There Must Be Murder

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(Henry and Catherine) Tilney everywhere.

"Government," said Henry, endeavouring not to smile, "neither desires nor dares to interfere in such matters. There must be murder; and government cares not how much."

 — Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Volume I, Chapter XIV

The Reverend Henry Tilney, the rector of Woodston parish in Gloucestershire, looked up from his book and addressed his wife. “Catherine, do you know what day this is?”

Catherine Tilney smiled at her husband. “It is Saturday, beloved.”

“Yes, it is, but this is no ordinary Saturday. This is Saturday, the ninth day of February.”

Though they had been married but a short time, Catherine knew that Henry was not in the habit of stating the obvious without a particular reason; thus, she looked at him expectantly, her needle suspended above the fabric.

“My sweet, I am surprised at you. Do not you remember? We met exactly one year ago tonight, in the Lower Rooms at Bath.”

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