“They found Mr. Bennet still up. With a book he was regardless of time;...”
“With a book he was regardless of time.”
“Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment.”
“Mr Bennet sat taciturn, staring at his magazine and waiting for the invention of television.”
“I found myself jealous of the people who wrote the books. They were dead and they were still taking up my time. Who did they think they were?”
“Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.”