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Swiftly therefore shall her post-boy drive through the village, aroups, and speedy shall be her descent froht be the distress of Catherine's e, and whatever the hu enjoyment of no everyday nature for those to whoe--and secondly, in herself The chaise of a traveller being a rare sight in Fullerton, the whole family were iate was a pleasure to brighten every eye and occupy every fancy--a pleasure quite unlooked for by all but the two youngest children, a boy and girl of six and four years old, who expected a brother or sister in every carriage Happy the glance that first distinguished Catherine! Happy the voice that proclaimed the discovery! But whether such happiness were the lawful property of George or Harriet could never be exactly understood

Her father, e, and Harriet, all asseerness, was a sight to awaken the best feelings of Catherine's heart; and in the ee, she found herself soothed beyond anything that she had believed possible So surrounded, so caressed, she was even happy! In the joyfulness of fa for a short ti them at first little leisure for calm curiosity, they were all seated round the tea-table, which Mrs Morland had hurried for the comfort of the poor traveller, whose pale and jaded looks soon caught her notice, before any inquiry so direct as to demand a positive ansas addressed to her

Reluctantly, and with ht perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation; but scarcely, within that time, could they at all discover the cause, or collect the particulars, of her sudden return They were far fro, or bitterness in resenting, affronts: but here, when the whole was unfolded, was an insult not to be overlooked, nor, for the first half hour, to be easily pardoned

Without suffering any ro and lonely journey, Mr and Mrs Morland could not but feel that it ht have been productive of much unpleasantness to her; that it hat they could never have voluntarily suffered; and that, in forcing her on such a measure, General Tilney had acted neither honourably nor feelingly--neither as a gentleman nor as a parent Why he had done it, what could have provoked him to such a breach of hospitality, and so suddenly turned all his partial regard for their daughter into actual ill will, was aas Catherine herself; but it did not oppress the; and, after a due course of useless conjecture, that "it was a strange business, and that he nation and wonder; though Sarah indeed still indulged in the sweets of inco with youthful ardour "My dear, you give yourself a great deal of needless trouble," said hernot at all worth understanding"