PREFACE
were written at the foot of f. 1r. The second quire contains Chapters 4-8 and part of Chapter 9.
The third quire (marked 2 on the first page) is of 40 leaves, 638 in. x 4 in. It bears a large ornamental watermark, and also the name Joseph Coles and the date 1815. Folios 21-40, i. e. the latter half of the quire, are blank; a fact which suggests that no part of the manuscript is lost. This quire contains the remainder of Chapter 9 (beginning with the words with a thousand regrets—p. 117 of this edition) and Chapters 10-12.
The dates added by Miss Austen are:
(1) at the top of the first page of the first quire, Jan: 27.—1817
(2) at the top of the first page of the third quire, March 1st
(3) at the end of the last sentence (the last page of the third quire), March 18.
Part of the second quire was originally
