"Pride and Prejudice"
by Jane Austen

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     Though Elizabeth would not, for the mere purpose of obliging Lady Catherine, have answered this question, she could not but say, after a moment's deliberation:

     "I am not."

     Lady Catherine seemed pleased.

     "And will you promise me, never to enter into such an engagement?"

     "I will make no promise of the kind."

 

     "Miss Bennet I am shocked and astonished. I expected to find a more reasonable young woman. But do not deceive yourself into a belief that I will ever recede. I shall not go away till you have given me the assurance I require."

 
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