[334] Perhaps in March 1814.
[335] Lord Brabourne dates them in 1816, and Mr. Oscar Fay Adams and Miss Hill naturally follow him; but such a date is impossible, as they contain allusions to two or three family events which had not then happened. This correction makes the account of her own health in the letters of March 13 and March 23 (which will be found in Chap. XX, [p. 383]) fit in much better with our information from other sources as to the progress of her illness than would have been the case had it been written in 1816.
[337] In Evelina.
[338] It must be remembered that there was no 'Lord Portman' or 'Lord Desborough' in 1814.
[339] In Mansfield Park.
[340] Published July 7, 1814. Jane Austen had no more doubt as to who was the author than Miss Mitford had.
[342] On the birth of Anna Lefroy's eldest daughter, Jemima.