Нортенгерське абатство

Chapter 23

           Itwasnowonderthatthegeneralshouldshrinkfromthesightofsuchobjectsasthatroommustcontain;aroominallprobabilityneverenteredbyhimsincethedreadfulscenehadpassed,whichreleasedhissufferingwife,andlefthimtothestingsofconscience.

           Sheventured,whennextalonewithEleanor,toexpressherwishofbeingpermittedtoseeit,aswellasalltherestofthatsideofthehouse;andEleanorpromisedtoattendherthere,whenevertheyshouldhaveaconvenienthour.Catherineunderstoodher:thegeneralmustbewatchedfromhome,beforethatroomcouldbeentered.“Itremainsasitwas,Isuppose?”saidshe,inatoneoffeeling.

           “Yes,entirely.”

           “Andhowlongagomayitbethatyourmotherdied?”

           “Shehasbeendeadthesenineyears.”Andnineyears,Catherineknew,wasatrifleoftime,comparedwithwhatgenerallyelapsedafterthedeathofaninjuredwife,beforeherroomwasputtorights.

           “Youwerewithher,Isuppose,tothelast?”

           “No,”saidMissTilney,sighing;“Iwasunfortunatelyfromhome.Herillnesswassuddenandshort;and,beforeIarriveditwasallover.”

           Catherine’sbloodrancoldwiththehorridsuggestionswhichnaturallysprangfromthesewords.Coulditbepossible?CouldHenry’sfather—?Andyethowmanyweretheexamplestojustifyeventheblackestsuspicions!And,whenshesawhimintheevening,whilesheworkedwithherfriend,slowlypacingthedrawing-roomforanhourtogetherinsilentthoughtfulness,withdowncasteyesandcontractedbrow,shefeltsecurefromallpossibilityofwronginghim.

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