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Pride & Prejudice – page 491

Pride and Prejudice

“I am not going to run away, papa,” said Kitty

fretfully. “If I should ever go to Brighton, I would

behave better than Lydia.”

“You go to Brighton. I would not trust you so near

it as Eastbourne for fifty pounds! No, Kitty, I have at

last learnt to be cautious, and you will feel the effects of

it. No officer is ever to enter into my house again, nor

even to pass through the village. Balls will be absolutely

prohibited, unless you stand up with one of your sisters.

And you are never to stir out of doors till you can

prove that you have spent ten minutes of every day in

a rational manner.”

Kitty, who took all these threats in a serious light,

began to cry. “Well, well,” said he, “do not make yourself

unhappy. If you are a good girl for the next ten years, I

will take you to a review at the end of them.”

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