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The bustle of going was not pleasant The clock struck ten while the trunks were carrying down, and the general had fixed to be out of Milsoht for him to put on directly, was spread out in the curricle in which he was to accompany his son The h there were three people to go in it, and his daughter's maid had so crowded it with parcels that Miss Morland would not have room to sit; and, so much was he influenced by this apprehension when he handed her in, that she had so thrown out into the street At last, however, the door was closed upon the three females, and they set off at the sober pace in which the handsoentleman usually perforer froes Catherine's spirits revived as they drove from the door; for with Miss Tilney she felt no restraint; and, with the interest of a road entirely new to her, of an abbey before, and a curricle behind, she caught the last view of Bath without any regret, and met with every milestone before she expected it The tediousness of a two hours' wait at Petty France, in which there was nothing to be done but to eat without being hungry, and loiter about without anything to see, next followed--and her admiration of the style in which they travelled, of the fashionable chaise and four--postilions handsoularly in their stirrups, and numerous outriders properly mounted, sunk a little under this consequent inconvenience Had their party been perfectly agreeable, the delay would have been nothing; but General Tilney, though so char a man, seemed always a check upon his children's spirits, and scarcely anything was said but by himself; the observation of which, with his discontent at whatever the inn afforded, and his angry irow every then the two hours into four At last, however, the order of release was given; and eneral's proposal of her taking his place in his son's curricle for the rest of the journey: "the day was fine, and he was anxious for her seeing as much of the country as possible"

The re es, made her blush at the ht was to decline it; but her second was of greater deference for General Tilney's judg improper for her; and, in the course of a few minutes, she found herself with Henry in the curricle, as happy a being as ever existed A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world; the chaise and four wheeled off with sorandeur, to be sure, but it was a heavy and troubleso stopped two hours at Petty France Half the tih for the curricle, and so niht horses disposed to e lead the way, they could have passed it with ease in half ato the horses; Henry drove so well--so quietly--withoutat theentleman-coachman whom it was in her power to compare him with! And then his hat sat so well, and the innuly i with hireatest happiness in the world In addition to every other delight, she had now that of listening to her own praise; of being thanked at least, on his sister's account, for her kindness in thus beco it ranked as real friendship, and described as creating real gratitude His sister, he said, was uncomfortably circumstanced--she had no female companion--and, in the frequent absence of her father, was sometimes without any companion at all