omas Leigh, who
succeeded to Stoneleigh. (See Leigh pedigree.)

[262] Madame d'Arblay to Dr. Burney, June 18, 1795.

[263] The keeper at Chawton.

[264] The Rector of Godmersham.

[265] _The Wanderer._

[266] _Sailor Brothers_, p. 243.

[267] To be allowed to use the names of some of his ships in _Mansfield
Park_.

[268] The old nurse at Godmersham.

[269] Stephen Rumbold Lushington, M.P. for Rye, 1807-12, and for
Canterbury, 1812-30, and 1835-37; Privy Councillor; Governor of Madras.

[270] At Ashford; 'she' is Fanny.

[271] Charles and his party. He was now on the _Namur_ as flag-captain
to Sir Thomas Williams, and his wife and two small children were living
with him on board.

[272] See p. 238. Mrs. Crabbe did not die until October 31, 1813
according to the _Dictionary of National Biography_.

[273] Afterwards Earl of Winchilsea.

[274] Sister to Mrs. Lefroy.

[275] Probably, of _Pride and Prejudice_.

[276] Probably Miss Elizabeth Hamilton (1758-1816), author of _The
Cottagers of Glenburnie_, &c.

[277] (?) Battle of Leipzig, October 16-19, 1813.

[278] Also, one of _Pride and Prejudice_.

[279] Begun about Feb. 1811.

[280] Quoted by Miss Hill, p. 202.

[281] _The Heroine, or the Adventures of Cherubina_, by E. S. Barrett
(2nd ed. 1814): a satire on Mrs. Radcliffe, in which a conspicuous part
is played by an impostor called 'Whylome Eftsoons.'

[282] It is said to have been the hardest winter known for twenty years
(_Brabourne_, vol. ii. p. 218).

[283] Kean had made his first appearance at Drury Lane on January 26,
1814, and had immediately taken the town by storm.

[284] Edward Knight and his daughter Fanny were to arrive that day.

[285] See p. 311.

[286] No doubt there were other cases in which particular traits of
character were taken from those around her. Her brother Francis
certainly thought that the domestic industry of Captain Harville (in
_Persuasion_) was copied from himself. (Addenda to _Sailor Brothers_.)

[287] The _Memoir_ calls it 'one pound.' The difference is not material,
but Mrs. Norris would probably not be above giving herself the benefit
of the doubt.

CHAPTER XVII

_EMMA_

1814-1815

The last letter but one of the foregoing chapter contains two sentences
mentioning the writer's brother, Mr. Knight, which will help us to carry
on our story.

Writing on March 5, 1814, Jane says: 'It is a nasty day for everybody.
Edward's spirits will be wan