Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 17
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MissTilneywasearnest,thoughgentle,inhersecondarycivilities,andtheaffairbecameinafewminutesasnearlysettledasthisnecessaryreferencetoFullertonwouldallow.
ThecircumstancesofthemorninghadledCatherine’sfeelingsthroughthevarietiesofsuspense,security,anddisappointment;buttheywerenowsafelylodgedinperfectbliss;andwithspiritselatedtorapture,withHenryatherheart,andNorthangerAbbeyonherlips,shehurriedhometowriteherletter.Mr.andMrs.Morland,relyingonthediscretionofthefriendstowhomtheyhadalreadyentrustedtheirdaughter,feltnodoubtoftheproprietyofanacquaintancewhichhadbeenformedundertheireye,andsentthereforebyreturnofposttheirreadyconsenttohervisitinGloucestershire.Thisindulgence,thoughnotmorethanCatherinehadhopedfor,completedherconvictionofbeingfavouredbeyondeveryotherhumancreature,infriendsandfortune,circumstanceandchance.Everythingseemedtocooperateforheradvantage.Bythekindnessofherfirstfriends,theAllens,shehadbeenintroducedintosceneswherepleasuresofeverykindhadmether.Herfeelings,herpreferences,hadeachknownthehappinessofareturn.Wherevershefeltattachment,shehadbeenabletocreateit.TheaffectionofIsabellawastobesecuredtoherinasister.TheTilneys,they,bywhom,aboveall,shedesiredtobefavourablythoughtof,outstrippedevenherwishesintheflatteringmeasuresbywhichtheirintimacywastobecontinued.
