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They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

Jane Austen

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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
Desire
Parted
Never
Civility
Meeting
Mutual
Possibly
Meetings
Lasts
Last
Darcy

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