Capitulos 8-11

James begs Isabella to boogie with him at the next ball. Isabella doesn’t want to agree because there is no dance partner for Catherine, trying to play hard to get, yet after some time she gives in. No que no? Catherine is bummed until she sees Mr. Tilney. He is with a mysterious woman, yet she dismisses any negative thoughts and deduces she must be his sister. Catherine seems very mature in not making negative assumptions. Henry informs her that he had to leave town, Catherine is just happy to see him. Henry invites her to dance but Catherine has to reject his invitation, since she accepted John’s invitation and is “engaged” for the night: comprometida to be John’s dancing partner. Bummer! John is nowhere and she is vestida y alborotada. After a couple of songs, Catherine is introduced to Henry’s sister. James and Isabella exceed the customary limit of dances together, dancing more than twice in a row; very scandalous at the time for dancing couples that aren’t engaged. Catherine sees that Mr. Tilney is dancing with another girl and is sad the rest of the night. She missed her opportunity to dance with Henry for not being confident and saying no directly to John. I hope she learns a leccion!

Trying to make amends al dia siguiente, Catherine gets ready to go to the “pump room” in the hopes that Ms. Tilney is there. John Thorpe arrives and reminds Catherine that she promised to go on a ride with him on his “hot new rode” of a carriage, as if this made him less of a douche. They ride in his carriage and James and Isabella follow behind on James’ carriage. John insinuates that Catherine will inherit the Allen’s fortune since the Allens have no heirs. Catherine denies this but he doesn’t listen and this makes Catherine more attractive for him. They were trying to reach a castle but had to return since it was getting late. When they return, Mrs. Allen informs Catherine that she took a walk with the Tilney’s and that she knows that their mother was a very wealthy woman who passed away some years ago. Catherine regrets missing such an opportunity to be with the Tilney’s. You win some and lose some. Catherine better revises her priorities and friendships, right? 

At the theaters, Isabella admires Catherine’s hairstyle and confesses that John is quite smitten with her, in fact, he now is “in love” with her. Que casualidad! Teresa en accion! Isabella then goes to tell Catherine, how she (Isabella) has so many things in common with James. How can you discover compatibilidad in a pair of days though? Catherine feels like a third-wheel when Isabella and James flirt all night. Luckily Miss Tilney appears and they both begin to talk like amigas del alma. Miss Tilney is able to tell that Catherine “loves” Mr. Tilney when Catherine is so upfront with her interest in knowing more about him. Later en la noche at the ball, Isabella dances with James and Catherine does her best to avoid John. She doesn’t want to ruin her luck again. Catherine and Mr. Tilney finally dance. They are later interrupted by John who claims that Catherine is “his partner” (as if!) until he realizes that Catherine is indeed Mr. Tilney’s partner and recognizes he is a good man and moves away. Can John be any worse? Just espera and read. Henry compares dancing to marriage (a seccion that’s a must to read with tons of wit and quimica between these two). Catherine expresses how much she loves Bath. Catherine notices Henry’s father, General Tilney, and is struck by his handsome appearance. Is she imagining Henry is to look like that at an older age? Catherine is invited by Miss Tilney to join her and Henry on a walk the next morning.

The next morning, once the rain is cleared, Catherine is worried the Tilneys went out of town and won’t be able to go with her. It’s past mid-day, the time that they had agreed to meet to walk. John, Isabella, and James show up and talk Catherine into going with them to ride to a Castle.  Isabella then goes all dramatica and Teresa on her, claiming Catherine prefers the Tilneys over the mischievous trio. Talk about peer pressure! Catherine accepts to go and they all do a 180 and are the happiest. On their way, Catherine sees the Tilneys on the way to her house and loses it! Catherine begs John to stop, but he goes faster. I can just imagine a kidnap wouldn’t be far from the verdad; John with an evil and mabre laugh, very Gotico. The day turns out sour when they don’t reach their destination and have to go back a casa. Catherine is annoyed and pissed! She didn’t get to see the Tilney’s nor reach their destination and see the castillo Gotico.