* * * * * _Wednesday._--I have just heard from Charles, who is by this time at Deal. He is to be Second Lieutenant, which pleases him very well. The _Endymion_ is come into the Downs, which pleases him likewise. He expects to be ordered to Sheerness shortly, as the _Tamar_ has never been refitted. My father and mother made the same match for you last night, and are very much pleased with it. _He_ is a beauty of my mother's. FOOTNOTES: [78] Harry was one of the Digweeds--Edward Austen's tenants at Steventon--who shared with the Rectory party the _deputed_ right of shooting over the Manor (_Persuasion_, ch. iii.). The _New English Dictionary_ (s.v.) says 'The deputation was necessary to constitute a gamekeeper; but it was also frequently used as a means of giving to friends the privilege of shooting game over an estate.' The term of endearment has of course no particular significance. [79] _The Midnight Bell_, a German story (London, 1798), is ascribed in the _Dictionary of National Biography_ to Francis Lathom. This book is mentioned in chapter vi. of _Northanger Abbey_. [80] Afterwards, as George Knight, a well-known Kent cricketer, and one of the principal agents in the introduction of round-arm bowling. [81] _Battleridge, an historical tale founded on facts._ By a lady of quality [? Mrs. Cooke], London, 1799. [82] The first part of this letter is inserted in Chapter VI. [83] James Edward Austen (Leigh), the author of the _Memoir_; in his youth always (after his uncle and cousin had become 'Edward Knight') known as 'Edward Austen.' [84] _Arthur Fitz-Albini_, a novel [by Sir Egerton Brydges]. London, 1798. [85] First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801. [86] George Daysh, clerk in the Ticket Office, Navy Office. [87] The Basingstoke doctor. [88] Anne Elliot, in _Persuasion_, thought that a cap would be a very suitable present for her sister Mary, who was a young woman, and who certainly wished to remain so. [89] One of the Lords of the Admiralty: afterwards Lord Gambier. [90] On his Aunt Jane's birthday. [91] General Mathew, father of James Austen's first wife. [92] The Miss Austens seem to have had a dress allowance of L20 a year. Cf. _Brabourne_, vol. i. p. 189. [93] Brighton had possibly been suggested to her brother Edward as an alternative for Bath. [94] This is of course an amusing mis-statement of the writer's real opinion. See p. 83. [95] The Hon. Mary Leigh, of Stoneleigh. [96] Eliza de Feuillide. [97] Lady Williams. [98] I.e. without powder or pigtail. CHAPTER IX THE LEIGH PERROTS AND BATH 1799-1800