Jane Austen
no scruple in abusing you to all your relations."
"What did you say of me, that I did not deserve? For, though your accusations were ill-
founded, formed on mistaken premises, my behaviour to you at the time had merited the
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
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