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Competition

No. 1228: Wanted!

Set by Nicolas Walter: In a recent Spectator the following advertisement appeared: 'Young gentleman, well educated, indepen- dent means, wishes to meet cultivated, unaffected young lady taking as model Jane Austen's or Anthony Trollope's heroines.' A reply, please (maximum 150 words), from any major female character in a 19th- century English novel. Entries to 'Competi- tion No. 1228' by 6 August.