In Chapter 5, Admiral Croft refers back to his time at Taunton, when he discussed how the people in Taunton thought Sir Walter Elliot would achieve greatness. It is also discussed again in Chapter 9, where the narrator describes the location of Winthrop estate:

"Sir Walter Elliot, without hesitation, declared the Admiral to be the best-looking sailor he had the arranging of his hair, he should not be ashamed of being seen with him anywhere; and the Admiral, with sympathetic cordiality, observed to his wife as they drove back through the Park, 'I thought we should soon cone to a deal, my dear, in spite of what they told us at Taunton. The baronet will never set the Thames on fire, but there seens no harm in him:'-reciprocal compliments, which would have been esteemed about equal" (71).

"The estate at Winthrop is not less than two hundred and fifty acres, besides the farm near Taunton, which is some of the best land in the country" (108).

Austen, Jane. Persuasion, edited by Linda Bree, Broadview Press, 2004.