Ardently Admire and Love You

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published on the 28th of January 1813. 

Tell me once and for all, are you engaged to him? I’m not. Will you promise never to enter into such an engagement? I will not and certainly never shall. You have insulted me in every possible way and can now have nothing further to say. I must ask you to leave immediately.

You must know… surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I’d scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love–I love–I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.

We are all fools in love.

My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love–I love–I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.