I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have sai…

Jane Austen
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I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. ✨ Blaine Josten, Jane Austen (2015). Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated), p.243, BookBaby
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