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"Well, proceed by all hter, Miss Morland," he continued, without leaving his daughter ti a very bold wish We leave Bath, as she has perhaps told you, on Saturday se'nnight A letter from my steward tellsdisappointed in town and General Courteney here, soer in Bath And could we carry our selfish point with you, we should leave it without a single regret Can you, in short, be prevailed on to quit this scene of public triue your friend Eleanor with your company in Gloucestershire?

I ah its presureater to every creature in Bath than yourself

Modesty such as yours--but not for the world would I pain it by open praise If you can be induced to honour us with a visit, you will make us happy beyond expression 'Tis true, we can offer you nothing like the gaieties of this lively place; we can tempt you neither by a, as you see, is plain and unpretending; yet no endeavours shall be wanting on our side to er Abbey! These were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest point of ecstasy Her grateful and gratified heart could hardly restrain its expressions within the language of tolerable cal an invitation! To have her co, every present enjoyment, and every future hope was contained in it; and her acceptance, with only the saving clause of Papa and Maiven "I rite home directly," said she, "and if they do not object, as I dare say they will not--"

General Tilney was not less sanguine, having already waited on her excellent friends in Pulteney Street, and obtained their sanction of his wishes "Since they can consent to part with you," said he, "we may expect philosophy froentle, in her secondary civilities, and the affair became in a few minutes as nearly settled as this necessary reference to Fullerton would allow

The circuh the varieties of suspense, security, and disappointed in perfect bliss; and with spirits elated to rapture, with Henry at her heart, and Northanger Abbey on her lips, she hurried ho on the discretion of the friends to whohter, felt no doubt of the propriety of an acquaintance which had been formed under their eye, and sent therefore by return of post their ready consent to her visit in Gloucestershire This indulgence, though not more than Catherine had hoped for, co favoured beyond every other human creature, in friends and fortune, circu seee By the kindness of her first friends, the Allens, she had been introduced into scenes where pleasures of every kind had s, her preferences, had each known the happiness of a return Wherever she felt attachment, she had been able to create it The affection of Isabella was to be secured to her in a sister The Tilneys, they, by whoht of, outstripped even her wishes in the flattering measures by which their intimacy was to be continued She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized--and, in addition to all the rest, this roof was to be the roof of an abbey! Her passion for ancient edifices was next in degree to her passion for Henry Tilney--and castles and abbeys e did not fill To see and explore either the ramparts and keep of the one, or the cloisters of the other, had been for h to be more than the visitor of an hour had seemed too nearly impossible for desire