A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid the proper sport of boys and girl Jane Austen Quotes
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A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid! - the proper sport of boys and girls - but a single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.

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