Chapter 15 brings bittersweet news to Catherine Morland. Her brother is to be married to Isabella Thorpe.
Isabella's "heart and faith were alike engaged to James" (Austen 96).
While Catherine was happy for her brother, she "secretly acknowledged to power of love; for though exceedingly fond of her brother, and partial to all his endowments, she had never in her life thought him handsome" (Austen 97).
"The agitation which she had herself experienced on first learning her brother's engagement, made her expect to raise no inconsiderable emotion in Mr. and Mrs. Allen, by the communication of the wonderful event. All that they felt on the occasion was comprehended in a wish for the young people's happiness, with a remark, on the gentleman's side, in favour of Isabella's beauty, and on the lady's, of her great good luck" (Austen 102).
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