A Memoir of Jane Austen

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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com182Caroline Austenend was near at hand, and she beleived herself to be dying–– andunder this conviction she said all that she wished to say to thosearound her––In taking then, as she thought, a last leave of my Mother, shethanked her for being there, and said, ‘You have always been akind sister to me, Mary.’––Contrary to every expectation, theimmediate danger passed away; she became comfortable again,and seemed really better––My Mother then came home–– but not for long as she wasshortly summoned back–– This was from no increase of myAunt’s illness, but because the Nurse could not be trusted for hershare of the night attendance, having been more than once foundasleep–– so to relieve her from that part of her charge, Aunt Cassandraand my Mother and my Aunt’s maid took the nightsbetween them.Aunt Jane continued very cheerful and comfortable, and therebegan to be a hope of, at least, a respite from death––But soon, and suddenly, as it were, a great change came on––not apparently, attended with much suffering–– she sankrapidly–– Mr. Lyford–– when he saw her, could give no furtherhope, and she must have felt her own state–– for when he askedher if there was anything she wanted, she replied, ‘Nothing butdeath.’ Those were her last words––They watched by her through the night, and in quietness andpeace she breathed her last on the morning of the 18th of July,1817––I need scarcely say she was dearly loved by her family–– HerBrothers were very proud of her–– Her literary fame, at the closeof her life, was only just spreading–– but they were proud of hertalents, which they even then estimated highly–– proud of herhome virtues, of her cheerful spirit–– of her pleasant looks–– andeach loved afterwards to fancy a resemblance, in some daughter ofhis own, to the dear ‘Aunt Jane’, whose perfect equal they yetnever expected to see––March 1867–– Written out,At Frog Firle–– Sussex.
More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comAPPENDIXI have not recorded erasures or page breaks, but I have retainedirregularities of orthography and punctuation. Later or superscriptinsertions into the manuscripts are signalled by the followingconvention:ˆ ˆ.1. Copy of part of a letter from Anna Lefroy to JEAL (NPG,RWC/HH,° fo. 1).Southern Hill,Reading.April 16th [1869?]. . . I believe that a music Master attended at Steventon, who alsogave lessons at Ashe: but am not certain. Any way, nobody couldthink more humbly of Aunt Jane’s music than she did herself; somuch so as at one time to resolve on giving it up. The Pianofortewas parted with on the removal from Steventon, and during thewhole time of her residence at Bath she had none. In course oftime she felt the loss of the amusement, or for some other reasonrepented of her own decision; for, when settled at Chawton shebought a Pianoforte, and practised upon it diligently––This, as Iunderstood at the time, she found necessary in order to recoverthat facility of fingering, which no doubt she had once possessed.. . . Both our Aunts read French easily, and understood it wellgrammatically, and both had some knowledge of Italian. I cananswer for a double set of Veneroni Grammars° &c. How muchthey taught themselves I cannot say, but in these matters I think itprobable they had very valuable assistance from their cousin,Uncle Henry’s first wife, who was an extremely accomplishedwoman, not only for that day, but for any day.
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