Anxious and uneasy, the period which passed in the drawingroom, before the gentlemen came, was wearisome and dull to a degree that almost made her uncivil.
Haye-Park might do, said she, if the Gouldings would quit it, or the great house at Stoke, if the drawing-room were larger; but Ashworth is too far off!
Elizabeth made no attempt to reason with her mother, but remained quietly in the hall, till she and Kitty were out of sight, then returned into the drawing room.