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And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
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Treats
Spent
Money
Lydia
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Lend
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Shop
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