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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)" | men self-determination women empowerment love gentlemanlike gentlemen behaviour refusal scorn declaration marriage-proposal humiliation proposal mr-darcy propriety rejection pride | Jane Austen |