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Susan's Puzzles
Cryptography
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While cleaning out her attic, Susan stumbled across a book of word puzzles. They are all quotes from literature. She needs you to help her solve them. The first one is called "Jane's Truths."
Y = I
"YJ YI Q JHKJX KDYLUHIQBBO QSADEMBUTWUT, JXQJ Q IYDWBU CQD YD FEIIUIIYED EV Q WEET VEHJKDU, CKIJ RU YD MQDJ EV Q MYVU."
"EDU SQDDEJ RU QBMQOI BQKWXYDW QJ Q CQD MYJXEKJ DEM QDT JXUD IJKCRBYDW KFED IECUJXYDW MYJJO."
- ZQDU QKIJUD, FHYTU QDT FHUZKTYSU
Y = I
"YJ YI Q JHKJX KDYLUHIQBBO QSADEMBUTWUT, JXQJ Q IYDWBU CQD YD FEIIUIIYED EV Q WEET VEHJKDU, CKIJ RU YD MQDJ EV Q MYVU."
"EDU SQDDEJ RU QBMQOI BQKWXYDW QJ Q CQD MYJXEKJ DEM QDT JXUD IJKCRBYDW KFED IECUJXYDW MYJJO."
- ZQDU QKIJUD, FHYTU QDT FHUZKTYSU
Hint
Both are from the same book, and the first is the beginning line of it.Q = A
I = S
Answer
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.""One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling upon something witty."
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
KEY:
A = K
B = L
C = M
D = N
E = O
F = P
H = R
I = S
J = T
K = U
L = V
M = W
O = Y
Q = A
R = B
S = C
T = D
U = E
V = F
W = G
X = H
Y = I
Z = J
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