and S._ is sold, and that it has brought me L140,
besides the copyright, if that should ever be of
any value. I have now, therefore, written myself
into L250,[256] which only makes me long for more.
I have something in hand which I hope the credit
of _P. and P._ will sell well, though not half so
entertaining, and by the bye shall you object to
my mentioning the _Elephant_ in it, and two or
three other old ships? I _have_ done it, but it
shall not stay to make you angry. They are only
just mentioned.

* * * * *

I hope you continue well and brush your hair, but
not all off.

Yours very affectionately,
J. A.

On September 14, Jane left Chawton for London and Godmersham, travelling
as one of her brother Edward's large family party.

FOOTNOTES:

[232] The publisher was a Mr. T. Egerton, described as of the Military
Library, Whitehall. He was therefore not the same as Henry Egerton who
called in Sloane St. (p. 247) _pace_ Mr. Austin Dobson in his
Introduction to _Sense and Sensibility_ (Macmillan, 1896).

[233] _Sailor Brothers_, p. 237 (letter from Jane to Frank). See p. 272.

[234] We shall in future describe Jane's brother Edward as 'Mr. Knight,'
and his children as 'Knight' with the Christian name prefixed; while the
name 'Edward Austen' will be reserved for the author of the _Memoir_
(James's eldest son), as he was always known in the family by that name.

[235] _Memoir_, p. 11.

[236] Cassandra was now staying at Steventon; these letters to her are
mainly in the _Memoir_, but are supplemented and re-arranged from family
MSS.

[237] Authors of the _Rejected Addresses_ (1812).

[238] _Mansfield Park_, chapter xxiv.

[239] _Mansfield Park_, chapter xxv.

[240] _Mansfield Park_ was also published at 18_s._, _Emma_ at L1 1_s._,
whereas the first edition of _Sense and Sensibility_ had cost only
15_s._

[241] I.e. typographical.

[242] 'I do not rhyme to that dull elf
Who cannot image to himself.'--_Marmion_, vi. 38.

[243] In _Mansfield Park_ (the scene of which is laid in
Northamptonshire), a good deal turns on the steadfast determination of
Edmund Bertram to be ordained.

[244] The caution observed at Steventon in preserving the secret of the
aut