I was almost sure you would not leave London yet awhile; though you TOLD me, you know, at Barton, that you should not stay above a MONTH.

But I thought, at the time, that you would most likely change your mind when it came to the point.

It would have been such a great pity to have went away before your brother and sister came.

And now to be sure you will be in no hurry to be gone.

I am amazingly glad you did not keep to YOUR WORD." Elinor perfectly understood her, and was forced to use all her self-command to make it appear that she did NOT.
"Well, my dear," said Mrs.Jennings, "and how did you travel ?" "Not in the stage, I assure you," replied Miss Steele, with quick exultation; "we came post all the way, and had a very smart beau to attend us.