210:205, 8B  !| which$6#1$ concern$1$ my brother?"
210:205, 9A  !| "No$7$, read it yourself,"
210:205, 9'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine, whose$6#1$ second$2$
210:205,10'  !| thoughts were clearer.
210:205,10A  !| "I do not know what$6#1$ I was
210:205,11A  !| thinking of,"
210:205,11'  !| (blushing again that$3$ she had blushed
210:205,12'  !| before$5$,)
210:205,12A  !| ~ "$NA#K$James only means$1$ to$9$ give me good advice."
210:205,13'  !| He gladly received the letter; and, having read it
210:205,14'  !| through$5$, with close$9$ attention, returned it saying,
210:205,14B  !| "Well$7$,
210:205,15B  !| if it is to$9$ be so$5#2$, I can only say that$3$ I am sorry for$4$ it.
210:205,16B  !| $NA#G$Frederick will$1$ not be the first man who$6#1$ has chosen a wife
210:205,17B  !| with less sense than his family expected$1$. I do not envy$1$
210:205,18B  !| his situation, either as a lover or a son."
210:205,19'  !| $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, at $NA#A$Catherine's invitation, now read the
210:205,20'  !| letter likewise; and, having expressed also her concern$0$
210:205,21'  !| and surprize$0$, began to$9$ inquire into $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's connexions
210:205,22'  !| and fortune.
210:205,23A  !| "Her mother is a very good sort of woman,"
210:205,23'  !| was
210:205,24'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's answer$0$.
210:205,25C  !| "What$6#2$ was her father?"
210:205,26A  !| "A lawyer, I believe.~ They live at Putney."
210:205,27C  !| "Are they a wealthy family?"
210:205,28A  !| "No$7$, not very. I do not believe $NA#D$Isabella has any
210:205,29A  !| fortune at all: but that$6#2$ will$1$ not signify in your family.~
210:205,30A  !| Your father is so$5#1$ very liberal| He told me the other
210:205,31A  !| day, that$3$ he only valued money as it allowed him to$9$
210:205,32A  !| promote the happiness of his children."
210:205,32'  !| The brother
210:205,33'  !| and sister looked at each other.
210:205,33C  !| "But,"
210:205,33'  !| said $NA#C$Eleanor,
210:205,34'  !| after$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$,
210:205,34C  !| "would it be to$9$ promote his happiness,
210:205,35C  !| to$9$ enable him to$9$ marry such a girl?~ She must be an
210:205,36C  !| unprincipled one, or she could not have used$1#1$ your brother
210:205,37C  !| so$5#2$.~ And how strange an infatuation on$4$ $NA#G$Frederick's
210:205,38C  !| side$0$| A girl who$6#1$, before$4$ his eyes, is violating an engagement
210:206, 1C  !| voluntarily entered into with another man| Is
210:206, 2C  !| not it inconceivable, $NA#B$Henry? $NA#G$Frederick too$5#2$, who$6#1$ always
210:206, 3C  !| wore his heart so$5#1$ proudly| who$6#1$ found no$2$ woman good
210:206, 4C  !| enough to$9$ be loved|"
210:206, 5B  !| "That$6#2$ is the most unpromising circumstance, the
210:206, 6B  !| strongest presumption against him. When I think of his
210:206, 7B  !| past$9$ declarations, I give him up.~ Moreover, I have too$5#1$
210:206, 8B  !| good an opinion of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe's prudence, to$9$ suppose
210:206, 9B  !| that$3$ she would part$1$ with one gentleman before$3$ the other
210:206,10B  !| was secured. It is all over with $NA#G$Frederick indeed| He
210:206,11B  !| is a deceased man ~ defunct in understanding$0$. Prepare
210:206,12B  !| for$4$ your sister-in-law, $NA#C$Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law
210:206,13B  !| as you must delight$1$ in|~ Open$2$, candid, artless, guileless,
210:206,14B  !| with affections strong but simple$2$, forming no$2$ pretensions,
210:206,15B  !| and knowing no$2$ disguise."
210:206,16C  !| "Such a sister-in-law, $NA#B$Henry, I should delight$1$ in,"
210:206,16'  !| said
210:206,17'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor, with a smile$0$.
210:206,18A  !| "But perhaps,"
210:206,18'  !| observed $NA#A$Catherine,
210:206,18A  !| "though she has
210:206,19A  !| behaved so$5#1$ ill by$4$ our family, she may$1$ behave better$9$ by$4$
210:206,20A  !| your's. Now she has really got the man she likes, she
210:206,21A  !| may$1$ be constant."
210:206,22B  !| "Indeed I am afraid she will$1$,"
210:206,22'  !| replied $NA#B$Henry;
210:206,22B  !| "I am
210:206,23B  !| afraid she will$1$ be very constant, unless a baronet should
210:206,24B  !| come in her way; that$6#2$ is $NA#G$Frederick's only chance$0$.~ I will$1$
210:206,25B  !| get the Bath$0#1$ paper, and look$1$ over the arrivals."
210:206,26A  !| "You think it is all for$4$ ambition then?~ And, upon
210:206,27A  !| my word, there are some things that$6#1$ seem very like$9$ it.
210:206,28A  !| I cannot forget, that$3$, when she first knew what$6#1$ my
210:206,29A  !| father would do for$4$ them, she seemed quite disappointed
210:206,30A  !| that$3$ it was not more. I never was so$5#1$ deceived in any*one's
210:206,31A  !| character in my life before$5$."
210:206,32B  !| "Among all the great variety that$6#1$ you have known
210:206,33B  !| and studied."
210:206,34A  !| "My own$2$ disappointment and loss in her is very great;
210:206,35A  !| but, as for$4$ poor $NA#K$James, I suppose he will$1$ hardly ever
210:206,36A  !| recover it."
210:206,37B  !| "Your brother is certainly very much to$9$ be pitied at
210:206,38B  !| present$0#1$; but we must not, in our concern$0$ for$4$ his sufferings,
210:207, 1B  !| undervalue your's. You feel, I suppose, that$3$, in
210:207, 2B  !| losing $NA#D$Isabella, you lose half yourself: you feel a void$0$ in
210:207, 3B  !| your heart which$6#1$ nothing else can occupy. Society is
210:207, 4B  !| becoming$1$ irksome; and as for$4$ the amusements in which$6#1$
210:207, 5B  !| you were wont to$9$ share$1$ at Bath$0#1$, the very idea of them
210:207, 6B  !| without her is abhorrent. You would not, for$4$ instance$0$,
210:207, 7B  !| now go to$4$ a ball$0#2$ for$4$ the world. You feel that$3$ you have
210:207, 8B  !| no$2$ longer any friend to$4$ whom$6#1$ you can speak with unreserve;
210:207, 9B  !| on$4$ whose$6#1$ regard$0$ you can place$1$ dependence; or whose$6#1$
210:207,10B  !| counsel$0$, in any difficulty, you could rely on$4$. You feel
210:207,11B  !| all this?"
210:207,12A  !| "No$7$,"
210:207,12'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, after$4$ a few moments' reflection,
210:207,13A  !| "I do not ~ ought I? To$9$ say the truth, though I am
210:207,14A  !| hurt and grieved, that$3$ I cannot still$5$ love$1$ her, that$3$ I am
210:207,15A  !| never to$9$ hear from her, perhaps never to$9$ see her again,
210:207,16A  !| I do not feel so$5#1$ very, very much afflicted as one would
210:207,17A  !| have thought$1$."
210:207,18B  !| "You feel, as you always do, what$6#1$ is most to$4$ the
210:207,19B  !| credit$0$ of human nature.~ Such feelings ought to$9$ be
210:207,20B  !| investigated, that$3$ they may$1$ know themselves."
210:207,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine, by$4$ some chance$0$ or other, found her spirits
210:207,22'  !| so$5#1$ very much relieved by$4$ this conversation, that$3$ she
210:207,23'  !| could not regret$1$ her being$1$ led on$5$, though so$5#1$ unaccountably,
210:207,24'  !| to$9$ mention$1$ the circumstance which$6#1$ had produced it.
211:208, 1'  !| From this time, the subject$0$ was frequently canvassed
211:208, 2'  !| by$4$ the three young people; and $NA#A$Catherine found, with
211:208, 3'  !| some surprize$0$, that$3$ her two young friends were perfectly
211:208, 4'  !| agreed in considering $NA#D$Isabella's want$0$ of consequence and
211:208, 5'  !| fortune as likely to$9$ throw$1$ great difficulties in the way
211:208, 6'  !| of her marrying their brother. Their persuasion that$3$ the
211:208, 7'  !| $NA#F$General would, upon this ground alone, independent of
211:208, 8'  !| the objection that$6#1$ might be raised against her character,
211:208, 9'  !| oppose the connexion, turned her feelings moreover with
211:208,10'  !| some alarm$0$ towards herself. She was as insignificant,
211:208,11'  !| and perhaps as portionless as $NA#D$Isabella; and if the heir
211:208,12'  !| of the $NA#F1$Tilney property had not grandeur and wealth
211:208,13'  !| enough in himself, at what$6#2$ point$0$ of interest$0$ were the
211:208,14'  !| demands$0$ of his younger brother to$9$ rest$1$? The very
211:208,15'  !| painful reflections to$4$ which$6#1$ this thought$0$ led, could only
211:208,16'  !| be dispersed by$4$ a dependence on$4$ the effect$0$ of that$6#2$ particular
211:208,17'  !| partiality, which$6#1$, as she was given to$9$ understand
211:208,18'  !| by$4$ his words as well$9$ as his actions, she had from the
211:208,19'  !| first been so$5#1$ fortunate as to$9$ excite in the $NA#F$General; and
211:208,20'  !| by$4$ a recollection of some most generous and disinterested
211:208,21'  !| sentiments on$4$ the subject$0$ of money, which$6#1$ she had more
211:208,22'  !| than once heard him utter$1$, and which$6#1$ tempted her to$9$
211:208,23'  !| think his disposition in such matters misunderstood by$4$
211:208,24'  !| his children.
211:208,25'  !| They were so$5#1$ fully convinced, however, that$3$ their
211:208,26'  !| brother would not have the courage to$9$ apply in person
211:208,27'  !| for$4$ his father's consent$0$, and so$5#1$ repeatedly assured her
211:208,28'  !| that$3$ he had never in his life been less likely to$9$ come to$9$
211:208,29'  !| Northanger than at the present$9$ time, that$3$ she suffered
211:208,30'  !| her mind$0$ to$9$ be at ease$0$ as to$4$ the necessity of any sudden$2$
211:208,31'  !| removal of her own$2$. But as it was not to$9$ be supposed
211:208,32'  !| that$3$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney, whenever he made his application,
211:208,33'  !| would give his father any just$2$ idea of $NA#D$Isabella's conduct$0$,
211:208,34'  !| it occurred to$4$ her as highly expedient$2$ that$3$ $NA#B$Henry should
211:209, 1'  !| lay$1#1$ the whole$2$ business before$4$ him as it really was, enabling
211:209, 2'  !| the $NA#F$General by$4$ that$6#2$ means$0$ to$9$ form$1$ a cool$2$ and impartial
211:209, 3'  !| opinion, and prepare his objections on$4$ a fairer ground
211:209, 4'  !| than inequality of situations. She proposed it to$4$ him
211:209, 5'  !| accordingly; but he did not catch$1$ at the measure$0$ so$5#1$
211:209, 6'  !| eagerly as she had expected$1$.
211:209, 6B  !| "No$7$,"
211:209, 6'  !| said he,
211:209, 6B  !| "my
211:209, 7B  !| father's hands need$1$ not be strengthened, and $NA#G$Frederick's
211:209, 8B  !| confession of folly need$1$ not be forestalled. He must tell
211:209, 9B  !| his own$2$ story."
211:209,10A  !| "But he will$1$ tell only half of it."
211:209,11B  !| "A quarter$0#1$ would be enough."
211:209,12'  !| A day or two passed away and brought no$2$ tidings of
211:209,13'  !| $NA#G$Captain*Tilney. His brother and sister knew not what$6#1$
211:209,14'  !| to$9$ think. Sometimes it appeared to$4$ them as if his silence$0$
211:209,15'  !| would be the natural$2$ result$0$ of the suspected engagement,
211:209,16'  !| and at others that$3$ it was wholly incompatible with it.
211:209,17'  !| The $NA#F$General, meanwhile, though offended every morning
211:209,18'  !| by$4$ $NA#G$Frederick's remissness in writing$1$, was free from any
211:209,19'  !| real anxiety about$4$ him; and had no$2$ more pressing
211:209,20'  !| solicitude than that$6#2$ of making $NA#A$Miss*Morland's time at
211:209,21'  !| Northanger pass$1$ pleasantly. He often expressed his
211:209,22'  !| uneasiness on$4$ this head$0$,
211:209,22@f   | feared the sameness of every
211:209,23@f   | day's society and employments would disgust$1$ her with
211:209,24@f   | the place$0$, wished the $NA#ZG$Lady*Frasers had been in the
211:209,25@f   | country, talked every now and then of having a large
211:209,26@f   | party to$4$ dinner, and once or twice began even$5$ to$9$ calculate
211:209,27@f   | the number of young dancing$2$ people in the neighbourhood.
211:209,28@f   | But then it was such a dead time of year, no$2$
211:209,29@f   | wild-fowl, no$2$ game, and the $NA#ZG$Lady*Frasers were not in the
211:209,30@f   | country.
211:209,30'  !| And it all ended, at last$0$, in his telling $NA#B$Henry
211:209,31'  !| one morning, that$3$
211:209,31@f   | when he next went to$4$ Woodston, they
211:209,32@f   | would take him by$4$ surprize$0$ there some day or other, and
211:209,33@f   | eat their mutton with him.
211:209,33'  !| $NA#B$Henry was greatly honoured
211:209,34'  !| and very happy, and $NA#A$Catherine was quite delighted with
211:209,35'  !| the scheme$0$.
211:209,35B  !| "And when do you think, sir, I may$1$ look$1$
211:209,36B  !| forward$8$ to$4$ this pleasure?~ I must be at Woodston on$4$
211:209,37B  !| Monday to$9$ attend the parish meeting$0$, and shall probably
211:209,38B  !| be obliged to$9$ stay$1$ two or three days."
211:210, 1F  !| "Well$7$, well$7$, we will$1$ take our chance$0$ some one of those
211:210, 2F  !| days. There is no$2$ need$0$ to$9$ fix. You are not to$9$ put
211:210, 3F  !| yourself at all out$8$ of your way. Whatever you may$1$
211:210, 4F  !| happen to$9$ have in the house will$1$ be enough. I think
211:210, 5F  !| I can answer$1$ for$4$ the young ladies making allowance for$4$
211:210, 6F  !| a bachelor's table. Let me see; Monday will$1$ be a busy
211:210, 7F  !| day with you, we will$1$ not come on$4$ Monday; and Tuesday
211:210, 8F  !| will$1$ be a busy one with me. I expect my surveyor from
211:210, 9F  !| Brockham with his report$0$ in the morning; and afterwards
211:210,10F  !| I cannot in decency fail attending the club. I really
211:210,11F  !| could not face$1$ my acquaintance if I staid away now;
211:210,12F  !| for$3$, as I am known to$9$ be in the country, it would be taken
211:210,13F  !| exceedingly amiss; and it is a rule with me, $NA#A$Miss*Morland,
211:210,14F  !| never to$9$ give offence to$4$ any of my neighbours, if a small
211:210,15F  !| sacrifice$0$ of time and attention can prevent it. They are
211:210,16F  !| a set$0$ of very worthy men. They have half a buck from
211:210,17F  !| Northanger twice a year; and I dine with them whenever
211:210,18F  !| I can. Tuesday, therefore, we may$1$ say is out$8$ of the
211:210,19F  !| question$0$. But on$4$ Wednesday, I think, $NA#B$Henry, you may$1$
211:210,20F  !| expect us; and we shall be with you early, that$3$ we may$1$
211:210,21F  !| have time to$9$ look$1$ about$4$ us. Two hours and three
211:210,22F  !| quarters will$1$ carry us to$4$ Woodston, I suppose; we shall
211:210,23F  !| be in the carriage by$4$ ten; so$3$, about$4$ a quarter$0#1$ before$4$ one
211:210,24F  !| on$4$ Wednesday, you may$1$ look$1$ for$4$ us."
211:210,25'  !| A ball$0#2$ itself could not have been more welcome$2$ to$4$
211:210,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine than this little excursion, so$5#1$ strong was her
211:210,27'  !| desire$0$ to$9$ be acquainted with Woodston; and her heart
211:210,28'  !| was still$5$ bounding with joy, when $NA#B$Henry, about$4$ an hour
211:210,29'  !| afterwards, came booted and great*coated into the room
211:210,30'  !| where she and $NA#C$Eleanor were sitting$1$, and said,
211:210,30B  !| "I am
211:210,31B  !| come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to$9$ observe
211:210,32B  !| that$3$ our pleasures in this world are always to$9$ be paid for$5$,
211:210,33B  !| and that$3$ we often purchase$1$ them at a great disadvantage,
211:210,34B  !| giving ready-monied actual happiness for$4$ a draft on$4$ the
211:210,35B  !| future, that$6#1$ may$1$ not be honoured. Witness$1$ myself,
211:210,36B  !| at this present$9$ hour. Because I am to$9$ hope$1$ for$4$
211:210,37B  !| the satisfaction of seeing you at Woodston in Wednesday,
211:210,38B  !| which$6#1$ bad weather, or twenty other causes may$1$
211:211, 1B  !| prevent, I must go away directly, two days before$3$
211:211, 2B  !| I intended it."
211:211, 3A  !| "Go away|"
211:211, 3'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, with a very long$9$ face$0$;
211:211, 4A  !| "and why?"
