Solved cryptogram
Your father would depend on your resolution and good conduct, I am sure.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 26.
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Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone: after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: -
"You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you are warned against it; and, therefore, I am not afraid of speaking openly. Seriously, I would have you be on your guard. Do not involve yourself, or endeavour to involve him, in an affection which the want of fortune would make so very imprudent. I have nothing to say against him: he is a most interesting young man; and if he had the fortune he ought to have, I should think you could not do better. But as it is - you must not let your fancy run away with you. You have sense, and we all expect you to use it. Your father would depend on your resolution and good conduct, I am sure. You must not disappoint your father."
"My dear aunt, this is being serious indeed."
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: 58 letters over 19 different ones, graded hard.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length58 letters, 19 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 25hard, 68 letters
- Chapter 25hard, 52 letters
- Chapter 26easy, 75 letters
- Chapter 26medium, 67 letters
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- Chapter 55hard, 53 letters
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