Jane Austen
severest reproof. It was unpardonable. I cannot think of it without abhorrence."
"We will not quarrel for the greater share of blame annexed to that evening," said
Elizabeth. "The conduct of neither, if strictly examined, will be irreproachable; but since
then, we have both, I hope, improved in civility."
"I cannot be so easily reconciled to myself. The recollection of what I then said, of my
conduct, my manners, my expressions during the whole of it, is now, and has been many
months, inexpressibly painful to me. Your reproof, so well applied, I shall never forget: 'had
you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner.' Those were your words. You know not, you
can scarcely conceive, how they have tortured me;--though it was some time, I confess,
before I was reasonable enough to allow their justice."
"I was certainly very far from expecting them to make so strong an impression. I had not
the smallest idea of their being ever felt in such a way."
"I can easily believe it
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