On the occasion of a visit to Jane Austen's childhood home in Steventon, Hampshire:"I put my hand down on Jane's desk and bring it up covered with dust. Oh that some of her genius might rub off on me! One would have imagined the devoted female custodian going round with her duster at least every other day.
-Barbara Pym
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