Letter 10, Post #8

Monday 30 April 2012
To Cassandra, from Steventon, "-Almost every thing [p. 3] was unpacked & put away last night;-Nanny chose to do it, & I was not sorry to be busy.-I have unpacked the Gloves & placed yours in your drawer.-Their colour is light & pretty, & I beleive exactly what we fixed on.-" - Jane Austen, Saturday 27-Sunday 28 October 1798

Somehow, I just cannot see Caroline Bingley, Mary Crawford, or even Emma helping the maidservant put their clothes away. Of course, Emma never went anywhere, so she would have been saved from this task.

                           Kelly Reilly as Caroline Bingley, Pride and Prejudice, 2005

                            Haley Atwell as Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park, 2007

I hope you have a good day today,
Terrie