Quote#Love
His having been in love with the aunt gives Cecilia an additional…
Quote byJane Austen · 1775–1817
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to niece Anna (1814-11-30) regarding characters in Anna's novel [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition].
English (original)
His having been in love with the aunt gives Cecilia an additional interest with him. I like the idea — a very proper compliment to an aunt! I rather imagine indeed that nieces are seldom chosen but out of compliment to some aunt or another. I daresay Ben [Anna's husband] was in love with me once, and would never have thought of you if he had not supposed me dead of scarlet fever.
— Jane Austen
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