"Whether she thought of him so much, while she drank her warm wine and water, and prepared herself for bed, as to dream of him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was not more than in a slight slumber, or a morning doze at most; for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman`s love is declared, it must very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.”

Don’t know what it is that makes me love this quotation so much. It is so sweet, beautiful and fragile and then it turns to another proof of JA`s inimitable power of observation and her pointed way of demonstrating absurd things. It is simply great!