211:211, 5B  !| "Why|~ How can you ask the question$0$?~ Because
211:211, 6B  !| no$2$ time is to$9$ be lost in frightening my old housekeeper
211:211, 7B  !| out$8$ of her wits,~ because I must go and prepare a dinner
211:211, 8B  !| for$4$ you to$9$ be sure."
211:211, 9A  !| "Oh| not seriously|"
211:211,10B  !| "Aye, and sadly too$5#2$ ~ for$3$ I had much rather stay$1$."
211:211,11A  !| "But how can you think of such a thing, after$4$ what$6#1$
211:211,12A  !| the $NA#F$General said? when he so$5#1$ particularly desired you not
211:211,13A  !| to$9$ give yourself any trouble$0$, because \any*thing\ would do."
211:211,14'  !| $NA#B$Henry only smiled.
211:211,14A  !| "I am sure it is quite unnecessary
211:211,15A  !| upon your sister's account$0$ and mine$6$. You must know
211:211,16A  !| it to$9$ be so$5#2$; and the $NA#F$General made such a point$0$ of your
211:211,17A  !| providing nothing extraordinary:~ besides, if he had not
211:211,18A  !| said half so$5#1$ much as he did, he has always such an excellent
211:211,19A  !| dinner at home, that$3$ sitting$1$ down$5$ to$4$ a middling one for$4$
211:211,20A  !| one day could not signify."
211:211,21B  !| "I wish$1$ I could reason$1$ like$9$ you, for$4$ his sake and my
211:211,22B  !| own$2$. Good*bye. As to-morrow is Sunday, $NA#C$Eleanor,
211:211,23B  !| I shall not return$1$."
211:211,24'  !| He went; and, it being$1$ at any time a much simpler
211:211,25'  !| operation to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine to$9$ doubt$1$ her own$2$ judgment than
211:211,26'  !| $NA#B$Henry's, she was very soon obliged to$9$ give him credit$0$
211:211,27'  !| for$4$ being$1$ right$2#1$, however disagreeable to$4$ her his going.
211:211,28'  !| But the inexplicability of the $NA#F$General's conduct$0$ dwelt
211:211,29'  !| much on$4$ her thoughts. That$3$ he was very particular in
211:211,30'  !| his eating, she had, by$4$ her own$2$ unassisted observation,
211:211,31'  !| already discovered;
211:211,31@a   | but why he should say one thing so$5#1$
211:211,32@a   | positively, and mean$1$ another all the while$0$, was most
211:211,33@a   | unaccountable| How were people, at that$6#2$ rate$0$, to$9$ be
211:211,34@a   | understood? Who$6#2$ but $NA#B$Henry could have been aware of
211:211,35@a   | what$6#1$ his father was at?
211:211,36'  !| From Saturday to$4$ Wednesday, however, they were now
211:211,37'  !| to$9$ be without $NA#B$Henry.
211:211,37'  !| This was the sad finale of every
211:211,38'  !| reflection:~
211:211,38@a   | and $NA#G$Captain*Tilney's letter would certainly
211:212, 1@a   | come in his absence; and Wednesday she was very sure
211:212, 2@a   | would be wet$2$. The past$0$, present$0#1$, and future, were all
211:212, 3@a   | equally in gloom. Her brother so$5#1$ unhappy, and her loss
211:212, 4@a   | in $NA#D$Isabella so$5#1$ great; and $NA#C$Eleanor's spirits always affected
211:212, 5@a   | by$4$ $NA#B$Henry's absence| What$6#2$ was there to$9$ interest$1$ or
211:212, 6@a   | amuse her? She was tired of the woods and the shrubberies ~
211:212, 7@a   | always so$5#1$ smooth$2$ and so$5#1$ dry$2$; and the Abbey in
211:212, 8@a   | itself was no$2$ more to$4$ her now than any other house.
211:212, 9'  !| The painful remembrance of the folly it had helped to$9$
211:212,10'  !| nourish and perfect$1$, was the only emotion which$6#1$ could
211:212,11'  !| spring$1$ from a consideration of the building. What$7$ a
211:212,12'  !| revolution in her ideas| she, who$6#1$ had so$5#1$ longed to$9$ be
211:212,13'  !| in an abbey| Now, there was nothing so$5#1$ charming to$4$ her
211:212,14'  !| imagination as the unpretending comfort$0$ of a well-connected
211:212,15'  !| Parsonage, something like$9$ Fullerton, but better$9$:
211:212,16@a   | Fullerton had its faults, but Woodston probably had
211:212,17@a   | none.~ If Wednesday should ever come|
211:212,18'  !| It did come, and exactly when it might be reasonably
211:212,19'  !| looked for$5$. It came ~ it was fine ~ and $NA#A$Catherine trod
211:212,20'  !| on$4$ air. By$4$ ten o'clock, the chaise-and-four conveyed
211:212,21'  !| the trio from the Abbey; and, after$4$ an agreeable drive$0$
211:212,22'  !| of almost twenty miles, they entered Woodston, a large
211:212,23'  !| and populous village, in a situation not unpleasant.
211:212,24'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was ashamed to$9$ say how pretty$2$ she thought$1$ it,
211:212,25'  !| as the $NA#F$General seemed to$9$ think an apology necessary for$4$
211:212,26'  !| the flatness of the country, and the size of the village;
211:212,27'  !| but in her heart she preferred it to$4$ any place$0$ she had
211:212,28'  !| ever been at, and looked with great admiration at
211:212,29'  !| every neat house above$4$ the rank$0$ of a cottage, and at
211:212,30'  !| all the little chandler's shops which$6#1$ they passed. At the
211:212,31'  !| further end$0$ of the village, and tolerably disengaged from
211:212,32'  !| the rest$0#1$ of it, stood the Parsonage, a new-built substantial
211:212,33'  !| stone house, with its semi-circular sweep and green gates;
211:212,34'  !| and, as they drove up to$4$ the door, $NA#B$Henry, with the friends
211:212,35'  !| of his solitude, a large Newfoundland puppy and two or
211:212,36'  !| three terriers, was ready to$9$ receive and make$1$ much of
211:212,37'  !| them.
211:212,38'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's mind$0$ was too$5#1$ full, as she entered the house,
211:213, 1'  !| for$4$ her either to$9$ observe or to$9$ say a great deal$0#2$; and, till
211:213, 2'  !| called on$5$ by$4$ the $NA#F$General for$4$ her opinion of it, she had
211:213, 3'  !| very little idea of the room in which$6#1$ she was sitting$1$.
211:213, 4'  !| Upon looking round$4$ it then, she perceived in a moment
211:213, 5'  !| that$3$ it was the most comfortable room in the world; but
211:213, 6'  !| she was too$5#1$ guarded to$9$ say so$5#2$, and the coldness of her
211:213, 7'  !| praise$0$ disappointed him.
211:213, 8F  !| "We are not calling it a good house,"
211:213, 8'  !| said he.~
211:213, 8F  !| "We
211:213, 9F  !| are not comparing it with Fullerton and Northanger ~
211:213,10F  !| We are considering it as a mere Parsonage, small and
211:213,11F  !| confined, we allow, but decent perhaps, and habitable;
211:213,12F  !| and altogether not inferior to$4$ the generality;~ or, in
211:213,13F  !| other words, I believe there are few country parsonages
211:213,14F  !| in England half so$5#1$ good. It may$1$ admit of improvement,
211:213,15F  !| however. Far be it from me to$9$ say otherwise; and any*thing
211:213,16F  !| in reason$0$ ~ a bow$0#2$ thrown out$5$, perhaps ~ though,
211:213,17F  !| between ourselves, if there is one thing more than another
211:213,18F  !| my aversion, it is a patched-on bow$0#2$."
211:213,19'  !| $NA#A$Catherine did not hear enough of this speech to$9$ understand
211:213,20'  !| or be pained by$4$ it; and other subjects being$1$
211:213,21'  !| studiously brought forward$8$ and supported by$4$ $NA#B$Henry,
211:213,22'  !| at the same time that$3$ a tray full of refreshments was
211:213,23'  !| introduced by$4$ his servant, the $NA#F$General was shortly
211:213,24'  !| restored to$4$ his complacency, and $NA#A$Catherine to$4$ all her
211:213,25'  !| usual ease$0$ of spirits.
211:213,26'  !| The room in question$0$ was of a commodious, well-proportioned
211:213,27'  !| size, and handsomely fitted up as a dining*parlour;
211:213,28'  !| and on$4$ their quitting it to$9$ walk$1$ round$4$ the
211:213,29'  !| grounds, she was shewn, first into a smaller apartment,
211:213,30'  !| belonging peculiarly to$4$ the master of the house, and made
211:213,31'  !| unusually tidy on$4$ the occasion$0$; and afterwards into
211:213,32'  !| what$6#1$ was to$9$ be the drawing-room, with the appearance of
211:213,33'  !| which$6#1$, though unfurnished, $NA#A$Catherine was delighted
211:213,34'  !| enough even$5$ to$9$ satisfy the $NA#F$General. It was a prettily-shaped
211:213,35'  !| room, the windows reaching to$4$ the ground, and
211:213,36'  !| the view$0$ from them pleasant, though only over green
211:213,37'  !| meadows; and she expressed her admiration at the
211:213,38'  !| moment with all the honest simplicity with which$6#1$ she
211:214, 1'  !| felt it.
211:214, 1A  !| "Oh| why do not you fit$1$ up this room, $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney?
211:214, 2A  !| What$7$ a pity$0$ not to$9$ have it fitted up| It is
211:214, 3A  !| the prettiest room I ever saw;~ it is the prettiest room
211:214, 4A  !| in the world|"
211:214, 5F  !| "I trust$1$,"
211:214, 5'  !| said the $NA#F$General, with a most satisfied$2$ smile$0$,
211:214, 6F  !| "that$3$ it will$1$ very speedily be furnished: it waits only
211:214, 7F  !| for$4$ a lady's taste|"
211:214, 8A  !| "Well$7$, if it was my house, I should never sit any*where
211:214, 9A  !| else. Oh| what$7$ a sweet little cottage there is among the
211:214,10A  !| trees ~ apple trees too$5#2$| It is the prettiest cottage|"~
211:214,11F  !| "You like$1$ it ~ you approve it as an object$0$; ~ it is
211:214,12F  !| enough. $NA#B$Henry, remember that$3$ $NA#ZR$Robinson is spoken to$4$
211:214,13F  !| about$4$ it. The cottage remains$1$."
211:214,14'  !| Such a compliment$0$ recalled all $NA#A$Catherine's consciousness,
211:214,15'  !| and silenced her directly; and, though pointedly
211:214,16'  !| applied to$4$ by$4$ the $NA#F$General for$4$ her choice$0$ of the prevailing
211:214,17'  !| colour of the paper and hangings, nothing like$9$ an opinion
211:214,18'  !| on$4$ the subject$0$ could be drawn from her. The influence$0$
211:214,19'  !| of fresh objects$0$ and fresh air, however, was of great use$0$
211:214,20'  !| in dissipating these embarrassing associations; and,
211:214,21'  !| having reached the ornamental part$0$ of the premises,
211:214,22'  !| consisting of a walk$0$ round$4$ two sides of a meadow, on$4$ which$6#1$
211:214,23'  !| $NA#B$Henry's genius had begun to$9$ act$1$ about$4$ half a year ago,
211:214,24'  !| she was sufficiently recovered to$9$ think it prettier than
211:214,25'  !| any pleasure-ground she had ever been in before$5$, though
211:214,26'  !| there was not a shrub in it higher than the green bench
211:214,27'  !| in the corner.
211:214,28'  !| A saunter into other meadows, and through$4$ part$0$ of the
211:214,29'  !| village, with a visit$0$ to$4$ the stables to$9$ examine some
211:214,30'  !| improvements, and a charming game of play$0$ with a litter
211:214,31'  !| of puppies just$9$ able to$9$ roll$1$ about$5$, brought them to$4$ four
211:214,32'  !| o'clock, when $NA#A$Catherine scarcely thought$1$ it could be
211:214,33'  !| three. At four they were to$9$ dine, and at six to$9$ set$1$ off on$4$
211:214,34'  !| their return$0$. Never had any day passed so$5#1$ quickly|
211:214,35'  !| She could not but observe that$3$ the abundance of the
211:214,36'  !| dinner did not seem to$9$ create the smallest astonishment
211:214,37'  !| in the $NA#F$General; nay, that$3$ he was even$5$ looking at the
211:214,38'  !| side-table for$4$ cold$2$ meat which$6#1$ was not there. His son
211:215, 1'  !| and daughter's observations were of a different kind$0$.
211:215, 2'  !| They had seldom seen him eat so$5#1$ heartily at any table
211:215, 3'  !| but his own$2$; and never before$5$ known him so$5#1$ little disconcerted
211:215, 4'  !| by$4$ the melted butter's being$1$ oiled.
211:215, 5'  !| At six o'clock, the $NA#F$General having taken his coffee,
211:215, 6'  !| the carriage again received them; and so$5#1$ gratifying had
211:215, 7'  !| been the tenor of his conduct$0$ throughout the whole$2$ visit$0$,
211:215, 8'  !| so$5#1$ well$9$ assured was her mind$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$ of his expectations,
211:215, 9'  !| that$3$, could she have felt equally confident of the
211:215,10'  !| wishes$0$ of his son, $NA#A$Catherine would have quitted Woodston
211:215,11'  !| with little anxiety as to$4$ the How or the When she might
211:215,12'  !| return$1$ to$4$ it.
212:216, 1'  !| The next morning brought the following very unexpected
212:216, 2'  !| letter from $NA#D$Isabella:~
212:216, 3D  !| \Bath$0#1$, April @@@@\
212:216, 4D  !| My dearest $NA#A$Catherine,
212:216, 5D  !| I received your two kind$2$ letters with the greatest
212:216, 6D  !| delight$0$, and have a thousand apologies to$9$ make$1$ for$4$ not
212:216, 7D  !| answering them sooner. I really am quite ashamed of
212:216, 8D  !| my idleness; but in this horrid place$0$ one can find time
212:216, 9D  !| for$4$ nothing. I have had my pen in my hand$0$ to$9$ begin
212:216,10D  !| a letter to$4$ you almost every day since you left$1$ Bath$0#1$, but
212:216,11D  !| have always been prevented by$4$ some silly trifler or other.
212:216,12D  !| Pray write to$4$ me soon, and direct$1$ to$4$ my own$2$ home.
212:216,13D  !| Thank God| we leave$1$ this vile place$0$ to-morrow. Since
212:216,14D  !| you went away, I have had no$2$ pleasure in it ~ the dust is
212:216,15D  !| beyond$4$ any*thing; and every*body one cares$1$ for$4$ is gone.
212:216,16D  !| I believe if I could see you I should not mind$1$ the rest$0#1$,
212:216,17D  !| for$3$ you are dearer to$4$ me than any*body can conceive.
212:216,18D  !| I am quite uneasy about$4$ your dear$2#1$ brother, not having
212:216,19D  !| heard from him since he went to$4$ Oxford; and am fearful
212:216,20D  !| of some misunderstanding. Your kind$2$ offices will$1$ set$1$ all
212:216,21D  !| right$2#1$:~ he is the only man I ever did or could love$1$, and
212:216,22D  !| I trust$1$ you will$1$ convince him of it. The spring$2$ fashions
212:216,23D  !| are partly down$5$; and the hats the most frightful you can
212:216,24D  !| imagine. I hope$1$ you spend your time pleasantly, but am
212:216,25D  !| afraid you never think of me. I will$1$ not say all that$6#1$
212:216,26D  !| I could of the family you are with, because I would not
212:216,27D  !| be ungenerous, or set$1$ you against those you esteem$1$;
212:216,28D  !| but it is very difficult to$9$ know whom$6#2$ to$9$ trust$1$, and young
212:216,29D  !| men never know their minds two days together. I rejoice
212:216,30D  !| to$9$ say, that$3$ the young man whom$6#1$, of all others, I particularly
212:216,31D  !| abhor, has left$1$ Bath$0#1$. You will$1$ know, from this
212:216,32D  !| description, I must mean$1$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney, who$6#1$, as you
212:217, 1D  !| may$1$ remember, was amazingly disposed to$9$ follow and
212:217, 2D  !| tease me, before$3$ you went away. Afterwards he got
212:217, 3D  !| worse, and became quite my shadow. Many girls might
212:217, 4D  !| have been taken in, for$3$ never were such attentions; but
212:217, 5D  !| I knew the fickle sex too$5#1$ well$9$. He went away to$4$ his
212:217, 6D  !| regiment two days ago, and I trust$1$ I shall never be
212:217, 7D  !| plagued with him again. He is the greatest coxcomb I
212:217, 8D  !| ever saw, and amazingly disagreeable. The last$2$ two
212:217, 9D  !| days he was always by$4$ the side$0$ of $NA#ZD$Charlotte*Davis:
212:217,10D  !| I pitied his taste, but took no$2$ notice$0$ of him. The last$2$
212:217,11D  !| time we met was in Bath-street, and I turned directly
212:217,12D  !| into a shop that$3$ he might not speak to$4$ me;~ I would
212:217,13D  !| not even$5$ look$1$ at him. He went into the Pump-room
212:217,14D  !| afterwards; but I would not have followed him for$4$ all
212:217,15D  !| the world. Such a contrast between him and your
212:217,16D  !| brother|~ pray send me some news of the latter ~ I am
212:217,17D  !| quite unhappy about$4$ him, he seemed so$5#1$ uncomfortable
212:217,18D  !| when he went away, with a cold$0$, or something that$6#1$
212:217,19D  !| affected his spirits. I would write to$4$ him myself, but
212:217,20D  !| have mislaid his direction; and, as I hinted above$5$, am
212:217,21D  !| afraid he took something in my conduct$0$ amiss. Pray
212:217,22D  !| explain every*thing to$4$ his satisfaction; or, if he still$5$
212:217,23D  !| harbours any doubt$0$, a line from himself to$4$ me, or a call$0$
212:217,24D  !| at Putney when next in town, might set$1$ all to$4$ rights.
