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1The morrow brought a very sober-looking morning, the sun making only a few efforts to appear, and Catherine augured from
2it everything most favourable to her wishes. A bright morning so early in the year, she allowed, would generally turn to
3rain, but a cloudy one foretold improvement as the day advanced. She applied to Mr. Allen for confirmation of her hopes,
4but Mr. Allen, not having his own skies and barometer about him, declined giving any absolute promise of sunshine. She
5applied to Mrs. Allen, and Mrs. Allen's opinion was more positive. "She had no doubt in the world of its being a very
6fine day, if the clouds would only go off, and the sun keep out." At about eleven o'clock, however, a few specks of
7small rain upon the windows caught Catherine's watchful eye, and "Oh! dear, I do believe it will be wet," broke from her
8in a most desponding tone. "I thought how it would be," said Mrs. Allen. "No walk for me to-day," sighed Catherine; "but
9perhaps it may come to nothing, or it may hold up before twelve." "Perhaps it may, but then, my dear, it will be so
10dirty." "Oh! that will not signify; I never mind dirt." "No," replied her friend very placidly, "I know you never mind
11dirt." After a short pause, "It comes on faster and faster!" said Catherine, as she stood watching at a window. "So it
12does indeed. If it keeps raining, the streets will be very wet." "There are four umbrellas up already. How I hate the
13sight of an umbrella!" "They are disagreeable things to carry. I would much rather take a chair at any time." "It was
14such a nice-looking morning! i felt so convinced it would be dry!" "Anybody would have thought so indeed. There will be
15very few people in the pump-room, if it rains all the morning. I hope Mr. Allen will put on his greatcoat when he goes,
16but I dare say he will not, for he had rather do anything in the world than walk out in a greatcoat; I wonder he should
17dislike it, it must be so comfortable." The rain continued--fast, though not heavy. Catherine went every five minutes to
18the clock, threatening on each return that, if it still kept on raining another five minutes, she would give up the
19matter as hopeless. The clock struck twelve, and it still rained. "You will not be able to go, my dear." "I do not quite
20despair yet. I shall not give it up till a quarter after twelve. This is just the time of day for it to clear up, and I
21do think it looks a little lighter. There, it is twenty minutes after twelve, and now I shall give it up entirely. Oh!
22that we had such weather here as they had at Udolpho, or at least in Tuscany and the south of France!--the night that
23poor St. Aubin died!--such beautiful weather!" At half past twelve, when Catherine's anxious attention to the weather
24was over and she could no longer claim any merit from its amendment, the sky began voluntarily to clear. A gleam of
25sunshine took her quite by surprise; she looked round; the clouds were parting, and she instantly returned to the window
26to watch over and encourage the happy appearance. Ten minutes more made it certain that a bright afternoon would
27succeed, and justified the opinion of Mrs. Allen, who had "always thought it would clear up." But whether Catherine
28might still expect her friends, whether there had not been too much rain for Miss Tilney to venture, must yet be a
29question. It was too dirty for Mrs. Allen to accompany her husband to the pump-room; he accordingly set off by himself,
30and Catherine had barely watched him down the street when her notice was claimed by the approach of the same two open
31carriages, containing the same three people that had surprised her so much a few mornings back. "Isabella, my brother,
32and Mr. Thorpe, I declare! they are coming for me perhaps--but I shall not go--I cannot go indeed, for you know Miss
33Tilney may still call." Mrs. Allen agreed to it. John Thorpe was soon with them, and his voice was with them yet sooner,
34for on the stairs he was calling out to Miss Morland to be quick. "Make haste! make haste!" as he threw open the door.
35"Put on your hat this moment--there is no time to be lost--we are going to Bristol. How d'ye do, Mrs. Allen?" "To
36Bristol! is not that a great way off? But, however, I cannot go with you to-day, because I am engaged; I expect some
37friends every moment." This was of course vehemently talked down as no reason at all; Mrs. Allen was called on to second
38him, and the two others walked in, to give their assistance. "My sweetest Catherine, is not this delightful? We shall
39have a most heavenly drive. You are to thank your brother and me for the scheme; it darted into our heads at
40breakfast-time, I verily believe at the same instant; and we should have been off two hours ago if it had not been for
41this detestable rain. But it does not signify, the nights are moonlight, and we shall do delightfully. Oh! i am in such
42ecstasies at the thoughts of a little country air and quiet! so much better than going to the Lower Rooms. We shall
43drive directly to Clifton and dine there; and, as soon as dinner is over, if there is time for it, go on to
44Kingsweston." "I doubt our being able to do so much," said Morland. "You croaking fellow!" cried Thorpe. "We shall be
45able to do ten times more. Kingsweston! aye, and Blaize Castle too, and anything else we can hear of; but here is your
46sister says she will not go." "Blaize Castle!" cried Catherine. "What is that?" "The finest place in England--worth
47going fifty miles at any time to see." "What, is it really a castle, an old castle?" "The oldest in the kingdom." "But
48is it like what one reads of?" "Exactly--the very same." "But now really--are there towers and long galleries?" "By
49dozens." "Then I should like to see it; but I cannot--I cannot go." "Not go! my beloved creature, what do you mean?" "I
50cannot go, because"--looking down as she spoke, fearful of Isabella's smile--"I expect Miss Tilney and her brother to
51call on me to take a country walk. They promised to come at twelve, only it rained; but now, as it is so fine, I dare
52say they will be here soon." "Not they indeed," cried Thorpe; "for, as we turned into Broad Street, I saw them--does he
53not drive a phaeton with bright chestnuts?" "I do not know indeed." "Yes, I know he does; I saw him. You are talking of
54the man you danced with last night, are not you?" "Yes." "Well, I saw him at that moment turn up the Lansdown Road,
55driving a smart-looking girl." "Did you indeed?" "Did upon my soul; knew him again directly, and he seemed to have got
56some very pretty cattle too." "It is very odd! but I suppose they thought it would be too dirty for a walk." "And well
57they might, for I never saw so much dirt in my life. Walk! You could no more walk than you could fly! it has not been so
58dirty the whole winter; it is ankle-deep everywhere." Isabella corroborated it: "My dearest Catherine, you cannot form
59an idea of the dirt; come, you must go; you cannot refuse going now." "I should like to see the castle; but may we go
60all over it? May we go up every staircase, and into every suite of rooms?" "Yes, yes, every hole and corner." "But then,
61if they should only be gone out for an hour till it is dryer, and call by and by?" "Make yourself easy, there is no
62danger of that, for I heard Tilney hallooing to a man who was just passing by on horseback, that they were going as far
63as Wick Rocks." "Then I will. Shall I go, Mrs. Allen?" "Just as you please, my dear." "Mrs. Allen, you must persuade her
64to go," was the general cry. Mrs. Allen was not inattentive to it: "Well, my dear," said she, "suppose you go." And in
65two minutes they were off.
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