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Jane Austen, from Emma (1816)

The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and Emma sat down to think and be

miserable.–It was a wretched business, indeed!–Such an overthrow of everything

she had been wishing for!--Such a development of everything most unwelcome!–Such

a blow for Harriet!–That was the worst of all. Every part of it brought pain and

humiliation, of some sort or other; but compared with the evil to Harriet, all was

light; and she would gladly have submitted to feel yet more mistaken--more in

error--more disgraced by misjudgement, than she actually was, could the

effect of her blunders have been confined to herself.