212:217,25D  !| I have not been to$4$ the Rooms this age, nor to$4$ the Play$0$,
212:217,26D  !| except going in last$2$ night with the $NA#ZH$Hodges's, for$4$ a frolic,
212:217,27D  !| at half-price: they teased me into it; and I was determined$2$
212:217,28D  !| they should not say I shut myself up because
212:217,29D  !| $NA#G$Tilney was gone. We happened to$9$ sit by$4$ the $NA#ZL$Mitchells,
212:217,30D  !| and they pretended to$9$ be quite surprized to$9$ see me out$5$.
212:217,31D  !| I knew their spite$0$:~ at one time they could not be civil
212:217,32D  !| to$4$ me, but now they are all friendship; but I am not
212:217,33D  !| such a fool as to$9$ be taken in by$4$ them. You know I have
212:217,34D  !| a pretty$5$ good spirit of my own$2$. $NA#ZL$Anne*Mitchell had tried
212:217,35D  !| to$9$ put on$5$ a turban like$9$ mine$6$, as I wore it the week before$5$
212:217,36D  !| at the Concert, but made wretched work$0$ of it ~ it happened
212:217,37D  !| to$9$ become my odd face$0$ I believe, at least $NA#G$Tilney told me
212:217,38D  !| so$5#2$ at the time, and said every eye was upon me; but he
212:218, 1D  !| is the last$2$ man whose$6#1$ word I would take. I wear nothing
212:218, 2D  !| but purple now: I know I look$1$ hideous in it, but no$2$
212:218, 3D  !| matter ~ it is your dear$2#1$ brother's favourite$2$ colour. Lose
212:218, 4D  !| no$2$ time, my dearest, sweetest $NA#A$Catherine, in writing$1$ to$4$
212:218, 5D  !| him and to$4$ me,
212:218, 6D  !| Who$6#1$ ever am,
212:218, 6'  !| &c%
212:218, 7'  !| Such a strain of shallow artifice could not impose even$5$
212:218, 8'  !| upon $NA#A$Catherine. Its inconsistencies, contradictions, and
212:218, 9'  !| falsehood, struck her from the very first. She was
212:218,10'  !| ashamed of $NA#D$Isabella, and ashamed of having ever loved
212:218,11'  !| her. Her professions of attachment were now as disgusting
212:218,12'  !| as her excuses were empty$2$, and her demands$0$
212:218,13'  !| impudent.
212:218,13@a   | "Write to$4$ $NA#K$James on$4$ her behalf|~ No$7$,
212:218,14@a   | $NA#K$James should never hear $NA#D$Isabella's name$0$ mentioned by$4$
212:218,15@a   | her again."
212:218,16'  !| On$4$ $NA#B$Henry's arrival from Woodston, she made known
212:218,17'  !| to$4$ him and $NA#C$Eleanor their brother's safety, congratulating
212:218,18'  !| them with sincerity on$4$ it, and reading aloud the most
212:218,19'  !| material$2$ passages of her letter with strong indignation.
212:218,20'  !| When she had finished it,~
212:218,20A  !| "So$5#1$ much for$4$ $NA#D$Isabella,"
212:218,20'  !| she
212:218,21'  !| cried,
212:218,21A  !| "and for$4$ all our intimacy| She must think me
212:218,22A  !| an idiot, or she could not have written so$5#2$; but perhaps
212:218,23A  !| this has served to$9$ make$1$ her character better$9$ known to$4$
212:218,24A  !| me than mine$6$ is to$4$ her. I see what$6#1$ she has been about$4$.
212:218,25A  !| She is a vain coquette, and her tricks have not answered.
212:218,26A  !| I do not believe she had ever any regard$0$ either for$4$ $NA#K$James
212:218,27A  !| or for$4$ me, and I wish$1$ I had never known her."
212:218,28B  !| "It will$1$ soon be as if you never had,"
212:218,28'  !| said $NA#B$Henry.
212:218,29A  !| "There is but one thing that$6#1$ I cannot understand.
212:218,30A  !| I see that$3$ she has had designs on$4$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney, which$6#1$
212:218,31A  !| have not succeeded; but I do not understand what$6#1$
212:218,32A  !| $NA#G$Captain*Tilney has been about$4$ all this time. Why should
212:218,33A  !| he pay$1$ her such attentions as to$9$ make$1$ her quarrel$1$ with
212:218,34A  !| my brother, and then fly$1$ off himself?"
212:218,35B  !| "I have very little to$9$ say for$4$ $NA#G$Frederick's motives, such
212:218,36B  !| as I believe them to$9$ have been. He has his vanities as
212:218,37B  !| well$9$ as $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe, and the chief difference is, that$3$,
212:219, 1B  !| having a stronger head$0$, they have not yet injured himself.
212:219, 2B  !| If the \effect$0$\ of his behaviour does not justify him with you,
212:219, 3B  !| we had better$9$ not seek after$4$ the cause."
212:219, 4A  !| "Then you do not suppose he ever really cared about$4$
212:219, 5A  !| her?"
212:219, 6B  !| "I am persuaded that$3$ he never did."
212:219, 7A  !| "And only made believe to$9$ do so$5#2$ for$4$ mischief's sake?"
212:219, 8'  !| $NA#B$Henry bowed his assent.
212:219, 9A  !| "Well$7$, then, I must say that$3$ I do not like$1$ him at all.
212:219,10A  !| Though it has turned out$5$ so$5#1$ well$9$ for$4$ us, I do not like$1$ him
212:219,11A  !| at all. As it happens, there is no$2$ great harm$0$ done,
212:219,12A  !| because I do not think $NA#D$Isabella has any heart to$9$ lose.
212:219,13A  !| But, suppose he had made her very much in love$0$ with
212:219,14A  !| him?"
212:219,15B  !| "But we must first suppose $NA#D$Isabella to$9$ have had
212:219,16B  !| a heart to$9$ lose,~ consequently to$9$ have been a very
212:219,17B  !| different creature; and, in that$6#2$ case, she would have
212:219,18B  !| met with very different treatment."
212:219,19A  !| "It is very right$2#1$ that$3$ you should stand$1$ by$4$ your
212:219,20A  !| brother."
212:219,21B  !| "And if you would stand$1$ by$4$ \your's\, you would not be
212:219,22B  !| much distressed by$4$ the disappointment of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe.
212:219,23B  !| But your mind$0$ is warped by$4$ an innate principle of general$2$
212:219,24B  !| integrity, and therefore not accessible to$4$ the cool$2$ reasonings
212:219,25B  !| of family partiality, or a desire$0$ of revenge."
212:219,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was complimented out$8$ of further bitterness.
212:219,27'  !| $NA#G$Frederick could not be unpardonably guilty, while$1$ $NA#B$Henry
212:219,28'  !| made himself so$5#1$ agreeable. She resolved on$4$ not answering
212:219,29'  !| $NA#D$Isabella's letter; and tried to$9$ think no$2$ more of it.
213:220, 1'  !| Soon after$4$ this, the $NA#F$General found himself obliged to$9$
213:220, 2'  !| go to$4$ London for$4$ a week; and he left$1$ Northanger
213:220, 2@f   | earnestly
213:220, 3@f   | regretting that$3$ any necessity should rob him even$5$ for$4$ an
213:220, 4@f   | hour of $NA#A$Miss*Morland's company, and anxiously recommending
213:220, 5@f   | the study$0$ of her comfort$0$ and amusement to$4$ his
213:220, 6@f   | children as their chief object$0$ in his absence.
213:220, 6'  !| His departure
213:220, 7'  !| gave $NA#A$Catherine the first experimental conviction that$3$
213:220, 8'  !| a loss may$1$ be sometimes a gain$0$. The happiness with
213:220, 9'  !| which$6#1$ their time now passed, every employment voluntary,
213:220,10'  !| every laugh$0$ indulged, every meal a scene of ease$0$
213:220,11'  !| and good-humour, walking where they liked and when
213:220,12'  !| they liked, their hours, pleasures and fatigues$0$ at their
213:220,13'  !| own$2$ command$0$, made her thoroughly sensible$2#1$ of the
213:220,14'  !| restraint which$6#1$ the $NA#F$General's presence had imposed, and
213:220,15'  !| most thankfully feel their present$9$ release$0$ from it. Such
213:220,16'  !| ease$0$ and such delights$0$ made her love$1$ the place$0$ and the
213:220,17'  !| people more and more every day; and had it not been
213:220,18'  !| for$4$ a dread$0$ of its soon becoming$1$ expedient$2$ to$9$ leave$1$ the
213:220,19'  !| one, and an apprehension of not being$1$ equally beloved
213:220,20'  !| by$4$ the other, she would at each moment of each day
213:220,21'  !| have been perfectly happy; but she was now in the fourth
213:220,22'  !| week of her visit$0$; before$3$ the $NA#F$General came home, the
213:220,23'  !| fourth week would be turned, and perhaps it might seem
213:220,24'  !| an intrusion if she staid much longer. This was a painful
213:220,25'  !| consideration whenever it occurred; and eager to$9$ get rid
213:220,26'  !| of such a weight on$4$ her mind$0$, she very soon resolved to$9$
213:220,27'  !| speak to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor about$4$ it at once, propose going away,
213:220,28'  !| and be guided in her conduct$0$ by$4$ the manner in which$6#1$ her
213:220,29'  !| proposal might be taken.
213:220,30'  !| Aware that$3$ if she gave herself much time, she might
213:220,31'  !| feel it difficult to$9$ bring forward$8$ so$5#1$ unpleasant a subject$0$,
213:220,32'  !| she took the first opportunity of being$1$ suddenly alone
213:220,33'  !| with $NA#C$Eleanor, and of $NA#C$Eleanor's being$1$ in the middle of
213:221, 1'  !| a speech about$4$ something very different, to$9$ start$1$ forth
213:221, 2'  !| her obligation of going away very soon. $NA#C$Eleanor looked
213:221, 3'  !| and declared herself much concerned. She had
213:221, 3@c   | "hoped
213:221, 4@c   | for$4$ the pleasure of her company for$4$ a much longer time ~
213:221, 5@c   | had been misled (perhaps by$4$ her wishes$0$) to$9$ suppose that$3$
213:221, 6@c   | a much longer visit$0$ had been promised ~ and could not
213:221, 7@c   | but think that$3$ if $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland were aware of the
213:221, 8@c   | pleasure it was to$4$ her to$9$ have her there, they would be
213:221, 9@c   | too$5#1$ generous to$9$ hasten her return$0$."~
213:221, 9'  !| $NA#A$Catherine explained.
213:221,10@a   | ~ "Oh| as to$4$ \that$6#2$\, papa and mamma were in no$2$ hurry$0$
213:221,11@a   | at all. As long$9$ as she was happy, they would always be
213:221,12@a   | satisfied$2$."
213:221,13@c   | "Then why, might she ask, in such a hurry$0$ herself to$9$
213:221,14@c   | leave$1$ them?"
213:221,15@a   | "Oh| because she had been there so$5#1$ long$9$."
213:221,16C  !| "Nay, if you can use$1$ such a word, I can urge you no$2$
213:221,17C  !| farther. If you think it long$9$ ~"
213:221,18A  !| "Oh| no$7$, I do not indeed. For$4$ my own$2$ pleasure,
213:221,19A  !| I could stay$1$ with you as long$9$ again."
213:221,19'  !| ~ And it was directly
213:221,20'  !| settled$1$ that$3$, till she had, her leaving them was not even$5$
213:221,21'  !| to$9$ be thought$1$ of. In having this cause of uneasiness so$5#1$
213:221,22'  !| pleasantly removed, the force$0$ of the other was likewise
213:221,23'  !| weakened. The kindness, the earnestness of $NA#C$Eleanor's
213:221,24'  !| manner in pressing her to$9$ stay$1$, and $NA#B$Henry's gratified
213:221,25'  !| look$0$ on$4$ being$1$ told that$3$ her stay$0$ was determined$1$, were
213:221,26'  !| such sweet proofs of her importance with them, as left$1$
213:221,27'  !| her only just$9$ so$5#1$ much solicitude as the human mind$0$ can
213:221,28'  !| never do comfortably without. She did ~ almost always
213:221,29'  !| ~ believe that$3$ $NA#B$Henry loved her, and quite always that$3$
213:221,30'  !| his father and sister loved and even$5$ wished her to$9$ belong
213:221,31'  !| to$4$ them; and believing so$5#1$ far, her doubts$0$ and anxieties
213:221,32'  !| were merely sportive irritations.
213:221,33'  !| $NA#B$Henry was not able to$9$ obey his father's injunction of
213:221,34'  !| remaining wholly at Northanger in attendance on$4$ the
213:221,35'  !| ladies, during his absence in London; the engagements
213:221,36'  !| of his curate at Woodston obliging him to$9$ leave$1$ them on$4$
213:221,37'  !| Saturday for$4$ a couple of nights. His loss was not now
213:221,38'  !| what$6#1$ it had been while$9$ the $NA#F$General was at home; it
213:222, 1'  !| lessened their gaiety, but did not ruin$1$ their comfort$0$;
213:222, 2'  !| and the two girls agreeing in occupation, and improving
213:222, 3'  !| in intimacy, found themselves so$5#1$ well-sufficient for$4$ the
213:222, 4'  !| time to$4$ themselves, that$3$ it was eleven o'clock, rather
213:222, 5'  !| a late hour at the Abbey, before$3$ they quitted the supper-room
213:222, 6'  !| on$4$ the day of $NA#B$Henry's departure. They had just$9$
213:222, 7'  !| reached the head$0$ of the stairs, when it seemed, as far as
213:222, 8'  !| the thickness of the walls would allow them to$9$ judge$1$,
213:222, 9'  !| that$3$ a carriage was driving up to$4$ the door, and the next
213:222,10'  !| moment confirmed the idea by$4$ the loud noise of the
213:222,11'  !| house-bell. After$3$ the first perturbation of surprize$0$ had
213:222,12'  !| passed away, in a
213:222,12C  !| "Good Heaven| what$6#2$ can be the
213:222,13C  !| matter?"
213:222,13'  !| it was quickly decided$1$ by$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor to$9$ be
213:222,14'  !| her eldest brother, whose$6#1$ arrival was often as sudden$2$,
213:222,15'  !| if not quite so$5#1$ unseasonable, and accordingly she hurried
213:222,16'  !| down$5$ to$9$ welcome$1$ him.
213:222,17'  !| $NA#A$Catherine walked on$5$ to$4$ her chamber, making up her
213:222,18'  !| mind$0$ as well$9$ as she could, to$4$ a further acquaintance with
213:222,19'  !| $NA#G$Captain*Tilney, and comforting herself under the unpleasant
213:222,20'  !| impression his conduct$0$ had given her, and the
213:222,21'  !| persuasion of his being$1$ by$4$ far too$5#1$ fine a gentleman to$9$
213:222,22'  !| approve of her, that$3$
213:222,22@a   | at least they should not meet$1$ under
213:222,23@a   | such circumstances as would make$1$ their meeting$9$ materially
213:222,24@a   | painful. She trusted he would never speak of $NA#D$Miss*Thorpe;
213:222,25@a   | and indeed, as he must by$4$ this time be ashamed
213:222,26@a   | of the part$0$ he had acted, there could be no$2$ danger of it;
213:222,27@a   | and as long$9$ as all mention$0$ of Bath$0#1$ scenes were avoided,
213:222,28@a   | she thought$1$ she could behave to$4$ him very civilly.
213:222,28'  !| In
213:222,29'  !| such considerations time passed away,
213:222,29@a   | and it was certainly
213:222,30@a   | in his favour$0$ that$3$ $NA#C$Eleanor should be so$5#1$ glad to$9$
213:222,31@a   | see him, and have so$5#1$ much to$9$ say, for$4$ half an hour was
213:222,32@a   | almost gone since his arrival, and $NA#C$Eleanor did not come up.
213:222,33'  !| At that$6#2$ moment $NA#A$Catherine thought$1$ she heard her step$0$
213:222,34'  !| in the gallery, and listened for$4$ its continuance; but all
213:222,35'  !| was silent. Scarcely, however, had she convicted her
213:222,36'  !| fancy$0$ of error, when the noise of something moving close$9$
213:222,37'  !| to$4$ her door made her start$1$; it seemed as if some*one was
213:222,38'  !| touching the very doorway ~ and in another moment
213:223, 1'  !| a slight$2$ motion of the lock$0$ proved that$3$ some hand$0$ must
213:223, 2'  !| be on$4$ it. She trembled a little at the idea of any*one's
213:223, 3'  !| approaching so$5#1$ cautiously; but resolving not to$9$ be again
213:223, 4'  !| overcome by$4$ trivial appearances of alarm$0$, or misled by$4$
213:223, 5'  !| a raised imagination, she stepped quietly forward$8$, and
213:223, 6'  !| opened the door. $NA#C$Eleanor, and only $NA#C$Eleanor, stood there.
213:223, 7'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's spirits however were tranquillized but for$4$ an
213:223, 8'  !| instant$0$, for$3$ $NA#C$Eleanor's cheeks were pale, and her manner
213:223, 9'  !| greatly agitated. Though evidently intending to$9$ come
213:223,10'  !| in, it seemed an effort to$9$ enter the room, and a still$5$
213:223,11'  !| greater to$9$ speak when there. $NA#A$Catherine, supposing some
213:223,12'  !| uneasiness on$4$ $NA#G$Captain*Tilney's account$0$, could only express$1$
213:223,13'  !| her concern$0$ by$4$ silent attention; obliged her to$9$ be seated,
213:223,14'  !| rubbed her temples with lavender-water, and hung over
213:223,15'  !| her with affectionate solicitude.
