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"Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity. Amidst the dash of carriages, the heavy rumble of carts, the bawling of newspapermen and milkmen, and the ceaseless clink of pattens, she made no complain. No, these were the noises which belonged to winter pleasures; her spirits rose under their influence."
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"Anne, judging from her own temperament, would have deemed such a domestic hurricane a bad restorative of the nerves, which Louisa's illness must have so greatly shaken. But Mrs Musgrove concluded a short recapitulation of what she had suffered herself by observing, with a happy glance round the room, that after all she had gone through, nothing was so likely to do her good as a little quiet cheerfulness at home."
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"They were both occasionally thinking of him. Lady Russell could not hear the doorbell without feeling that it might be his herald; nor could Anne return from any stroll of solitary indulgence in her father's grounds, or any visit of charity in the village, without wondering whether she might see him or hear of him. Cpt Benwick came not, however. He was either less disposed than Charles imagined, or he was too shy;"
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"As Louisa improved, Wentworth had improved, and he was now quite a different creature from what he had been the first week. He had not seen Louisa; and was so extremely fearful of any ill consequence to her from an interview, that he did not press for it at all; and, on the contrary, seemed to have a plan of going away for a week, or ten days, till her head was stronger."
— Sep 29, 2026 12:54PM
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"'So do I, Anne,' said Charles. 'I am sure Lady Russell would like him. He is just Lady Russell's sort. Give him a book, and he will read all day long.'
'Yes, that he will!' Exclaimed Mary, tauntingly. 'He will sit pouring over his book, and not know when a person speaks to him or when one drops one's scissors, or anything that happens. Do you think Lady Russell would like that?'
The lady could not help laughing."
— Sep 29, 2026 11:59AM
'Yes, that he will!' Exclaimed Mary, tauntingly. 'He will sit pouring over his book, and not know when a person speaks to him or when one drops one's scissors, or anything that happens. Do you think Lady Russell would like that?'
The lady could not help laughing."
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"'He walked with me, sometimes from one end of the sands to the other, without saying a word. He is not at all a well-bred young man. I am sure you will not like him.'
'There we differ, Mary,' said Anne. 'I think Lady Russell would like him. I think she would be so much pleased with his mind, that she would very soon see no deficiency in his manner.'"
— Sep 29, 2026 11:43AM
'There we differ, Mary,' said Anne. 'I think Lady Russell would like him. I think she would be so much pleased with his mind, that she would very soon see no deficiency in his manner.'"
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"'Any acquaintance of Anne's will always be welcome to me,'
'Oh! as to being Anne's acquaintance,' said Mary, 'I think he is rather my acquaintance, for I have been seeing him every day this last fortnight.'
'Well, as your joint acquaintance, then, I shall be very happy to see Cpt Benwick.'
'You will not find anything agreeable in him, I assure you. He is one of the dullest young men that ever lived...'"
— Sep 29, 2026 11:39AM
'Oh! as to being Anne's acquaintance,' said Mary, 'I think he is rather my acquaintance, for I have been seeing him every day this last fortnight.'
'Well, as your joint acquaintance, then, I shall be very happy to see Cpt Benwick.'
'You will not find anything agreeable in him, I assure you. He is one of the dullest young men that ever lived...'"
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"'He will make his way over to Kellynch one day by himself, you may depend on it. I told him the distance and the road, and I told him of the church's being to very well worth seeing; for as he has a taste for those sort of things, I thought that would be a good excuse, and he listened with all his understanding and soul; and I am sure from his manner that you will have him calling soon. So, I give you notice, LR.'"
— Sep 11, 2026 02:30PM
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"'Miss Elliot was spoken of in the highest terms! Now Mary, I declare it was so, I heard it myself, and you were in the other room. "Elegance, sweetness, beauty." Oh! there was no end of Miss Elliot's charms.'
'And I'm sure,' cried Mary, warmly, 'it was a very little to his credit, if he did. Miss Harville only died last June. Such a heart is very little worth having;'"
why is she being such a bitch jfc
— Sep 11, 2026 01:30PM
'And I'm sure,' cried Mary, warmly, 'it was a very little to his credit, if he did. Miss Harville only died last June. Such a heart is very little worth having;'"
why is she being such a bitch jfc
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"'Oh! he talks of you,' cried Charles, 'in such terms--' Mary interrupted him. 'I declare, Charles, I never heard him mention Anne twice all the time I was there. I declare, Anne, he never talks of you at all.'
'It is a very clear thing that he admires you exceedingly. His had if full of some books that he is reading upon your recommendation, and he wants to talk to you about them;'"
— Sep 11, 2026 01:24PM
'It is a very clear thing that he admires you exceedingly. His had if full of some books that he is reading upon your recommendation, and he wants to talk to you about them;'"
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"But Mary did not give into it very graciously, whether from not considering Cpt Benwick entitled by birth and situation to be in love with an Elliot, or from not wanting to believe Anne a greater attraction to Uppercross than herself, must left to be guessed. Anne's good-will, however, was not to be lessened by what she heard. She boldly acknowledged herself flattered, and continued her enquiries."
— Sep 11, 2026 01:12PM