Solved cryptogram
There is something very pompous in his style. And what can he mean by apologizing for being next in the entail?
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 13.
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Elizabeth was chiefly struck with his extraordinary deference for Lady Catherine, and his kind intention of christening, marrying, and burying his parishioners whenever it were required.
"He must be an oddity, I think," said she. "I cannot make him out. There is something very pompous in his style. And what can he mean by apologizing for being next in the entail? We cannot suppose he would help it, if he could. Can he be a sensible man, sir?"
"No, my dear; I think not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in his letter which promises well. I am impatient to see him."
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: 89 letters over 23 different ones, graded hard.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length89 letters, 23 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 11easy, 82 letters
- Chapter 11hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 13medium, 71 letters
- Chapter 13medium, 71 letters
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- Chapter 42hard, 61 letters
- Chapter 54hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 34hard, 67 letters
- Chapter 5hard, 70 letters
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