213:223,15C  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine,
213:223,16C  !| you must not ~ you must not indeed~"
213:223,16'  !| were $NA#C$Eleanor's
213:223,17'  !| first connected words.
213:223,17C  !| "I am quite well$9$. This kindness
213:223,18C  !| distracts me ~ I cannot bear$1$ it ~ I come to$4$ you on$4$ such an
213:223,19C  !| errand|"
213:223,20A  !| "Errand|~ to$4$ me|"
213:223,21C  !| "How shall I tell you|~ Oh| how shall I tell you|"
213:223,22'  !| A new idea now darted into $NA#A$Catherine's mind$0$, and
213:223,23'  !| turning$1$ as pale as her friend, she exclaimed,
213:223,23A  !| "'Tis a messenger
213:223,24A  !| from Woodston|"
213:223,25C  !| "You are mistaken, indeed,"
213:223,25'  !| returned $NA#C$Eleanor, looking
213:223,26'  !| at her most compassionately~
213:223,26C  !| "it is no*one from Woodston.
213:223,27C  !| It is my father himself."
213:223,27'  !| Her voice faltered, and
213:223,28'  !| her eyes were turned to$4$ the ground as she mentioned his
213:223,29'  !| name$0$. His unlooked-for return$0$ was enough in itself to$9$
213:223,30'  !| make$1$ $NA#A$Catherine's heart sink, and for$4$ a few moments she
213:223,31'  !| hardly supposed there were any*thing worse to$9$ be told.
213:223,32'  !| She said nothing; and $NA#C$Eleanor endeavouring to$9$ collect
213:223,33'  !| herself and speak with firmness, but with eyes still$5$ cast$2$
213:223,34'  !| down$5$, soon went on$5$.
213:223,34C  !| "You are too$5#1$ good, I am sure,
213:223,35C  !| to$9$ think the worse of me for$4$ the part$0$ I am obliged to$9$
213:223,36C  !| perform. I am indeed a most unwilling messenger.
213:223,37C  !| After$4$ what$6#1$ has so$5#1$ lately passed, so$5#1$ lately been settled$1$
213:223,38C  !| between us ~ how joyfully, how thankfully on$4$ my side$0$|~
213:224, 1C  !| as to$4$ your continuing here as I hoped for$4$ many, many
213:224, 2C  !| weeks longer, how can I tell you that$3$ your kindness is not
213:224, 3C  !| to$9$ be accepted ~ and that$3$ the happiness your company
213:224, 4C  !| has hitherto given us is to$9$ be repaid by$4$ ~~ but I must
213:224, 5C  !| not trust$1$ myself with words. My dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, we are
213:224, 6C  !| to$9$ part$1$. My father has recollected an engagement that$6#1$
213:224, 7C  !| takes our whole$2$ family away on$4$ Monday. We are going
213:224, 8C  !| to$4$ $NA#ZK$Lord*Longtown's, near$4$ Hereford, for$4$ a fortnight.
213:224, 9C  !| Explanation and apology are equally impossible. I cannot
213:224,10C  !| attempt$1$ either."
213:224,11A  !| "My dear$2#1$ $NA#C$Eleanor,"
213:224,11'  !| cried $NA#A$Catherine, suppressing her
213:224,12'  !| feelings as well$9$ as she could,
213:224,12A  !| "do not be so$5#1$ distressed.
213:224,13A  !| A second$2$ engagement must give way to$4$ a first. I am
213:224,14A  !| very, very sorry we are to$9$ part$1$ ~ so$5#1$ soon, and so$5#1$ suddenly
213:224,15A  !| too$5#2$; but I am not offended, indeed I am not. I can
213:224,16A  !| finish$1$ my visit$0$ here you know at any time; or I hope$1$ you
213:224,17A  !| will$1$ come to$4$ me. Can you, when you return$1$ from this
213:224,18A  !| lord's, come to$4$ Fullerton?"
213:224,19C  !| "It will$1$ not be in my power, $NA#A$Catherine."
213:224,20C  !| "Come when you can, then."~
213:224,21'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor made no$2$ answer$0$; and $NA#A$Catherine's thoughts
213:224,22'  !| recurring to$4$ something more directly interesting, she
213:224,23'  !| added, thinking aloud,
213:224,23A  !| "Monday ~ so$5#1$ soon as Monday;~
213:224,24A  !| and you \all\ go. Well$7$, I am certain of ~ I shall be able
213:224,25A  !| to$9$ take leave$0$ however. I need$1$ not go till just$9$ before$3$ you
213:224,26A  !| do, you know. Do not be distressed, $NA#C$Eleanor, I can go
213:224,27A  !| on$4$ Monday very well$9$. My father and mother's having
213:224,28A  !| no$2$ notice$0$ of it is of very little consequence. The $NA#F$General
213:224,29A  !| will$1$ send a servant with me, I dare$1#2$ say, half the way ~
213:224,30A  !| and then I shall soon be at Salisbury, and then I am only
213:224,31A  !| nine miles from home."
213:224,32C  !| "Ah, $NA#A$Catherine| were it settled$1$ so$5#2$, it would be somewhat
213:224,33C  !| less intolerable, though in such common$2$ attentions
213:224,34C  !| you would have received but half what$6#1$ you ought.
213:224,35C  !| But ~ how can I tell you?~ To-morrow morning is fixed
213:224,36C  !| for$4$ your leaving us, and not even$5$ the hour is left$1$ to$4$ your
213:224,37C  !| choice$0$; the very carriage is ordered, and will$1$ be here at
213:224,38C  !| seven o'clock, and no$2$ servant will$1$ be offered you."
213:225, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine sat down$5$, breathless and speechless.
213:225, 1C  !| "I
213:225, 2C  !| could hardly believe my senses, when I heard it;~ and
213:225, 3C  !| no$2$ displeasure, no$2$ resentment that$6#1$ you can feel at this
213:225, 4C  !| moment, however justly great, can be more than I myself ~~
213:225, 5C  !| but I must not talk$1$ of what$6#1$ I felt. Oh| that$3$
213:225, 6C  !| I could suggest any*thing in extenuation| Good God|
213:225, 7C  !| what$6#2$ will$1$ your father and mother say| After$4$ courting
213:225, 8C  !| you from the protection of real friends to$4$ this ~ almost
213:225, 9C  !| double$1$ distance$0$ from your home, to$9$ have you driven out$8$
213:225,10C  !| of the house, without the considerations even$5$ of decent
213:225,11C  !| civility| Dear$2#1$, dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, in being$1$ the bearer of
213:225,12C  !| such a message, I seem guilty myself of all its insult;
213:225,13C  !| yet, I trust$1$ you will$1$ acquit me, for$3$ you must have been
213:225,14C  !| long$9$ enough in this house to$9$ see that$3$ I am but a nominal
213:225,15C  !| mistress of it, that$3$ my real power is nothing."
213:225,16A  !| "Have I offended the $NA#F$General?"
213:225,16'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine in
213:225,17'  !| a faltering voice.
213:225,18C  !| "Alas| for$4$ my feelings as a daughter, all that$6#1$ I know,
213:225,19C  !| all that$6#1$ I answer$1$ for$4$ is, that$3$ you can have given him no$2$
213:225,20C  !| just$2$ cause of offence. He certainly is greatly, very
213:225,21C  !| greatly discomposed; I have seldom seen him more so$5#2$.
213:225,22C  !| His temper is not happy, and something has now occurred
213:225,23C  !| to$9$ ruffle it in an uncommon degree; some disappointment,
213:225,24C  !| some vexation, which$6#1$ just$9$ at this moment seems important;
213:225,25C  !| but which$6#1$ I can hardly suppose you to$9$ have any
213:225,26C  !| concern$0$ in, for$3$ how is it possible?"
213:225,27'  !| It was with pain$0$ that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine could speak at all;
213:225,28'  !| and it was only for$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor's sake that$3$ she attempted it.
213:225,29A  !| "I am sure,"
213:225,29'  !| said she,
213:225,29A  !| "I am very sorry if I have offended
213:225,30A  !| him. It was the last$2$ thing I would willingly have done.
213:225,31A  !| But do not be unhappy, $NA#C$Eleanor. An engagement you
213:225,32A  !| know must be kept. I am only sorry it was not recollected
213:225,33A  !| sooner, that$3$ I might have written home. But it is of very
213:225,34A  !| little consequence."
213:225,35C  !| "I hope$1$, I earnestly hope$1$ that$3$ to$4$ your real safety it
213:225,36C  !| will$1$ be of none; but to$4$ every*thing else it is of the greatest
213:225,37C  !| consequence; to$4$ comfort$0$, appearance, propriety, to$4$ your
213:225,38C  !| family, to$4$ the world. Were your friends, the $NA#H1$Allens, still$5$
213:226, 1C  !| in Bath$0#1$, you might go to$4$ them with comparative ease$0$;
213:226, 2C  !| a few hours would take you there; but a journey of
213:226, 3C  !| seventy miles, to$9$ be taken post by$4$ you, at your age,
213:226, 4C  !| alone, unattended|"
213:226, 5A  !| "Oh, the journey is nothing. Do not think about$4$ that$6#2$.
213:226, 6A  !| And if we are to$9$ part$1$, a few hours sooner or later, you
213:226, 7A  !| know, makes no$2$ difference. I can be ready by$4$ seven.
213:226, 8A  !| Let me be called in time."
213:226, 8'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor saw that$3$ she wished
213:226, 9'  !| to$9$ be alone; and believing it better$9$ for$4$ each that$3$ they
213:226,10'  !| should avoid any further conversation, now left$1$ her with
213:226,11C  !| "I shall see you in the morning."
213:226,12'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's swelling heart needed relief. In $NA#C$Eleanor's
213:226,13'  !| presence friendship and pride had equally restrained
213:226,14'  !| her tears, but no$2$ sooner was she gone than they burst$1$
213:226,15'  !| forth in torrents.
213:226,15@a   | Turned from the house, and in such
213:226,16@a   | a way|~ Without any reason$0$ that$6#1$ could justify, any
213:226,17@a   | apology that$6#1$ could atone for$4$ the abruptness, the rudeness,
213:226,18@a   | nay, the insolence of it. $NA#B$Henry at a distance$0$ ~ not able
213:226,19@a   | even$5$ to$9$ bid him farewell. Every hope$0$, every expectation
213:226,20@a   | from him suspended, at least, and who$6#2$ could say how
213:226,21@a   | long$9$?~ Who$6#2$ could say when they might meet$1$ again?~
213:226,22@a   | And all this by$4$ such a man as $NA#F$General*Tilney, so$5#1$ polite,
213:226,23@a   | so$5#1$ well-bred, and heretofore so$5#1$ particularly fond of her|
213:226,24@a   | It was as incomprehensible as it was mortifying and
213:226,25@a   | grievous. From what$6#1$ it could arise, and where it would
213:226,26@a   | end$1$, were considerations of equal$2$ perplexity and alarm$0$.
213:226,27@a   | The manner in which$6#1$ it was done so$5#1$ grossly uncivil;
213:226,28@a   | hurrying her away without any reference to$4$ her own$2$
213:226,29@a   | convenience, or allowing her even$5$ the appearance of
213:226,30@a   | choice$0$ as to$4$ the time or mode of her travelling; of two
213:226,31@a   | days, the earliest fixed on$5$, and of that$6#2$ almost the earliest
213:226,32@a   | hour, as if resolved to$9$ have her gone before$3$ he was stirring
213:226,33@a   | in the morning, that$3$ he might not be obliged even$5$ to$9$ see
213:226,34@a   | her. What$6#2$ could all this mean$1$ but an intentional
213:226,35@a   | affront? By$4$ some means$0$ or other she must have had
213:226,36@a   | the misfortune to$9$ offend him. $NA#C$Eleanor had wished to$9$
213:226,37@a   | spare$1$ her from so$5#1$ painful a notion, but $NA#A$Catherine could
213:226,38@a   | not believe it possible that$3$ any injury or any misfortune
213:227, 1@a   | could provoke such ill-will against a person not connected,
213:227, 2@a   | or, at least, not supposed to$9$ be connected with it.
213:227, 3'  !| Heavily past$1$ the night. Sleep$0$, or repose that$6#1$ deserved
213:227, 4'  !| the name$0$ of sleep$0$, was out$8$ of the question$0$. That$6#2$ room,
213:227, 5'  !| in which$6#1$ her disturbed imagination had tormented her
213:227, 6'  !| on$4$ her first arrival, was again the scene of agitated spirits
213:227, 7'  !| and unquiet slumbers. Yet how different how the source
213:227, 8'  !| of her inquietude from what$6#1$ it had been then ~ how
213:227, 9'  !| mournfully superior$2$ in reality and substance| Her
213:227,10'  !| anxiety had foundation in fact, her fears in probability;
213:227,11'  !| and with a mind$0$ so$5#1$ occupied in the contemplation of
213:227,12'  !| actual and natural$2$ evil, the solitude of her situation, the
213:227,13'  !| darkness of her chamber, the antiquity of the building
213:227,14'  !| were felt and considered without the smallest emotion;
213:227,15'  !| and though the wind was high, and often produced
213:227,16'  !| strange and sudden$2$ noises throughout the house, she
213:227,17'  !| heard it all as she lay$1#2$ awake$2$, hour after$4$ hour, without
213:227,18'  !| curiosity or terror.
213:227,19'  !| Soon after$4$ six $NA#C$Eleanor entered her room, eager to$9$ show$1$
213:227,20'  !| attention or give assistance where it was possible; but
213:227,21'  !| very little remained to$9$ be done. $NA#A$Catherine had not
213:227,22'  !| loitered; she was almost dressed, and her packing almost
213:227,23'  !| finished. The possibility of some conciliatory message
213:227,24'  !| from the $NA#F$General occurred to$4$ her as his daughter appeared.
213:227,25'  !| What$6#2$ so$5#1$ natural$2$, as that$3$ anger$0$ should pass$1$ away and
213:227,26'  !| repentance succeed it? and she only wanted to$9$ know
213:227,27'  !| how far, after$4$ what$6#1$ had passed, an apology might properly
213:227,28'  !| be received by$4$ her. But the knowledge would have been
213:227,29'  !| useless here, it was not called for$5$; neither clemency nor
213:227,30'  !| dignity was put to$4$ the trial ~ $NA#C$Eleanor brought no$2$ message.
213:227,31'  !| Very little passed between them on$4$ meeting$9$; each found
213:227,32'  !| her greatest safety in silence$0$, and few and trivial were the
213:227,33'  !| sentences exchanged while$9$ they remained up*stairs,
213:227,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine in busy agitation completing her dress$0$, and
213:227,35'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor with more good-will than experience$0$ intent upon
213:227,36'  !| filling the trunk. When every*thing was done they left$1$
213:227,37'  !| the room, $NA#A$Catherine lingering only half a minute$2$ behind
213:227,38'  !| her friend to$9$ throw$1$ a parting glance$0$ on$4$ every well-known
213:228, 1'  !| cherished object$0$, and went down$5$ to$4$ the breakfast-parlour,
213:228, 2'  !| where breakfast$0$ was prepared. She tried to$9$ eat, as well$9$
213:228, 3'  !| to$9$ save$1$ herself from the pain$0$ of being$1$ urged, as to$9$ make$1$
213:228, 4'  !| her friend comfortable; but she had no$2$ appetite, and
213:228, 5'  !| could not swallow many mouthfuls. The contrast between
213:228, 6'  !| this and her last$2$ breakfast$0$ in that$6#2$ room, gave her fresh
213:228, 7'  !| misery, and strengthened her distaste for$4$ every*thing
213:228, 8'  !| before$4$ her.
213:228, 8@a   | It was not four-and-twenty hours ago since
213:228, 9@a   | they had met there to$4$ the same repast, but in circumstances
213:228,10@a   | how different| With what$7$ cheerful ease$0$, what$7$
213:228,11@a   | happy, though false security, had she then looked around$4$
213:228,12@a   | her, enjoying every*thing present$9$, and fearing little in
213:228,13@a   | future, beyond$4$ $NA#B$Henry's going to$4$ Woodston for$4$ a day|
213:228,14@a   | Happy, happy breakfast$0$| for$3$ $NA#B$Henry had been there,
213:228,15@a   | $NA#B$Henry had sat by$4$ her and helped her.
213:228,15'  !| These reflections
213:228,16'  !| were long$9$ indulged undisturbed by$4$ any address$0$ from her
213:228,17'  !| companion, who$6#1$ sat as deep in thought$0$ as herself; and
213:228,18'  !| the appearance of the carriage was the first thing to$9$
213:228,19'  !| startle and recall$1$ them to$4$ the present$9$ moment. $NA#A$Catherine's
213:228,20'  !| colour rose$1$ at the sight of it; and the indignity with
213:228,21'  !| which$6#1$ she was treated striking at that$6#2$ instant$0$ on$4$ her
213:228,22'  !| mind$0$ with peculiar force$0$, made her for$4$ a short$2$ time
213:228,23'  !| sensible$2#1$ only of resentment. $NA#C$Eleanor seemed now
213:228,24'  !| impelled into resolution and speech.
213:228,25C  !| "You \must\ write to$4$ me, $NA#A$Catherine,"
213:228,25'  !| she cried,
213:228,25C  !| "you
213:228,26C  !| \must\ let me hear from you as soon as possible. Till
213:228,27C  !| I know you to$9$ be safe at home, I shall not have an hour's
213:228,28C  !| comfort$0$. For$4$ \one\ letter, at all risks, all hazards, I must
213:228,29C  !| entreat. Let me have the satisfaction of knowing that$3$
213:228,30C  !| you are safe at Fullerton, and have found your family
213:228,31C  !| well$9$, and then, till I can ask for$4$ your correspondence as
213:228,32C  !| I ought to$9$ do, I will$1$ not expect more. Direct$1$ to$4$ me at
213:228,33C  !| $NA#ZK$Lord*Longtown's, and, I must ask it, under cover to$4$
213:228,34C  !| $NA#ZA$Alice."
