in her own village she must seek them abroad invited her to go with them mr and mrs were all compliance and all happiness chapter if addition to what has been already said of s personal and mental when about to be launched into all the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks residence in bath it may be stated for the reader s more certain information lest the following pages should otherwise fail of giving any idea of what her character is meant to be that her heart was affectionate her disposition cheerful and open without conceit or affectation of any kind her manners just removed from the awkwardness and shyness of a girl her person pleasing and when in good looks pretty and her mind about as ignorant and as the female mind at seventeen usually is when the hour of departure drew near the maternal anxiety of mrs will be naturally supposed to be most severe � a thousand alarming of evil to her beloved from this terrific separation must op press her heart with sadness and drown her in tears for the last day or two of their being together and advice of the most important and nature must of course flow from her wise lips in their parting conference in her closet against the violence of such and as delight in forcing young ladies away to some remote farm house must at such a moment the fulness of her heart who w ul not think so but mrs abbey knew little of lords and that she entertained no notion of their general and was wholly of danger to her daughter from their her were confined to the following points i beg you will always wrap yourself up very warm about the throat when you come from the rooms at night and i wish you would try to keep some account of the money you spend i will give you this little book on purpose sally or rather for what young lady of common will reach the age of sixteen without her name as far as she can must from situation be at this time the intimate friend and of her sister it is remarkable however that she neither insisted on s writing by every post nor her promise of the character of every new acquaintance nor a detail of every interesting conversation that bath might produce everything indeed relative to this important journey was done on the part of the with a degree of moderation and composure which seemed rather consistent with the common feelings of common life than with refined � the tender emotions which the separation of a heroine from her family ought always to excite her father instead of giving her an unlimited order on his banker or even putting a hundred pounds bank bill into her hands gave her only ten guineas and promised her more when she wanted it under these the parting took place and the journey began it was performed with suitable and safety neither robbers nor them nor one lucky to introduce them to the hero nothing more alarming occurred than a fear on mrs s side of having once left her behind her at an inn and that fortunately proved to be they arrived at bath was all eager delight her eyes were here there everywhere as they i its fine and striking and afterwards drove through those streets which conducted them to the hotel she was come to be happy and she felt happy already they were soon settled in comfortable lodgings in street it is now expedient to give some description of mrs that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions will hereafter tend to promote the general distress of the work and how she will probably contribute to reduce poor to all the desperate wretchedness of which a last is capable � whether by her vulgarity or jealousy � whether by her letters her character or turning her out of doors mrs was one of that numerous class of females whose society can raise no other emotion than surprise at there being any men in the world who could like them well enough to marry them she had neither beauty genius accomplishment nor manner the air of a a great deal of quiet good temper and a trifling turn of mind were all that could account for her being the choice of a sensible intelligent man like mr alien in one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be dress was her passion she had a most harmless delight in being fine and our heroine s into life could not take place till after three or four days had been spent in learning what was mostly worn and her was provided with a dress of the fashion too made some purchases herself and when all these matters were arranged the important evening came which was to her into the upper her hair was cut and dressed by the best hand her clothes put on with care and mrs and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do with such encouragement hoped at least to pass through the crowd as for admiration it was always very welcome when it came but she did not depend on it abbey mrs was so long in dressing that they did not enter the ball room till late the season was full the room crowded and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could as for mr he repaired directly to the card room and left them to enjoy a mob by themselves with more care for he safety of her new gown than for the comfort of her mrs made her way through the throng of men by the door as swiftly as the necessary caution would allow 