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An abbey! Yes, it was delightful to be really in an abbey! But she doubted, as she looked round the rooiven her the consciousness The furniture was in all the profusion and elegance of modern taste

The fireplace, where she had expected the a of former tih handsolish china The s, to which she looked with peculiar dependence, fro them in their Gothic form with reverential care, were yet less what her fancy had portrayed To be sure, the pointed arch was preserved--the forht be even caseht!

To an iination which had hoped for the slass, dirt, and cobwebs, the difference was very distressing

The general, perceiving how her eye was ean to talk of the smallness of the roo for daily use, pretended only to co himself, however, that there were some apart toout his watch, he stopped short to pronounce it with surprise within twenty minutes of five! This seemed the word of separation, and Catherine found herself hurried away by Miss Tilney in such a manner as convinced her that the strictest punctuality to the fah the large and lofty hall, they ascended a broad staircase of shining oak, which, after , wide gallery On one side it had a range of doors, and it was lighted on the other by hich Catherine had only tile, before Miss Tilney led the way into a cha to hope she would find it comfortable, left her with an anxious entreaty that she would make as little alteration as possible in her dress