A little sea-bathing would set me up forever.
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 41. Mrs. Bennet says this during a family discussion about a trip to Brighton, where the militia regiment is about to depart to. Like Lydia, Mrs. Bennet fantasizes about Brighton – twenty-five years ago she cried for two days when Colonel Miller’s regiment moved there. But Mr. Bennet is adament there will be no trip.