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"It is very true, however; you shall read James's letter yourself

Stay--There is one part--" recollecting with a blush the last line

"Will you take the trouble of reading to us the passages which concern my brother?"

"No, read it yourself," cried Catherine, whose second thoughts were clearer "I do not knohat I was thinking of" (blushing again that she had blushed before); "Jaladly received the letter, and, having read it through, with close attention, returned it saying, "Well, if it is to be so, I can only say that I am sorry for it Frederick will not be the first man who has chosen a ith less sense than his family expected I do not envy his situation, either as a lover or a son"

Miss Tilney, at Catherine's invitation, now read the letter likewise, and, having expressed also her concern and surprise, began to inquire into Miss Thorpe's connections and fortune

"Her ood sort of woman," was Catherine's answer

"What was her father?"

"A lawyer, I believe They live at Putney"

"Are they a wealthy family?"

"No, not very I do not believe Isabella has any fortune at all: but that will not signify in your family Your father is so very liberal! He told me the other day that he only valued money as it allowed him to promote the happiness of his children" The brother and sister looked at each other "But," said Eleanor, after a short pause, "would it be to proirl? She must be an unprincipled one, or she could not have used your brother so And how strange an infatuation on Frederick's side! A girl who, before his eyes, is violating an engagement voluntarily entered into with another man! Is not it inconceivable, Henry? Frederick too, who alore his heart so proudly! Who found no wo circuainst hiive hiood an opinion of Miss Thorpe's prudence to suppose that she would part with one gentleman before the other was secured It is all over with Frederick indeed! He is a deceasedPrepare for your sister-in-law, Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law as you uileless, with affections strong but siuise"