Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 31

The first of four cryptograms from chapter 31 of Pride and Prejudice. Every letter below stands for a different one, the same way all the way through, and no letter ever stands for itself.

NmxbxzbxcxqlxvloxfaXatozap,Fudllvux,qmvmzjxgvbxnbdxxayvkgxanvcgdufrnmzagkuxoc,vbzexnnxbazndbzonzunx.

Where it comes from

Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 31 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.

"We were talking of music, madam," said he, when no longer able to avoid a reply.

The sentence you are solving goes here.

Mr. Darcy spoke with affectionate praise of his sister's proficiency.

Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.

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