Solved cryptogram
You refuse, then, to oblige me. You refuse to obey the claims of duty, honour, and gratitude.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 56.
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"I have said no such thing. I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me."
"It is well. You refuse, then, to oblige me. You refuse to obey the claims of duty, honour, and gratitude. You are determined to ruin him in the opinion of all his friends, and make him the contempt of the world."
"Neither duty, nor honour, nor gratitude," replied Elizabeth, "has any possible claim on me, in the present instance. No principle of either would be violated by my marriage with Mr. Darcy. And with regard to the resentment of his family, or the indignation of the world, if the former were excited by his marrying me, it would not give me one moment's concern - and the world in general would have too much sense to join in the scorn."
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: 71 letters over 18 different ones, graded easy.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length71 letters, 18 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 56hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 56easy, 67 letters
- Chapter 57hard, 57 letters
- Chapter 57easy, 99 letters
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