You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of... - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner."(Elizabeth Bennett)"

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