"If you believed it impossible to be true," said Elizabeth, colouring with astonishment and disdain, "I wonder you took the trouble of coming so far. What could your ladyship propose by it?"
"At once to insist upon having such a report universally contradicted."
"Your coming to Longbourn, to see me and my family," said Elizabeth coolly, "will be rather a confirmation of it; if, indeed, such a report is in existence."
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 56. The formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh has come to Longbourn to speak to Elizabeth about a rumored engagement between her and Mr. Darcy. In the war of words that erupts between these two women, Elizabeth appears to be winning the battle of wits and enjoying it.