Saturday, March 8, 2008

123 Book Tag

Lanna has blog tagged me for the 123 Book Tag. Here are the rules:
*Find the book closest to you with at least 123 pages.
*Turn to page 123.
*Find the fifth sentence.
*Post the next 3 sentences.
*Tag 5 people. (Don't have 5 people to tag - Sorry!)

"Lucy was naturally clever; her remarks were often just and amusing; and as a companion for half an hour Elinor frequently found her agreeable; but her powers had received no aid from education, she was ignorant and illiterate, and her deficiency of all mental improvement, her want of information in the most common particulars, could not be concealed from Miss Dashwood, in spite of her constant endeavour to appear to advantage. Elinor saw, and pitied her for the neglect of abilities which education might have rendered so respectable; but she saw, with less tenderness of feeling, the thorough want of delicacy, of rectitude, and integrity of mind, which her attentions, her assiduities, her flatteries at the Park betrayed; and she could have no lasting satisfaction in the company of a person who joined insincerity with ignorance, whose want of instruction prevented their meeting in conversation on terms of equality, and whose conduct towards others made every shew of attention and deference towards herself perfectly valueless.

"'You will think my question an odd one, I dare say,' said Lucy to her one day as they were walking together from the Park to the cottage-'but, pray, are you personally acquainted with your sister-in-law's mother, Mrs. Ferrars?'"

-Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen

I tag AngelFish and anyone else who wants to play!

1 comment:

Melissa said...

Oh I love Sense and Sensibility! Is that Ferrars with an F? ha ha Love that book!