"Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?"- Elizabeth Bennet

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
~ Jane Austen ~












She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural s...
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