Solved cryptogram
Had it been your uncle's doing, I must and would have paid him; but these violent young lovers carry everything their own way.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 59.
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To complete the favourable impression, she then told him what Mr. Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia. He heard her with astonishment.
"This is an evening of wonders, indeed! And so, Darcy did everything; made up the match, gave the money, paid the fellow's debts, and got him his commission! So much the better. It will save me a world of trouble and economy. Had it been your uncle's doing, I must and would have paid him; but these violent young lovers carry everything their own way. I shall offer to pay him to-morrow, he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter."
He then recollected her embarrassment a few days before on his reading Mr. Collins's letter; and after laughing at her some time, allowed her at last to go, saying, as she quitted the room, "If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite at leisure."
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Solve it yourself
This quotation is a cryptogram here: 100 letters over 20 different ones, graded easy.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length100 letters, 20 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 59easy, 90 letters
- Chapter 59hard, 68 letters
- Chapter 60easy, 99 letters
- Chapter 60medium, 93 letters
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- Chapter 58easy, 88 letters
- Chapter 20easy, 89 letters
- Chapter 50easy, 94 letters
- Chapter 18easy, 100 letters
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