Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
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Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer. —But Perhaps it implies that he iscoming
himself. –I trust it may. Not unlikely. — Buthere is a Letter from one of my Sisters.They never fail me. –
Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on. — NowMary, (smiling at his Wife) — before Iopen it, what shall we gueſs as to thestate
of health of those it comes from –or
rather what wd .would Sidney say gueſs if hewere here? – Sidney is
a saucy fellow, Miſs H.Heywood — And you must know, he will haveit there
is a good deal of Imagination inmytwo Sisters' complaints — but
it really isnot so – or very little — They have wretchedhealth, as you have
heard usfrequently say, & aresubject to a variety
of very serious at times martyrs to very
dreadful Dis==orders. – Indeed, I do not beleive theyknow what a day's health is;
— & at the same time, they are such
excellentuseful Women & have so
much energyof character that, where any Good isto be done, they force themselfes on ex::ertions which to those who do not
thoroughly know them, have an extra::ordinary appearance. – But there is
really no affectation about them. They have