Joannie (reading her Jane Austen calendar): “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” It’s from Pride and Prejudice.
Liza (who has never read Jane Austen): I’m not fond of dancing.
(Joannie comments about how in Austen’s time that was pretty much your only chance of talking to a guy)
Liza: I would sit on the side with my knitting. Or read a book.
Joannie: There was a character in Pride and Prejudice that did that. She was weird.
Liza: Did she set the house on fire?
Joannie: Wrong book. Wrong author.
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ROFL!!!!
(Was it Charlotte who sat in the corner? & married the creepy cousin that just wanted a wife?)
I was thinking of Mary, actually!
Oh yeah – she was so weird she was forgettable. 🙂
Yes, Austen’s men were the least likely to have insane wives locked in back rooms. Maybe that is why Charlotte Bronte didn’t like her? 😉
Hahahaha!
Too funny! Love it.
And also sidenote: miss you! I guess I’d better getting writing!!!
I knew all my female readers would appreciate this story!