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Meaning
The speaker is saying she has decided to stop discussing the matter with anyone. She also points out that she had already told her sister Phillips this recently, which suggests she considers the decision settled.
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Source
Selected Works of Jane Austen: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, EMMA, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, PERSUASION, MANSFIELD PARK, NORTHANGER ABBEY: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey (2021)
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The phrase appears in the book "Selected Works of Jane Austen: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, EMMA, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, PERSUASION, MANSFIELD PARK, NORTHANGER ABBEY: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey (2021)" by Jane Austen (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Jane Austen
English writer
Jane Austen was an English writer. She is best known for her six novels, which examine the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century with irony and close social observation. Her work is admired for the way it interprets and critiques the world it depicts, especially the manners, values, and assumptions of her characters’ social class. The novels remain widely read for their wit and their clear view of relationships, status, and society.
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Pride and Prejudice
Her best-known novel.