Austen Said:

she looked quite as she should do.

on having preserved her gown from injury.

a pretty girl.

it is nine, measured nine;

Mr. Tilney’s being a clergyman, and of a very respectable family in Gloucestershire.

Thorpe;

how time had slipped away since they were last together, how little they had thought of meeting in Bath, and what a pleasure it was to see an old friend,

‘Ah! Thorpe,’

‘do you happen to want such a little thing as this? It is a capital one of the kind, but I am cursed tired of it.’

fifty guineas;

the prettiest girl in Bath.”

welcomed

to dine with them,

guess the price and weigh the merits of a new muff and tippet.

she would move a little to accommodate Mrs. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats, as they had agreed to join their party.

she was vastly pleased at your all going.”

he is the most delightful young man in the world; she saw him this morning,

a gentleman and lady had called and inquired for her a few minutes after her setting off;

when he told them she was gone out with Mr. Thorpe, the lady had asked whether any message had been left for her; and on his saying no, had felt for a card, but said she had none about her, and went away.

believed Miss Tilney to be at home, but was not quite certain. Would she be pleased to send up her name?

he had been mistaken, for that Miss Tilney was walked out.

you the finest girl in Bath.”

with the servant whose neglect had reduced her to open the door of the apartment herself.

if she would do his daughter the honour of dining and spending the rest of the day with her.

he could say no more; the claims of Mr. and Mrs. Allen were not to be superseded; but on some other day he trusted, when longer notice could be given, they would not refuse to spare her to her friend.

the elasticity of her walk, which corresponded exactly with the spirit of her dancing,

nothing of any of them.

Isabella’s engagement as the most fortunate circumstance imaginable for their family,

the young people’s happiness,

Isabella’s beauty,

her great good luck.

the necessity of its concealment,

she could have known his intention,

she could have seen him before he went, as she should certainly have troubled him with her best regards to his father and mother, and her kind compliments to all the Skinners.

His greatcoat, instead of being brought for him to put on directly, was spread out in the curricle in which he was to accompany his son. The middle seat of the chaise was not drawn out, though there were three people to go in it, and his daughter’s maid had so crowded it with parcels that Miss Morland would not have room to sit;

“the day was fine, and he was anxious for her seeing as much of the country as possible.”

of the smallness of the room and simplicity of the furniture, where everything, being for daily use, pretended only to comfort, etc.; flattering himself, however, that there were some apartments in the Abbey not unworthy her notice

within twenty minutes of five!

for so foolishly hurrying her fair friend, who was absolutely out of breath from haste, when there was not the least occasion for hurry in the world:

though as careless on such subjects as most people, he did look upon a tolerably large eating-room as one of the necessaries of life;

“that she must have been used to much better-sized apartments at Mr. Allen’s?”

Why, as he had such rooms, he thought it would be simple not to make use of them; but, upon his honour, he believed there might be more comfort in rooms of only half their size. Mr. Allen’s house, he was sure, must be exactly of the true size for rational happiness.

for his part, to his uncritical palate, the tea was as well flavoured from the clay of Staffordshire, as from that of Dresden or Save. But this was quite an old set, purchased two years ago. The manufacture was much improved since that time; he had seen some beautiful specimens when last in town, and had he not been perfectly without vanity of that kind, might have been tempted to order a new set. He trusted, however, that an opportunity might ere long occur of selecting one — though not for himself.

“And when they had gone over the house, he promised himself moreover the pleasure of accompanying her into the shrubberies and garden.”

“But perhaps it might be more agreeable to her to make those her first object. The weather was at present favourable, and at this time of year the uncertainty was very great of its continuing so. Which would she prefer? He was equally at her service. Which did his daughter think would most accord with her fair friend’s wishes? But he thought he could discern. Yes, he certainly read in Miss Morland’s eyes a judicious desire of making use of the present smiling weather. But when did she judge amiss? The abbey would be always safe and dry. He yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend them in a moment.”

“without any ambition of that sort himself — without any solicitude about it — he did believe them to be unrivalled in the kingdom. If he had a hobby-horse, it was that. He loved a garden. Though careless enough in most matters of eating, he loved good fruit — or if he did not, his friends and children did. There were great vexations, however, attending such a garden as his. The utmost care could not always secure the most valuable fruits. The pinery had yielded only one hundred in the last year. Mr. Allen, he supposed, must feel these inconveniences as well as himself.”

he could do the same, for he never entered his, without being vexed in some way or other, by its falling short of his plan.

“How were Mr. Allen’s succession-houses worked?”

“The rays of the sun were not too cheerful for him, and he would meet them by another course.”

He would follow them in a quarter of an hour.