Pride-and-Prejudice

also prescribed them.
n
Well-seasoned meat and vegetable stew.
o
Unfashionable, because commercial, London neighborhood.
p
Card game in which losing players must contribute to the next pool.
q
That is, they are all skilled at the feminine decorative arts.
r
Two-person game played with thirty-two cards.
s
Lively Scottish dance.
t
Gravy, egg yolks, almonds, cream, and negus (sweet and spiced wine with
water), commonly served at a ball.
u
Piano; literally “soft-loud,” because its tones can be varied in loudness, unlike
those of the harpsichord, a popular keyboard instrument that the piano largely
superseded during Austen’s lifetime.
v
In musical notation, a shorthand method of indicating harmony; also, the
study of harmony.
w
Awarded me.
x
A week.
y
Four-person game played with forty cards.
z