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Austen, Jane

"Northanger Abbey"

Isabella laughed. "It is very true, upon my honour, but I see how it is; you are indifferent to everybody's admiration, except that of one gentleman, who shall be nameless. Nay, I cannot blame you"--speaking more seriously--"your feelings are easily understood. Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of anybody else. Everything is so insipid, so uninteresting, that does not relate to the beloved object! I can perfectly comprehend your feelings."


? ? ? ? "But you should not persuade me that I think so very much about Mr. Tilney, for perhaps I may never see him again."


? ? ? ? "Not see him again! My dearest creature, do not talk of it. I am sure you would be miserable if you thought so!"


? ? ? ? "No, indeed, I should not. I do not pretend to say that I was not very much pleased with him; but while I have Udolpho to read, I feel as if nobody could make me miserable. Oh! The dreadful black veil! My dear Isabella, I am sure there must be Laurentina's skeleton behind it."


? ? ? ? "It is so odd to me, that you should never have read Udolpho before; but I suppose Mrs. Morland objects to novels."


? ? ? ? "No, she does not. She very often reads Sir Charles Grandison herself; but new books do not fall in our way."


? ? ? ? "Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book, is it not? I remember Miss Andrews could not get through the first volume.


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