Sentence No. 75 · 10 June 2026
She would be placed in the midst of those who loved her, and who had better sense than herself; retired enough for safety, and occupied enough for cheerfulness.
Jane Austen, Emma
Jane Austen — Emma (1815) · Read it at Project Gutenberg
What holds this sentence together
The semicolon here splits the sentence into two parallel "enough for" halves: "retired enough for safety, and occupied enough for cheerfulness." Spotting that paired "enough for" pattern tells you both phrases belong after the semicolon, never before it.
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, newly content, contemplates her own future happiness. 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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