(Well, I thought that since Ann2 hasn't made use of the subject line, that I would. ;-)

Henry just bursts onto the scene in Ch. 3 and takes over, doesn't he? His is such a forceful and engaging personality, and so "very nearly handsome" to boot, that we are as bemused and charmed as Catherine is.

I love his imitation of a jaded Bath Veteran. He goes into this whole parody within the parody thing that is very funny.

Then forming his features into a set smile, and affectedly softening his voice, he added, with a simpering air, "Have you been long in Bath, madam?"

The muslin scene with Mrs. Allen also gives Henry a chance to exhibit. I vacillate between thinking that he is being polite and good company, engaging in conversation with Mrs. Allen on a subject which he knows is near and dear to her heart (something easily discerned upon introduction) or if he is making fun of her, having a laugh at her expense. I tend to think it is a bit of both.