213:228,35A  !| "No$7$, $NA#C$Eleanor, if you are not allowed to$9$ receive a letter
213:228,36A  !| from me, I am sure I had better$9$ not write. There can be
213:228,37A  !| no$2$ doubt$0$ of my getting home safe."
213:228,38'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor only replied,
213:228,38C  !| "I cannot wonder$1$ at your
213:229, 1C  !| feelings. I will$1$ not importune you. I will$1$ trust$1$ to$4$ your
213:229, 2C  !| own$2$ kindness of heart when I am at a distance$0$ from you."
213:229, 3'  !| But this, with the look$0$ of sorrow accompanying it, was
213:229, 4'  !| enough to$9$ melt $NA#A$Catherine's pride in a moment, and she
213:229, 5'  !| instantly said,
213:229, 5A  !| "Oh, $NA#C$Eleanor, I \will$1$\ write to$4$ you indeed."
213:229, 6'  !| There was yet another point$0$ which$6#1$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney was
213:229, 7'  !| anxious to$9$ settle, though somewhat embarrassed in speaking
213:229, 8'  !| of. It had occurred to$4$ her, that$3$ after$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$ an
213:229, 9'  !| absence from home, $NA#A$Catherine might not be provided$1$ with
213:229,10'  !| money enough for$4$ the expenses of her journey, and, upon
213:229,11'  !| suggesting it to$4$ her with most affectionate offers$0$ of accommodation,
213:229,12'  !| it proved to$9$ be exactly the case. $NA#A$Catherine
213:229,13'  !| had never thought$1$ on$4$ the subject$0$ till that$6#2$ moment; but,
213:229,14'  !| upon examining her purse, was convinced that$3$ but for$4$ this
213:229,15'  !| kindness of her friend, she might have been turned from
213:229,16'  !| the house without even$5$ the means$0$ of getting home;
213:229,17'  !| and the distress$0$ in which$6#1$ she must have been thereby
213:229,18'  !| involved filling the minds of both, scarcely another word
213:229,19'  !| was said by$4$ either during the time of their remaining
213:229,20'  !| together. Short$2$, however, was that$6#2$ time. The carriage
213:229,21'  !| was soon announced to$9$ be ready; and $NA#A$Catherine, instantly
213:229,22'  !| rising, a long$9$ and affectionate embrace$0$ supplied the place$0$
213:229,23'  !| of language in bidding each other adieu; and, as they
213:229,24'  !| entered the hall, unable to$9$ leave$1$ the house without some
213:229,25'  !| mention$0$ of one whose$6#1$ name$0$ had not yet been spoken
213:229,26'  !| by$4$ either, she paused a moment, and with quivering lips
213:229,27'  !| just$9$ made it intelligible that$3$ she left$1$
213:229,27@a   | "her kind$2$ remembrance
213:229,28@a   | for$4$ her absent friend."
213:229,28'  !| But with this approach$0$
213:229,29'  !| to$4$ his name$0$ ended all possibility of restraining her feelings;
213:229,30'  !| and, hiding her face$0$ as well$9$ as she could with her handkerchief,
213:229,31'  !| she darted across$4$ the hall, jumped into the chaise,
213:229,32'  !| and in a moment was driven from the door.
214:230, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine was too$5#1$ wretched to$9$ be fearful. The
214:230, 2'  !| journey in itself had no$2$ terrors for$4$ her; and she began it
214:230, 3'  !| without either dreading its length, or feeling$1$ its solitariness.
214:230, 4'  !| Leaning back$5$ in one corner of the carriage, in a violent
214:230, 5'  !| burst$0$ of tears, she was conveyed some miles beyond$4$ the
214:230, 6'  !| walls of the Abbey before$3$ she raised her head$0$; and the
214:230, 7'  !| highest point$0$ of ground within the park was almost closed
214:230, 8'  !| from her view$0$ before$3$ she was capable of turning$1$ her
214:230, 9'  !| eyes towards it. Unfortunately, the road she now
214:230,10'  !| travelled was the same which$6#1$ only ten days ago she had
214:230,11'  !| so$5#1$ happily passed along$5$ in going to$4$ and from Woodston;
214:230,12'  !| and, for$4$ fourteen miles, every bitter feeling$0$ was rendered
214:230,13'  !| more severe by$4$ the review of objects$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ she had
214:230,14'  !| first looked under impressions so$5#1$ different. Every mile,
214:230,15'  !| as it brought her nearer Woodston, added to$4$ her sufferings,
214:230,16'  !| and when within the distance$0$ of five, she passed the
214:230,17'  !| turning$0$ which$6#1$ led to$4$ it, and thought$1$ of $NA#B$Henry, so$5#1$ near$9$,
214:230,18'  !| yet so$5#1$ unconscious, her grief and agitation were excessive.
214:230,19@a   | The day which$6#1$ she had spent at that$6#2$ place$0$ had been
214:230,20@a   | one of the happiest of her life. It was there, it was on$4$
214:230,21@a   | that$6#2$ day that$3$ the $NA#F$General had made use$0$ of such expressions
214:230,22@a   | with regard$0$ to$4$ $NA#B$Henry and herself, had so$5#2$ spoken
214:230,23@a   | and so$5#2$ looked as to$9$ give her the most positive conviction
214:230,24@a   | of his actually wishing their marriage. Yes, only ten
214:230,25@a   | days ago had he elated her by$4$ his pointed$2$ regard$0$ ~ had he
214:230,26@a   | even$5$ confused her by$4$ his too$5#1$ significant reference| And
214:230,27@a   | now ~ what$6#2$ had she done, or what$6#2$ had she omitted to$9$ do,
214:230,28@a   | to$9$ merit$1$ such a change$0$?
214:230,29@a   | The only offence against him of which$6#1$ she could accuse
214:230,30@a   | herself, had been such as was scarcely possible to$9$ reach$1$
214:230,31@a   | his knowledge. $NA#B$Henry and her own$2$ heart only were
214:230,32@a   | privy to$4$ the shocking suspicions which$6#1$ she had so$5#1$ idly
214:230,33@a   | entertained; and equally safe did she believe her secret$0$
214:231, 1@a   | with each. Designedly, at least, $NA#B$Henry could not have
214:231, 2@a   | betrayed her. If, indeed, by$4$ any strange mischance his
214:231, 3@a   | father should have gained intelligence of what$6#1$ she had
214:231, 4@a   | dared to$9$ think and look$1$ for$4$, of her causeless fancies$0$ and
214:231, 5@a   | injurious examinations, she could not wonder$1$ at any
214:231, 6@a   | degree of his indignation. If aware of her having viewed
214:231, 7@a   | him as a murderer, she could not wonder$1$ at his even$5$
214:231, 8@a   | turning$1$ her from his house. But a justification so$5#1$ full of
214:231, 9@a   | torture to$4$ herself, she trusted would not be in his power.
214:231,10'  !| Anxious as were all her conjectures$0$ on$4$ this point$0$, it
214:231,11'  !| was not, however, the one on$4$ which$6#1$ she dwelt most.
214:231,12'  !| There was a thought$0$ yet nearer, a more prevailing, more
214:231,13'  !| impetuous concern$0$.
214:231,13@a   | How $NA#B$Henry would think, and feel,
214:231,14@a   | and look$1$, when he returned on$4$ the morrow to$4$ Northanger
214:231,15@a   | and heard of her being$1$ gone, was a question$0$ of force$0$ and
214:231,16@a   | interest$0$ to$9$ rise$1$ over every other, to$9$ be never ceasing,
214:231,17@a   | alternately irritating and soothing; it sometimes suggested
214:231,18@a   | the dread$0$ of his calm$1$ acquiescence, and at others was
214:231,19@a   | answered by$4$ the sweetest confidence in his regret$0$ and
214:231,20@a   | resentment. To$4$ the $NA#F$General, of course$8$, he would not
214:231,21@a   | dare$1#1$ to$9$ speak; but to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor ~ what$6#2$ might he not say
214:231,22@a   | to$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor about$4$ her?
214:231,23'  !| In this unceasing recurrence of doubts$0$ and inquiries,
214:231,24'  !| on$4$ any one article of which$6#1$ her mind$0$ was incapable of
214:231,25'  !| more than momentary repose, the hours passed away,
214:231,26'  !| and her journey advanced much faster than she looked for$4$.
214:231,27'  !| The pressing anxieties of thought$0$, which$6#1$ prevented her
214:231,28'  !| from noticing any*thing before$4$ her, when once beyond$4$ the
214:231,29'  !| neighbourhood of Woodston, saved her at the same time
214:231,30'  !| from watching her progress; and though no$2$ object$0$ on$4$ the
214:231,31'  !| road could engage a moment's attention, she found no$2$
214:231,32'  !| stage$0#1$ of it tedious. From this, she was preserved too$5#2$ by$4$
214:231,33'  !| another cause, by$4$ feeling$1$ no$2$ eagerness for$4$ her journey's
214:231,34'  !| conclusion;
214:231,34@a   | for$3$ to$9$ return$1$ in such a manner to$4$ Fullerton
214:231,35@a   | was almost to$9$ destroy the pleasure of a meeting$0$ with
214:231,36@a   | those she loved best, even$5$ after$4$ an absence such as her's~
214:231,37@a   | an eleven weeks absence. What$6#2$ had she to$9$ say that$6#1$
214:231,38@a   | would not humble$1$ herself and pain$1$ her family; that$6#1$
214:232, 1@a   | would not increase$1$ her own$2$ grief by$4$ the confession of it,
214:232, 2@a   | extend an useless resentment, and perhaps involve the
214:232, 3@a   | innocent with the guilty in undistinguishing ill-will?
214:232, 4@a   | She could never do justice to$4$ $NA#B$Henry and $NA#C$Eleanor's merit$0$;
214:232, 5@a   | she felt it too$5#1$ strongly for$4$ expression; and should a dislike$0$
214:232, 6@a   | be taken against them, should they be thought$1$ of unfavourably,
214:232, 7@a   | on$4$ their father's account$0$, it would cut$9$ her
214:232, 8@a   | to$4$ the heart.
214:232, 9'  !| With these feelings, she rather dreaded than sought for$4$
214:232,10'  !| the first view$0$ of that$6#2$ well-known spire which$6#1$ would
214:232,11'  !| announce her within twenty miles of home. Salisbury
214:232,12'  !| she had known to$9$ be her point$0$ on$4$ leaving Northanger;
214:232,13'  !| but after$4$ the first stage$0#1$ she had been indebted to$4$ the
214:232,14'  !| post-masters for$4$ the names of the places$0$ which$6#1$ were then
214:232,15'  !| to$9$ conduct$1$ her to$4$ it; so$5#1$ great had been her ignorance of
214:232,16'  !| her route. She met with nothing, however, to$9$ distress$1$ or
214:232,17'  !| frighten her. Her youth, civil manners and liberal pay$0$,
214:232,18'  !| procured her all the attention that$6#1$ a traveller like$9$ herself
214:232,19'  !| could require; and stopping only to$9$ change$1$ horses, she
214:232,20'  !| travelled on$5$ for$4$ about$4$ eleven hours without accident
214:232,21'  !| or alarm$0$, and between six and seven o'clock in the evening
214:232,22'  !| found herself entering Fullerton.
214:232,23'  !| A heroine returning, at the close$0$ of her career, to$4$ her
214:232,24'  !| native$2$ village, in all the triumph$0$ of recovered reputation,
214:232,25'  !| and all the dignity of a countess, with a long$9$ train of
214:232,26'  !| noble relations in their several phaetons, and three
214:232,27'  !| waiting-maids in a travelling chaise-and-four, behind her,
214:232,28'  !| is an event on$4$ which$6#1$ the pen of the contriver may$1$ well$9$
214:232,29'  !| delight$1$ to$9$ dwell; it gives credit$0$ to$4$ every conclusion, and
214:232,30'  !| the author must share$1$ in the glory$0$ she so$5#1$ liberally bestows.
214:232,31'  !| ~ But my affair is widely different; I bring back$5$ my
214:232,32'  !| heroine to$4$ her home in solitude and disgrace$0$; and no$2$
214:232,33'  !| sweet elation of spirits can lead$1$ me into minuteness.
214:232,34'  !| A heroine in a hack post-chaise, is such a blow upon
214:232,35'  !| sentiment, as no$2$ attempt$0$ at grandeur or pathos can
214:232,36'  !| withstand. Swiftly therefore shall her post-boy drive$1$
214:232,37'  !| through$4$ the village, amid the gaze of Sunday groups, and
214:232,38'  !| speedy shall be her descent from it.
214:233, 1'  !| But, whatever might be the distress$0$ of $NA#A$Catherine's
214:233, 2'  !| mind$0$, as she thus advanced towards the Parsonage, and
214:233, 3'  !| whatever the humiliation of her biographer in relating it,
214:233, 4'  !| she was preparing enjoyment of no$2$ every-day nature
214:233, 5'  !| for$4$ those to$4$ whom$6#1$ she went; first, in the appearance of
214:233, 6'  !| her carriage ~ and secondly, in herself. The chaise of a
214:233, 7'  !| traveller being$1$ a rare sight in Fullerton, the whole$2$ family
214:233, 8'  !| were immediately at the window; and to$9$ have it stop$1$
214:233, 9'  !| at the sweep-gate was a pleasure to$9$ brighten every eye
214:233,10'  !| and occupy every fancy$0$ ~ a pleasure quite unlooked for$5$
214:233,11'  !| by$4$ all but the two youngest children, a boy and girl of
214:233,12'  !| six and four years old, who$6#1$ expected$1$ a brother or sister
214:233,13'  !| in every carriage. Happy the glance$0$ that$6#1$ first distinguished
214:233,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine|~ Happy the voice that$6#1$ proclaimed
214:233,15'  !| the discovery|~ But whether such happiness were the
214:233,16'  !| lawful property of $NA#ZO$George or $NA#ZP$Harriet could never be
214:233,17'  !| exactly understood.
214:233,18'  !| Her father, mother, $NA#L$Sarah, $NA#ZO$George, and $NA#ZP$Harriet, all
214:233,19'  !| assembled at the door, to$9$ welcome$1$ her with affectionate
214:233,20'  !| eagerness, was a sight to$9$ awaken the best feelings of
214:233,21'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's heart; and in the embrace$0$ of each, as she
214:233,22'  !| stepped from the carriage, she found herself soothed
214:233,23'  !| beyond$4$ any*thing that$6#1$ she had believed possible. So$5#1$
214:233,24'  !| surrounded, so$5#1$ caressed, she was even$5$ happy| In the
214:233,25'  !| joyfulness of family love$0$ every*thing for$4$ a short$2$ time was
214:233,26'  !| subdued, and the pleasure of seeing her, leaving them at
214:233,27'  !| first little leisure for$4$ calm$1$ curiosity, they were all seated
214:233,28'  !| round$4$ the tea-table, which$6#1$ $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland had hurried for$4$
214:233,29'  !| the comfort$0$ of the poor traveller, whose$6#1$ pale and jaded
214:233,30'  !| looks$0$ soon caught her notice$0$, before$3$ any inquiry so$5#1$ direct$2$
214:233,31'  !| as to$9$ demand$1$ a positive answer$0$ was addressed to$4$ her.
214:233,32'  !| Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then
214:233,33'  !| begin what$6#1$ might perhaps, at the end$0$ of half an hour,
214:233,34'  !| be termed by$4$ the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation;
214:233,35'  !| but scarcely, within that$6#2$ time, could they at all discover
214:233,36'  !| the cause, or collect the particulars of her sudden$2$ return$0$.
214:233,37'  !| They were far from being$1$ an irritable race; far from any
214:233,38'  !| quickness in catching, or bitterness in resenting affronts:~
214:234, 1'  !| but here, when the whole$0$ was unfolded, was an insult
214:234, 2'  !| not to$9$ be overlooked, nor, for$4$ the first half hour, to$9$ be
214:234, 3'  !| easily pardoned. Without suffering any romantic alarm$0$,
214:234, 4'  !| in the consideration of their daughter's long$9$ and lonely
214:234, 5'  !| journey, $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland could not but feel that$3$ it
214:234, 6'  !| might have been productive of much unpleasantness to$4$
214:234, 7'  !| her; that$3$ it was what$6#1$ they could never have voluntarily
214:234, 8'  !| suffered; and that$3$, in forcing her on$4$ such a measure$0$,
214:234, 9'  !| $NA#F$General*Tilney had acted neither honourably nor feelingly ~
214:234,10'  !| neither as a gentleman nor as a parent. Why he
214:234,11'  !| had done it, what$6#1$ could have provoked him to$4$ such
214:234,12'  !| a breach of hospitality, and so$5#1$ suddenly turned all his
214:234,13'  !| partial regard$0$ for$4$ their daughter into actual ill-will, was
214:234,14'  !| a matter which$6#1$ they were at least as far from divining as
214:234,15'  !| $NA#A$Catherine herself; but it did not oppress them by$4$ any
214:234,16'  !| means$0$ so$5#1$ long$9$; and, after$4$ a due$2$ course$0$ of useless conjecture$0$,
214:234,17'  !| that$3$,
214:234,17@x1  | "it was a strange business, and that$3$ he
214:234,18@x1  | must be a very strange man,"
214:234,18'  !| grew enough for$4$ all their
214:234,19'  !| indignation and wonder$0$; though $NA#L$Sarah indeed still$5$
214:234,20'  !| indulged in the sweets of incomprehensibility, exclaiming
214:234,21'  !| and conjecturing with youthful ardour.~
214:234,21J  !| "My dear$2#1$, you
214:234,22J  !| give yourself a great deal$0#2$ of needless trouble$0$,"
214:234,22'  !| said her
214:234,23'  !| mother at last$0$;
214:234,23J  !| "depend upon it, it is something not at
214:234,24J  !| all worth understanding$1$."
