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Mrs. Thorpe said;
“Yes, I went to the pump-room as soon as you were gone, and there I met her, and we had a great deal of talk together.
She says
“Yes; we agreed to take a turn in the Crescent, and there we met Mrs. Hughes, and Mr. and Miss Tilney walking with her.”
“Yes, we walked along the Crescent together for half an hour. They seem very agreeable people. Miss Tilney was in a very pretty spotted muslin, and I fancy, by what I can learn, that she always dresses very handsomely. Mrs. Hughes talked to me a great deal about the family.”
“Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else.”
“Yes, she did; but I cannot recollect now. But they are very good kind of people, and very rich.
Mrs. Tilney was a Miss Drummond, and she and Mrs. Hughes were schoolfellows; and Miss Drummond had a very large fortune; and, when she married, her father gave her twenty thousand pounds, and five hundred to buy wedding-clothes. Mrs. Hughes saw all the clothes after they came from the warehouse.”
“Yes, I fancy they are, but I am not quite certain. Upon recollection, however, I have a notion they are both dead; at least the mother is; yes, I am sure Mrs. Tilney is dead, because
Mrs. Hughes told me
there was a very beautiful set of pearls that Mr. Drummond gave his daughter on her wedding-day and that Miss Tilney has got now, for they were put by for her when her mother died.”
“I cannot be quite positive about that, my dear; I have some idea he is; but, however,
he is a very fine young man,
Mrs. Hughes says,
and likely to do very well.”
she was ready to go.
“She had no doubt in the world of its being a very fine day, if the clouds would only go off, and the sun keep out.”
“I thought how it would be,”
“Perhaps it may, but then, my dear, it will be so dirty.”
“No,”
“I know you never mind dirt.”
“So it does indeed. If it keeps raining, the streets will be very wet.”
“They are disagreeable things to carry. I would much rather take a chair at any time.”
“Anybody would have thought so indeed. There will be very few people in the pump-room, if it rains all the morning. I hope Mr. Allen will put on his greatcoat when he goes, but 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 dislike it, it must be so comfortable.”
“You will not be able to go, my dear.”
“always thought it would clear up.”
“Just as you please, my dear.”
“Well, my dear,
“suppose you go.”
“I am glad your brother had so much sense; I am glad you are come back. It was a strange, wild scheme.”
“Go, by all means, my dear; only put on a white gown; Miss Tilney always wears white.”
“My dear, you tumble my gown,”
“Yes, very much so indeed. Open carriages are nasty things. A clean gown is not five minutes’ wear in them. You are splashed getting in and getting out; and the wind takes your hair and your bonnet in every direction. I hate an open carriage myself.”
“Yes, my dear, a very odd appearance indeed. I cannot bear to see it.”
“And so I should, my dear, you may depend on it; for as I told Mrs. Morland at parting, I would always do the best for you in my power. But one must not be over particular.
Young people will be young people,
as your good mother says herself.
You know I wanted you, when we first came, not to buy that sprigged muslin, but you would. Young people do not like to be always thwarted.”
“That is just what I was going to say,”
“dear John”
“dear Catherine”
“dear Anne and dear Maria”
“dears”
“Mr. Morland has behaved vastly handsome indeed,”
“I only wish I could do as much. One could not expect more from him, you know. If he finds he can do more by and by, I dare say he will, for I am sure he must be an excellent good-hearted man. Four hundred is but a small income to begin on indeed, but your wishes, my dear Isabella, are so moderate, you do not consider how little you ever want, my dear.”
“I know you never do, my dear; and you will always find your reward in the affection it makes everybody feel for you. There never was a young woman so beloved as you are by everybody that knows you; and I dare say when Mr. Morland sees you, my dear child — but do not let us distress our dear Catherine by talking of such things. Mr. Morland has behaved so very handsome, you know. I always heard he was a most excellent man; and you know, my dear, we are not to suppose but what, if you had had a suitable fortune, he would have come down with something more, for I am sure he must be a most liberal-minded man.”
“Yes, yes, my darling Isabella,”
“we perfectly see into your heart. You have no disguise. We perfectly understand the present vexation; and everybody must love you the better for such a noble honest affection.”
I am never within.”
“My dear, you give yourself a great deal of needless trouble,”