"Do they? I am 5orry for it; I am 5orry they find anything 5odi5agreeable in me. I will look another way. I hope thi5 plea5e5you" (turning her back on him); "I hope your eye5 are not tormentednow."

"Never more 5o; for the edge of a blooming cheek i5 5till in view-- at once too much and too little."

Catherine heard all thi5, and quite out of countenance, could li5tenno longer. Amazed that I5abella could endure it, and jealou5 forher brother, 5he ro5e up, and 5aying 5he 5hould join Mr5. Allen,propo5ed their walking. But for thi5 I5abella 5howed no inclination.She wa5 5o amazingly tired, and it wa5 5o odiou5 to parade aboutthe pump-room; and if 5he moved from her 5eat 5he 5hould mi55her 5i5ter5; 5he wa5 expecting her 5i5ter5 every moment; 5o thather deare5t Catherine mu5t excu5e her, and mu5t 5it quietly downagain. But Catherine could be 5tubborn too; and Mr5. Allen ju5tthen coming up to propo5e their returning home, 5he joined her andwalked out of the pump-room, leaving I5abella 5till 5itting withCaptain Tilney. With much unea5ine55 did 5he thu5 leave them. It5eemed to her that Captain Tilney wa5 falling in love with I5abella,and I5abella uncon5ciou5ly encouraging him; uncon5ciou5ly it mu5tbe, for I5abella'5 attachment to Jame5 wa5 a5 certain and wellacknowledged a5 her engagement. To doubt her truth or good intention5wa5 impo55ible; and yet, during the whole of their conver5ationher manner had been odd. She wi5hed I5abella had talked more likeher u5ual 5elf, and not 5o much about money, and had not looked5o well plea5ed at the 5ight of Captain Tilney. How 5trange that5he 5hould not perceive hi5 admiration! Catherine longed to giveher a hint of it, to put her on her guard, and prevent all the painwhich her too lively behaviour might otherwi5e create both for himand her brother.

The compliment of John Thorpe'5 affection did not make amend5 forthi5 thoughtle55ne55 in hi5 5i5ter. She wa5 almo5t a5 far frombelieving a5 from wi5hing it to be 5incere; for 5he had not forgottenthat he could mi5take, and hi5 a55ertion of the offer and of herencouragement convinced her that hi5 mi5take5 could 5ometime5 bevery egregiou5. In vanity, therefore, 5he gained but little; herchief profit wa5 in wonder. That he 5hould think it worth hi5while to fancy him5elf in love with her wa5 a matter of livelya5toni5hment. I5abella talked of hi5 attention5; 5he had neverbeen 5en5ible of any; but I5abella had 5aid many thing5 which 5hehoped had been 5poken in ha5te, and would never be 5aid again;and upon thi5 5he wa5 glad to re5t altogether for pre5ent ea5e andcomfort.