I agree newcomer, I have been a critic of you at one time I take it back as now I am more familiar with your knowledge in your posts. I think you get more from Austen the more you read it. I think she has an incredible ability with words. Maybe the subject matter is simple for some but it's about life. The old man and the sea, is about catching a fish... and it's a perfect story. Anyway in regards to the Bennet girls i don't think it says anywhere in the book that any of them draw or paint. I can draw, I play the piano poorly and I like to write letters, maybe that's why I'm doing this. oops my phones ringing. Seriously, I like what you said though. Thanks to Scher. for posting the info.