“What dreadful Hot weather we have!-It keeps one in a continual state of Inelegance.”
letter to Cassandra
September 18, 1796 [7]
I suppose I should not post this one in the middle of winter, but I am craving hot weather. It was in the seventies here in D.C. on Saturday; now winter is creeping back. Oh to be somewhere in the middle of the Caribbean!
The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman (May, 2012)
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