But while she did so, the gentleman retreated, and her partner, coming nearer, said, "I see that you guess what I have just been asked.

That gentleman knows your name, and you have a right to know his.

It is General Tilney, my father." Catherine's answer was only "Oh!"-- but it was an "Oh!" expressing everything needful: attention to his words, and perfect reliance on their truth.

With real interest and strong admiration did her eye now follow the general, as he moved through the crowd, and "How handsome a family they are!" was her secret remark.
In chatting with Miss Tilney before the evening concluded, a new source of felicity arose to her.

She had never taken a country walk since her arrival in Bath.