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ThewitofJaneAustenhasforpartnertheperfectionofhertaste.Herfoolisafool,hersnobisasnob,becausehedeparts

fromthemodelofsanityandsensewhichshehasinmind,andconveystousunmistakablyevenwhileshemakesuslaugh.

Neverdidanynovelistmakemoreuseofanimpeccablesenseofhumanvalues.Itisagainstthediscofanunerringheart,an

unfailinggoodtaste,analmoststernmorality,thatsheshowsupthosedeviationsfromkindness,truth,andsinceritywhich

areamongthemostdelightfulthingsinEnglishliterature.ShedepictsaMaryCrawfordinhermixtureofgoodandbadentirely

bythismeans.Sheletsherrattleonagainsttheclergy,orinfavourofabaronetageandtenthousandayear,withalltheease

andspiritpossible;butnowandagainshestrikesonenoteofherown,veryquietly,butinperfecttune,andatonceallMary

Crawford’schatter,thoughitcontinuestoamuse,ringsflat.Hencethedepth,thebeauty,thecomplexityofherscenes.From

suchcontraststherecomesabeauty,asolemnityeven,whicharenotonlyasremarkableasherwit,butaninseparablepart

ofit.InTheWatsonsshegivesusaforetasteofthispower;shemakesuswonderwhyanordinaryactofkindness,asshe

describesit,becomessofullofmeaning.Inhermasterpieces,thesamegiftisbroughttoperfection.Hereisnothingoutof

theway;itismiddayinNorthamptonshire;adullyoungmanistalkingtoratheraweaklyyoungwomanonthestairsasthey

gouptodressfordinner,withhousemaidspassing.But,fromtriviality,fromcommonplace,theirwordsbecomesuddenlyfull

ofmeaning,andthemomentforbothoneofthemostmemorableintheirlives.Itfillsitself;itshines;itglows;ithangsbefore

us,deep,trembling,sereneforasecond;next,thehousemaidpasses,andthisdrop,inwhichallthehappinessoflifehas

collected,gentlysubsidesagaintobecomepartoftheebbandflowofordinaryexistence.