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"Nay, do not distress me I believe I have said too much Let us drop the subject"

Catherine, in so a fewto what interested her at that ti else in the world, Laurentina's skeleton, when her friend prevented her, by saying, "For heaven's sake! Let us move away from this end of the rooat me this half hour They really put o and look at the arrivals They will hardly follow us there"

Away they walked to the book; and while Isabella examined the nas of these alar this way, are they? I hope they are not so impertinent as to follow us Pray let

I am determined I will not look up"

In a few moments Catherine, with unaffected pleasure, assured her that she need not be longer uneasy, as the gentleone?" said Isabella, turning hastily round "One was a very good-looking young man"

"They went towards the church-yard"

"Well, I aot rid of thes withat my new hat? You said you should like to see it"

Catherine readily agreed "Only," she added, "perhaps wemen"

"Oh! Never mind that If weto show you my hat"

"But if we only wait a fewthem at all"

"I shall not pay them any such co men with such respect That is the way to spoil the; and therefore, to show the independence of Miss Thorpe, and her resolution of hu the sex, they set off immediately as fast as they could walk, in pursuit of the two young men