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1  For poor Captain Tilney too she was greatly concerned.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
2  A day or two passed away and brought no tidings of Captain Tilney.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
3  Catherine, looking up, perceived Captain Tilney; and Isabella, earnestly fixing her eye on him as she spoke, soon caught his notice.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
4  But Captain Tilney had at present no intention of removing; he was not to be of the party to Northanger; he was to continue at Bath.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
5  At the end of the first dance, Captain Tilney came towards them again, and, much to Catherine's dissatisfaction, pulled his brother away.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
6  I wish your visit at Northanger may be over before Captain Tilney makes his engagement known, or you will be uncomfortably circumstanced.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
7  This was placing her in a very uncomfortable situation, and she felt great compassion for Captain Tilney, without being able to hope for his goodwill.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
8  She wished Isabella had talked more like her usual self, and not so much about money, and had not looked so well pleased at the sight of Captain Tilney.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
9  This was the sad finale of every reflection: and Captain Tilney's letter would certainly come in his absence; and Wednesday she was very sure would be wet.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
10  Her tranquillity was not improved by the general's impatience for the appearance of his eldest son, nor by the displeasure he expressed at his laziness when Captain Tilney at last came down.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
11  But Catherine could be stubborn too; and Mrs. Allen just then coming up to propose their returning home, she joined her and walked out of the pump-room, leaving Isabella still sitting with Captain Tilney.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
12  It seemed to her that Captain Tilney was falling in love with Isabella, and Isabella unconsciously encouraging him; unconsciously it must be, for Isabella's attachment to James was as certain and well acknowledged as her engagement.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
13  But when Catherine saw her in public, admitting Captain Tilney's attentions as readily as they were offered, and allowing him almost an equal share with James in her notice and smiles, the alteration became too positive to be passed over.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
14  In this distress, the intended departure of the Tilney family became her chief consolation; their journey into Gloucestershire was to take place within a few days, and Captain Tilney's removal would at least restore peace to every heart but his own.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
15  Having heard the day before in Milsom Street that their elder brother, Captain Tilney, was expected almost every hour, she was at no loss for the name of a very fashionable-looking, handsome young man, whom she had never seen before, and who now evidently belonged to their party.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
16  There was a something, however, in his words which repaid her for the pain of confusion; and that something occupied her mind so much that she drew back for some time, forgetting to speak or to listen, and almost forgetting where she was; till, roused by the voice of Isabella, she looked up and saw her with Captain Tilney preparing to give them hands across.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
17  They retired whispering together; and, though her delicate sensibility did not take immediate alarm, and lay it down as fact, that Captain Tilney must have heard some malevolent misrepresentation of her, which he now hastened to communicate to his brother, in the hope of separating them forever, she could not have her partner conveyed from her sight without very uneasy sensations.
Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
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