Chawton Wednesday March 13. My dear Caroline

I am very glad to have an opportunity of answering your agreable little Letter. You seem to be quite my own Neice in your feelings towards Mde** de Genlis. I do not think I could even now, at my sedate time of Life, read Olimpe et Theophile without being in a rage. It really is too bad!-Not allowing them to be happy together, when they are married.-Don't talk of it, pray. I have just lent your Aunt Frank the 1st** vol. of Les Veillees du Chateau, for Mary Jane to read. It will be some time before she comes to the horror of Olympe. We have had sad weather lately, I hope you have liked it.-Our Pond is brimfull & our roads are dirty & our walls are damp, & we sit wishing every bad day may be the last. It is not cold however. Another week perhaps may see us shrinking & shivering under a dry East Wind. I had a very nice Letter from your Brother not long ago, & I am quite happy to see how much his Hand is improving.-I am convinced that it will end in a very gentlemanlike Hand, much above Par.-We have had a great deal of fun lately with Postchaises stopping at the door; three times within a few days, we had a couple of agreable Visitors turn in unexpectedly-your Uncle Henry & Mr. Tilson, Mrs** Heathcote & Miss Bigg, your Uncle Henry and Mr* Seymour. Take notice, that it was the same Uncle Henry each time.

I remain my dear Caroline,

Your affec: Aunt,

J. Austen