(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "I am exceedingly gratified," said Bingley, "by your converting what myfriend says into a compliment on the sweetness of my temper.
A small tray of tea-things was arranged on the table;a plate of hot buttered toast was gently simmering before the fire; andthe red-nosed man himself was busily engaged in converting a large sliceof bread into the same agreeable edible, through the instrumentalityof a long brass toasting-fork.