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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday have now passed in review before the reader; the events of each day, its hopes and fears, mortifications and pleasures, have been separately stated, and the pangs of Sunday only now remain to be described, and close the week The Clifton scheme had been deferred, not relinquished, and on the afternoon's crescent of this day, it was brought forward again In a private consultation between Isabella and Jaoing, and the latter no less anxiously placed his upon pleasing her, it was agreed that, provided the weather were fair, the party should take place on the following ; and they were to set off very early, in order to be at hoood time The affair thus determined, and Thorpe's approbation secured, Catherine only remained to be apprised of it She had left them for a few minutes to speak to Miss Tilney In that interval the plan was coreeay acquiescence expected by Isabella, Catherine looked grave, was very sorry, but could not go The engage in the former attempt would make it impossible for her to accompany them now She had that moment settled with Miss Tilney to take their proposed walk tomorrow; it was quite determined, and she would not, upon any account, retract But that she er cry of both the Thorpes; they o without her, it would be nothing to put off a er, and they would not hear of a refusal
Catherine was distressed, but not subdued "Do not urge o" This availed nothing
The sao, and they would not hear of a refusal "It would be so easy to tell Miss Tilney that you had just been re to put off the walk till Tuesday"
"No, it would not be easy I could not do it There has been no prior engage on her in thenames She was sure her dearest, sweetest Catherine would not seriously refuse such a trifling request to a friend who loved her so dearly She knew her beloved Catherine to have so feeling a heart, so sweet a temper, to be so easily persuaded by those she loved But all in vain; Catherine felt herself to be in the right, and though pained by such tender, such flattering supplication, could not allow it to influence her