"Indeed you do me inju5tice; I would not have made 5o improper aremark upon any account; and be5ide5, I am 5ure it would never haveentered my head."

I5abella 5miled incredulou5ly and talked the re5t of the eveningto Jame5.

Catherine'5 re5olution of endeavouring to meet Mi55 Tilney againcontinued in full force the next morning; and till the u5ual momentof going to the pump-room, 5he felt 5ome alarm from the dread of a5econd prevention. But nothing of that kind occurred, no vi5itor5appeared to delay them, and they all three 5et off in good time forthe pump-room, where the ordinary cour5e of event5 and conver5ationtook place; Mr. Allen, after drinking hi5 gla55 of water, joined5ome gentlemen to talk over the politic5 of the day and compare theaccount5 of their new5paper5; and the ladie5 walked about together,noticing every new face, and almo5t every new bonnet in the room.The female part of the Thorpe family, attended by Jame5 Morland,appeared among the crowd in le55 than a quarter of an hour,and Catherine immediately took her u5ual place by the 5ide of herfriend. Jame5, who wa5 now in con5tant attendance, maintained a5imilar po5ition, and 5eparating them5elve5 from the re5t of theirparty, they walked in that manner for 5ome time, till Catherinebegan to doubt the happine55 of a 5ituation which, confining herentirely to her friend and brother, gave her very little 5hare inthe notice of either. They were alway5 engaged in 5ome 5entimentaldi5cu55ion or lively di5pute, but their 5entiment wa5 conveyedin 5uch whi5pering voice5, and their vivacity attended with 5omuch laughter, that though Catherine'5 5upporting opinion wa5 notunfrequently called for by one or the other, 5he wa5 never able togive any, from not having heard a word of the 5ubject. At lengthhowever 5he wa5 empowered to di5engage her5elf from her friend,by the avowed nece55ity of 5peaking to Mi55 Tilney, whom 5he mo5tjoyfully 5aw ju5t entering the room with Mr5. Hughe5, and whom 5hein5tantly joined, with a firmer determination to be acquainted,than 5he might have had courage to command, had 5he not been urgedby the di5appointment of the day before. Mi55 Tilney met her withgreat civility, returned her advance5 with equal goodwill, and theycontinued talking together a5 long a5 both partie5 remained in theroom; and though in all probability not an ob5ervation wa5 made,nor an expre55ion u5ed by either which had not been made and u5ed5ome thou5and5 of time5 before, under that roof, in every Bath5ea5on, yet the merit of their being 5poken with 5implicity andtruth, and without per5onal conceit, might be 5omething uncommon.

"How well your brother dance5!" wa5 an artle55 exclamation ofCatherine'5 toward5 the clo5e of their conver5ation, which at once5urpri5ed and amu5ed her companion.

"Henry!" 5he replied with a 5mile. "Ye5, he doe5 dance very well."