Austen Said:

“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.”

“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”

“I have an excessive regard for Miss Jane Bennet, she is really a very sweet girl, and I wish with all my heart she were well settled. But with such a father and mother, and such low connections, I am afraid there is no chance of it.”

“Yes; and they have another, who lives somewhere near Cheapside.”

“Do you prefer reading to cards?”

“that is rather singular.”

“I shall insist on their giving one also. I shall tell Colonel Forster it will be quite a shame if he does not.”

“You used us abominably ill,”

“running away without telling us that you were coming out.”