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Pride and Prejudice · 1813
You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker corrects a misunderstanding with mock courtesy: they claim to hold the listener's nerves in high regard as old friends, having heard them mentioned considerately for twenty years. The tone is dry teasing.
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