Sentence No. 90 · 25 June 2026
The former was divided between admiration of the brilliancy which exercise had given to her complexion and doubt as to the occasion's justifying her coming so far alone.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice (1813) · Read it at Project Gutenberg
What holds this sentence together
The subject "The former" signals this sentence belongs to a pair — whenever you see "the former/the latter," the sentence order is locked: "former" always refers to the first-named person. That phrase must open this sentence, never the second.
How it appears in Sentle
On Sentle this sentence arrives in 7 pieces, shuffled, with the lines that lead up to it for context. A walker arrives at a grand house after crossing muddy fields alone. 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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