Perhaps dry facts should be adapted for the modern reader:
" It is a universally acknowledged fact that a person in possession of a great fortune must be in want of suitable investment. Within a short walk of Alice Springs, across the Simpson County meadows, lies the sleepy village of Balmoral- On - Finke. Here, Lizzy, with great strength of feeling and a uniform cheerfulness of manner resolved to withdraw her savings from the Fanny& Freddy Funeral fund and invest them in the improvements to the neighbouring country estate of Blamore, which had lain in ruin & disrepair these many years.It was rumoured in the village that Mr Henry Bingley & his exceedingly handsome friend Mr Darcy Heugh, a young geologist of great fortune had arrived by coach ......"(courtesy of Miss Austen)
(the story continues)
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