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[He looked as handsome and as lively as ever, and was talking with interest to a fashionable and pleasing-looking young woman, who leant on his arm, and whom Catherine immediately guessed to be his sister; thus unthinkingly throwing away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever, by being married already.
But guided only by what was simple and probable, it had never entered her head that Mr. Tilney could be married;]
Question: Did she thought that he had married already so that she unthinkingly threw away a fair opportunity of considering him lost to her forever, by being married already?
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She guessed that the woman with him was his sister, not his wife. So she automatically assumed he was an eligible bachelor.
- She guessed that the woman with him was his sister, not his wife.
- So she automatically assumed he was an eligible bachelor.
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She guessed that the woman with him was his sister, not his wife. So she automatically assumed he was an eligible bachelor.
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