But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it? ✨…

Jane Austen
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But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it? ✨ Jane Austen (2014). Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations, p.143, Ageless Reads
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