Jane Austen

“ Charlotte, whose nature we have before intimated, was an earnest desire to oblige every one, with the greatest Condescension and Good humour informed him that he was to drive to Portland Place, which he accordingly did and Charlotte soon found herself in the arms of a fond Aunt. ”

“ No sooner were the lines finished than they beheld by a turning in the grove two elegant young women leaning on each other's arm, who immediately on perceiving them, took a different path and disappeared from their sight. ”

“ Agreable to such a determination, they went that very evening to pay their respects to Mrs Fitzroy and her two Daughters. On being shewn into an elegant dressing room, ornamented with festoons of artificial flowers, they were struck with the engaging Exterior and beautifull outside of Jezalinda the eldest of the young Ladies; but e'er they had been many minutes seated, the Wit and Charms which shone resplendant in the conversation of the amiable Rebecca, enchanted them so much that they all with one accord jumped up and exclaimed. ”

“ They loved with mutual sincerity but were both determined not to transgress the rules of Propriety by owning their attachment, either to the object beloved or . to any one else. They were exceedingly handsome and so much alike, that it was not every one who knew them apart.—Nay even their most intimate freinds had nothing to distinguish them by, but the shape of the face, the colour of the Eye, the length of the Nose and the difference of the complexion.
Elfrida had an intimate freind to whom, being on a visit to an Aunt, she wrote the following Letter. ”

“ I never will claim it again. But if you refuse to join their hands in 3 days time, this dagger which I enclose in my left shall be steeped in your hearts blood."
⁠"Speak then Madam and decide their fate and yours."
Such gentle and sweet persuasion could not fail of having the desired effect. ”

“ This answer distressed her too much for her delicate Constitution. She accordingly fainted and was in such a hurry to have a succession of fainting fits, that she had scarcely patience enough to recover from one before she fell into another. ”

“ The answer they received, was this.
"My dear young freinds"
⁠"The arguments you have use dare too just and too eloquent to be withstood; Rebecca in 3 days time, you shall be united to the Captain."
This speech, than which nothing could be more satisfactory, was received with Joy by all; and peace being once more restored on all sides, Captain Roger intreated Rebecca to favour them with a Song, in compliance with which request having first assured them that she had a terrible cold, she sung as follows. ”

“ Having therefore agreable to that and the natural turn of her mind to make every one happy, promised to become his Wife the next morning, he took his leave and the two Ladies sat down to Supper on a young Leveret, a brace of Partridges, a leash of Pheasants and a Dozen of Pigeons. ”