As to an additional servant, the expense would be a trifle; Mama she was sure would never object to it; and any horse would do for HIM; he might always get one at the park; as to a stable, the merest shed would be sufficient.

Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.

This was too much.
"You are mistaken, Elinor," said she warmly, "in supposing I know very little of Willoughby.

I have not known him long indeed, but I am much better acquainted with him, than I am with any other creature in the world, except yourself and mama.

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;--it is disposition alone.