1 While her father spoke, there was a knock at the door.
2 She now felt a great inclination to go to the outer door; she wanted to see if it rained.
3 But hardly were they so settled, when the door opened again, and Captain Wentworth walked in alone.
4 As she ceased, the entrance door opened again, and the very party appeared for whom they were waiting.
5 You can slip in from the shrubbery at any time; and there you will find we keep our umbrellas hanging up by that door.
6 It was a gentleman's carriage, a curricle, but only coming round from the stable-yard to the front door; somebody must be going away.
7 They ought to be setting off for Uppercross by one, and in the mean while were to be all together, and out of doors as long as they could.
8 The plan had reached this point, when Anne, coming quietly down from Louisa's room, could not but hear what followed, for the parlour door was open.
9 The interruption had been short, though severe, and ease and animation returned to most of those they left as the door shut them out, but not to Anne.
10 She had only time, however, to move closer to the table where he had been writing, when footsteps were heard returning; the door opened, it was himself.
11 Alarming sounds were heard; other visitors approached, and the door was thrown open for Sir Walter and Miss Elliot, whose entrance seemed to give a general chill.
12 Anne was considering whether she should venture to suggest that a gown, or a cap, would not be liable to any such misuse, when a knock at the door suspended everything.
13 Mrs Harville's giving it as her opinion that her husband would have quite walking enough by the time he reached home, determined the direction of all the party in what was to be their last walk; they would accompany them to their door, and then return and set off themselves.
14 The younger boy, a remarkable stout, forward child, of two years old, having got the door opened for him by some one without, made his determined appearance among them, and went straight to the sofa to see what was going on, and put in his claim to anything good that might be giving away.
15 The word curricle made Charles Musgrove jump up that he might compare it with his own; the servant in mourning roused Anne's curiosity, and the whole six were collected to look, by the time the owner of the curricle was to be seen issuing from the door amidst the bows and civilities of the household, and taking his seat, to drive off.
16 Anne had a moment's astonishment on the subject herself; but it was soon lost in the pleasanter feelings which sprang from the sight of all the ingenious contrivances and nice arrangements of Captain Harville, to turn the actual space to the best account, to supply the deficiencies of lodging-house furniture, and defend the windows and doors against the winter storms to be expected.
17 The Musgroves could hardly be more ready to invite than he to come, particularly in the morning, when he had no companion at home, for the Admiral and Mrs Croft were generally out of doors together, interesting themselves in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and dawdling about in a way not endurable to a third person, or driving out in a gig, lately added to their establishment.
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