I have done a mighty good thing for him in taking you abroad; your
value is twice as great, with all the knowledge and taste that you
have acquired. A year ago, you were perhaps a little limited--a
little rustic; but now you have seen everything, and appreciated
everything, and you will be a most entertaining companion. We have
fattened the sheep for him before he kills it!" Catherine turned
away, and stood staring at the blank door. "Go to bed," said her
father; "and, as we don't go aboard till noon, you may sleep late.
We shall probably have a most uncomfortable voyage."
CHAPTER XXV
The voyage was indeed uncomfortable, and Catherine, on arriving in
New York, had not the compensation of "going off," in her father's
phrase, with Morris Townsend. She saw him, however, the day after
she landed; and, in the meantime, he formed a natural subject of
conversation between our heroine and her Aunt Lavinia, with whom, the
night she disembarked, the girl was closeted for a long time before
either lady retired to rest.
"I have seen a great deal of him," said Mrs. Penniman. "He is not
very easy to know. I suppose you think you know him; but you don't,
my dear. You will some day; but it will only be after you have lived
with him. I may almost say _I_ have lived with him," Mrs. Penniman
proceeded, while Catherine stared. "I think I know him now; I have
had such remarkable opportunities.
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