To Cassandra, from Steventon, "I believe I never told you that Mrs Couthard and Anne, late of Manydown, are both dead, and both died in childbirth. We have not regaled Mary with this news." - Jane Austen, Saturday 17-Sunday 18 November 1798
I do not quite know what to say about this post; to say childbirth was a risky business back then would be an understatement. I have not been able to find any information about Mrs. Couthard or Anne. Manydown was the home of the Bigg-Withers. I do not know the relationship she had with them.
Mary was Mary Lloyd Austen, James' wife who would, as it happens, have her first child on this very night, Saturday 17 November 1798. This is the reason they would not have told her about the deaths of these two ladies.
Before you go please take a few minutes to take a walk through this beautiful garden. The music is by Max Bruch.
Art Studio & rose garden - Le jardin du peintre Hélène Flont
This is a link to Helene Flont's blog. It is beautiful. Well worth your time!
http://heleneflont.blogspot.com/
I hope you enjoyed your day today!
Terrie
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