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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present ✨ Jane Austen, John Halperin (1975). Jane Austen: Bicentenary Essays, p.251, CUP Archive
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Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present ✨ Jane Austen, John Halperin (1975). Jane Austen: Bicentenary Essays, p.251, CUP Archive

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