[Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen]@TWC D-Link bookNorthanger Abbey CHAPTER 22 10/17
He yielded implicitly, and would fetch his hat and attend them in a moment." He left the room, and Catherine, with a disappointed, anxious face, began to speak of her unwillingness that he should be taking them out of doors against his own inclination, under a mistaken idea of pleasing her; but she was stopped by Miss Tilney's saying, with a little confusion, "I believe it will be wisest to take the morning while it is so fine; and do not be uneasy on my father's account; he always walks out at this time of day." Catherine did not exactly know how this was to be understood.
Why was Miss Tilney embarrassed? Could there be any unwillingness on the general's side to show her over the abbey? The proposal was his own.
And was not it odd that he should always take his walk so early? Neither her father nor Mr.Allen did so.
It was certainly very provoking.
She was all impatience to see the house, and had scarcely any curiosity about the grounds.
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