"At least I must talk, and you must pretend to listen.

I positively cannot exist in the house by myself any longer." "Where is Richard ?" Mannering asked.
"Gone into Norwich to dine at the barracks with some stupid men.

Not that I mind his going," she added, hastily.

"I wish he'd stay away for a month.

Of course he's a very good sort, and all that, but he's deadly monotonous.