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1The bustle of going was not pleasant. The clock struck ten while the trunks were carrying down, and the General had
2fixed to be out of Milsom Street by that hour. His greatcoat, instead of being brought for him to put on directly, was
3spread out in the curricle in which he was to accompany his son. The middle seat of the chaise was not drawn out, though
4there were three people to go in it, and his daughter's maid had so crowded it with parcels that Miss Morland would not
5have room to sit; and, so much was he influenced by this apprehension when he handed her in, that she had some
6difficulty in saving her own new writing-desk from being thrown out into the street. At last, however, the door was
7closed upon the three females, and they set off at the sober pace in which the handsome, highly fed four horses of a
8gentleman usually perform a journey of thirty miles: such was the distance of Northanger from Bath, to be now divided
9into two equal stages. Catherine's spirits revived as they drove from the door; for with Miss Tilney she felt no
10restraint; and, with the interest of a road entirely new to her, of an abbey before, and a curricle behind, she caught
11the last view of Bath without any regret, and met with every milestone before she expected it. The tediousness of a two
12hours' wait at Petty France, in which there was nothing to be done but to eat without being hungry, and loiter about
13without anything to see, next followed--and her admiration of the style in which they travelled, of the fashionable
14chaise and four--postilions handsomely liveried, rising so regularly in their stirrups, and numerous outriders properly
15mounted, sunk a little under this consequent inconvenience. Had their party been perfectly agreeable, the delay would
16have been nothing; but General Tilney, though so charming a man, seemed always a check upon his children's spirits, and
17scarcely anything was said but by himself; the observation of which, with his discontent at whatever the inn afforded,
18and his angry impatience at the waiters, made Catherine grow every moment more in awe of him, and appeared to lengthen
19the two hours into four. At last, however, the order of release was given; and much was Catherine then surprised by the
20General's proposal of her taking his place in his son's curricle for the rest of the journey: "the day was fine, and he
21was anxious for her seeing as much of the country as possible." The remembrance of Mr. Allen's opinion, respecting young
22men's open carriages, made her blush at the mention of such a plan, and her first thought was to decline it; but her
23second was of greater deference for General Tilney's judgment; he could not propose anything improper for her; and, in
24the course of a few minutes, she found herself with Henry in the curricle, as happy a being as ever existed. A very
25short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world; the chaise and four wheeled off with
26some grandeur, to be sure, but it was a heavy and troublesome business, and she could not easily forget its having
27stopped two hours at Petty France. Half the time would have been enough for the curricle, and so nimbly were the light
28horses disposed to move, that, had not the General chosen to have his own carriage lead the way, they could have passed
29it with ease in half a minute. But the merit of the curricle did not all belong to the horses; Henry drove so well--so
30quietly--without making any disturbance, without parading to her, or swearing at them: so different from the only
31gentleman-coachman whom it was in her power to compare him with! and then his hat sat so well, and the innumerable capes
32of his greatcoat looked so becomingly important! to be driven by him, next to being dancing with him, was certainly the
33greatest happiness in the world. In addition to every other delight, she had now that of listening to her own praise; of
34being thanked at least, on his sister's account, for her kindness in thus becoming her visitor; of hearing it ranked as
35real friendship, and described as creating real gratitude. His sister, he said, was uncomfortably circumstanced--she had
36no female companion--and, in the frequent absence of her father, was sometimes without any companion at all. "But how
37can that be?" said Catherine. "Are not you with her?" "Northanger is not more than half my home; I have an establishment
38at my own house in Woodston, which is nearly twenty miles from my father's, and some of my time is necessarily spent
39there." "How sorry you must be for that!" "I am always sorry to leave Eleanor." "Yes; but besides your affection for
40her, you must be so fond of the abbey! after being used to such a home as the abbey, an ordinary parsonage-house must be
41very disagreeable." He smiled, and said, "You have formed a very favourable idea of the abbey." "To be sure, I have. Is
42not it a fine old place, just like what one reads about?" "And are you prepared to encounter all the horrors that a
43building such as 'what one reads about' may produce? Have you a stout heart? Nerves fit for sliding panels and
44tapestry?" "Oh! yes--I do not think I should be easily frightened, because there would be so many people in the
45house--and besides, it has never been uninhabited and left deserted for years, and then the family come back to it
46unawares, without giving any notice, as generally happens." "No, certainly. We shall not have to explore our way into a
47hall dimly lighted by the expiring embers of a wood fire--nor be obliged to spread our beds on the floor of a room
48without windows, doors, or furniture. But you must be aware that when a young lady is (by whatever means) introduced
49into a dwelling of this kind, she is always lodged apart from the rest of the family. While they snugly repair to their
50own end of the house, she is formally conducted by Dorothy, the ancient housekeeper, up a different staircase, and along
51many gloomy passages, into an apartment never used since some cousin or kin died in it about twenty years before. Can
52you stand such a ceremony as this? Will not your mind misgive you when you find yourself in this gloomy chamber--too
53lofty and extensive for you, with only the feeble rays of a single lamp to take in its size--its walls hung with
54tapestry exhibiting figures as large as life, and the bed, of dark green stuff or purple velvet, presenting even a
55funereal appearance? Will not your heart sink within you?" "Oh! but this will not happen to me, I am sure." "How
56fearfully will you examine the furniture of your apartment! and what will you discern? Not tables, toilettes, wardrobes,
57or drawers, but on one side perhaps the remains of a broken lute, on the other a ponderous chest which no efforts can
58open, and over the fireplace the portrait of some handsome warrior, whose features will so incomprehensibly strike you,
59that you will not be able to withdraw your eyes from it. Dorothy, meanwhile, no less struck by your appearance, gazes on
60you in great agitation, and drops a few unintelligible hints. To raise your spirits, moreover, she gives you reason to
61suppose that the part of the abbey you inhabit is undoubtedly haunted, and informs you that you will not have a single
62domestic within call. With this parting cordial she curtsies off--you listen to the sound of her receding footsteps as
63long as the last echo can reach you--and when, with fainting spirits, you attempt to fasten your door, you discover,
64with increased alarm, that it has no lock." "Oh! mr. Tilney, how frightful! this is just like a book! but it cannot
65really happen to me. I am sure your housekeeper is not really Dorothy. Well, what then?"
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