She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman as such we could scarcely dislike her - she was only an Object of Contempt. (Jane Austen)

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman as such we could scarcely dislike her - she was only an Object of Contempt.

Jane Austen

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