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"Yes; but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that advantage."

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 9.

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"I did not know before," continued Bingley, immediately, "that you were a studier of character. It must be an amusing study."

"Yes; but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that advantage."

"The country," said Darcy, "can in general supply but few subjects for such a study. In a country neighbourhood you move in a very confined and unvarying society."

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