Jane Austen: I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will not be till we are too old to care abou

I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will — Jane Austen

I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will not be till we are too old to care about it.

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