A mistake thousands of women fall into

“Poor dear Mr J.P.!-Oh! dear Fanny, Your mistake has been one that thousands of women fall into. He was the first young Man who attached himself to you. That was the charm, & most powerful it is.”

letter to her niece, Fanny Knight, about Mr. John Plumptre, whom Fanny was considering marrying
November 18, 1814 [109]

Olivia Williams as letter-writing aunt Jane Austen. ©BBC 2007 for MASTERPIECE