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| Keywords: Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, 1799 June 11. Page 1 (NLA).tiff en Institution National Library of Australia 1799-06-11 Page 1 of 4 http //nla gov au/nla cat-vn4193159 Creator Jane Austen https //commons wikimedia org/w/index php title File Letter_from_Jane_Austen_to_her_sister_Cassandra _1799_June_11 _2_ NLA tif page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 Transcript My dear Cassandra Your letter yesterday made me very happy I am heartily glad that you have escaped any share in the impurities of Deane and not sorry as it turns out that our stay here has been lengthened I feel tolerably secure of our getting away next week though it is certainly possible that we may remain till Thursday the 27th I wonder what we shall do with all our intended visits this summer I should like to make a compromise with Adlestrop Harden and Bookham that Martha's spending the summer at Steventon should be considered as our respective visits to them all Edward has been pretty well for this last week and as the waters have never disagreed with him in any respect we are inclined to hope that he will derive advantage from them in the end Everybody encourages us in this expectation for they all say that the effect of the waters cannot be negative and many are the instances in which their benefit is felt afterwards more than on the spot He is more comfortable here than I thought he would be and so is Elizabeth though they will both I believe be very glad to get away -- the latter especially which one can't wonder at somehow So much for Mrs Piozzi I had some thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her style Custom license marker 2014 04 11 PD-old-100 PD-old-100 Letters by Jane Austen Photographs in the National Library of Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard 1799 letters | ||||