Honora Edgeworth to Mrs Edgeworth - Maria Edgeworth making changes in her room to accommodate the cabinet - plastering in dining room - Lovell Edgeworth and the assizes - the real story behind The Collegians - The Rivals - poverty at Edgeworthstown - Maria Edgeworth's pleasure in her abstract of accounts - her 4 hours work a day, leaving the other three for exercise, eating, talking, reading, and laughing