214:234,25L  !| "I can allow for$4$ his wishing $NA#A$Catherine away, when he
214:234,26L  !| recollected this engagement,"
214:234,26'  !| said $NA#L$Sarah,
214:234,26L  !| "but why not
214:234,27L  !| do it civilly?"
214:234,28J  !| "I am sorry for$4$ the young people,"
214:234,28'  !| returned $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland;
214:234,29J  !| "they must have a sad time of it; but as for$4$
214:234,30J  !| any*thing else, it is no$2$ matter now; $NA#A$Catherine is safe at
214:234,31J  !| home, and our comfort$0$ does not depend upon $NA#F$General*Tilney."
214:234,32'  !| $NA#A$Catherine sighed.
214:234,32J  !| "Well$7$,"
214:234,32'  !| continued her
214:234,33'  !| philosophic mother,
214:234,33J  !| "I am glad I did not know of your
214:234,34J  !| journey at the time; but now it is all over perhaps there
214:234,35J  !| is no$2$ great harm$0$ done. It is always good for$4$ young
214:234,36J  !| people to$9$ be put upon exerting themselves; and you
214:234,37J  !| know, my dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, you always were a sad little
214:234,38J  !| shatter-brained creature; but now you must have been
214:235, 1J  !| forced to$9$ have your wits about$4$ you, with so$5#1$ much changing
214:235, 2J  !| of chaises and so$5#2$ forth; and I hope$1$ it will$1$ appear that$3$
214:235, 3J  !| you have not left$1$ any*thing behind you in any of the
214:235, 4J  !| pockets."
214:235, 5'  !| $NA#A$Catherine hoped so$5#2$ too$5#2$, and tried to$9$ feel an interest$0$ in
214:235, 6'  !| her own$2$ amendment, but her spirits were quite worn
214:235, 7'  !| down$5$; and, to$9$ be silent and alone becoming$1$ soon her only
214:235, 8'  !| wish$1$, she readily agreed to$4$ her mother's next counsel$0$ of
214:235, 9'  !| going early to$4$ bed. Her parents seeing nothing in her
214:235,10'  !| ill-looks and agitation but the natural$2$ consequence of
214:235,11'  !| mortified feelings, and of the unusual exertion and
214:235,12'  !| fatigue$0$ of such a journey, parted from her without any
214:235,13'  !| doubt$0$ of their being$1$ soon slept away; and though, when
214:235,14'  !| they all met the next morning, her recovery was not
214:235,15'  !| equal$2$ to$4$ their hopes$0$, they were still$5$ perfectly unsuspicious
214:235,16'  !| of there being$1$ any deeper evil. They never once thought$1$
214:235,17'  !| of her heart, which$6#1$, for$4$ the parents of a young lady of
214:235,18'  !| seventeen, just$9$ returned from her first excursion from
214:235,19'  !| home, was odd enough|
214:235,20'  !| As soon as breakfast$0$ was over, she sat down$5$ to$9$ fulfil
214:235,21'  !| her promise$0$ to$4$ $NA#C$Miss*Tilney, whose$6#1$ trust$0$ in the effect$0$ of
214:235,22'  !| time and distance$0$ on$4$ her friend's disposition was already
214:235,23'  !| justified, for$3$ already did $NA#A$Catherine reproach$1$ herself
214:235,23@a   | with
214:235,24@a   | having parted from $NA#C$Eleanor coldly; with having never
214:235,25@a   | enough valued her merits or kindness; and never enough
214:235,26@a   | commiserated her for$4$ what$6#1$ she had been yesterday left$1$ to$9$
214:235,27@a   | endure.
214:235,27'  !| The strength of these feelings, however, was far
214:235,28'  !| from assisting her pen; and never had it been harder
214:235,29'  !| for$4$ her to$9$ write than in addressing $NA#C$Eleanor*Tilney. To$9$
214:235,30'  !| compose a letter which$6#1$ might at once do justice to$4$ her
214:235,31'  !| sentiments and her situation, convey gratitude without
214:235,32'  !| servile regret$0$, be guarded without coldness, and honest
214:235,33'  !| without resentment ~ a letter which$6#1$ $NA#C$Eleanor might not be
214:235,34'  !| pained by$4$ the perusal of ~ and, above$4$ all, which$6#1$ she might
214:235,35'  !| not blush$1$ herself, if $NA#B$Henry should chance$1$ to$9$ see, was an
214:235,36'  !| undertaking$0$ to$9$ frighten away all her powers of performance;
214:235,37'  !| and, after$4$ long$9$ thought$0$ and much perplexity, to$9$
214:235,38'  !| be very brief was all that$6#1$ she could determine on$4$ with
214:236, 1'  !| any confidence of safety. The money therefore which$6#1$
214:236, 2'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor had advanced was inclosed with little more than
214:236, 3'  !| grateful thanks, and the thousand good wishes$0$ of a most
214:236, 4'  !| affectionate heart.
214:236, 5J  !| "This has been a strange acquaintance,"
214:236, 5'  !| observed
214:236, 6'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland, as the letter was finished;
214:236, 6J  !| "soon made
214:236, 7J  !| and soon ended.~ I am sorry it happens so$5#2$, for$3$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
214:236, 8J  !| thought$1$ them very pretty$2$ kind$0$ of young people;
214:236, 9J  !| and you were sadly out$8$ of luck too$5#2$ in your $NA#D$Isabella.
214:236,10J  !| Ah| poor $NA#K$James| Well$7$, we must live and learn; and
214:236,11J  !| the next new friends you make$1$ I hope$1$ will$1$ be better$9$
214:236,12J  !| worth keeping$1$."
214:236,13'  !| $NA#A$Catherine coloured as she warmly answered,
214:236,13A  !| "No$2$
214:236,14A  !| friend can be better$9$ worth keeping$1$ than $NA#C$Eleanor."
214:236,15J  !| "If so$5#2$, my dear$2#1$, I dare$1#2$ say you will$1$ meet$1$ again some
214:236,16J  !| time or other; do not be uneasy. It is ten to$4$ one but
214:236,17J  !| you are thrown together again in the course$0$ of a few
214:236,18J  !| years; and then what$7$ a pleasure it will$1$ be|"
214:236,19'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland was not happy in her attempt$0$ at consolation.
214:236,20'  !| The hope$0$ of meeting$9$ again in the course$0$ of a few
214:236,21'  !| years could only put into $NA#A$Catherine's head$0$ what$6#1$ might
214:236,22'  !| happen within that$6#2$ time to$9$ make$1$ a meeting$0$ dreadful to$4$
214:236,23'  !| her.
214:236,23@a   | She could never forget $NA#B$Henry*Tilney, or think of
214:236,24@a   | him with less tenderness than she did at that$6#2$ moment;
214:236,25@a   | but he might forget her; and in that$6#2$ case to$9$ meet$1$|~
214:236,26'  !| Her eyes filled with tears as she pictured her acquaintance
214:236,27'  !| so$5#2$ renewed; and her mother, perceiving her comfortable
214:236,28'  !| suggestions to$9$ have had no$2$ good effect$0$, proposed, as
214:236,29'  !| another expedient$0$ for$4$ restoring her spirits, that$3$ they
214:236,30'  !| should call$1$ on$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen.
214:236,31'  !| The two houses were only a quarter$0#1$ of a mile apart;
214:236,32'  !| and, as they walked, $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland quickly dispatched all
214:236,33'  !| that$6#1$ she felt on$4$ the score of $NA#K$James's disappointment.
214:236,34J  !| "We are sorry for$4$ him,"
214:236,34'  !| said she;
214:236,34J  !| "but otherwise there
214:236,35J  !| is no$2$ harm$0$ done in the match$0$ going off; for$3$ it could not
214:236,36J  !| be a desirable thing to$9$ have him engaged to$4$ a girl whom$6#1$
214:236,37J  !| we had not the smallest acquaintance with, and who$6#1$ was
214:236,38J  !| so$5#1$ entirely without fortune; and now, after$4$ such behaviour,
214:237, 1J  !| we cannot think at all well$9$ of her. Just$9$ at present$0#1$
214:237, 2J  !| it comes hard to$4$ poor $NA#K$James; but that$6#2$ will$1$ not last$1$ for*ever;
214:237, 3J  !| and I dare$1#2$ say he will$1$ be a discreeter man all his
214:237, 4J  !| life, for$4$ the foolishness of his first choice$0$."
214:237, 5'  !| This was just$9$ such a summary view$0$ of the affair as
214:237, 6'  !| $NA#A$Catherine could listen to$4$; another sentence might have
214:237, 7'  !| endangered her complaisance, and made her reply$0$ less
214:237, 8'  !| rational; for$3$ soon were all her thinking powers swallowed
214:237, 9'  !| up in the reflection of her own$2$ change$0$ of feelings and
214:237,10'  !| spirits since last$2$ she had trodden that$6#2$ well-known road.
214:237,11'  !| It was not three months ago since, wild with joyful
214:237,12'  !| expectation, she had there run$1$ backwards and forwards
214:237,13'  !| some ten times a-day, with an heart light$9$, gay, and
214:237,14'  !| independent; looking forward$8$ to$4$ pleasures untasted and
214:237,15'  !| unalloyed, and free from the apprehension of evil as from
214:237,16'  !| the knowledge of it.
214:237,16@a   | Three months ago had seen her all
214:237,17@a   | this; and now, how altered a being$0$ did she return$1$|
214:237,18'  !| She was received by$4$ the $NA#H1$Allens with all the kindness
214:237,19'  !| which$6#1$ her unlooked-for appearance, acting on$4$ a steady
214:237,20'  !| affection, would naturally call$1$ forth; and great was their
214:237,21'  !| surprize$0$, and warm$2$ their displeasure, on$4$ hearing how she
214:237,22'  !| had been treated,~ though $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland's account$0$ of it
214:237,23'  !| was no$2$ inflated representation, no$2$ studied appeal to$4$ their
214:237,24'  !| passions.
214:237,24J  !| "$NA#A$Catherine took us quite by$4$ surprize$0$ yesterday
214:237,25J  !| evening,"
214:237,25'  !| said she.
214:237,25J  !| "She travelled all the way post by$4$
214:237,26J  !| herself, and knew nothing of coming till Saturday night;
214:237,27J  !| for$3$ $NA#F$General*Tilney, from some odd fancy$0$ or other, all of
214:237,28J  !| a sudden$8$ grew tired of having her there, and almost
214:237,29J  !| turned her out$8$ of the house. Very unfriendly, certainly;
214:237,30J  !| and he must be a very odd man;~ but we are so$5#1$ glad to$9$
214:237,31J  !| have her amongst us again| And it is a great comfort$0$
214:237,32J  !| to$9$ find that$3$ she is not a poor helpless creature, but can
214:237,33J  !| shift$1$ very well$9$ for$4$ herself."
214:237,34'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen expressed himself on$4$ the occasion$0$ with the
214:237,35'  !| reasonable resentment of a sensible$2#2$ friend; and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
214:237,36'  !| thought$1$ his expressions quite good enough to$9$ be
214:237,37'  !| immediately made use$0$ of again by$4$ herself. His wonder$0$,
214:237,38'  !| his conjectures$0$, and his explanations, became in succession
214:238, 1'  !| her's, with the addition of this single remark$0$ ~
214:238, 1I  !| "I really
214:238, 2I  !| have not patience with the $NA#F$General" ~
214:238, 2'  !| to$9$ fill up every
214:238, 3'  !| accidental pause$0$. And,
214:238, 3I  !| "I really have not patience with
214:238, 4I  !| the $NA#F$General,"
214:238, 4'  !| was uttered twice after$3$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen left$1$ the
214:238, 5'  !| room, without any relaxation of anger$0$, or any material$2$
214:238, 6'  !| digression of thought$0$. A more considerable degree of
214:238, 7'  !| wandering attended the third repetition; and, after$4$ completing
214:238, 8'  !| the fourth, she immediately added,
214:238, 8I  !| "Only think,
214:238, 9I  !| my dear$2#1$, of my having got that$6#2$ frightful great rent in my
214:238,10I  !| best Mechlin so$5#1$ charmingly mended, before$3$ I left$1$ Bath$0#1$,
214:238,11I  !| that$3$ one can hardly see where it was. I must shew$1$ it you
214:238,12I  !| some day or other. Bath$0#1$ is a nice place$0$, $NA#A$Catherine, after$4$
214:238,13I  !| all. I assure you I did not above$4$ half like$1$ coming away.
214:238,14I  !| $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe's being$1$ there was such a comfort$0$ to$4$ us, was
214:238,15I  !| not it? You know you and I were quite forlorn at first."
214:238,16A  !| "Yes, but \that$6#2$\ did not last$1$ long$9$,"
214:238,16'  !| said $NA#A$Catherine, her
214:238,17'  !| eyes brightening at the recollection of what$6#1$ had first
214:238,18'  !| given spirit to$4$ her existence there.
214:238,19I  !| "Very true: we soon met with $NA#N$Mrs%*Thorpe, and then
214:238,20I  !| we wanted for$4$ nothing. My dear$2#1$, do not you think
214:238,21I  !| these silk gloves wear very well$9$? I put them on$5$ new
214:238,22I  !| the first time of our going to$4$ the Lower*Rooms, you know,
214:238,23I  !| and I have worn them a great deal$0#2$ since. Do you
214:238,24I  !| remember that$6#2$ evening?"
214:238,25A  !| "Do I| Oh| perfectly."
214:238,26I  !| "It was very agreeable, was not it? $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney drank
214:238,27I  !| tea with us, and I always thought$1$ him a great addition,
214:238,28I  !| he is so$5#1$ very agreeable. I have a notion you danced
214:238,29I  !| with him, but am not quite sure. I remember I had my
214:238,30I  !| favourite$2$ gown on$5$."
214:238,31'  !| $NA#A$Catherine could not answer$1$; and, after$4$ a short$2$ trial
214:238,32'  !| of other subjects, $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen again returned to$4$ ~
214:238,32I  !| "I really
214:238,33I  !| have not patience with the $NA#F$General| Such an agreeable,
214:238,34I  !| worthy man as he seemed to$9$ be| I do not suppose,
214:238,35I  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland, you ever saw a better-bred man in your
214:238,36I  !| life. His lodgings were taken the very day after$3$ he left$1$
214:238,37I  !| them, $NA#A$Catherine. But no$2$ wonder$0$; Milsom-street you
214:238,38I  !| know."~
214:239, 1'  !| As they walked home again, $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland endeavoured
214:239, 2'  !| to$9$ impress on$4$ her daughter's mind$0$ the happiness of having
214:239, 3'  !| such steady well-wishers as $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, and the
214:239, 4'  !| very little consideration which$6#1$ the neglect$0$ or unkindness
214:239, 5'  !| of slight$2$ acquaintance like$9$ the $NA#F1$Tilneys ought to$9$ have
214:239, 6'  !| with her, while$9$ she could preserve the good opinion and
214:239, 7'  !| affection of her earliest friends. There was a great deal$0#2$
214:239, 8'  !| of good sense in all this; but there are some situations
214:239, 9'  !| of the human mind$0$ in which$6#1$ good sense has very little
214:239,10'  !| power; and $NA#A$Catherine's feelings contradicted almost
214:239,11'  !| every position her mother advanced.
214:239,11@a   | It was upon the
214:239,12@a   | behaviour of these very slight$2$ acquaintance that$3$ all her
214:239,13@a   | present$9$ happiness depended;
214:239,13'  !| and while$9$ $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland
214:239,14'  !| was successfully confirming her own$2$ opinions by$4$ the
214:239,15'  !| justness of her own$2$ representations, $NA#A$Catherine was
214:239,16'  !| silently reflecting that$3$
214:239,16@a   | \now\ $NA#B$Henry must have arrived at
214:239,17@a   | Northanger; \now\ he must have heard of her departure;
214:239,18@a   | and \now\, perhaps, they were all setting off for$4$ Hereford.
215:240, 1'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's disposition was not naturally sedentary,
215:240, 2'  !| nor had her habits been ever very industrious; but whatever
215:240, 3'  !| might hitherto have been her defects of that$6#2$ sort,
215:240, 4'  !| her mother could not but perceive them now to$9$ be greatly
215:240, 5'  !| increased. She could neither sit still$2$, nor employ herself
215:240, 6'  !| for$4$ ten minutes together, walking round$4$ the garden and
215:240, 7'  !| orchard again and again, as if nothing but motion was
215:240, 8'  !| voluntary; and it seemed as if she could even$5$ walk$0$ about$4$
215:240, 9'  !| the house rather than remain fixed for$4$ any time in the
215:240,10'  !| parlour. Her loss of spirits was a yet greater alteration.
215:240,11'  !| In her rambling and her idleness she might only be
215:240,12'  !| a caricature of herself; but in her silence$0$ and sadness she
215:240,13'  !| was the very reverse of all that$6#1$ she had been before$5$.
215:240,14'  !| For$4$ two days $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland allowed it to$9$ pass$1$ even$5$
215:240,15'  !| without a hint$0$; but when a third night's rest$0#2$ had neither
215:240,16'  !| restored her cheerfulness, improved her in useful activity,
215:240,17'  !| nor given her a greater inclination for$4$ needle-work, she
215:240,18'  !| could no$2$ longer refrain from the gentle reproof,
215:240,18J  !| "My
215:240,19J  !| dear$2#1$ $NA#A$Catherine, I am afraid you are growing quite a fine
215:240,20J  !| lady. I do not know when poor $NA#ZN$Richard's cravats would
215:240,21J  !| be done, if he had no$2$ friend but you. Your head$0$ runs
215:240,22J  !| too$5#1$ much upon Bath$0#1$; but there is a time for$4$ every*thing ~
215:240,23J  !| a time for$4$ balls and plays$0$, and a time for$4$ work$0$. You
215:240,24J  !| have had a long$9$ run$0$ of amusement, and now you must
215:240,25J  !| try to$9$ be useful."
