She had been watching him the last hour, she said, as he walked up and down the street, and had Mr. Wickham appeared, Kitty and Lydia would certainly have continued the occupation, but unluckily no one passed windows now except a few of the officers, who, in comparison with the stranger, were become "stupid, disagreeable fellows."
Mrs. Philips était émerveillée d’un tel exces de politesse, mais elle fut vite distraite par les questions impétueuses de ses nieces sur l’étranger qu’elles venaient de rencontrer.