I shall leave for England so soon as my business will allow; and as I made no secret of my suit, so I shall make none of the reasons of my departure.

I'm an outspoken man, Madam; and as the world knew my hopes, I shall offer them no false excuses for my departure; but lift my hat, and bow to fortune--a defeated man.' '_Avez-vous dine mon petit coquin ?_' said the parrot.
'Well, Sir, I will not altogether deny you have reason for what you design; and it may be, 'tis as well to bring the matter to a close, though your resolution has taken me by surprise.

She hath shown herself so perverse in this respect, that I allow I see no present likelihood of a change; and indeed I do not quite understand my niece; and, very like, she does not comprehend herself.' Mr.Dangerfield almost smiled one of his grim disconcerting smiles, and a cynical light played over his face; and the black monkey behind him grinned and hugged himself like his familiar.

The disappointed gentleman thought he understood Miss Gertrude pretty well.
'I thought,' said Aunt Becky; 'I suspected--did you--a certain young gentleman in this neighbourhood--' 'As having found his way to the young lady's good graces ?' asked Dangerfield.
'Yes; and I conjecture you know whom I mean,' said Aunt Rebecca.
'Who--pray, Madam ?' he demanded.
'Why, Lieutenant Puddock,' said Aunt Becky, again adjusting the china on the chimneypiece.
'Eh ?--truly ?--that did not strike me,' replied Dangerfield.
He had a disconcerting way of saying the most ordinary things, and there was a sort of latent meaning, like a half-heard echo, underrunning the surface of his talk, which sometimes made people undefinably uncomfortable; and Aunt Becky looked a little stately and flushed; but in a minute more the conversation proceeded.
'I have many regrets, Miss Chattesworth, in leaving this place.

The loss of your society--don't mistake me, I never flatter--is a chief one.