A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous 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. (Jane Austen)

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous 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.

Jane Austen

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