Austen Said:

Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice —more than talking— almost hallooing.

the necessity of making his own wife and sister-in-law acquainted with the business without delay; though, on Fanny's account, he almost dreaded the effect of the communication to Mrs. Norris as much as Fanny herself. He deprecated her mistaken but well-meaning zeal.