Strawberry Logorrhea
Mrs Elton, in her apparatus of happiness, her large bonnet and her basket, was very ready to lead the way in gathering, accepting, or talking – strawberries, and only strawberries, could now be thought or spoken of. – ‘The best fruit in England – every body’s favourite – always wholesome. – These the finest beds and finest sorts. – Delightful to gather for one’s self – the only way of really enjoying them. – Morning decidedly the best time – never tired – every sort good – […] price of strawberries in London – abundance about Bristol – […] delicious fruit – only too rich to be eaten much of – inferior to cherries – currants more refreshing – only objections to strawberries the stooping – glaring sun – tired to death – could bear it no longer – must go and sit in the shade.'
Jane Austen, Emma (324).
