Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters."Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven's sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.""Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father; "she times them ill.""I do not cough for my own amusement," replied Kitty fretfully.
-Jane Austen
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