Today's Quote

My dearest Charles,

Many thanks for your affectionate Letter. I was in your debt before, but I have really been too unwell the last fortnight to write anything that was not absolutely necessary.

The last extant Austen letter to a sibling, and the penultimate from Chawton, written April 6, 1817. It is, sadly, about a funeral, a will, her illness, and that of family members.