We must not forget, however, the author's strong denial of depicting individuals, and her declaration that she was too proud of her gentlemen 'to admit that they were only Mr. A. or Colonel B.'; nor yet her modest confession, when speaking of two of her favourites--Edmund Bertram and Mr. Knightley--that she was aware they were 'very far from what I know English gentlemen often are.' Jane Austen may perhaps enjoy the distinction of having added words or expressions to colloquial English. The name 'Collins' is almost established as the description of a letter of thanks after a visit; and we have heard of a highly intelligent family among whom a guinea is always alluded to as 'something considerable' in memory of the sum believed (on the authority of the _Memoir_) to have been given to William Price by Aunt Norris.[287] FOOTNOTES: [257] 'Pengird' in _Brabourne_, but surely a misprint. Cf. _Brabourne_, ii. pp. 199, 266. Mme. Perigord and Mme. Bigeon were two of Eliza's French servants who stayed on with Henry until he moved to Hans Place. [258] Lady Robert Kerr, whom Henry met in Scotland, and to whom he divulged the secret of his sister's authorship. [259] Lizzie and Marianne Knight. [260] Part of his duties as Receiver of Oxfordshire. [261] These sisters were daughters of the Master of Balliol; and Mrs. Leigh was married to her first cousin, the Rev. Thomas 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.