To Cassandra, from Steventon, "No news from Kintbury yet. Eliza sports with our impatience. She was very well last Thursday." - Jane Austen, Saturday 1-Sunday 2 December 1798
Miss Austen was referring to Eliza Lloyd Fowle. She married her cousin Reverend Fulwar-Craven Fowle on the 15th of September 1788. He became vicar of Kintbury, Berks. in 1798. Reverend Fulwar-Craven and Eliza had eight children, but Jane must have been concerned with Eliza's laying in with Elizabeth-Caroline, their fifth child, at this time, as she was born in 1798.
The Reverend Fulwar-Craven Fowle was Tom Fowle's, Cassandra's fiance, older brother. They had both been students of Mr. Austen's.
I hope you enjoyed your day today!
Terrie
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