dupe

This letter gave Elizabeth some pain; but her spirits returned, as she considered that Jane would no longer be duped, by the sister at least.

It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley’s pretended regard.”

I could endure it all, ill-usage, solitude, a life of deception, everything, as long as I could still cling to the hope that I had his love, but now I know that in this also I have been his dupe and his tool.” She broke into passionate sobbing as she spoke.

Cease, then, to allow yourself to be duped by vain hopes, that even your own excellent heart refuses to believe in.