Telling the Truth

Abstract

‘Charles, I beg of you,‘ Caroline said. ‘Would you mind not playing with the decoration? It took me two hours to arrange the apples just right, and you have messed it all up. As I was saying, Jane Bennet is pretty enough, there can be no doubt about that – although of course in a very rustic manner. Did you see the ruffles on her dress? I thought I should die with laughter. I have not seen such ruffles since the autumn before last, and they were dreadfully passé even then – her family, however! Did you hear that Eliza Bennet was called a great beauty in these parts?‘