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"My dear, dear Lydia!" she cried. "This is delightful indeed!—She will be married!—I shall see her again!—She will be married at sixteen!—My good, kind brother!—I knew how it would be.—I knew he would manage every thing!
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Vol 3, Ch 7.
I love the way that the dashes are used to convey Mrs. Bennet's breathless excitement, and jumping from one subject to another.
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