“Oh very well, Mr Darcy! I declare you are perfectly correct in your assessment. I am the veriest novice, am I not?” He returned to me a smallish, slanted smile and spoke with a tinge of triumph. “I am relieved to hear you have arrived at the truth of things.” “Oh I have, sir,” I said, affecting the downcast tone of remorse. “I am a mere infant holding the reins. I am a pretender, a neophyte, a rank beginner—” “A mulish, exasperating woman?” he asked with a lift of his brow. “My word! How well we are acquainted! You must congratulate yourself for having nailed my character so neatly to the
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