"Not half so many parties as I'm told to expect here!" Imogen remarked. She would prefer to be at the Sanditon longer than she was with the Devines—she had already concluded that anonymity here would be much easier to come by than it had been in Hogsmeade, making her true intentions far simpler to pull off. Besides, the company was proving more stimulating as well.

"They were lovely though, in truth, but I did not care overmuch for Hogsmeade—it is dreadfully cold there in the winters!"