'Is there any fatal bar--has any prepossession--' 'None, sir,' answered Flora.

'I owe it to myself to say that I never yet saw the person on whom I thought with reference to the present subject.' 'The shortness of our acquaintance, perhaps--If Miss Mac-Ivor will deign to give me time--' 'I have not even that excuse.

Captain Waverley's character is so open--is, in short, of that nature that it cannot be misconstrued, either in its strength or its weakness.' 'And for that weakness you despise me ?' said Edward.
'Forgive me, Mr.Waverley--and remember it is but within this half hour that there existed between us a barrier of a nature to me insurmountable, since I never could think of an officer in the service of the Elector of Hanover in any other light than as a casual acquaintance.

Permit me then to arrange my ideas upon so unexpected a topic, and in less than an hour I will be ready to give you such reasons for the resolution I shall express as may be satisfactory at least, if not pleasing to you.' So saying Flora withdrew, leaving Waverley to meditate upon the manner in which she had received his addresses.
Ere he could make up his mind whether to believe his suit had been acceptable or no, Fergus re-entered the apartment.

'What, a la mort, Waverley ?' he cried.