Saturday, April 03, 2021

Nervous old friends

     "Mr. Bennett, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves."

    "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least."

(from Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

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