"Oh! certainly," cried his faithful assistant, "no one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved."
– Oh ! sans doute, s’écria miss Bingley, sa fidele alliée, pour qu’une femme soit accomplie, il faut qu’elle ait une connaissance approfondie de la musique, du chant, de la danse et des langues étrangeres. Mais il faut encore qu’elle ait dans l’air, la démarche, le son de la voix, la maniere de s’exprimer, un certain quelque chose faute de quoi ce qualificatif ne serait qu’a demi mérité.