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"'Altered beyond his knowledge!' Anne fully submitted, in silent,
deep mortification. Doubtless it was so; and she could take no
revenge, for he was not altered, or not for the worse. She had already
acknowledge it to herself, and she could not think differently, let
him think of her as he would. No; the years which had destroyed her
youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open
look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen
the same Frederick Wentworth."
-Persuasion (1817), Jane Austen
Even then it was acknowledged that as men get older they just get better looking and become more worldly. And apparently a single woman of 27 has lost her youth and bloom. Well that sucks.
deep mortification. Doubtless it was so; and she could take no
revenge, for he was not altered, or not for the worse. She had already
acknowledge it to herself, and she could not think differently, let
him think of her as he would. No; the years which had destroyed her
youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open
look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen
the same Frederick Wentworth."
-Persuasion (1817), Jane Austen
Even then it was acknowledged that as men get older they just get better looking and become more worldly. And apparently a single woman of 27 has lost her youth and bloom. Well that sucks.