hither

From something that he told me in our journey hither, I have reason to think Bingley very much indebted to him.

If he fears me, why come hither?

“You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet, to understand the reason of my journey hither.

One thought in particular tormented him: namely, that during his journey hither he had sat so still, whereas he might, a dozen times, have plunged into the sea, and, thanks to his powers of swimming, for which he was famous, have gained the shore, concealed himself until the arrival of a Genoese or Spanish vessel, escaped to Spain or Italy, where Mercédès and his father could have joined him.