Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups.

I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations, so it's easier to follow along.

It's like an audiobook with built-in notes. So brew a pot of tea,

find a cozy chair, and settle in. It's story time. Hi, welcome back.

It just got cold where I am.

It just started to feel a bit like winter, not even fall, like winter.

And we pulled out our jackets and we found all the dirty

tissues from last year and threw them away. I hope that wherever you are you are

warm and cozy that you've got your cup of tea or whatever your drink is of choice

that you're settled in to your cozy chair. Maybe there's a fire, maybe there's a

blanket and maybe if there's none of those things,

those things are there in your mind. And we've all entered this space together where we're cozy and

warm. And I invite you to be in that mental place with me right now as we begin to read some more

of this wonderful book. So this is episode 12 of season two of story time for grownups.

We're reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a few chapters at a time with a few notes along

the way. And I'm so glad that you're here. Welcome. Welcome wherever you are in this journey.

If you're listening in real time, if we are somewhere

far in the future and you're just finding us now, if you're binging your way and you're trying to

catch up to us, whatever you're doing, wherever you are, I'm glad that you're here. Welcome.

Today we're going to be reading chapters 34 through 35. So if you just joined us, if you're listening for the very

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