In chapter 11, Catherine received an unexpected letter from Isabella. "Such a strain of shallow artifice could not impose even upon Catherine. Its inconsistencies, contradictions, and falsehood, struck her from the very first. She was ashamed of Isabella, and ashamed of having ever loved her" (Austen 182).
Catherine rants to herself about the girl her broke her brother's heart exclaiming: "she is a vain coquette" (Austen 182). When talking the letter over with Henry, Catherine tells him how even though she no longer thinks they are getting married, she still isn't keen on his brother.
Captain Tilney had already been re-deployed, and left Isabella all alone. But Catherine did not care: "As it happens, there is no great harm done, because I do not think Isabella has any heart to lose"(Austen 182).
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