Solved cryptogram
Now, seriously, what have you ever known of self-denial and dependence?
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 33.
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"He likes to have his own way very well," replied Colonel Fitzwilliam. "But so we all do. It is only that he has better means of having it than many others, because he is rich, and many others are poor. I speak feelingly. A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence."
"In my opinion, the younger son of an earl can know very little of either. Now, seriously, what have you ever known of self-denial and dependence? When have you been prevented by want of money from going wherever you chose or procuring anything you had a fancy for?"
"These are home questions - and perhaps I cannot say that I have experienced many hardships of that nature. But in matters of greater weight, I may suffer from the want of money. Younger sons cannot marry where they like."
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: 57 letters over 19 different ones, graded hard.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length57 letters, 19 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 31hard, 62 letters
- Chapter 32hard, 79 letters
- Chapter 33easy, 79 letters
- Chapter 33hard, 62 letters
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