215:240,26'  !| $NA#A$Catherine took up her work$0$ directly, saying, in a
215:240,27'  !| dejected voice, that$3$
215:240,27@a   | "her head$0$ did not run$1$ upon
215:240,28@a   | Bath$0#1$ ~ much."
215:240,29J  !| "Then you are fretting about$4$ $NA#F$General*Tilney, and that$6#2$
215:240,30J  !| is very simple$2$ of you; for$3$ ten to$4$ one whether you ever
215:240,31J  !| see him again. You should never fret about$4$ trifles."
215:240,32'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ silence$0$ ~
215:240,32J  !| "I hope$1$, my $NA#A$Catherine, you are
215:240,33J  !| not getting out$8$ of humour with home because it is not so$5#1$
215:241, 1J  !| grand as Northanger. That$6#2$ would be turning$1$ your visit$0$
215:241, 2J  !| into an evil indeed. Wherever you are you should
215:241, 3J  !| always be contented, but especially at home, because
215:241, 4J  !| there you must spend the most of your time. I did not
215:241, 5J  !| quite like$1$, at breakfast$0$, to$9$ hear you talk$1$ so$5#1$ much about$4$
215:241, 6J  !| the French-bread at Northanger."
215:241, 7A  !| "I am sure I do not care$1$ about$4$ the bread. It is all the
215:241, 8A  !| same to$4$ me what$6#1$ I eat."
215:241, 9J  !| "There is a very clever Essay in one of the books up*stairs
215:241,10J  !| upon much such a subject$0$, about$4$ young girls that$6#1$
215:241,11J  !| have been spoilt for$4$ home by$4$ great acquaintance~ ""The
215:241,12J  !| Mirror,"" I think. I will$1$ look$1$ it out$5$ for$4$ you some day or
215:241,13J  !| other, because I am sure it will$1$ do you good."
215:241,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine said no$2$ more, and, with an endeavour$0$ to$9$ do
215:241,15'  !| right$2#1$, applied to$4$ her work$0$; but, after$4$ a few minutes,
215:241,16'  !| sunk again, without knowing it herself, into languor and
215:241,17'  !| listlessness, moving herself in her chair, from the irritation
215:241,18'  !| of weariness, much oftener than she moved her needle.~
215:241,19'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland watched the progress of this relapse; and
215:241,20'  !| seeing, in her daughter's absent and dissatisfied look$0$, the
215:241,21'  !| full proof of that$6#2$ repining spirit to$4$ which$6#1$ she had now
215:241,22'  !| begun to$9$ attribute her want$0$ of cheerfulness, hastily left$1$
215:241,23'  !| the room to$9$ fetch the book in question$0$, anxious to$9$ lose
215:241,24'  !| no$2$ time in attacking so$5#1$ dreadful a malady. It was some
215:241,25'  !| time before$3$ she could find what$6#1$ she looked for$4$; and
215:241,26'  !| other family matters occurring to$9$ detain her, a quarter$0#1$
215:241,27'  !| of an hour had elapsed ere she returned down*stairs with
215:241,28'  !| the volume from which$6#1$ so$5#1$ much was hoped. Her avocations
215:241,29'  !| above$5$ having shut out$5$ all noise but what$6#1$ she created
215:241,30'  !| herself, she knew not that$3$ a visitor had arrived within
215:241,31'  !| the last$2$ few minutes, till, on$4$ entering the room, the first
215:241,32'  !| object$0$ she beheld was a young man whom$6#1$ she had never
215:241,33'  !| seen before$5$. With a look$0$ of much respect$0$, he immediately
215:241,34'  !| rose$1$, and being$1$ introduced to$4$ her by$4$ her conscious
215:241,35'  !| daughter, as
215:241,35A  !| "$NA#B$Mr%*Henry*Tilney,"
215:241,35'  !| with the embarrassment
215:241,36'  !| of real sensibility began to$9$ apologise for$4$ his appearance
215:241,37'  !| there, acknowledging that$3$ after$4$ what$6#1$ had passed
215:241,38'  !| he had little right$0$ to$9$ expect a welcome$0$ at Fullerton, and
215:242, 1'  !| stating his impatience to$9$ be assured of $NA#A$Miss*Morland's
215:242, 2'  !| having reached her home in safety, as the cause of his
215:242, 3'  !| intrusion. He did not address$1$ himself to$4$ an uncandid
215:242, 4'  !| judge$0$ or a resentful heart. Far from comprehending him
215:242, 5'  !| or his sister in their father's misconduct, $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland
215:242, 6'  !| had been always kindly disposed towards each, and
215:242, 7'  !| instantly, pleased by$4$ his appearance, received him with
215:242, 8'  !| the simple$2$ professions of unaffected benevolence; thanking
215:242, 9'  !| him for$4$ such an attention to$4$ her daughter, assuring
215:242,10'  !| him that$3$ the friends of her children were always welcome$2$
215:242,11'  !| there, and intreating him to$9$ say not another word of
215:242,12'  !| the past$0$.
215:242,13'  !| He was not ill inclined to$9$ obey this request$0$, for$3$, though
215:242,14'  !| his heart was greatly relieved by$4$ such unlooked-for
215:242,15'  !| mildness, it was not just$9$ at that$6#2$ moment in his power
215:242,16'  !| to$9$ say any*thing to$4$ the purpose. Returning in silence$0$ to$4$
215:242,17'  !| his seat, therefore, he remained for$4$ some minutes most
215:242,18'  !| civilly answering all $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland's common$2$ remarks
215:242,19'  !| about$4$ the weather and roads. $NA#A$Catherine meanwhile,~
215:242,20'  !| the anxious, agitated, happy, feverish $NA#A$Catherine, ~ said
215:242,21'  !| not a word; but her glowing cheek and brightened eye
215:242,22'  !| made her mother trust$1$ that$3$ this good-natured visit$0$ would
215:242,23'  !| at least set$1$ her heart at ease$0$ for$4$ a time, and gladly therefore
215:242,24'  !| did she lay$1#1$ aside the first volume of the Mirror for$4$
215:242,25'  !| a future hour.
215:242,26'  !| Desirous of $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland's assistance, as well$9$ in giving
215:242,27'  !| encouragement, as in finding conversation for$4$ her guest,
215:242,28'  !| whose$6#1$ embarrassment on$4$ his father's account$0$ she earnestly
215:242,29'  !| pitied, $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland had very early dispatched one of
215:242,30'  !| the children to$9$ summon him; but $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland was from
215:242,31'  !| home ~ and being$1$ thus without any support$0$, at the end$0$
215:242,32'  !| of a quarter$0#1$ of an hour she had nothing to$9$ say. After$4$
215:242,33'  !| a couple of minutes unbroken silence$0$, $NA#B$Henry, turning$1$ to$4$
215:242,34'  !| $NA#A$Catherine for$4$ the first time since her mother's entrance,
215:242,35'  !| asked her, with sudden$2$ alacrity, if $NA#H$Mr% and $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen
215:242,36'  !| were now at Fullerton? and on$4$ developing, from amidst
215:242,37'  !| all her perplexity of words in reply$0$, the meaning$0$, which$6#1$
215:242,38'  !| one short$2$ syllable would have given, immediately expressed
215:243, 1'  !| his intention of paying his respects to$4$ them, and,
215:243, 2'  !| with a rising colour, asked her if she would have the
215:243, 3'  !| goodness to$9$ shew$1$ him the way.
215:243, 3L  !| "You may$1$ see the house
215:243, 4L  !| from this window, sir,"
215:243, 4'  !| was information on$4$ $NA#L$Sarah's side$0$,
215:243, 5'  !| which$6#1$ produced only a bow$0#1$ of acknowledgment from the
215:243, 6'  !| gentleman, and a silencing nod$0$ from her mother; for$3$
215:243, 7'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland, thinking it probable, as a secondary consideration
215:243, 8'  !| in his wish$0$ of waiting on$4$ their worthy neighbours,
215:243, 9'  !| that$3$ he might have some explanation to$9$ give of
215:243,10'  !| his father's behaviour, which$6#1$ it must be more pleasant
215:243,11'  !| for$4$ him to$9$ communicate only to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine, would not on$4$
215:243,12'  !| any account$0$ prevent her accompanying him. They
215:243,13'  !| began their walk$0$, and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland was not entirely
215:243,14'  !| mistaken in his object$0$ in wishing it. Some explanation
215:243,15'  !| on$4$ his father's account$0$ he had to$9$ give; but his first
215:243,16'  !| purpose was to$9$ explain himself, and before$3$ they reached
215:243,17'  !| $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's grounds he had done it so$5#1$ well$9$, that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine
215:243,18@a   | did not think it could ever be repeated too$5#1$ often.
215:243,18'  !| She
215:243,19'  !| was assured of his affection;
215:243,19'  !| and that$6#2$ heart in return$0$
215:243,20'  !| was solicited, which$6#1$, perhaps, they pretty$5$ equally knew
215:243,21'  !| was already entirely his own$2$; for$3$, though $NA#B$Henry was
215:243,22'  !| now sincerely attached to$4$ her, though he felt and delighted
215:243,23'  !| in all the excellencies of her character and truly loved
215:243,24'  !| her society, I must confess that$3$ his affection originated
215:243,25'  !| in nothing better$9$ than gratitude, or, in other words, that$3$
215:243,26'  !| a persuasion of her partiality for$4$ him had been the only
215:243,27'  !| cause of giving her a serious$2$ thought$0$. It is a new circumstance
215:243,28'  !| in romance, I acknowledge, and dreadfully
215:243,29'  !| derogatory of an heroine's dignity; but if it be as new
215:243,30'  !| in common$2$ life, the credit$0$ of a wild imagination will$1$ at
215:243,31'  !| least be all my own$2$.
215:243,32'  !| A very short$2$ visit$0$ to$4$ $NA#I$Mrs%*Allen, in which$6#1$ $NA#B$Henry talked
215:243,33'  !| at random, without sense or connection, and $NA#A$Catherine,
215:243,34'  !| wrapt in the contemplation of her own$2$ unutterable
215:243,35'  !| happiness, scarcely opened her lips, dismissed them to$4$ the
215:243,36'  !| extasies of another te~te-a`-te~te; and before$3$ it was suffered
215:243,37'  !| to$9$ close$1$, she was enabled to$9$ judge$1$ how far he was sanctioned
215:243,38'  !| by$4$ parental authority in his present$9$ application.
215:244, 1'  !| On$4$ his return$0$ from Woodston, two days before$5$, he had
215:244, 2'  !| been met near$4$ the Abbey by$4$ his impatient father, hastily
215:244, 3'  !| informed in angry terms of $NA#A$Miss*Morland's departure, and
215:244, 4'  !| ordered to$9$ think of her no$2$ more.
215:244, 5'  !| Such was the permission upon which$6#1$ he had now
215:244, 6'  !| offered her his hand$0$. The affrighted $NA#A$Catherine, amidst
215:244, 7'  !| all the terrors of expectation, as she listened to$4$ this account$0$
215:244, 8'  !| could not but rejoice in the kind$2$ caution$0$ with which$6#1$
215:244, 9'  !| $NA#B$Henry had saved her from the necessity of a conscientious
215:244,10'  !| rejection, by$4$ engaging her faith before$3$ he mentioned the
215:244,11'  !| subject$0$; and as he proceeded to$9$ give the particulars,
215:244,12'  !| and explain the motives of his father's conduct$0$, her
215:244,13'  !| feelings soon hardened into even$5$ a triumphant delight$0$.
215:244,14'  !| The $NA#F$General had had nothing to$9$ accuse her of, nothing
215:244,15'  !| to$9$ lay$1#1$ to$4$ her charge$0$, but her being$1$ the involuntary,
215:244,16'  !| unconscious object$0$ of a deception which$6#1$ his pride could
215:244,17'  !| not pardon$1$, and which$6#1$ a better$9$ pride would have been
215:244,18'  !| ashamed to$9$ own$1$. She was guilty only of being$1$ less rich
215:244,19'  !| than he had supposed her to$9$ be. Under a mistaken
215:244,20'  !| persuasion of her possessions and claims, he had courted
215:244,21'  !| her acquaintance in Bath$0#1$, solicited her company at
215:244,22'  !| Northanger, and designed her for$4$ his daughter in law.
215:244,23'  !| On$4$ discovering his error, to$9$ turn$1$ her from the house
215:244,24'  !| seemed the best, though to$4$ his feelings an inadequate
215:244,25'  !| proof of his resentment towards herself, and his contempt
215:244,26'  !| of her family.
215:244,27'  !| $NA#E$John*Thorpe had first misled him. The $NA#F$General, perceiving
215:244,28'  !| his son one night at the theatre to$9$ be paying
215:244,29'  !| considerable attention to$4$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland, had accidentally
215:244,30'  !| inquired of $NA#E$Thorpe, if he knew more of her than her name$0$.
215:244,31'  !| $NA#E$Thorpe, most happy to$9$ be on$4$ speaking terms with a man
215:244,32'  !| of $NA#F$General*Tilney's importance, had been joyfully and
215:244,33'  !| proudly communicative;~ and being$1$ at that$6#2$ time not
215:244,34'  !| only in daily expectation of $NA#K$Morland's engaging $NA#D$Isabella,
215:244,35'  !| but likewise pretty$5$ well$9$ resolved upon marrying $NA#A$Catherine
215:244,36'  !| himself, his vanity induced him to$9$ represent the family
215:244,37'  !| as yet more wealthy than his vanity and avarice had
215:244,38'  !| made him believe them. With whomsoever he was, or
215:245, 1'  !| was likely to$9$ be connected, his own$2$ consequence always
215:245, 2'  !| required that$3$ theirs should be great, and as his intimacy
215:245, 3'  !| with any acquaintance grew, so$5#1$ regularly grew their
215:245, 4'  !| fortune. The expectations of his friend $NA#K$Morland, therefore,
215:245, 5'  !| from the first over-rated, had ever since his introduction
215:245, 6'  !| to$4$ $NA#D$Isabella, been gradually increasing; and by$4$
215:245, 7'  !| merely adding twice as much for$4$ the grandeur of the
215:245, 8'  !| moment, by$4$ doubling what$6#1$ he chose to$9$ think the amount
215:245, 9'  !| of $NA#K$Mr%*Morland's preferment, trebling his private$2$ fortune,
215:245,10'  !| bestowing a rich aunt, and sinking half the children,
215:245,11'  !| he was able to$9$ represent the whole$2$ family to$4$ the $NA#F$General
215:245,12'  !| in a most respectable light$0$. For$4$ $NA#A$Catherine, however, the
215:245,13'  !| peculiar object$0$ of the $NA#F$General's curiosity, and his own$2$
215:245,14'  !| speculations, he had yet something more in reserve$0$, and
215:245,15'  !| the ten or fifteen thousand pounds which$6#1$ her father could
215:245,16'  !| give her, would be a pretty$2$ addition to$4$ $NA#H$Mr%*Allen's estate.
215:245,17'  !| Her intimacy there had made him seriously determine on$4$
215:245,18'  !| her being$1$ handsomely legacied hereafter; and to$9$ speak
215:245,19'  !| of her therefore as the almost acknowledged future
215:245,20'  !| heiress of Fullerton naturally followed. Upon such
215:245,21'  !| intelligence the $NA#F$General had proceeded; for$3$ never had it
215:245,22'  !| occurred to$4$ him to$9$ doubt$1$ its authority. $NA#E$Thorpe's interest$0$
215:245,23'  !| in the family, by$4$ his sister's approaching connection with
215:245,24'  !| one of its members, and his own$2$ views on$4$ another, (circumstances
215:245,25'  !| of which$6#1$ he boasted$1$ with almost equal$2$ openness,)
215:245,26'  !| seemed sufficient vouchers for$4$ his truth; and to$4$
215:245,27'  !| these were added the absolute facts of the $NA#H1$Allens being$1$
215:245,28'  !| wealthy and childless, of $NA#A$Miss*Morland's being$1$ under
215:245,29'  !| their care$0$, and ~ as soon as his acquaintance allowed him
215:245,30'  !| to$9$ judge$1$ ~ of their treating her with parental kindness.
