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| 2c03670 | "You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)" | behaviour declaration empowerment gentlemanlike gentlemen humiliation love marriage-proposal men mr-darcy pride proposal propriety refusal rejection scorn self-determination women | Jane Austen |