] "Eliza, Philadelphia's daughter (and Hastings's god-daughter and perhaps more)"

] Now, in the light of the post down the board that indicates that `Sense and Sensibility' was a thinly disguised acount of Warren Hastings, doesn't that remind you of a certain character in S&S?

Somewhere in these fascinating threads is the remark that JA seems not to have liked Warren Hastings much. But don't you agree she liked Col. Brandon a lot? And her cousin/sister-in-law Eliza certainly was no victim!

But I gotta agree, the coincidences are intriguing!