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Catherine said no ht, applied to her work; but, after a few uor and listlessness,herself in her chair, from the irritation of weariness, much oftener than she ress of this relapse; and seeing, in her daughter's absent and dissatisfied look, the full proof of that repining spirit to which she had now begun to attribute her want of cheerfulness, hastily left the room to fetch the book in question, anxious to lose no ti so dreadful a malady It was some time before she could find what she looked for; and other fa to detain her, a quarter of an hour had elapsed ere she returned downstairs with the volu shut out all noise but what she created herself, she knew not that a visitor had arrived within the last fewthe roo man whom she had never seen before With a look ofintroduced to her by her conscious daughter as "Mr

Henry Tilney," with the eize for his appearance there, acknowledging that after what had passed he had little right to expect a welco his i reached her home in safety, as the cause of his intrusion He did not address hie or a resentful heart Far fro him or his sister in their father's misconduct, Mrs Morland had been always kindly disposed towards each, and instantly, pleased by his appearance, received him with the si hi him that the friends of her children were alelco him to say not another word of the past

He was not ill-inclined to obey this request, for, though his heart was greatly relieved by such unlooked-for mildness, it was not just at thatto the purpose

Returning in silence to his seat, therefore, he re all Mrs Morland's common remarks about the weather and roads Catherine itated, happy, feverish Catherine--said not a word; but her glowing cheek and brightened eye ood-natured visit would at least set her heart at ease for a tiladly therefore did she lay aside the first volume of The Mirror for a future hour