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Catherine was worried when she saw the general in conversation with John Thorpe, as she thought the other man would tell the general that she was attached to him. It turned out that Thorpe was actually regaling the general of Catherine's future wealth, as he believed he would be married to Catherine and thus be privy to that wealth.
John was angry, because he had learned that Catherine did not love him, and he angrily told the General that the Morlands were almost poor. Angered, the General had sent Catherine away to show his contempt for someone so impoverished.
The General has heard rumors from John Thorpe about Catherine's wealth that influenced how he treated her. After Eleanor marries a wealthy man, the General is convinced to forgive Henry and to allow him to marry Catherine.
Feb 5, 2023 · When he runs into a disaffected John Thorpe in London, who spitefully tells him Catherine is almost destitute, General Tilney hurries home and swiftly evicts her.
- Jodi Mcalister
She feared General Tilney did not like her appearance: she found it was implied in his preventing her admittance to his daughter, rather than postpone his own walk a few minutes. 'How came Mr. Thorpe to know your father?' was her anxious inquiry, as she pointed them out to her companion.
John is angry and Catherine tries to avoid him. General Tilney seems to be watching her with intense scrutiny. Catherine sees him talking with an odd-looking woman who she later learns is a Marchioness.
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Jan 19, 2008 · In Jane Austen’s words, Henry Tilney, the hero of Northanger Abbey, seemed to be about “four or five and twenty, was rather tall, had a pleasing countenance, a very intelligent and lively eye, and, if not quite handsome, was very near it.”
