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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 do n't go aboard till noon , you may sleep late . We shall probably have a most uncomfortable voyage . '' 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 .