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Pride & Prejudice – page 70

JANE AUSTEN

“I think she will. She is now about Miss Elizabeth

Bennet’s height, or rather taller.”

“How I long to see her again! I never met with

anybody who delighted me so much. Such a counte-

nance, such manners! And so extremely accomplished

for her age! Her performance on the pianoforte is

exquisite.”

“It is amazing to me,” said Bingley, “how young

ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as

they all are.”

“All young ladies accomplished! My dear Charles,

what do you mean?”

“Yes, all of them, I think. They all paint tables,

cover screens, and net purses. I scarcely know anyone

who cannot do all this, and I am sure I never heard a

young lady spoken of for the first time, without being

informed that she was very accomplished.”

“Your list of the common extent of accomplish-

ments,” said Darcy, “has too much truth. The word is

applied to many a woman who deserves it no otherwise

than by netting a purse or covering a screen. But I am

very far from agreeing with you in your estimation of

ladies in general. I cannot boast of knowing more than

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