Thursday 5 January 2012
To Cassandra, from Rowling, "I have taken little George once in my arms since I have been here, which I thought very kind." - Jane Austen, Thursday 1 September 1796
Little George was most likely George-Thomas Austen, Edward's third child and second son. He was born 22 November 1795, so he would have been just over nine months old at this writing. He would grow up to go to St John's College at Oxford and marry Lady Nelson. Sadly, they did not have any children. He died in 1867.
His cousin, Lord Brabourne, who edited the Letters of Jane Austen, in 1884, said this about him, "He was one of those men who are clever enough to do almost anything, but live to their lives' end very comfortably doing nothing." Well, if he was comfortable, he was probably happy in it, right?
"Life is Short... Break the Rules, Forgive Quickly, Kiss Slowly, Love Truly, Laugh Uncontrollably, And Never Regret Anything that Made You Smile! Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
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