Solved cryptogram
When the card tables were placed, he had an opportunity of obliging her, in return, by sitting down to whist.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chapter 16.
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With such rivals for the notice of the fair as Mr. Wickham and the officers, Mr. Collins seemed to sink into insignificance; to the young ladies he certainly was nothing; but he had still at intervals a kind listener in Mrs. Philips, and was, by her watchfulness, most abundantly supplied with coffee and muffin.
When the card tables were placed, he had an opportunity of obliging her, in return, by sitting down to whist.
"I know little of the game at present," said he, "but I shall be glad to improve myself; for in my situation of life - - " Mrs. Philips was very thankful for his compliance, but could not wait for his reason.
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Solve it yourself
This quotation is a cryptogram here: 86 letters over 19 different ones, graded easy.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length86 letters, 19 of them different
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 15medium, 79 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 72 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 76 letters
- Chapter 16medium, 74 letters
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- Chapter 46easy, 60 letters
- Chapter 11easy, 85 letters
- Chapter 6easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 57easy, 99 letters
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