Dearest Cousin Jane by Jill Pitkeathley

Author:Jill Pitkeathley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-06-15T21:00:00+00:00

May 1798

Well, that did not take her long! When I think how she has often teased me about Mr Whitaker and wished me joy with him but when it comes to giving practical support…she can say only that it is utterly out of her power to comply with my request. She actually tells me she has the most insuperable aversion to asking favours and that she could never approach Warren Hastings as he is so teased with requests and supplications. She does give me his address for Mr Whitaker to write himself but actually forbids us to use her name in the matter—so what good would that do? She is as shamelessly selfish as ever—having had two husbands herself she does not scruple to deny the opportunity of marriage to one whom she professes to love. She merely says that she has observed there is a tide in the affairs of this life and she hopes mine will take a turn for the better soon.

Henry’s regiment is to be posted to Ireland soon I gather. She will not accompany him—it would serve her right if Henry found some consolation there.

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