Thorpe would have darted after her, but Morland withheld him.

"Let her go, let her go, if she will go.

She is as obstinate as--" Thorpe never finished the simile, for it could hardly have been a proper one.
Away walked Catherine in great agitation, as fast as the crowd would permit her, fearful of being pursued, yet determined to persevere.

As she walked, she reflected on what had passed.

It was painful to her to disappoint and displease them, particularly to displease her brother; but she could not repent her resistance.