Catherine Morland at Ten Years Old

At 10 years old, she had neither a bad heart nor a bad temper. Was seldom stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome and very kind to the little ones. At 15, appearances were day. She began to curl her hair and long for balls. Her love of dirt gave way to an inclination for finery, and she grew clean. As she grew smart, she had now the pleasure of sometimes hearing her father and mother remark on her personal improvement. Catherine grows quite a good looking girl. She is almost pretty to day, or words which caught her ears now and then. And how welcome were the sounds. To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been