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In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete; being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry. The rest might wait. The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and the spring, when her own taste could have fairer play.

Jane Austen

Jane Austen (1775–1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park; of Maria Bertram, ch. 21 (1814).

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