Another character has been seeing a poor soldier named Thomas, contrary to the general's wishes, even though her father is burdened by gambling debts.  
One character in this novel claims that marriage is like dancing: "men have the advantage of choice, women only the power of refusal."  Another character has been seeing a poor soldier named Thomas, contrary to the general's wishes, even though her father is burdened by gambling debts.  Mrs. Allen constantly talks about how she can afford nice gowns during an invitation of the protagonist to Bath.  Isabella is abandoned by Captain Frederick after breaking off an engagement to James, while James's sister loses sleep upon reading Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho.  FTP name this novel about the reconciliation of Henry Tilney to Catherine Morland, a spoof of the Gothic novel by Jane Austen.
One character in this novel claims that marriage is like dancing: "men have the advantage of choice, women only the power of refusal."  
{Northanger Abbey}