1 1: 5, 1¡ ¢! EMMA ¡A¢ 1 1: 5, 1¡' ¢! Emma+Woodhouse ¡A¢, handsome, clever, and rich, with 1 1: 5, 2¡' ¢! a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to 1 1: 5, 3¡' ¢! unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had 1 1: 5, 4¡' ¢! lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little 1 1: 5, 5¡' ¢! to distress+1 or vex her. 1 1: 5, 6¡' ¢! She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most 1 1: 5, 7¡' ¢! affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequence of 1 1: 5, 8¡' ¢! her sister's marriage, been mistress of his house from 1 1: 5, 9¡' ¢! a very early period. Her mother had died too long+1 ago 1 1: 5,10¡' ¢! for her to have more than an indistinct remembrance of 1 1: 5,11¡' ¢! her caresses, and her place had been supplied by an excellent 1 1: 5,12¡' ¢! woman as governess, who had fallen little short+1 of 1 1: 5,13¡' ¢! a mother in affection. 1 1: 5,14¡' ¢! Sixteen years had =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ been in =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ 1 1: 5,15¡' ¢! family, less as a governess than a friend, very fond of both 1 1: 5,16¡' ¢! daughters, but particularly of Emma ¡A¢. Between ²them² it 1 1: 5,17¡' ¢! was more the intimacy of sisters. Even before =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ 1 1: 5,18¡' ¢! had ceased to hold+1 the nominal office of governess, 1 1: 5,19¡' ¢! the mildness of her temper had hardly allowed her to 1 1: 5,20¡' ¢! impose any restraint; and the shadow of authority being+1 1 1: 5,21¡' ¢! now long+1 passed away, they had been living together as 1 1: 5,22¡' ¢! friend and friend very mutually attached, and Emma ¡A¢ 1 1: 5,23¡' ¢! doing just+1 what she liked; highly esteeming =Miss+Taylor's ¡O **¢ 1 1: 5,24¡' ¢! judgment, but directed chiefly by her own+1. 1 1: 5,25¡' ¢! The real evils indeed of Emma's ¡A¢ situation were the 1 1: 5,26¡' ¢! power of having rather too much her own+1 way, and a dispositio **n 1 1: 5,27¡' ¢! to think a little too well of herself; these were 1 1: 5,28¡' ¢! the disadvantages which threatened alloy to+1 her many 1 1: 5,29¡' ¢! enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so 1 1: 6, 1¡' ¢! unperceived, that they did not by any means rank+1 as 1 1: 6, 2¡' ¢! misfortunes with her. 1 1: 6, 3¡' ¢! Sorrow came ^^ a gentle sorrow ^^ but not at all in the 1 1: 6, 4¡' ¢! shape of any disagreeable consciousness.^^ =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ 1 1: 6, 5¡' ¢! married. It was =Miss+Taylor's ¡O¢ loss which first brought 1 1: 6, 6¡' ¢! grief. It was on the wedding-day of this beloved friend 1 1: 6, 7¡' ¢! that Emma ¡A¢ first sat in mournful thought of any continuance. 1 1: 6, 8¡' ¢! The wedding over and the bride-people gone, 1 1: 6, 9¡' ¢! her father and herself were left+1 to dine together, with no 1 1: 6,10¡' ¢! prospect of a third to cheer a long+1 evening. Her father 1 1: 6,11¡' ¢! composed himself to sleep+1 after dinner, as usual, and she 1 1: 6,12¡' ¢! had then only to sit and think of what she had lost. 1 1: 6,13¡' ¢! The event had every promise of happiness for her 1 1: 6,14¡' ¢! friend. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was a man of unexceptionable 1 1: 6,15¡' ¢! character, easy fortune, suitable age and pleasant manners; 1 1: 6,16¡' ¢! and there was some satisfaction in considering with what 1 1: 6,17¡' ¢! self-denying, generous friendship she had always wished 1 1: 6,18¡' ¢! and promoted the match; but it was a black morning's 1 1: 6,19¡' ¢! work for her. The want of =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ would be felt 1 1: 6,20¡' ¢! every hour of every day.She recalled her past+1 kindness^^ 1 1: 6,21¡' ¢! the kindness, the affection of sixteen years ^^ how she had 1 1: 6,22¡' ¢! taught and how she had played with her from five years 1 1: 6,23¡' ¢! old ^^ how she had devoted all her powers to attach and 1 1: 6,24¡' ¢! amuse her in health ^^ and how nursed her through the 1 1: 6,25¡' ¢! various illnesses of childhood. A large debt of gratitude 1 1: 6,26¡' ¢! was owing here; but the intercourse of the last+1 seven 1 1: 6,27¡' ¢! years, the equal+2 footing and perfect+1 unreserve which had 1 1: 6,28¡' ¢! soon followed Isabella's ¡L¢ marriage on their being+1 left+1 t **o+1 1 1: 6,29¡' ¢! each other, was yet a dearer, tenderer recollection. It 1 1: 6,30¡' ¢! had been a friend and companion such as few possessed, 1 1: 6,31¡' ¢! intelligent, well-informed, useful, gentle, knowing all the 1 1: 6,32¡' ¢! ways of the family, interested in all its concerns, and 1 1: 6,33¡' ¢! peculiarly interested in herself, in every pleasure, every 1 1: 6,34¡' ¢! scheme of her's; ^^ one to+1 whom she could speak every 1 1: 6,35¡' ¢! thought as it arose, and who had such an affection for her 1 1: 6,36¡' ¢! as could never find fault. 1 1: 6,37¡' ¢! How was she to bear the change? ^^ It was true that 1 1: 6,38¡' ¢! her friend was going only half a mile from them; but 1 1: 7, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was aware that great must be the difference 1 1: 7, 2¡' ¢! between a =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ only half a mile from them, and 1 1: 7, 3¡' ¢! a =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ in the house; and with all her advantages, 1 1: 7, 4¡' ¢! natural+1 and domestic+1, she was now in great danger of 1 1: 7, 5¡' ¢! suffering from intellectual solitude. She dearly loved her 1 1: 7, 6¡' ¢! father, but he was no companion for her. He could not 1 1: 7, 7¡' ¢! meet her in conversation, rational or playful. 1 1: 7, 8¡' ¢! The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and 1 1: 7, 9¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had not married early) was much increased 1 1: 7,10¡' ¢! by his constitution and habits; for+1 having been a valetudinar **ian 1 1: 7,11¡' ¢! all his life, without activity of mind or body, he 1 1: 7,12¡' ¢! was a much older man in ways than in years; and though 1 1: 7,13¡' ¢! everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and 1 1: 7,14¡' ¢! his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended 1 1: 7,15¡' ¢! him at any time. 1 1: 7,16¡' ¢! Her sister, though comparatively but little removed by 1 1: 7,17¡' ¢! matrimony, being+1 settled in London, only sixteen miles 1 1: 7,18¡' ¢! off, was much beyond her daily reach; and many a long+1 1 1: 7,19¡' ¢! October and November evening must be struggled through 1 1: 7,20¡' ¢! at Hartfield, before Christmas brought the next visit from 1 1: 7,21¡' ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ and her husband and their little children to fill 1 1: 7,22¡' ¢! the house and give her pleasant society again. 1 1: 7,23¡' ¢! Highbury, the large and populous village almost 1 1: 7,24¡' ¢! amounting to+1 a town, to+1 which Hartfield, in spite+1 of its 1 1: 7,25¡' ¢! separate+1 lawn and shrubberies and name, did really 1 1: 7,26¡' ¢! belong, afforded her no equals. The Woodhouses ¡P1¢ were 1 1: 7,27¡' ¢! first in consequence there. All looked up to+1 them. She 1 1: 7,28¡' ¢! had many acquaintance in the place, for+1 her father was 1 1: 7,29¡' ¢! universally civil, but not one among them who could be 1 1: 7,30¡' ¢! accepted in lieu of =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ for even half a day. It 1 1: 7,31¡' ¢! was a melancholy+1 change; and Emma ¡A¢ could not but 1 1: 7,32¡' ¢! sigh+1 over it and wish+1 for impossible things, till her fathe **r 1 1: 7,33¡' ¢! awoke, and made it necessary to be cheerful. His spirits 1 1: 7,34¡' ¢! required support+1. He was a nervous man, easily depressed; 1 1: 7,35¡' ¢! fond of every+body that+2 he was used+1 to+1, and hating to 1 1: 7,36¡' ¢! part+1 with them; hating change of every kind. Matrimony, 1 1: 7,37¡' ¢! as the origin of change, was always disagreeable; 1 1: 7,38¡' ¢! and he was by no means yet reconciled to+1 his own+1 daughter's 1 1: 8, 1¡' ¢! marrying, nor could ever speak of her but with 1 1: 8, 2¡' ¢! compassion, though it had been entirely a match of 1 1: 8, 3¡' ¢! affection, when he was now obliged to part+1 with =Miss+Taylor **¡O¢ 1 1: 8, 4¡' ¢! too; and from his habits of gentle selfishness and 1 1: 8, 5¡' ¢! of being+1 never able to suppose that other people could 1 1: 8, 6¡' ¢! feel differently from himself, he was very much disposed 1 1: 8, 7¡' ¢! to think =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ had done as sad a thing for herself 1 1: 8, 8¡' ¢! as for them, and would have been a great deal happier if 1 1: 8, 9¡' ¢! she had spent all the rest of her life at Hartfield. Emma ¡A¢ 1 1: 8,10¡' ¢! smiled and chatted as cheerfully as she could, to keep him 1 1: 8,11¡' ¢! from such thoughts; but when tea came, it was impossible 1 1: 8,12¡' ¢! for him not to say exactly as he had at dinner, 1 1: 8,13¡P ¢! "Poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢] ^^ I wish+1 she were here again. What 1 1: 8,14¡P ¢! a pity it is that =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ ever thought+1 of her]" 1 1: 8,15¡A ¢! "I cannot agree with you, papa; you know I cannot. 1 1: 8,16¡A ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ is such a good-humoured, pleasant, excellent 1 1: 8,17¡A ¢! man, that he thoroughly deserves a good wife; ^^ and you 1 1: 8,18¡A ¢! would not have had =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ live with us for+ever and 1 1: 8,19¡A ¢! bear all my odd humours, when she might have a house 1 1: 8,20¡A ¢! of her own+1?" 1 1: 8,21¡P ¢! "A house of her own+1] ^^ but where is the advantage of 1 1: 8,22¡P ¢! a house of her own+1? This is three times as large.^^ And 1 1: 8,23¡P ¢! you have never any odd humours, my dear." 1 1: 8,24¡A ¢! "How often we shall be going to see them and they 1 1: 8,25¡A ¢! coming to see us]^^ We shall be always meeting] ²We² 1 1: 8,26¡A ¢! must begin, we must go and pay+1 our wedding-visit very 1 1: 8,27¡A ¢! soon." 1 1: 8,28¡P ¢! "My dear, how am I to get so far? Randalls is such 1 1: 8,29¡P ¢! a distance. I could not walk+1 half so far." 1 1: 8,30¡A ¢! "No+1, papa, nobody thought+1 of your walking. We 1 1: 8,31¡A ¢! must go in the carriage to be sure." 1 1: 8,32¡P ¢! "The carriage] But James ¡ZI¢ will+1 not like+2 to put the 1 1: 8,33¡P ¢! horses to+1 for such a little way;^^ and where are the poor 1 1: 8,34¡P ¢! horses to be while+2 we are paying our visit?" 1 1: 8,35¡A ¢! "They are to be put into =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ stable, papa. 1 1: 8,36¡A ¢! You know we have settled all that+1 already. We talked 1 1: 8,37¡A ¢! it all over with =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ last+1 night. And as for James ** ¡ZI¢, 1 1: 8,38¡A ¢! you may be very sure he will+1 always like+2 going to+1 Randall **s, 1 1: 9, 1¡A ¢! because of his daughter's being+1 housemaid there. I only 1 1: 9, 2¡A ¢! doubt+1 whether he will+1 ever take us anywhere else. That+1, 1 1: 9, 3¡A ¢! was your doing, papa. You got Hannah ¡ZI1¢ that+1 good place. 1 1: 9, 4¡A ¢! Nobody thought+1 of Hannah ¡ZI1¢ till you mentioned her ^^ 1 1: 9, 5¡A ¢! James ¡ZI¢ is so obliged to+1 you]" 1 1: 9, 6¡P ¢! "I am very glad I did think of her. It was very lucky, 1 1: 9, 7¡P ¢! for+1 I would not have had poor James ¡ZI¢ think himself 1 1: 9, 8¡P ¢! slighted upon any account; and I am sure she will+1 make 1 1: 9, 9¡P ¢! a very good servant; she is a civil, pretty-spoken girl; 1 1: 9,10¡P ¢! I have a great opinion of her. Whenever I see her, she 1 1: 9,11¡P ¢! always curtseys and asks me how I do, in a very pretty 1 1: 9,12¡P ¢! manner; and when you have had her here to do needlework, 1 1: 9,13¡P ¢! I observe she always turns+1 the lock of the door the 1 1: 9,14¡P ¢! right+1 way and never bangs it. I am sure she will+1 be an 1 1: 9,15¡P ¢! excellent servant; and it will+1 be a great comfort to+1 poor 1 1: 9,16¡P ¢! =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ to have somebody about her that+2 she is used+ **1 1 1: 9,17¡P ¢! to see. Whenever James ¡ZI¢ goes over to see his daughter 1 1: 9,18¡P ¢! you know, she will+1 be hearing of us. He will+1 be able to 1 1: 9,19¡P ¢! tell her how we all are." 1 1: 9,20¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ spared no exertions to maintain this happier 1 1: 9,21¡' ¢! flow of ideas, and hoped, by the help of backgammon, to 1 1: 9,22¡' ¢! get her father tolerably through the evening, and be 1 1: 9,23¡' ¢! attacked by no regrets but her own+1. The backgammon-table 1 1: 9,24¡' ¢! was placed; but a visitor immediately afterwards 1 1: 9,25¡' ¢! walked in and made it unnecessary. 