Solved cryptogram
I had no notion but he would go a-shooting, or something or other, and not disturb us with his company.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 59.
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Elizabeth told her the motives of her secrecy. She had been unwilling to mention Bingley; and the unsettled state of her own feelings had made her equally avoid the name of his friend: but now she would no longer conceal from her his share in Lydia's marriage. All was acknowledged, and half the night spent in conversation.
"Good gracious!" cried Mrs. Bennet, as she stood at a window the next morning, "if that disagreeable Mr. Darcy is not coming here again with our dear Bingley! What can he mean by being so tiresome as to be always coming here? I had no notion but he would go a-shooting, or something or other, and not disturb us with his company. What shall we do with him? Lizzy, you must walk out with him again, that he may not be in Bingley's way."
Elizabeth could hardly help laughing at so convenient a proposal; yet was really vexed that her mother should be always giving him such an epithet.
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: 80 letters over 19 different ones, graded easy.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length80 letters, 19 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 59medium, 68 letters
- Chapter 59hard, 52 letters
- Chapter 59easy, 90 letters
- Chapter 59hard, 68 letters
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- Chapter 56easy, 71 letters
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