Jane Austen? Dear lord, who would let a woman write?

[ That's said with mock-horror - but at least it's very obviously mock-horror. Even Byerly's world isn't quite backwards enough that women aren't allowed to read and write. Though female literacy is a pretty, uh, new development on Barrayar. ]

But there's certainly no need to thank me. Didn't you hear me say that it would be pleasant to me, as well?