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The room in question was of a commodious, well-proportioned size, and handso it to walk round the grounds, she was shown, first into a s peculiarly to the master of the house, and made unusually tidy on the occasion; and afterwards into as to be the drawing-rooh unfurnished, Catherine was delighted enough even to satisfy the general It was a prettily shaped rooround, and the view froreen meadows; and she expressed her admiration at the moment with all the honest simplicity hich she felt it "Oh! Why do not you fit up this room, Mr Tilney? What a pity not to have it fitted up! It is the prettiest room I ever saw; it is the prettiest rooeneral, with a most satisfied smile, "that it will very speedily be furnished: it waits only for a lady's taste!"

"Well, if it was my house, I should never sit anywhere else Oh!

What a sweet little cottage there is ae!"

"You like it--you approve it as an object--it is enough Henry, ree remains"

Such a compliment recalled all Catherine's consciousness, and silenced her directly; and, though pointedly applied to by the general for her choice of the prevailing colour of the paper and hangings, nothing like an opinion on the subject could be drawn from her

The influence of fresh objects and fresh air, however, was of great use in dissipating these e reached the orna of a walk round two sides of a un to act about half a year ago, she was sufficiently recovered to think it prettier than any pleasure-ground she had ever been in before, though there was not a shrub in it higher than the green bench in the corner

A saunter into other e, with a visit to the stables to exaame of play with a litter of puppies just able to roll about, brought theht it could be three At four they were to dine, and at six to set off on their return Never had any day passed so quickly!

She could not but observe that the abundance of the dinner did not seeeneral; nay, that he was even looking at the side-table for cold hter's observations were of a different kind They had seldom seen him eat so heartily at any table but his own, and never before known hi oiled