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The nextvery unexpected letter from Isabella: Bath, April My dearest Catherine, I received your two kind letters with the greatest delight, and have a thousand apologies tothem sooner I really am quite ashamed of my idleness; but in this horrid place one can find tiin a letter to you almost every day since you left Bath, but have always been prevented by some silly trifler or other Pray write to me soon, and direct to my own home Thank God, we leave this vile place tomorrow Since you went away, I have had no pleasure in it--the dust is beyond anything; and everybody one cares for is gone I believe if I could see you I should not mind the rest, for you are dearer to me than anybody can conceive I a heard from him since he went to Oxford; and a Your kind offices will set all right: he is the only man I ever did or could love, and I trust you will convince hi fashions are partly down; and the hats the ine I hope you spend your time pleasantly, but am afraid you never think of me I will not say all that I could of the faenerous, or set you against those you estee ether I rejoice to say that the young man whom, of all others, I particularly abhor, has left Bath You will know, from this description, I must ly disposed to follow and tease ot worse, and becaht have been taken in, for never were such attentions; but I knew the fickle sex too well He went away to his regiued with hily disagreeable The last two days he was always by the side of Charlotte Davis: I pitied his taste, but took no notice of him
The last time we met was in Bath Street, and I turned directly into a shop that he ht not speak to me; I would not even look at him He went into the pump-room afterwards; but I would not have followed him for all the world Such a contrast between him and your brother! Pray send me some news of the latter--I am quite unhappy about him; he seemed so unco that affected his spirits I would write to him myself, but have mislaid his direction; and, as I hinted above, a into his satisfaction; or, if he still harbours any doubt, a line froht set all to rights I have not been to the rooht with the Hodges, for a frolic, at half price: they teased me into it; and I was determined they should not say I shut one We happened to sit by the Mitchells, and they pretended to be quite surprised to see me out I knew their spite: at one time they could not be civil to me, but now they are all friendship; but I am not such a fool as to be taken in by theood spirit of my own Anne Mitchell had tried to put on a turban like mine, as I wore it the week before at the concert, but made wretched work of it--it happened to become my odd face, I believe, at least Tilney told me so at the time, and said every eye was upon me; but he is the last man whose word I would take