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1"My dear Eleanor," cried Catherine, suppressing her feelings as well as she could, "do not be so distressed. A second
2engagement must give way to a first. I am very, very sorry we are to part--so soon, and so suddenly too; but I am not
3offended, indeed I am not. I can finish my visit here, you know, at any time; or I hope you will come to me. Can you,
4when you return from this lord's, come to Fullerton?" "It will not be in my power, Catherine." "Come when you can,
5then." Eleanor made no answer; and Catherine's thoughts recurring to something more directly interesting, she added,
6thinking aloud, "Monday--so soon as Monday; and you all go. Well, I am certain of--I shall be able to take leave,
7however. I need not go till just before you do, you know. Do not be distressed, Eleanor, I can go on Monday very well.
8My father and mother's having no notice of it is of very little consequence. The General will send a servant with me, I
9dare say, half the way--and then I shall soon be at Salisbury, and then I am only nine miles from home." "Ah, Catherine!
10were it settled so, it would be somewhat less intolerable, though in such common attentions you would have received but
11half what you ought. But--how can I tell you?--to-morrow morning is fixed for your leaving us, and not even the hour is
12left to your choice; the very carriage is ordered, and will be here at seven o'clock, and no servant will be offered
13you." Catherine sat down, breathless and speechless. "I could hardly believe my senses, when I heard it; and no
14displeasure, no resentment that you can feel at this moment, however justly great, can be more than I myself--but I must
15not talk of what I felt. Oh! that I could suggest anything in extenuation! good God! what will your father and mother
16say! after courting you from the protection of real friends to this--almost double distance from your home, to have you
17driven out of the house, without the considerations even of decent civility! dear, dear Catherine, in being the bearer
18of such a message, I seem guilty myself of all its insult; yet, I trust you will acquit me, for you must have been long
19enough in this house to see that I am but a nominal mistress of it, that my real power is nothing." "Have I offended the
20General?" said Catherine in a faltering voice. "Alas! for my feelings as a daughter, all that I know, all that I answer
21for, is that you can have given him no just cause of offence. He certainly is greatly, very greatly discomposed; I have
22seldom seen him more so. His temper is not happy, and something has now occurred to ruffle it in an uncommon degree;
23some disappointment, some vexation, which just at this moment seems important, but which I can hardly suppose you to
24have any concern in, for how is it possible?" It was with pain that Catherine could speak at all; and it was only for
25Eleanor's sake that she attempted it. "I am sure," said she, "I am very sorry if I have offended him. It was the last
26thing I would willingly have done. But do not be unhappy, Eleanor. An engagement, you know, must be kept. I am only
27sorry it was not recollected sooner, that I might have written home. But it is of very little consequence." "I hope, I
28earnestly hope, that to your real safety it will be of none; but to everything else it is of the greatest consequence:
29to comfort, appearance, propriety, to your family, to the world. Were your friends, the Allens, still in Bath, you might
30go to them with comparative ease; a few hours would take you there; but a journey of seventy miles, to be taken post by
31you, at your age, alone, unattended!" "Oh, the journey is nothing. Do not think about that. And if we are to part, a few
32hours sooner or later, you know, makes no difference. I can be ready by seven. Let me be called in time." Eleanor saw
33that she wished to be alone; and believing it better for each that they should avoid any further conversation, now left
34her with, "I shall see you in the morning." Catherine's swelling heart needed relief. In Eleanor's presence friendship
35and pride had equally restrained her tears, but no sooner was she gone than they burst forth in torrents. Turned from
36the house, and in such a way! without any reason that could justify, any apology that could atone for the abruptness,
37the rudeness, nay, the insolence of it. Henry at a distance--not able even to bid him farewell. Every hope, every
38expectation from him suspended, at least, and who could say how long? Who could say when they might meet again? And all
39this by such a man as General Tilney, so polite, so well bred, and heretofore so particularly fond of her! it was as
40incomprehensible as it was mortifying and grievous. From what it could arise, and where it would end, were
41considerations of equal perplexity and alarm. The manner in which it was done so grossly uncivil, hurrying her away
42without any reference to her own convenience, or allowing her even the appearance of choice as to the time or mode of
43her travelling; of two days, the earliest fixed on, and of that almost the earliest hour, as if resolved to have her
44gone before he was stirring in the morning, that he might not be obliged even to see her. What could all this mean but
45an intentional affront? By some means or other she must have had the misfortune to offend him. Eleanor had wished to
46spare her from so painful a notion, but Catherine could not believe it possible that any injury or any misfortune could
47provoke such ill will against a person not connected, or, at least, not supposed to be connected with it. Heavily passed
48the night. Sleep, or repose that deserved the name of sleep, was out of the question. That room, in which her disturbed
49imagination had tormented her on her first arrival, was again the scene of agitated spirits and unquiet slumbers. Yet
50how different now the source of her inquietude from what it had been then--how mournfully superior in reality and
51substance! her anxiety had foundation in fact, her fears in probability; and with a mind so occupied in the
52contemplation of actual and natural evil, the solitude of her situation, the darkness of her chamber, the antiquity of
53the building, were felt and considered without the smallest emotion; and though the wind was high, and often produced
54strange and sudden noises throughout the house, she heard it all as she lay awake, hour after hour, without curiosity or
55terror.
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