215:245,31'  !| His resolution was soon formed. Already had he discerned
215:245,32'  !| a liking towards $NA#A$Miss*Morland in the countenance
215:245,33'  !| of his son; and thankful for$4$ $NA#E$Mr%*Thorpe's communication,
215:245,34'  !| he almost instantly determined$1$ to$9$ spare$1$ no$2$ pains in
215:245,35'  !| weakening his boasted$2$ interest$0$ and ruining his dearest
215:245,36'  !| hopes$0$. $NA#A$Catherine herself could not be more ignorant at
215:245,37'  !| the time of all this, than his own$2$ children. $NA#B$Henry and
215:245,38'  !| $NA#C$Eleanor, perceiving nothing in her situation likely to$9$
215:246, 1'  !| engage their father's particular respect$0$, had seen with
215:246, 2'  !| astonishment the suddenness, continuance and extent
215:246, 3'  !| of his attention; and though latterly, from some hints
215:246, 4'  !| which$6#1$ had accompanied an almost positive command$0$ to$4$
215:246, 5'  !| his son of doing every*thing in his power to$9$ attach her,
215:246, 6'  !| $NA#B$Henry was convinced of his father's believing it to$9$ be an
215:246, 7'  !| advantageous connection, it was not till the late explanation
215:246, 8'  !| at Northanger that$3$ they had the smallest idea of the
215:246, 9'  !| false calculations which$6#1$ had hurried him on$5$. That$3$ they
215:246,10'  !| were false, the $NA#F$General had learnt from the very person
215:246,11'  !| who$6#1$ had suggested them, from $NA#E$Thorpe himself, whom$6#1$ he
215:246,12'  !| had chanced to$9$ meet$1$ again in town, and who$6#1$, under the
215:246,13'  !| influence$0$ of exactly opposite feelings, irritated by$4$
215:246,14'  !| $NA#A$Catherine's refusal, and yet more by$4$ the failure of a very
215:246,15'  !| recent endeavour$0$ to$9$ accomplish a reconciliation between
215:246,16'  !| $NA#K$Morland and $NA#D$Isabella, convinced that$3$ they were separated
215:246,17'  !| for*ever, and spurning a friendship which$6#1$ could be no$2$
215:246,18'  !| longer serviceable, hastened to$9$ contradict all that$6#1$ he had
215:246,19'  !| said before$5$ to$4$ the advantage of the $NA#J1$Morlands;~
215:246,19@e   | confessed
215:246,20@e   | himself to$9$ have been totally mistaken in his opinion of
215:246,21@e   | their circumstances and character, misled by$4$ the rhodomontade
215:246,22@e   | of his friend to$9$ believe his father a man of
215:246,23@e   | substance and credit$0$, whereas the transactions of the two
215:246,24@e   | or three last$2$ weeks proved him to$9$ be neither; for$3$ after$4$
215:246,25@e   | coming eagerly forward$8$ on$4$ the first overture of a marriage
215:246,26@e   | between the families, with the most liberal proposals, he
215:246,27@e   | had, on$4$ being$1$ brought to$4$ the point$0$ by$4$ the shrewdness of
215:246,28@e   | the relator, been constrained to$9$ acknowledge himself
215:246,29@e   | incapable of giving the young people even$5$ a decent
215:246,30@e   | support$0$. They were, in fact, a necessitous family;
215:246,31@e   | numerous too$5#2$ almost beyond$4$ example; by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
215:246,32@e   | respected in their own$2$ neighbourhood, as he had lately
215:246,33@e   | had particular opportunities of discovering; aiming at
215:246,34@e   | a style of life which$6#1$ their fortune could not warrant;
215:246,35@e   | seeking to$9$ better$1$ themselves by$4$ wealthy connexions;
215:246,36@e   | a forward$2$, bragging, scheming race.
215:246,37'  !| The terrified $NA#F$General pronounced the name$0$ of $NA#H1$Allen
215:246,38'  !| with an inquiring look$0$; and here too$5#2$ $NA#E$Thorpe had learnt
215:247, 1'  !| his error.
215:247, 1@e   | The $NA#H1$Allens, he believed, had lived near$4$ them
215:247, 2@e   | too$5#1$ long$9$, and he knew the young man on$4$ whom$6#1$ the
215:247, 3@e   | Fullerton estate must devolve.
215:247, 3'  !| The $NA#F$General needed no$2$
215:247, 4'  !| more. Enraged with almost every*body in the world
215:247, 5'  !| but himself, he set$1$ out$5$ the next day for$4$ the Abbey, where
215:247, 6'  !| his performances have been seen.
215:247, 7'  !| I leave$1$ it to$4$ my reader's sagacity to$9$ determine how
215:247, 8'  !| much of all this it was possible for$4$ $NA#B$Henry to$9$ communicate
215:247, 9'  !| at this time to$4$ $NA#A$Catherine, how much of it he could have
215:247,10'  !| learnt from his father, in what$6#1$ points his own$2$ conjectures$0$
215:247,11'  !| might assist him, and what$6#1$ portion must yet remain to$9$ be
215:247,12'  !| told in a letter from $NA#K$James. I have united for$4$ their ease$0$
215:247,13'  !| what$6#1$ they must divide for$4$ mine$6$. $NA#A$Catherine, at any rate$0$,
215:247,14'  !| heard enough to$9$ feel, that$3$ in suspecting $NA#F$General*Tilney of
215:247,15'  !| either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely
215:247,16'  !| sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty.
215:247,17'  !| $NA#B$Henry, in having such things to$9$ relate of his father,
215:247,18'  !| was almost as pitiable as in their first avowal to$4$ himself.
215:247,19'  !| He blushed for$4$ the narrow-minded counsel$0$ which$6#1$ he was
215:247,20'  !| obliged to$9$ expose. The conversation between them at
215:247,21'  !| Northanger had been of the most unfriendly kind$0$.
215:247,22'  !| $NA#B$Henry's indignation on$4$ hearing how $NA#A$Catherine had been
215:247,23'  !| treated, on$4$ comprehending his father's views, and being$1$
215:247,24'  !| ordered to$9$ acquiesce in them, had been open$2$ and bold.
215:247,25'  !| The $NA#F$General, accustomed on$4$ every ordinary occasion$0$ to$9$
215:247,26'  !| give the law in his family, prepared for$4$ no$2$ reluctance but
215:247,27'  !| of feeling$0$, no$2$ opposing desire$0$ that$6#1$ should dare$1#1$ to$9$ clothe
215:247,28'  !| itself in words, could ill brook the opposition of his son,
215:247,29'  !| steady as the sanction of reason$0$ and the dictate$0$ of conscience
215:247,30'  !| could make$1$ it. But, in such a case, his anger$0$,
215:247,31'  !| though it must shock$1$, could not intimidate $NA#B$Henry, who$6#1$
215:247,32'  !| was sustained in his purpose by$4$ a conviction of its justice.
215:247,33'  !| He felt himself bound as much in honour$0$ as in affection
215:247,34'  !| to$4$ $NA#A$Miss*Morland, and believing that$6#2$ heart to$9$ be his own$2$
215:247,35'  !| which$6#1$ he had been directed to$9$ gain$1$, no$2$ unworthy retraction
215:247,36'  !| of a tacit consent$0$, no$2$ reversing decree of unjustifiable
215:247,37'  !| anger$0$, could shake$1$ his fidelity, or influence$1$ the resolutions
215:247,38'  !| it prompted.
215:248, 1'  !| He steadily refused to$9$ accompany his father into
215:248, 2'  !| Herefordshire, an engagement formed almost at the
215:248, 3'  !| moment, to$9$ promote the dismissal of $NA#A$Catherine, and as
215:248, 4'  !| steadily declared his intention of offering her his hand$0$.
215:248, 5'  !| The $NA#F$General was furious in his anger$0$, and they parted in
215:248, 6'  !| dreadful disagreement. $NA#B$Henry, in an agitation of mind$0$
215:248, 7'  !| which$6#1$ many solitary hours were required to$9$ compose, had
215:248, 8'  !| returned almost instantly to$4$ Woodston; and, on$4$ the
215:248, 9'  !| afternoon of the following day, had begun his journey to$4$
215:248,10'  !| Fullerton.
216:249, 1'  !| $NA#ZM$Mr% and $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland's surprize$0$ on$4$ being$1$ applied to$4$
216:249, 2'  !| by$4$ $NA#B$Mr%*Tilney, for$4$ their consent$0$ to$4$ his marrying their
216:249, 3'  !| daughter, was, for$4$ a few minutes, considerable; it having
216:249, 4'  !| never entered their heads to$9$ suspect an attachment on$4$
216:249, 5'  !| either side$0$; but as nothing, after$4$ all, could be more
216:249, 6'  !| natural$2$ than $NA#A$Catherine's being$1$ beloved, they soon learnt
216:249, 7'  !| to$9$ consider it with only the happy agitation of gratified
216:249, 8'  !| pride, and, as far as they alone were concerned, had not
216:249, 9'  !| a single objection to$9$ start$1$. His pleasing manners and
216:249,10'  !| good sense were self-evident recommendations; and
216:249,11'  !| having never heard evil of him, it was not their way to$9$
216:249,12'  !| suppose any evil could be told. Good-will supplying the
216:249,13'  !| place$0$ of experience$0$, his character needed no$2$ attestation.
216:249,14J  !| "$NA#A$Catherine would made a sad heedless young housekeeper
216:249,15J  !| to$9$ be sure,"
216:249,15'  !| was her mother's foreboding remark$0$;
216:249,16'  !| but quick$2$ was the consolation of there being$1$ nothing like$9$
216:249,17'  !| practice$0$.
216:249,18'  !| There was but one obstacle, in short$0$, to$9$ be mentioned;
216:249,19'  !| but till that$6#2$ one was removed, it must be impossible for$4$
216:249,20'  !| them to$9$ sanction the engagement. Their tempers were
216:249,21'  !| mild, but their principles were steady, and while$9$ his
216:249,22'  !| parent so$5#1$ expressly forbad the connexion, they could not
216:249,23'  !| allow themselves to$9$ encourage it. That$3$ the $NA#F$General
216:249,24'  !| should come forward$8$ to$9$ solicit the alliance, or that$3$ he
216:249,25'  !| should even$5$ very heartily approve it, they were not
216:249,26'  !| refined enough to$9$ make$1$ any parading stipulation; but
216:249,27'  !| the decent appearance of consent$0$ must be yielded, and
216:249,28'  !| that$6#2$ once obtained ~ and their own$2$ hearts made them
216:249,29'  !| trust$1$ that$3$ it could not be very long$9$ denied ~ their willing
216:249,30'  !| approbation was instantly to$9$ follow. His \consent$0$\ was all
216:249,31'  !| that$6#1$ they wished for$4$. They were no$2$ more inclined than
216:249,32'  !| entitled to$9$ demand$1$ his \money\. Of a very considerable
216:249,33'  !| fortune, his son was, by$4$ marriage settlements, eventually
216:250, 1'  !| secure$2$; his present$9$ income was an income of independence
216:250, 2'  !| and comfort$0$, and under every pecuniary view$0$, it was
216:250, 3'  !| a match$0$ beyond$4$ the claims of their daughter.
216:250, 4'  !| The young people could not be surprized at a decision
216:250, 5'  !| like$9$ this. They felt and they deplored ~ but they could
216:250, 6'  !| not resent it; and they parted, endeavouring to$9$ hope$1$
216:250, 7'  !| that$3$ such a change$0$ in the $NA#F$General, as each believed
216:250, 8'  !| almost impossible, might speedily take place$0$, to$9$ unite
216:250, 9'  !| them again in the fullness of privileged affection. $NA#B$Henry
216:250,10'  !| returned to$4$ what$6#1$ was now his only home, to$9$ watch$1$ over
216:250,11'  !| his young plantations, and extend his improvements for$4$
216:250,12'  !| her sake, to$4$ whose$6#1$ share$0$ in them he looked anxiously
216:250,13'  !| forward$8$; and $NA#A$Catherine remained at Fullerton to$9$ cry$1$.
216:250,14'  !| Whether the torments of absence were softened by$4$
216:250,15'  !| a clandestine correspondence, let us not inquire. $NA#ZM$Mr% and
216:250,16'  !| $NA#J$Mrs%*Morland never did ~ they had been too$5#1$ kind$2$ to$9$
216:250,17'  !| exact$1$ any promise$0$; and whenever $NA#A$Catherine received
216:250,18'  !| a letter, as, at that$6#2$ time, happened pretty$5$ often, they
216:250,19'  !| always looked another way.
216:250,20'  !| The anxiety, which$6#1$ in this state$0$ of their attachment
216:250,21'  !| must be the portion of $NA#B$Henry and $NA#A$Catherine, and of all
216:250,22'  !| who$6#1$ loved either, as to$4$ its final event, can hardly extend,
216:250,23'  !| I fear$1$, to$4$ the bosom of my readers, who$6#1$ will$1$ see in the
216:250,24'  !| tell-tale compression of the pages before$4$ them, that$3$ we
216:250,25'  !| are all hastening together to$4$ perfect$2$ felicity. The means$0$
216:250,26'  !| by$4$ which$6#1$ their early marriage was effected can be the
216:250,27'  !| only doubt$0$; what$6#2$ probable circumstance could work$1$
216:250,28'  !| upon a temper like$9$ the $NA#F$General's? The circumstance
216:250,29'  !| which$6#1$ chiefly availed, was the marriage of his daughter
216:250,30'  !| with a man of fortune and consequence, which$6#1$ took place$0$
216:250,31'  !| in the course$0$ of the summer ~ an accession of dignity that$6#1$
216:250,32'  !| threw him into a fit$0$ of good-humour, from which$6#1$ he did
216:250,33'  !| not recover till after$3$ $NA#C$Eleanor had obtained his forgiveness
216:250,34'  !| of $NA#B$Henry, and his permission for$4$ him
216:250,34@f   | "to$9$ be a fool if he
216:250,35@f   | liked it|"
216:250,36'  !| The marriage of $NA#C$Eleanor*Tilney, her removal from all
216:250,37'  !| the evils of such a home as Northanger had been made
216:250,38'  !| by$4$ $NA#B$Henry's banishment, to$4$ the home of her choice$0$ and
216:251, 1'  !| the man of her choice$0$, is an event which$6#1$ I expect to$9$ give
216:251, 2'  !| general$2$ satisfaction among all her acquaintance. My
216:251, 3'  !| own$2$ joy on$4$ the occasion$0$ is very sincere. I know no*one
216:251, 4'  !| more entitled, by$4$ unpretending merit$0$, or better$9$ prepared
216:251, 5'  !| by$4$ habitual suffering, to$9$ receive and enjoy felicity. Her
216:251, 6'  !| partiality for$4$ this gentleman was not of recent origin;
216:251, 7'  !| and he had been long$9$ withheld only by$4$ inferiority of
216:251, 8'  !| situation from addressing her. His unexpected accession
216:251, 9'  !| to$4$ title and fortune had removed all his difficulties;
216:251,10'  !| and never had the $NA#F$General loved his daughter so$5#1$ well$9$ in
216:251,11'  !| all her hours of companionship, utility, and patient
216:251,12'  !| endurance, as when he first hailed her,
216:251,12F  !| "Your Ladyship|"
216:251,13'  !| Her husband was really deserving of her; independent
216:251,14'  !| of his peerage, his wealth and his attachment, being$1$ to$4$
216:251,15'  !| a precision the most charming young man in the world.
216:251,16'  !| Any further definition of his merits must be unnecessary;
216:251,17'  !| the most charming young man in the world is instantly
216:251,18'  !| before$4$ the imagination of us all. Concerning the one in
216:251,19'  !| question$0$ therefore I have only to$9$ add ~ (aware that$3$ the
216:251,20'  !| rules$0$ of composition forbid the introduction of a character
216:251,21'  !| not connected with my fable)~ that$3$ this was the very
216:251,22'  !| gentleman whose$6#1$ negligent servant left$1$ behind him that$6#2$
216:251,23'  !| collection of washing-bills, resulting from a long$9$ visit$0$ at
216:251,24'  !| Northanger, by$4$ which$6#1$ my heroine was involved in one
216:251,25'  !| of her most alarming adventures.
216:251,26'  !| The influence$0$ of the Viscount and Viscountess in their
216:251,27'  !| brother's behalf was assisted by$4$ that$6#2$ right$2#1$ understanding$0$
216:251,28'  !| of $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland's circumstances which$6#1$, as soon as the
216:251,29'  !| $NA#F$General would allow himself to$9$ be informed, they were
216:251,30'  !| qualified to$9$ give. It taught him that$3$ he had been scarcely
216:251,31'  !| more misled by$4$ $NA#E$Thorpe's first boast$0$ of the family wealth,
216:251,32'  !| than by$4$ his subsequent malicious overthrow of it; that$3$
216:251,33'  !| in no$2$ sense of the word were they necessitous or poor,
216:251,34'  !| and that$3$ $NA#A$Catherine would have three thousand pounds.
216:251,35'  !| This was so$5#1$ material$2$ an amendment of his late expectations,
216:251,36'  !| that$3$ it greatly contributed to$9$ smooth$1$ the descent
216:251,37'  !| of his pride; and by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ without its effect$0$ was the
216:251,38'  !| private$2$ intelligence, which$6#1$ he was at some pains to$9$
216:252, 1'  !| procure, that$3$ the Fullerton estate, being$1$ entirely at the
216:252, 2'  !| disposal of its present$9$ proprietor, was consequently open$2$
216:252, 3'  !| to$4$ every greedy speculation.
216:252, 4'  !| On$4$ the strength of this, the $NA#F$General, soon after$4$ $NA#C$Eleanor's
216:252, 5'  !| marriage, permitted his son to$9$ return$1$ to$4$ Northanger, and
216:252, 6'  !| thence made him the bearer of his consent$0$, very courteously
216:252, 7'  !| worded in a page full of empty$2$ professions to$4$ $NA#ZM$Mr%*Morland.
216:252, 8'  !| The event which$6#1$ it authorized soon followed: $NA#B$Henry
216:252, 9'  !| and $NA#A$Catherine were married, the bells rang and every*body
216:252,10'  !| smiled; and, as this took place$0$ within a twelve-month
216:252,11'  !| from the first day of their meeting$9$, it will$1$ not
216:252,12'  !| appear, after$4$ all the dreadful delays occasioned by$4$ the
216:252,13'  !| $NA#F$General's cruelty, that$3$ they were essentially hurt by$4$ it.
216:252,14'  !| To$9$ begin perfect$2$ happiness at the respective ages of
216:252,15'  !| twenty-six and eighteen, is to$9$ do pretty$5$ well$9$; and professing
216:252,16'  !| myself moreover convinced, that$3$ the $NA#F$General's
216:252,17'  !| unjust interference, so$5#1$ far from being$1$ really injurious to$4$
216:252,18'  !| their felicity, was perhaps rather conducive to$4$ it, by$4$
216:252,19'  !| improving their knowledge of each other, and adding
216:252,20'  !| strength to$4$ their attachment, I leave$1$ it to$9$ be settled$1$ by$4$
216:252,21'  !| whomsoever it may$1$ concern$1$, whether the tendency of this
216:252,22'  !| work$0$ be altogether to$9$ recommend parental tyranny, or
216:252,23'  !| reward$1$ filial disobedience.