I must admit...
Written by Line
(2/15/2004 9:25 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, The good people of Meryton, penned by JulieW
...I "love" this paragraph. For all its negativity, it's such an accurate description of human nature, as accurate today as it was in JA's time. Think of our own reaction to celebrity scandals. Aren't we "respectable" people secretly often a little disappointed when things turn out to be not so bad?