[127] We remember that in _Mansfield Park_ William Price had been able to afford only the amber cross as a present to Fanny, and not the chain. See _Sailor Brothers_, p. 92. [128] _Terrace_ seems to be a slip; at least, its present name is Sydney Place. We have, unfortunately, no letters dated from this house. [129] There is an inscription to his memory on the wall of the south aisle in the Abbey. [130] See p. 92. [131] In an article called 'Is it Just?' p. 282. [132] _Memoir_, p. 24. [133] _Autobiography_, vol. ii. p. 40. [134] See end of Chapter XIII. [135] The watermarks of 1803 and 1804 on the paper are the sole authority for this date. [136] P. 296. [137] Miss Hill seems to have identified also the cottage, 'Mrs. Dean's house,' in which the Austens themselves lodged in 1804. No doubt decanters, and everything else, have long been perfectly immaculate. [138] Nearly all _Memoir_, p. 68; the remainder unpublished. [139] Chap. V. [140] _Sailor Brothers_, p. 127. [141] Mr. Oscar Fay Adams, a most careful investigator, failed to discover the inscription in Walcot Church to the memory of George Austen. It is in the crypt below the church, and runs as follows: 'Under this stone rest the remains of the Rev. George Austen, Rector of Steventon and Dean in Hampshire, who departed this life the 21st of January 1805, aged 73 years.' [142] _Sailor Brothers_, p. 125. [143] A gentleman and lady lately engaged to be married. [144] _Memoir_, p. 74. [145] It seems that Charles Austen, then first lieutenant of the _Endymion_, had had an opportunity of showing attention and kindness to some of Lord Leven's family. CHAPTER XII FROM BATH TO SOUTHAMPTON 1805-1808 The addition of Martha to the family party made it easy for the two sisters to leave their mother in August and pay a visit to Godmersham; and owing to the fact that they, each in turn, varied their stay at Godmersham by paying a short visit to Lady Bridges at Goodnestone Farm, we have three brief letters from Jane at this date. She was spending her time in the usual way, seeing a good deal of her sister-in-law's neighbours and connexions, and playing with her nephews and nieces. Godmersham Park: Saturday [August 24, 1805]. MY DEAR CASSANDRA,-- . . . George[146] is a fine boy, and well behaved, but Daniel chiefly delighted me; the good humour of his countenance is quite bewitching. After tea we had a cribbage-table, and he and I won two rubbers of his brother and Mrs. Mary. Mr. Brett was the only person there, besides our two families. * * * * *