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Pride & Prejudice – page 116

JANE AUSTEN

admired; and he begged to know to which of his fair

cousins the excellency of its cooking was owing. But he

was set right there by Mrs. Bennet, who assured him

with some asperity that they were very well able to

keep a good cook, and that her daughters had nothing

to do in the kitchen. He begged pardon for having

displeased her. In a softened tone she declared herself

not at all offended; but he continued to apologise for

about a quarter of an hour.

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