In Lydia’s imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness. She saw herself the object of attention to tens and to scores of them at present unknown. She saw all the glories of the camp – its tents stretched forth in beauteous uniformity of lines, crowded with the young and the gay, and dazzling with scarlet; and, to complete the view, she saw herself seated beneath a tent, tenderly flirting with at least six officers at once.

– Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 41. Lydia’s imagination runs wild after Mr. Bennet with his hands-off parenting strategy gives her the go-ahead to go to Brighton with Colonel Forster and his wife. She fantasizes about partying with the young men of the regiment, flirting with at least six officers at the same time. This is foreshadowing of trouble ahead.