Emma had gone go downstairs to speak speak with a friend in the basement , and he waited wait for her on the landing .

Montraville was a Lieutenant in the army : Belcour was his brother officer : they had been to take leave leave of their friends previous to their departure for America , and were now returning return to Portsmouth , where the troops waited wait orders for embarkation .

Chapter 2 Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited wait on Mr. Bingley .

The night watchman and housekeeper , who had waited wait up to receive me , were thrown into an awful flutter flutter .

First , however , she waited wait for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further : she felt a little nervous nervous about this ; ‘ for it might end , you know , ’ said say Alice to herself , ‘ in my going out altogether , like a candle .

She waited wait for him in the garden , the other party , drawing draw on a pair of singularly fresh soft and elastic light gloves and presenting present herself with a superficial readiness which , as he approached approach her over the small smooth lawn and in the watery English sunshine , he might , with his rougher preparation preparation , have marked as the model for such an occasion .

The handsome girl waited wait for some time idly in her place , and the only sound sound heard hear in the stillness was the hopping hop of the canary up-and down the perches of its prison .

I waited wait before I gave him my hand in return .

He was tall , straight , and swarthily handsome , and he stood with the complacence of a stage favorite waiting for the applause to cease so that he might speak his first lines ; and , while he waited wait , he sifted sift tobacco into a cigarette paper daintily , with his little finger extended .