But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.'

Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation