 She emphasises her "accomplishments", which in that period would have been things that made a woman a better companion for her future husband (Austen 516).Laura ends the letter by posing the idea that her misfortunes in life “do not make less impression… than they ever did,” but that her accomplishments have begun to fade (Austen 517).The uncertainty of Laura's memory causes Austen's work to resemble a fairy tale in its qualities of ambiguity.