Lady Susan(苏珊夫人)
Jane Austen
Letter I
LADY SUSAN VERNON TO MR. VERNON
Langford, Dec.
My dear Brother,
I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your
kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks with you
at Churchhill, and, therefore, if quite convenient to you and Mrs.
Vernon to receive me at present, I shall hope within a few days to
be introduced to a sister whom I have so long desired to be
acquainted with. My kind friends here are most affectionately
urgent with me to prolong my stay, but their hospitable and
cheerful dispositions lead them too much into society for my
present situation and state of mind; and I impatiently look forward
to the hour when I shall be admitted into Your delightful
retirement.
I long to be made known to your dear little children, in whose
hearts I shall b…