[Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen]@TWC D-Link bookNorthanger Abbey CHAPTER 11 8/16
To feel herself slighted by them was very painful.
On the other hand, the delight of exploring an edifice like Udolpho, as her fancy represented Blaize Castle to be, was such a counterpoise of good as might console her for almost anything. They passed briskly down Pulteney Street, and through Laura Place, without the exchange of many words.
Thorpe talked to his horse, and she meditated, by turns, on broken promises and broken arches, phaetons and false hangings, Tilneys and trap-doors.
As they entered Argyle Buildings, however, she was roused by this address from her companion, "Who is that girl who looked at you so hard as she went by ?" "Who? Where ?" "On the right-hand pavement--she must be almost out of sight now." Catherine looked round and saw Miss Tilney leaning on her brother's arm, walking slowly down the street.
She saw them both looking back at her. "Stop, stop, Mr.Thorpe," she impatiently cried; "it is Miss Tilney; it is indeed.
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