She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, the…

Jane Austen
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She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect. ✨ Jane Austen (2014). Jane Austen Collection: illustrated - 6 eBooks and 140+ illustrations, p.26, Ageless Reads
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