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“Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven's sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces."
"Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father;" she times them ill."
"I do not cough for my own amusement," replied Kitty fretfully.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice