A Memoir of Jane Austen

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Explanatory Notes 263
being born just before JA died. His eldest child, Mary Jane (1807–36),
often stayed with her aunts, as did Cassy Esten. Both are mentioned a
little later in Caroline’s memoir, at p. [174]. On 8 January 1817, JA writes
to Cassy Esten of a visit to Chawton Cottage made by Frank and his six
children, then living, courtesy of Edward Austen Knight, at Chawton
House (Letters, no. 148). They subsequently moved to nearby Alton.
One of my cousins: he has been identified by Deirdre Le Faye as Frank’s
second son, Henry Edgar Austen (1811–54). See note to p. 73 above.
‘Behold how good . . . in unity’: Psalm 132: 1.
the time came . . . forbearance and generosity: a reference to Henry’s bankruptcy
in March 1816, which hit several members of the family hard. See
notes to pp. 101 and 120 above. Caroline’s later Reminiscences, 47–8,
contains the most detailed family account of the bankruptcy and its
consequences.
171 chiefly at work: referring here exclusively to needlework.
172 quizzed: made fun of.
one of her nieces: Anna Austen Lefroy; a reference to the tale spun around
the ‘Car of Falkenstein’, as described in Anna’s ‘Recollections’.
173 History has charged her memory: see note to p. 71 above.
174 I dare say: meaning, somewhat differently from nowadays, ‘I am quite
sure’.
should cease writing: Caroline first wrote ‘should write no more’.
a volume of Evelina: Fanny Burney’s first novel, published in 1778.
175 her especial pride and delight: her fourth brother, Henry.
176 Two of the great Physicians: Henry Austen was seriously ill during October
and November 1815. He was first attended by Mr Charles Haden,
who lived nearby in Sloane Street, but later, during the crisis of his
illness, Dr Matthew Baillie was called in, one of the Prince Regent’s
physicians (Fam. Rec., 202).
177 afforded some amusement: one consequence of this amusement was JA’s
‘Plan of a Novel’, written late 1815–early 1816. See note to p. 97 above
and Caroline’s letter to JEAL in which she remarks on his ‘very merciful’
handling of the ridiculous Rev. Clarke in the recently published Memoir
(see the Appendix, p. 192).
In a letter to me she says: no. 156 in Letters, written 26 March 1817.
178 pocket books in my possession: these were Caroline’s mother’s, Mary Lloyd
Austen’s, pocket books, in which she recorded brief, diary-type notes of
events as they occurred. They formed the basis for Caroline’s later
Reminiscences, written in the 1870s.
They stayed: Caroline first wrote ‘They stayed with us’.
Mr. Fowle’s at Kintbury: the Revd Fulwar Craven Fowle (1764–1840), of
Kintbury, Berkshire. He had been a pupil of JA’s father at Steventon,