'-What are you thinking so earnestly?' said he, as they walked back to the ball-room; -'not of your partner, I hope, for, by that shake of the head your meditations are not satisfactory.'
Catherine coloured, and said 'I was not thinking of anything'
'That is artful and deep, to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me'
'Well then, I will not.'
'Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted, as I am authorized to cease you on this subject whenever we meet, and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much.'
(Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)
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