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Thorpe told her it would be in vain to go after the Tilneys; they were turning the corner into Brock Street, when he had overtaken theo after theo after the If I could not be persuaded into doing what I thought wrong, I never will be tricked into it" And with these words she broke away and hurried off Thorpe would have darted after her, but Morland withheld hio She is as obstinate as--"

Thorpe never finished the simile, for it could hardly have been a proper one

Aalked Catherine in great agitation, as fast as the croould per pursued, yet determined to persevere

As she walked, she reflected on what had passed It was painful to her to disappoint and displease them, particularly to displease her brother; but she could not repent her resistance Setting her own inclination apart, to have failed a second tiement to Miss Tilney, to have retracted a promise voluntarily made only five minutes before, and on a false pretence too,them on selfish principles alone, she had not consulted ht have been ensured in so Blaize Castle; no, she had attended to as due to others, and to her own character in their opinion Her conviction of being right, however, was not enough to restore her composure; till she had spoken to Miss Tilney she could not be at ease; and quickening her pace when she got clear of the Crescent, she alained the top of Milsom Street So rapid had been her e in the outset, they were but just turning into their lodgings as she ca at the open door, she used only the cere that sheby hi the first door before her, which happened to be the right, she i-roohter Her explanation, defective only in being--from her irritation of nerves and shortness of breath--no explanation at all, was instantly given "I areat hurry--It was all a o--I told thereat hurry to explain it--I did not care what you thought of me--I would not stay for the servant"