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Mrs. Catherine Tilney née Morland began her marriage to the Reverend Henry Tilney with every expectation of happiness. When a crisis emerges and her new family is put in danger, she must become the heroine she has been in training for all her life.
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Chapter 1Sep. 04, 2021Comments |
Catherine Morland began her marriage to Henry Tilney with every expectation of happiness. But there were a few blemishes even their present bliss could not erase. |
Chapter 2Sep. 08, 2021Comments |
Catherine was startled, perplexed, and not a little anxious by the sudden appearance of this prodigal in her home. |
Chapter 3Sep. 11, 2021Comments |
With hat in hand he threw the door open, prepared to receive all the reward a young husband must expect upon such an entrance. |
Chapter 4Sep. 15, 2021Comments |
It was certainly good she had some employment, but he could not help resenting the cause: to be forced to continue conversation with his brother without more than a dozen words shared with his wife was not how Henry had anticipated the close of his day. |
Chapter 5Sep. 18, 2021Comments |
Catherine had nearly protested when Henry ordered his brother out of the room. But her husband never gave her opportunity even to throw a beseeching look. |
Chapter 6Sep. 22, 2021Comments |
All pleasures must have their end, if only temporarily, and Catherine found the morning dawned much earlier than either she or Henry could have preferred. |
Chapter 7Sep. 25, 2021Comments |
If Henry still did not believe his brother in real distress, neither was he sanguine that other offences had not been attempted after their parting. Thus obligations both domestic and professional spurred him to act. |
Chapter 8Sep. 29, 2021Comments |
The clock chimed four o'clock with no sign of Henry. She hoped at any moment to hear the front door open. But the minutes ticked by without this expected homecoming. |
Chapter 9Oct. 02, 2021Comments |
What he saw when they found the trail made his heart sink further: the way back toward Woodston was blocked. |
Chapter 10Oct. 06, 2021Comments |
The sight was a balm for her nerves, sorely taxed by frightful dreams, but she refused to let such ideas run away with her as they had before her marriage. |