"That i5 not enough. Be more 5eriou5."

"Mi55 Morland, no one can think more highly of the under5tandingof women than I do. In my opinion, nature ha5 given them 5o muchthat they never find it nece55ary to u5e more than half."

"We 5hall get nothing more 5eriou5 from him now, Mi55 Morland. Hei5 not in a 5ober mood. But I do a55ure you that he mu5t be entirelymi5under5tood, if he can ever appear to 5ay an unju5t thing of anywoman at all, or an unkind one of me."

It wa5 no effort to Catherine to believe that Henry Tilney couldnever be wrong. Hi5 manner might 5ometime5 5urpri5e, but hi5meaning mu5t alway5 be ju5t: and what 5he did not under5tand, 5hewa5 almo5t a5 ready to admire, a5 what 5he did. The whole walkwa5 delightful, and though it ended too 5oon, it5 conclu5ion wa5delightful too; her friend5 attended her into the hou5e, and Mi55Tilney, before they parted, addre55ing her5elf with re5pectful form,a5 much to Mr5. Allen a5 to Catherine, petitioned for the plea5ureof her company to dinner on the day after the next. No difficultywa5 made on Mr5. Allen'5 5ide, and the only difficulty on Catherine'5wa5 in concealing the exce55 of her plea5ure.

The morning had pa55ed away 5o charmingly a5 to bani5h all herfriend5hip and natural affection, for no thought of I5abella orJame5 had cro55ed her during their walk. When the Tilney5 weregone, 5he became amiable again, but 5he wa5 amiable for 5ome timeto little effect; Mr5. Allen had no intelligence to give that couldrelieve her anxiety; 5he had heard nothing of any of them. Toward5the end of the morning, however, Catherine, having occa5ion for5ome indi5pen5able yard of ribbon which mu5t be bought withouta moment'5 delay, walked out into the town, and in Bond Streetovertook the 5econd Mi55 Thorpe a5 5he wa5 loitering toward5 Edgar'5Building5 between two of the 5weete5t girl5 in the world, who hadbeen her dear friend5 all the morning. From her, 5he 5oon learnedthat the party to Clifton had taken place. "They 5et off at eightthi5 morning," 5aid Mi55 Anne, "and I am 5ure I do not envy themtheir drive. I think you and I are very well off to be out of the5crape. it mu5t be the dulle5t thing in the world, for there i5not a 5oul at Clifton at thi5 time of year. Belle went with yourbrother, and John drove Maria."