Lansdown. This morning we have been to see Miss Chamberlaine look hot
on horseback. Seven years and four months ago we went to the same
riding-house to see Miss Lefroy's performance! {75a} What a different
set are we now moving in! But seven years, I suppose, are enough to
change every pore of one's skin and every feeling of one's mind. We
did not walk long in the Crescent yesterday. It was hot and not
crowded enough; so we went into the field, and passed close by S. T.
and Miss S. {75b} again. I have not yet seen her face, but neither
her dress nor air have anything of the dash or stylishness which the
Browns talked of; quite the contrary; indeed, her dress is not even
smart, and her appearance very quiet. Miss Irvine says she is never
speaking a word. Poor wretch; I am afraid she is _en penitence_. Here
has been that excellent Mrs. Coulthart calling, while my mother was
out, and I was believed to be so. I always respected her, as a good-
hearted friendly woman. And the Browns have been here; I find their
affidavits on the table. The "Ambuscade" reached Gibraltar on the 9th
of March, and found all well; so say the papers. We have had no
letters from anybody, but we expect to hear from Edward to-morrow, and
from you soon afterwards. How happy they are at Godmersham now! I
shall be very glad of a letter from Ibthorp, that I may know how you
all are, but particularly yourself. This is nice weather for Mrs. J.
Austen's going to Speen, and I hope she will have a pleasant visit
there. I expect a prodigious account of the christening dinner;
perhaps it brought you at last into the company of Miss Dundas again.

'_Tuesday_.--I received your letter last night, and wish it may be
soon followed by another to say that all is over; but I cannot help
thinking that nature will struggle again, and produce a revival. Poor
woman! May her end be peaceful and easy as the exit we have
witnessed! And I dare say it will. If there is no revival, suffering