Solved cryptogram
I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 2.
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The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished - that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though when the first tumult of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.
"How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I should persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! And it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning, and never said a word about it till now."
"Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose," said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
Solve it yourself
This quotation is a cryptogram here: 59 letters over 18 different ones, graded medium.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length59 letters, 18 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 58medium, 66 letters
- Chapter 43medium, 90 letters
- Chapter 58medium, 55 letters
- Chapter 29medium, 68 letters
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