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Pride & Prejudice – page 85

Pride and Prejudice

“Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her

improvement on the harp; and pray let her know that

I am quite in raptures with her beautiful little design

for a table, and I think it infinitely superior to Miss

Grantley’s.”

“Will you give me leave to defer your raptures till

I write again? At present I have not room to do them

justice.”

“Oh! it is of no consequence. I shall see her in

January. But do you always write such charming long

letters to her, Mr. Darcy?”

“They are generally long; but whether always

charming it is not for me to determine.”

“It is a rule with me, that a person who can write a

long letter with ease, cannot write ill.”

“That will not do for a compliment to Darcy,

Caroline,” cried her brother, “because he does not write

with ease. He studies too much for words of four

syllables. Do not you, Darcy?”

“My style of writing is very different from yours.”

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