Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.

"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They
are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration
these last twenty years at least.

Jane Austen

Stichwörter: sarcasm irony histrionics hysteria nerves

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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Jane Austen

Stichwörter: suffering irony histrionics complaints hysterics mrs-bennett

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