Sentence No. 131 · 5 August 2026
Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice (1813) · Read it at Project Gutenberg
What holds this sentence together
Notice the paired adverbs joined by 'and' ('punctually and kindly') modifying 'given' — when two adverbs share a verb, they sit together before or after it, which helps you lock that fragment into place.
How it appears in Sentle
On Sentle this sentence arrives in 8 pieces, shuffled, with the lines that lead up to it for context. A young woman receives gentle counsel from her aunt about a charming acquaintance. Putting it back in the author’s order is the puzzle — and the order is rarely arbitrary, which is what the note above is about.
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