42 Making the most of a broken
shoelace
41 Shouting when she turns down
the Captain’s umbrella
40 Being rich enough to keep a pack
of foxhounds, and drink a bottle of
wine a day
39
A secret,
cousinly little
interview
33 Taking up the Baronetage
32 Rears and Vices
31 Fordyce’s Sermons
30 The universal flattery of an
Empire-waist gown
29 Knowing we all know a Mr Collins
(below left, played by David Bamber)
28 Late-night Austen movie binges
27 Shedding a tear at
Winchester Cathedral
26 An £800 chimney piece
25 Fainting alternately on a sofa
24 Whist, lottery tickets,
and fish lost & won
23 Room for one more in the Admiral
Croft’s gig
22 Stealing a reverent moment
with Austen’s prayers
21 Ringing the church bell
at Steventon (below)
38 Blackguards and duels
37 Playing an Irish air
36 Touring the library of
the Prince Regent
35 The little bit (two inches wide)
of ivory on which she worked with
so fine a brush
34 Sneaking a Sotherton cream cheese