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She has made me miserable forever! Let me soon hear from you, dear Catherine; you are my only friend; your love I do build upon

I wish your visit at Northanger ement known, or you will be uncomfortably circuht of him; his honest heart would feel so much I have written to him and my father Her duplicity hurts me more than all; till the very last, if I reasoned with her, she declared herself as hed atI bore with it; but if ever man had reason to believe himself loved, I was that man I cannot understand even nohat she would be at, for there could be no need ofplayed off to make her secure of Tilney We parted at last by mutual consent--happy for me had we never met! I can never expect to know such another woive your heart "Believe me," &c

Catherine had not read three lines before her sudden change of countenance, and short excla unpleasant news; and Henry, earnestly watching her through the whole letter, saw plainly that it ended no better than it began He was prevented, however, fro his surprise by his father's entrance They went to breakfast directly; but Catherine could hardly eat anything Tears filled her eyes, and even ran down her cheeks as she sat The letter was one moment in her hand, then in her lap, and then in her pocket; and she looked as if she knew not what she did The general, between his cocoa and his newspaper, had luckily no leisure for noticing her; but to the other two her distress was equally visible As soon as she dared leave the table she hurried away to her own rooed to co-room for privacy, but Henry and Eleanor had likewise retreated thither, and were at thatto beg their pardon, but ith gentle violence, forced to return; and the others withdrew, after Eleanor had affectionately expressed a wish of being of use or corief and reflection, Catherine felt equal to encountering her friends; but whether she should make her distress known to them was another consideration