May 16, 2012 · 7:00 am

Dear Mrs. Jennings

“It would be an excellent match, for he was rich, and she was handsome. . . . she was always anxious to get a good husband for every pretty girl.”

busybody Mrs. Jennings on why she thinks Marianne and Colonel Brandon should get together
Sense & Sensibility, volume 1, chapter 8

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One Response to Dear Mrs. Jennings

  1. lizziemma knightley
    April 3, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Sweet Mrs. Jennings…unfortunately pretty girls are far easier to find than good, deserving men.