"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feeling...
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
~ Jane Austen ~
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
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