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Catherine
had
nothing
to
oppose
against
such
reasoning
;
and
therefore
,
to
show
the
independence
of
Miss
Thorpe
,
and
her
resolution
of
humbling
the
sex
,
they
set
off
immediately
as
fast
as
they
could
walk
,
in
pursuit
of
the
two
young
men
.
Half
a
minute
conducted
them
through
the
pump
-
yard
to
the
archway
,
opposite
Union
Passage
;
but
here
they
were
stopped
.
Everybody
acquainted
with
Bath
may
remember
the
difficulties
of
crossing
Cheap
Street
at
this
point
;
it
is
indeed
a
street
of
so
impertinent
a
nature
,
so
unfortunately
connected
with
the
great
London
and
Oxford
roads
,
and
the
principal
inn
of
the
city
,
that
a
day
never
passes
in
which
parties
of
ladies
,
however
important
their
business
,
whether
in
quest
of
pastry
,
millinery
,
or
even
(
as
in
the
present
case
)
of
young
men
,
are
not
detained
on
one
side
or
other
by
carriages
,
horsemen
,
or
carts
.
This
evil
had
been
felt
and
lamented
,
at
least
three
times
a
day
,
by
Isabella
since
her
residence
in
Bath
;
and
she
was
now
fated
to
feel
and
lament
it
once
more
,
for
at
the
very
moment
of
coming
opposite
to
Union
Passage
,
and
within
view
of
the
two
gentlemen
who
were
proceeding
through
the
crowds
,
and
threading
the
gutters
of
that
interesting
alley
,
they
were
prevented
crossing
by
the
approach
of
a
gig
,
driven
along
on
bad
pavement
by
a
most
knowing
-
looking
coachman
with
all
the
vehemence
that
could
most
fitly
endanger
the
lives
of
himself
,
his
companion
,
and
his
horse
.
“
Oh
,
these
odious
gigs
!
”
said
Isabella
,
looking
up
.
“
How
I
detest
them
.
”
But
this
detestation
,
though
so
just
,
was
of
short
duration
,
for
she
looked
again
and
exclaimed
,
“
Delightful
!
Mr
.
Morland
and
my
brother
!
”
“
Good
heaven
!
’
Tis
James
!
”
was
uttered
at
the
same
moment
by
Catherine
;
and
,
on
catching
the
young
men
’
s
eyes
,
the
horse
was
immediately
checked
with
a
violence
which
almost
threw
him
on
his
haunches
,
and
the
servant
having
now
scampered
up
,
the
gentlemen
jumped
out
,
and
the
equipage
was
delivered
to
his
care
.
Catherine
,
by
whom
this
meeting
was
wholly
unexpected
,
received
her
brother
with
the
liveliest
pleasure
;
and
he
,
being
of
a
very
amiable
disposition
,
and
sincerely
attached
to
her
,
gave
every
proof
on
his
side
of
equal
satisfaction
,
which
he
could
have
leisure
to
do
,
while
the
bright
eyes
of
Miss
Thorpe
were
incessantly
challenging
his
notice
;
and
to
her
his
devoirs
were
speedily
paid
,
with
a
mixture
of
joy
and
embarrassment
which
might
have
informed
Catherine
,
had
she
been
more
expert
in
the
development
of
other
people
’
s
feelings
,
and
less
simply
engrossed
by
her
own
,
that
her
brother
thought
her
friend
quite
as
pretty
as
she
could
do
herself
.
John
Thorpe
,
who
in
the
meantime
had
been
giving
orders
about
the
horses
,
soon
joined
them
,
and
from
him
she
directly
received
the
amends
which
were
her
due
;
for
while
he
slightly
and
carelessly
touched
the
hand
of
Isabella
,
on
her
he
bestowed
a
whole
scrape
and
half
a
short
bow
.
He
was
a
stout
young
man
of
middling
height
,
who
,
with
a
plain
face
and
ungraceful
form
,
seemed
fearful
of
being
too
handsome
unless
he
wore
the
dress
of
a
groom
,
and
too
much
like
a
gentleman
unless
he
were
easy
where
he
ought
to
be
civil
,
and
impudent
where
he
might
be
allowed
to
be
easy
.
He
took
out
his
watch
:
“
How
long
do
you
think
we
have
been
running
it
from
Tetbury
,
Miss
Morland
?
”
“
I
do
not
know
the
distance
.
”
Her
brother
told
her
that
it
was
twenty
-
three
miles
.
“
Three
and
twenty
!
”
cried
Thorpe
.
“
Five
and
twenty
if
it
is
an
inch
.
”
Morland
remonstrated
,
pleaded
the
authority
of
road
-
books
,
innkeepers
,
and
milestones
;
but
his
friend
disregarded
them
all
;
he
had
a
surer
test
of
distance
.
“
I
know
it
must
be
five
and
twenty
,
”
said
he
,
“
by
the
time
we
have
been
doing
it
.
It
is
now
half
after
one
;
we
drove
out
of
the
inn
-
yard
at
Tetbury
as
the
town
clock
struck
eleven
;
and
I
defy
any
man
in
England
to
make
my
horse
go
less
than
ten
miles
an
hour
in
harness
;
that
makes
it
exactly
twenty
-
five
.
”
