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Letter today. His not writing on friday gave me some [room for 12 letters] coming makes me more than amends.-I know you heard from Edward yesterday, Henry wrote to me by the same post, & so did Fanny-I had therefore 3 Letters at once which I thought well worth paying for! Yours was a treasure, so full of everything.-But how very much Cheltenham is to be preferred in May!-Henry does not write diffusely, but chearfully;-at present he wishes to come to us as soon as we can receive him-is decided for Orders & c.-I have written to him to say that after this week, he cannot come too soon.-I do not really expect him however immediately; they will hardly part with him at Gm* yet.-Fanny does not seem any better, or very little; she ventured to dine one day at Sandling & has suffered for it ever since.-I collect from her, that Mr* Seymour is either married or on the point of being married to Mrs** Scrane.-She is not explicit, because imagining us to be informed.-I am glad I did not know that you had no possibility of having a fire on saturday-& so glad that you have your Pelisse!-Your Bed room describes more comfortably than I could have supposed.-We go on very well here, Edward is a great pleasure to me;-he drove me to Alton yesterday; I went principally to carry news of you & Henry, & made a regular handsome visit, staying there while Edwd* went on to Wyards with an invitation to dinner; it was declined, & will be so again today probably, for I really beleive Anna is not equal to the fatigue.-The Alton 4 drank tea with us last night, & we were very pleasant :-Jeu de violon & c.-all new to Mr. sweney-& he entered into it very well.-It was a renewal of former agreable evenings.-We all (except my Mother) dine at Alton tomorrow-& perhaps may have some of the same sports again-but I do not think Mr* and Mrs** D. will add much to our wit.-Edward is writing a Novel-we have all heard what he has written-it is extremely clever; written with great ease and spirit;-if he can carry it on in the same way, it will be a first-rate work, & in a style, I think, to be popular.-Pray tell Mary how much I admire it.-And tell Caroline that I think it is hardly fair upon her & myself, to have him take up the Novel Line, ... but the coldness of the weather is enough to account for their want of power.-The Duchess of Orleans, the paper says, drinks at my Pump. Your Library will be a great resource.-Three Guineas a week for such Lodgings!-I am quite angry.-Martha desires her Love-& is sorry to tell you that she has got some Chilblains on her fingers-she never had them before.-This is to go for a Letter.-
Yrs** affecly**
J. Austen
I shall be perfectly satisfied if I hear from you again on Tuesday.
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