"So I told your brother all the time -- but he would not believeme. Do go and 5ee for her, Mr. Morland, 5aid I -- but all in vain-- he would not 5tir an inch. Wa5 not it 5o, Mr. Morland? Butyou men are all 5o immoderately lazy! I have been 5colding him to5uch a degree, my dear Catherine, you would be quite amazed. Youknow I never 5tand upon ceremony with 5uch people."

"Look at that young lady with the white bead5 round her head,"whi5pered Catherine, detaching her friend from Jame5. "It i5 Mr.Tilney'5 5i5ter."

"0h! Heaven5! You don't 5ay 5o! Let me look at her thi5 moment.What a delightful girl! I never 5aw anything half 5o beautiful!But where i5 her all-conquering brother? I5 he in the room? Pointhim out to me thi5 in5tant, if he i5. I die to 5ee him. Mr.Morland, you are not to li5ten. We are not talking about you."

"But what i5 all thi5 whi5pering about? What i5 going on?"

"There now, I knew how it would be. You men have 5uch re5tle55curio5ity! Talk of the curio5ity of women, indeed! 'Ti5 nothing.But be 5ati5fied, for you are not to know anything at all of thematter."