1 1: 9,26¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, a sensible+1 man about seven or eight-and-t **hirty, 1 1: 9,27¡' ¢! was not only a very old and intimate+1 friend of the 1 1: 9,28¡' ¢! family, but particularly connected with it as the elder 1 1: 9,29¡' ¢! brother of Isabella's ¡L¢ husband. He lived about a mile 1 1: 9,30¡' ¢! from Highbury, was a frequent visitor and always welcome+2, 1 1: 9,31¡' ¢! and at this time more welcome+2 than usual, as 1 1: 9,32¡' ¢! coming directly from their mutual connections in London. 1 1: 9,33¡' ¢! He had returned to+1 a late dinner after some days absence, 1 1: 9,34¡' ¢! and now walked up to+1 Hartfield to say that all were well 1 1: 9,35¡' ¢! in Brunswick-square. It was a happy circumstance and 1 1: 9,36¡' ¢! animated =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ for some time. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ 1 1: 9,37¡' ¢! had a cheerful manner which always did him good; and 1 1: 9,38¡' ¢! his many inquiries after 1 1: 9,38¡P ¢! "poor Isabella ¡L¢" 1 1: 9,38¡' ¢! and her children 1 1: 10, 1¡' ¢! were answered most satisfactorily. When this was over, 1 1: 10, 2¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ gratefully observed, 1 1: 10, 3¡P ¢! "It is very kind+1 of you, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, to come out at 1 1: 10, 4¡P ¢! this late hour to call+1 upon us. I am afraid you must have 1 1: 10, 5¡P ¢! had a shocking walk." 1 1: 10, 6¡B ¢! "Not at all, sir. It is a beautiful, moonlight night; 1 1: 10, 7¡B ¢! and so mild that I must draw back+1 from your great fire." 1 1: 10, 8¡P ¢! "But you must have found it very damp+1 and dirty. 1 1: 10, 9¡P ¢! I wish+1 you may not catch cold." 1 1: 10,10¡B ¢! "Dirty, sir] Look+1 at my shoes. Not a speck on them." 1 1: 10,11¡P ¢! "Well] that+1 is quite surprizing, for+1 we have had a vast 1 1: 10,12¡P ¢! deal of rain here. It rained dreadfully hard for half an 1 1: 10,13¡P ¢! hour, while+2 we were at breakfast. I wanted them to put 1 1: 10,14¡P ¢! off the wedding." 1 1: 10,15¡B ¢! "By the bye ^^ I have not wished you joy. Being+1 pretty+1 1 1: 10,16¡B ¢! well aware of what sort of joy you must both be feeling+1, 1 1: 10,17¡B ¢! I have been in no hurry with my congratulations. But 1 1: 10,18¡B ¢! I hope+1 it all went off tolerably well. How did you all 1 1: 10,19¡B ¢! behave? Who cried most?" 1 1: 10,20¡P ¢! "Ah] poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢] 'tis a sad business." 1 1: 10,21¡B ¢! "Poor =Mr# ¡P¢ and =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, if you please; but 1 1: 10,22¡B ¢! I cannot possibly say ""poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢."" I have a great 1 1: 10,23¡B ¢! regard for you and Emma ¡A¢; but when it comes to+1 the 1 1: 10,24¡B ¢! question of dependence or independence]^^ At any rate, 1 1: 10,25¡B ¢! it must be better+1 to have only one to please, than two." 1 1: 10,26¡A ¢! "Especially when ²one² of those two is such a fanciful, 1 1: 10,27¡A ¢! troublesome creature]" 1 1: 10,27¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢ playfully. 1 1: 10,27¡A ¢! "That+1, 1 1: 10,28¡A ¢! is what you have in your head, I know ^^ and what you 1 1: 10,29¡A ¢! would certainly say if my father were not by." 1 1: 10,30¡P ¢! "I believe it is very true, my dear, indeed," 1 1: 10,30¡' ¢! said 1 1: 10,31¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ with a sigh. 1 1: 10,31¡P ¢! "I am afraid I am sometimes 1 1: 10,32¡P ¢! very fanciful and troublesome." 1 1: 10,33¡A ¢! "My dearest papa] You do not think I could mean 1 1: 10,34¡A ¢! ²you², or suppose =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ to mean ²you². What 1 1: 10,35¡A ