Austen Said:

entreaties that the subject might never be mentioned to him again. The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia .

besides, it was such a pity that Lydia should be taken from a regiment where she was acquainted with everybody, and had so many favourites.

how absolutely necessary such an attention would be from all the neighbouring gentlemen, on his returning to Netherfield.

though it was very mortifying to know that her neighbours might all see Mr. Bingley, in consequence of it, before they did.

to be civil to him only as Mr. Bingley's friend,

to dine at Longbourn in a few days time.

anything less than two courses could be good enough for a man

or satisfy the appetite and pride of one who had ten thousand a year.

their carriage was unluckily ordered before any of the others,

no opportunity of detaining them.

she would get him at last;

Two obstacles of the five being thus removed,

Bingley was every thing that was charming, except the professed lover of her daughter.

unless when some barbarous neighbour, who could not be enough detested, had given him an invitation to dinner which he thought himself obliged to accept.

they never sat there after dinner,

to take some refreshment;

why Lady Catherine would not come in again and rest herself.

he was rising every hour in his esteem.

she submitted to the change without much reluctance.

she should not have a day's health all the autumn,

she might be able to leave it by dinner-time.

it a great shame that such a present was not made,

for his father's having many other uses for his money, and a right to spend it as he liked.

Mrs Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when they dined at the Great House with other families;

did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much at home as to lose her place.

That she was coming to apologize, and that they should have to spend the evening by themselves,

her poor son gone for ever,

it might, that it probably would, turn out to be the very same Captain Wentworth whom they recollected meeting, once or twice, after their coming back from Clifton -- a very fine young man -- but they could not say whether it was seven or eight years ago,

poor Dick,

poor Dick's having been six months under his care,

hope there would be now no occasion for putting Captain Wentworth off, and only be sorry to think that the cottage party, probably, would not like to leave the little boy, to give him the meeting.

The child was to be kept in bed and amused as quietly as possible; but what was there for a father to do? This was quite a female case, and it would be highly absurd in him, who could be of no use at home, to shut himself up. His father very much wished him to meet Captain Wentworth, and there being no sufficient reason against it, he ought to go;

his meaning to dress directly, and dine at the other house.

to let him come and fetch her,

There had been music, singing, talking, laughing, all that was most agreeable; charming manners in Captain Wentworth,

no shyness or reserve; they seemed all to know each other perfectly, and he was coming the very next morning to shoot with Charles. He was to come to breakfast, but not at the Cottage, though that had been proposed at first; but then he had been pressed to come to the Great House instead, and he seemed afraid of being in Mrs Charles Musgrove's way, on account of the child, and therefore, somehow, they hardly knew how, it ended in Charles's being to meet him to breakfast at his father's.

they were just setting off,

he was come for his dogs,

his sisters were following with Captain Wentworth; his sisters meaning to visit Mary and the child, and Captain Wentworth proposing also to wait on her for a few minutes if not inconvenient; and though Charles had answered for the child's being in no such state as could make it inconvenient, Captain Wentworth would not be satisfied without his running on to give notice.

to have him marry either could be extremely delightful.

it would be quite a misfortune to have the existing connection between the families renewed -- very sad for herself and her children.

of his studying himself to death.

his resolution of calling on his aunt, now that he was so near;

the advantage of resting herself a quarter of an hour at Winthrop, as she felt so tired,

Louisa had got a much better somewhere,

Louisa had found a better seat somewhere else, and she would go on till she overtook her.

Mary had shewn herself disobliging to him,

a seat to any lady who might be particularly tired; it would save her a full mile, and they were going through Uppercross.

her husband would have quite walking enough by the time he reached home,

Captain Benwick had been seen flying by their house, with a countenance which showed something to be wrong; and they had set off immediately, informed and directed as they passed, towards the spot.