tired of reading the word uncle for i have not done with it uncle charles thanks your mother for her letter it was a great pleasure to him to know that the parcel was received and gave so much satisfaction and he her to be so good as to give three shillings for him to dame which shall be allowed for in the payment of her debt here a of jane adieu amiable i hope well yours j i cannot tell how soon she was aware of the serious nature of her by god s mercy it was not attended with much suffering so that she was able to tell her friends as in the foregoing letter and perhaps sometimes to persuade herself that excepting want of strength she was otherwise very well but the progress of the disease became more and more manifest as the year advanced the usual walk was at first and then and air was sought in a donkey carriage gradually too her habits of activity within the house ceased and she was obliged to lie down much the sitting room contained only one sofa which was frequently occupied by her mother who was more than seventy years old jane would never use it even in her mother s absence but she contrived a sort of couch for herself with two or three chairs and was pleased to say that this arrangement was more comfortable to her than a real sofa her reasons for this might have been left to be guessed but for the of a little niece which obliged her to explain that if she herself had shown any inclination to use the sofa her mother might have being on it so much as was good for her it is certain however that the mind did not share in this decay of the bodily strength persuasion was not finished before the middle of � a of jane august in that year and tke manner in it was then completed affords proof that neither the critical nor the powers of the author were at all the hook had heen brought to an end in july and the re engagement of the hero and heroine effected in a totally different manner in a scene laid at admiral s lodgings her performance did not satisfy her she thought it tame and flat and was desirous of producing something better this weighed upon her mind the more so probably on account of the weak state of her health so that one night she retired to rest in very low spirits but such depression was little in accordance with her nature and was soon shaken off the next morning she awoke to more cheerful views and brighter the sense of power revived and imagination resumed its course she the condemned chapter and wrote two others entirely different in its stead the result is that we possess the visit of the grove party to bath the crowded and animated scenes at the white hotel and the charming conversation between captain and anne overheard by captain by wliich the two faithful lovers were at last led to understand each other s feelings the tenth and chapters of then rather than the actual winding up of the story contain the latest of her printed her last contribution to the entertainment of the public perhaps it may be thought that she has seldom written anything more brilliant and that independent of the original manner in the in a of jane brought the of ic a good natured and of his wife s selfishness hare been without these finishing strokes the chapter exists in it is certainly inferior to the two which were for it but it was such as some writers and some readers might have been contented with and it contained which scarcely any other hand could hare the of which may be almost a c� regret the following letter was addressed to her friend miss then staying at wit her sister the wife of the reverend hei � hill uncle of robert it appears to have written three days before she began her last work which will be noticed in another chapter and shows that she was not at that time aware of serious nature of her malady january mr dear � i think it time there should be a little writing between us though i believe the debt is on your side and i hope this will find all the party well neither carried away by the flood nor through � the such mild weather is you know delightful to us and though we have a great many and a fine running stream through the meadows on the other side of the road it is nothing but what us and does to talk of i have this chapter is now printed in compliance the tor me from several t� a a of jane gained strength through the winter and am not far from being well and i think i understand my own case now so much better than i did as to be able by care to keep off any serious return of illness i am convinced that is at the bottom of all i have suffered which makes it easy to know how to treat myself you will be glad to hear thus much of me i am sure we have just had a few days visit from edward who brought us a good account of his father and the very circumstance of his coming at all of his father s being able to spare him is itself a good account he grows still and still in appearance at least in the estimation of his who love him better and better as they see the sweet temper and warm affections of the boy confirmed in the young man i tried hard to persuade him that he must have some message for william but in vain this is not a 