Her sister Cassandra wrote in a letter to Fanny Knight two days after
Jane’s death, “I have lost a treasure, such a Sister, such a friend as never
can have been surpassed, —She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every
pleasure, the soother of every sorrow.” She also wrote, “I know you suffer
severely, but I likewise know that you will apply to the fountain-head for
consolation, and that our merciful God is never deaf to such prayers as you
will offer. The last sad ceremony is to take place on Thursday morning; her
dear remains are to be deposited in the Cathedral. It is a satisfaction to me
to think that they are to lie in a building she admired so much; her precious
soul, I presume to hope, reposes in a far superior Mansion. May mine one day be
reunited to it!”
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