A Memoir of Jane Austen

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it like a Christian. Dear Jane is to be buried in the Cathedral, I
believe on Thursday. In which case Cassandra will come home as
soon as it is over. Miss Lloyd does not go.–– Your father, M r
Knight who is now here, your Uncle Henry (who is now at Winchester
giving the necessary directions) and your Uncle Frank
will attend. How fortunate for Cassandra that your mama was
with her. She says she is all kindness and affection.’
Our Great Grandmother was 77 when she lost this beloved
daughter. To her the separation could not be long, but Aunt
Cassandra’s loss in her sister was great indeed and most truly a
loss never to be repaired. They were everything to each other.
They seemed to lead a life to themselves, within the general family
life, which was shared only by each other. I will not say their
true but their full feelings and opinions were known only to
themselves. They alone fully understood what each had suffered
and felt and thought. Yet they had such a gift of reticence that the
secrets of their respective friends were never betrayed to each
other. They were thoroughly trustworthy and the young niece
who brought her troubles to Aunt Jane for advice and sympathy
knew she could depend absolutely on her silence even to her
sister. A strict fidelity which is I think somewhat rare between any
two so closely united.