Thursday, February 14, 2008

Classic Inspiration, Valentine's Day

Why must she be scampering about the country . . . . To [run] three miles, or four miles, or five miles, or whatever it is . . . ! what could she mean by it? It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most countrytown indifference to decorum.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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