Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 46
The ninth of ten cryptograms from chapter 46 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.
Fqoxaidqaouwumoreodfgmjxaifgbomamjseromdofwcgljiisdqgrale-wq!qwcgdsfoetjajiqomwcuooeaf!
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length84 letters, 19 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 46 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
She was wild to be at home - to hear, to see, to be upon the spot to share with Jane in the cares that must now fall wholly upon her, in a family so deranged; a father absent, a mother incapable of exertion, and requiring constant attendance; and though almost persuaded that nothing could be done for Lydia, her uncle's interference seemed of the utmost importance, and till he entered the room the misery of her impatience was severe. Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner had hurried back in alarm, supposing, by the servant's account, that their niece was taken suddenly ill; but satisfying them instantly on that head, she eagerly communicated the cause of their summons, reading the two letters aloud, and dwelling on the postscript of the last with trembling energy. Though Lydia had never been a favourite with them, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner could not but be deeply affected. Not Lydia only, but all were concerned in it; and after the first exclamations of surprise and horror, Mr. Gardiner readily promised every assistance in his power. Elizabeth, though expecting no less, thanked him with tears of gratitude; and all three being actuated by one spirit, everything relating to their journey was speedily settled. They were to be off as soon as possible. "But what is to be done about Pemberley?" cried Mrs. Gardiner. "John told us Mr. Darcy was here when you sent for us; - was it so?"
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the hard one from chapter 46.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
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Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 46easy, 85 letters
- Chapter 46hard, 52 letters
- Chapter 46easy, 60 letters
- Chapter 47hard, 50 letters
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Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 41easy, 83 letters
- Chapter 38easy, 62 letters
- Chapter 33easy, 79 letters
- Chapter 49easy, 62 letters
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