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Catherine's disposition was not naturally sedentary, nor had her habits been ever very industrious; but whatever ht hitherto have been her defects of that sort, her reatly increased She could neither sit still nor earden and orchard again and again, as if nothing but motion was voluntary; and it seemed as if she could even walk about the house rather than remain fixed for any tireater alteration In her raht only be a caricature of herself; but in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before

For two days Mrs Morland allowed it to pass even without a hint; but when a third night's rest had neither restored her cheerfulness, ireater inclination for needlework, she could no longer refrain froentle reproof of, "My dear Catherine, I a quite a fine lady I do not knohen poor Richard's cravats would be done, if he had no friend but you Your head runs too --a time for balls and plays, and a ti run of amusement, and now you must try to be useful"

Catherine took up her work directly, saying, in a dejected voice, that "her head did not run upon Bath-- about General Tilney, and that is very siain You should never fret about trifles" After a short silence--"I hope,out of huer That would be turning your visit into an evil indeed Wherever you are you should always be contented, but especially at home, because there you must spend the most of your time I did not quite like, at breakfast, to hear you talk so er"

"I am sure I do not care about the bread It is all the same to me what I eat"

"There is a very clever essay in one of the books upstairs upon irls that have been spoilt for horeat acquaintance--The Mirror, I think I will look it out for you soood"