Нортенгерское аббатство

           Thegallerywasterminatedbyfoldingdoors,whichMissTilney,advancing,hadthrownopen,andpassedthrough,andseemedonthepointofdoingthesamebythefirstdoortotheleft,inanotherlongreachofgallery,whenthegeneral,comingforwards,calledherhastily,and,asCatherinethought,ratherangrilyback,demandingwhethersheweregoing?—Andwhatwastheremoretobeseen?—HadnotMissMorlandalreadyseenallthatcouldbeworthhernotice?—Anddidshenotsupposeherfriendmightbegladofsomerefreshmentaftersomuchexercise?MissTilneydrewbackdirectly,andtheheavydoorswerecloseduponthemortifiedCatherine,who,havingseen,inamomentaryglancebeyondthem,anarrowerpassage,morenumerousopenings,andsymptomsofawindingstaircase,believedherselfatlastwithinthereachofsomethingworthhernotice;andfelt,assheunwillinglypacedbackthegallery,thatshewouldratherbeallowedtoexaminethatendofthehousethanseeallthefineryofalltherest.Thegeneral’sevidentdesireofpreventingsuchanexaminationwasanadditionalstimulant.Somethingwascertainlytobeconcealed;herfancy,thoughithadtrespassedlatelyonceortwice,couldnotmisleadherhere;andwhatthatsomethingwas,ashortsentenceofMissTilney’s,astheyfollowedthegeneralatsomedistancedownstairs,seemedtopointout:“Iwasgoingtotakeyouintowhatwasmymother’sroom—theroominwhichshedied—”wereallherwords;butfewastheywere,theyconveyedpagesofintelligencetoCatherine.