Haughty

Quick post today :)

My next literary term is another favorite because of the excerpt that I found, Pride and Prejudice.  

Here is the definition:

Haughty: disdainfully proud, snobbish, arrogant, lofty or noble, exalted

“Do you play and sing, Miss Bennet?”

“A Little.”

“Oh! Then – some time or other we shall be happy to hear you.  Our instrument is a capital one, probably superior to – You shall try it some day.  Do your sisters play and sing?”

“One of them does.”

“Why did not you all learn? You ought to have learned.  The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as yours. –Do you draw?”

“No, not at all.”

“What, none of you?”

“Not one.”

“That is very strange.  But I suppose you had no opportunity.  Your mother should have taken you to town every spring for the benefit of masters.”

“My mother would have had no objection, but my father hates London.”

“Has your governess left you?”

“We never had a governess.”

“No governess! How is that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without a governess! –I never heard of such a thing.  Your mother must have been quite a slave to your education.”

Elizabeth could hardly help smiling, as she assured her that had not been the case. 

“Then who taught you? Who attended you? Without a governess you must have been neglected.”

“Compared with some families, I believe that we were, but such of us as wanted to learn, never wanted to means.  We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary.  Those who chose to be idle certainly might.”

“Aye, no doubt; but that is what a governess will prevent, and if I had known your mother, I should have advised her most strenuously to engage one.” 

Surprisingly, I have never read this book.  But it is toward the top of the list of books that I still have to read (which seems to grow every day).  When I do finally read it, I will let you know!

Happy Reading haughty characters that are funny and add so much to a story :)