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In Chapter 5 Catherine finally leaves Bath is pursuit of Northanger Abbey with the Tilney's. On the way however, she is disappointed by the news that Henry does not live their all the time due to his owning his own estate – Woodston.
As they are discussing the house and it's connection to the novels that Catherine enjoys so much, Henry Tilney begins to imagine Catherine's first night in her room at the Abbey, and enjoys explaining how it may be to her. Drawing on images and phrases from the novels he had read, and his own imagination, Henry weaves a tale of horror and intrigue that has Catherine on the edge of her seat in the carriage. "Henry was too much amused by the interest he had raised, to be able to carry it farther; he could no longer command solemnity either of subject or voice, and was obliged to entreat her to use her own fancy in the perusal of Matilda's woes" (Austen 132).
Slightly disappointed at her arrival to the Abbey, Catherine noticed the lack of horrific icons and cobwebbed corners of the house. Instead, Catherine found the house to be modern, bright, and cheerful.
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