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The Allens had now entered on the sixth week of their stay in Bath; and whether it should be the last was for so heart To have her acquaintance with the Tilneys end so soon was an evil which nothing could counterbalance Her whole happiness see secured when it was deterht

What this additional fortnight was to produce to her beyond the pleasure of so Henry Tilney made but a small part of Catherine's speculation Once or twice indeed, since Jaot so far as to indulge in a secret "perhaps," but in general the felicity of being with him for the present bounded her views: the present was now co certain for that period, the rest of her life was at such a distance as to excite but little interest In the course of the ed, she visited Miss Tilney, and poured forth her joyful feelings It was doomed to be a day of trial

No sooner had she expressed her delight in Mr Allen's lengthened stay than Miss Tilney told her of her father's having just deter Bath by the end of another week Here was a blow!

The past suspense of thehad been ease and quiet to the present disappointment Catherine's countenance fell, and in a voice ofwords, "By the end of another week!"

"Yes, ive the waters what I think a fair trial He has been disappointed of some friends' arrival whom he expected to et home"

"I am very sorry for it," said Catherine dejectedly; "if I had known this before--"

"Perhaps," said Miss Tilney in an eood--it would make me very happy if--"

The entrance of her father put a stop to the civility, which Catherine was beginning to hopeAfter addressing her with his usual politeness, he turned to his daughter and said, "Well, Eleanor,successful in your application to your fair friend?"

"I was just beginning to make the request, sir, as you came in"