“You ever read this one?” I hold up Persuasion. “No,” he says. “I read Pride and Prejudice, though. Actually, I kept thinking of a line from that book when I met you.” “What line?” I say. Dean searches the Austen books, finding Pride and Prejudice and flipping through it until he locates the line in question. “This one—‘No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes.’ ” I slap him on the shoulder, earning another disapproving grunt
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