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1"Yes, we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. They seem very agreeable people. Miss Tilney was in a very
2pretty spotted muslin, and I fancy, by what I can learn, that she always dresses very handsomely. Mrs. Hughes talked to
3me a great deal about the family." "And what did she tell you of them?" "Oh! a vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of
4anything else." "Did she tell you what part of Gloucestershire they come from?" "Yes, she did; but I cannot recollect
5now. But they are very good kind of people, and very rich. Mrs. Tilney was a Miss Drummond, and she and Mrs. Hughes were
6schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and, when she married, her father gave her twenty thousand
7pounds, and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Mrs. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse."
8"And are Mr. and Mrs. Tilney in Bath?" "Yes, I fancy they are, but I am not quite certain. Upon recollection, however, I
9have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes, I am sure Mrs. Tilney is dead, because Mrs. Hughes told
10me there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney
11has got now, for they were put by for her when her mother died." "And is Mr. Tilney, my partner, the only son?" "I
12cannot be quite positive about that, my dear; I have some idea he is; but, however, he is a very fine young man, Mrs.
13Hughes says, and likely to do very well." Catherine inquired no further; she had heard enough to feel that Mrs. Allen
14had no real intelligence to give, and that she was most particularly unfortunate herself in having missed such a meeting
15with both brother and sister. Could she have foreseen such a circumstance, nothing should have persuaded her to go out
16with the others; and, as it was, she could only lament her ill luck, and think over what she had lost, till it was clear
17to her that the drive had by no means been very pleasant and that John Thorpe himself was quite disagreeable. CHAPTER 10
18The Allens, Thorpes, and Morlands all met in the evening at the theatre; and, as Catherine and Isabella sat together,
19there was then an opportunity for the latter to utter some few of the many thousand things which had been collecting
20within her for communication in the immeasurable length of time which had divided them. "Oh, heavens! my beloved
21Catherine, have I got you at last?" was her address on Catherine's entering the box and sitting by her. "Now, Mr.
22Morland," for he was close to her on the other side, "I shall not speak another word to you all the rest of the evening;
23so I charge you not to expect it. My sweetest Catherine, how have you been this long age? But I need not ask you, for
24you look delightfully. You really have done your hair in a more heavenly style than ever; you mischievous creature, do
25you want to attract everybody? I assure you, my brother is quite in love with you already; and as for Mr. Tilney--but
26that is a settled thing--even your modesty cannot doubt his attachment now; his coming back to Bath makes it too plain.
27Oh! what would not I give to see him! I really am quite wild with impatience. My mother says he is the most delightful
28young man in the world; she saw him this morning, you know; you must introduce him to me. Is he in the house now? Look
29about, for heaven's sake! i assure you, I can hardly exist till I see him." "No," said Catherine, "he is not here; I
30cannot see him anywhere." "Oh, horrid! am I never to be acquainted with him? How do you like my gown? I think it does
31not look amiss; the sleeves were entirely my own thought. Do you know, I get so immoderately sick of Bath; your brother
32and I were agreeing this morning that, though it is vastly well to be here for a few weeks, we would not live here for
33millions. We soon found out that our tastes were exactly alike in preferring the country to every other place; really,
34our opinions were so exactly the same, it was quite ridiculous! there was not a single point in which we differed; I
35would not have had you by for the world; you are such a sly thing, I am sure you would have made some droll remark or
36other about it." "No, indeed I should not." "Oh, yes you would indeed; I know you better than you know yourself. You
37would have told us that we seemed born for each other, or some nonsense of that kind, which would have distressed me
38beyond conception; my cheeks would have been as red as your roses; I would not have had you by for the world." "Indeed
39you do me injustice; I would not have made so improper a remark upon any account; and besides, I am sure it would never
40have entered my head." Isabella smiled incredulously and talked the rest of the evening to James. Catherine's resolution
41of endeavouring to meet Miss Tilney again continued in full force the next morning; and till the usual moment of going
42to the pump-room, she felt some alarm from the dread of a second prevention. But nothing of that kind occurred, no
43visitors appeared to delay them, and they all three set off in good time for the pump-room, where the ordinary course of
44events and conversation took place; Mr. Allen, after drinking his glass of water, joined some gentlemen to talk over the
45politics of the day and compare the accounts of their newspapers; and the ladies walked about together, noticing every
46new face, and almost every new bonnet in the room. The female part of the Thorpe family, attended by James Morland,
47appeared among the crowd in less than a quarter of an hour, and Catherine immediately took her usual place by the side
48of her friend. James, who was now in constant attendance, maintained a similar position, and separating themselves from
49the rest of their party, they walked in that manner for some time, till Catherine began to doubt the happiness of a
50situation which, confining her entirely to her friend and brother, gave her very little share in the notice of either.
51They were always engaged in some sentimental discussion or lively dispute, but their sentiment was conveyed in such
52whispering voices, and their vivacity attended with so much laughter, that though Catherine's supporting opinion was not
53unfrequently called for by one or the other, she was never able to give any, from not having heard a word of the
54subject. At length however she was empowered to disengage herself from her friend, by the avowed necessity of speaking
55to Miss Tilney, whom she most joyfully saw just entering the room with Mrs. Hughes, and whom she instantly joined, with
56a firmer determination to be acquainted, than she might have had courage to command, had she not been urged by the
57disappointment of the day before. Miss Tilney met her with great civility, returned her advances with equal goodwill,
58and they continued talking together as long as both parties remained in the room; and though in all probability not an
59observation was made, nor an expression used by either which had not been made and used some thousands of times before,
60under that roof, in every Bath season, yet the merit of their being spoken with simplicity and truth, and without
61personal conceit, might be something uncommon. "How well your brother dances!" was an artless exclamation of Catherine's
62towards the close of their conversation, which at once surprised and amused her companion. "Henry!" she replied with a
63smile. "Yes, he does dance very well." "He must have thought it very odd to hear me say I was engaged the other evening,
64when he saw me sitting down. But I really had been engaged the whole day to Mr. Thorpe." Miss Tilney could only bow.
65"You cannot think," added Catherine after a moment's silence, "how surprised I was to see him again. I felt so sure of
66his being quite gone away." "When Henry had the pleasure of seeing you before, he was in Bath but for a couple of days.
67He came only to engage lodgings for us." "That never occurred to me; and of course, not seeing him anywhere, I thought
68he must be gone. Was not the young lady he danced with on Monday a Miss Smith?" "Yes, an acquaintance of Mrs. Hughes."
69"I dare say she was very glad to dance. Do you think her pretty?" "Not very." "He never comes to the pump-room, I
70suppose?"
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