Chapter 7 dawned the first morning of Catherine Morland's stay at Northanger Abbey. After breakfast, the General decides to give her a tour of the grounds with Eleanor.
After walking for awhile, the party came across Miss Tilney's favorite walk. "It was a narrow winding path through a thick grove of old Scotch firs; and Catherine, struck by is gloomy aspect, and eager to enter it,, could not, even by the General's disapprobation, be kept from stepping forward" (Austen 148). The path was lovely, Catherine loved it and walked along with Eleanor for awhile as she reminisced walking this same path with her deceased mother.
Catherine was especially anxious to get a tour of the Abbey itself. This particular adventure, however, was continuously postponed.
Catherine and the Abbey:
ReplyDeleteCatherine is consumed by the sheer beauty of the Abbey, as soon as she sees it she is in awe of its grandeur. She is upset to find out that most of the Abbey had been redone, losing it's true beauty.
On a walk around the Abbey with Eleanor, the women pass a path in which the General is against the ladies walking down. Catherine's imagination goes crazy, and she creates a story as to why he would react so.