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They returned to the hall, that the chief staircase ht be ascended, and the beauty of its wood, and ornaained the top, they turned in an opposite direction froallery in which her room lay, and shortly entered one on the sath and breadth

She was here shown successively into three large bed-cha-roo that ance to apart furnished within the last five years, they were perfect in all that would be generally pleasing, and wanting in all that could give pleasure to Catherine As they were surveying the last, the general, after slightly nauished characters by who countenance to Catherine, and ventured to hope that henceforward soht be "our friends from Fullerton" She felt the unexpected co well of a man so kindly disposed towards herself, and so full of civility to all her fa doors, which Miss Tilney, advancing, had thrown open, and passed through, and see the saallery, when the general, coht, rather angrily back, de?--And as there more to be seen?--Had not Miss Morland already seen all that could be worth her notice?--And did she not suppose her friend lad of some refreshment after so much exercise? Miss Tilney drew back directly, and the heavy doors were closed upon the lance beyond thes, and sy staircase, believed herself at last within the reach of soly paced back the gallery, that she would rather be allowed to examine that end of the house than see all the finery of all the rest The general's evident desire of preventing such an exa was certainly to be concealed; her fancy, though it had trespassed lately once or twice, could notwas, a short sentence of Miss Tilney's, as they followed the general at so to take you into as my mother's room--the room in which she died--" were all her words; but few as they were, they conveyed pages of intelligence to Catherine It was no wonder that the general should shrink froht of such objects as that room must contain; a room in all probability never entered by him since the dreadful scene had passed, which released his suffering wife, and left his of conscience