1 Your interest, Sir Walter, is in pretty safe hands.
2 They were describing him themselves; Sir Walter especially.
3 Nay, Sir Walter," cried Mrs Clay, "this is being severe indeed.
4 In all their dealings and intercourse, Sir Walter Elliot must ever have the precedence.
5 He had the curacy of Monkford, you know, Sir Walter, some time back, for two or three years.
6 Could not be a better time, Sir Walter, for having a choice of tenants, very responsible tenants.
7 I presume to observe, Sir Walter, that, in the way of business, gentlemen of the navy are well to deal with.
8 When he questioned, Sir Walter and Elizabeth began to question also, but the difference in their manner of doing it could not be unfelt.
9 I must take leave to observe, Sir Walter," said Mr Shepherd one morning at Kellynch Hall, as he laid down the newspaper, "that the present juncture is much in our favour.
10 "Lady Dalrymple, Lady Dalrymple," was the rejoicing sound; and with all the eagerness compatible with anxious elegance, Sir Walter and his two ladies stepped forward to meet her.
11 The party drove off in very good spirits; Sir Walter prepared with condescending bows for all the afflicted tenantry and cottagers who might have had a hint to show themselves, and Anne walked up at the same time, in a sort of desolate tranquillity, to the Lodge, where she was to spend the first week.