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"I will be calm; I will be mistress of myself" - Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility. -
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" - Mr Darcy, Pride & Prejudice. -
It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah's hands are chapped and raw. Domestic life below stairs, ruled with a tender heart and an iron will by Mrs Hill the housekeeper, is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a new footman, bearing secrets and the scent of the sea. -
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" - Mr Knightley, Emma.
