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It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him.

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
Opportunity
Disadvantage
Woman
Disadvantages
May
Guarded
Sometimes
Fixing
Loose
Affection
Object
Objects
Conceals

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