53 The Friday 56: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda over at Freda's Voice.
how to participate:
- grab a book, any book.
- turn to page 56 or 56% of your e-reader
- find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.
- post it.
- add your (url) post in Linky HERE. add the post url, not your blog url. it's that simple.
"The younger Miss Thorpes being also dancing, Catherine was left to the mercy of Mrs. Thorpe and Mrs. Allen, between whom she now remained. She could not help being vexed at the non-appearance of Mr. Thorpe, for she not only longed to be dancing, but was likewise aware that, as the real dignity of her situation could not be known, she was sharing with the scores of other young ladies still sitting down all the discredit of wanting a partner. To be disgraced in the eye of the world, to wear the appearance of infamy while her heart is all purity, her actions all innocence, and the misconduct of another the true source of her debasement, is one of those circumstances which peculiarly belong to the heroine’s life, and her fortitude under it what particularly dignifies her character. Catherine had fortitude too; she suffered, but no murmur passed her lips."
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