marriage; permitted his son to return to Northanger; and thence
made him the bearer of his consent; very courteously worded in a
page full of empty professions to Mr。 Morland。 The event which it
authorized soon followed: Henry and Catherine were married; the
bells rang; and everybody smiled; and; as this took place within a
twelvemonth from the first day of their meeting; it will not appear;
after all the dreadful delays occasioned by the General’s cruelty;
that they were essentially hurt by it。 To begin perfect happiness at
the respective ages of twenty…six and eighteen is to do pretty well;
and professing myself moreover convinced that the General’s
unjust interference; so far from being really injurious to their
felicity; was perhaps rather conducive to it; by improving their
knowledge of each other; and adding strength to their attachment;
I leave it to be settled; by whomsoever it may concern; whether the
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tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental
tyranny; or reward filial disobedience。
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