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“A man in distressed circumstances has not time for all those elegant decorums which other people may observe.
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From Chapter XXVII of Pride and Prejudice. This is fictional dialogue or narration; its meaning depends on the surrounding scene, not on treating it as the author’s personal advice.
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Source: Pride and Prejudice , Chapter XXVII
Edition: English electronic text
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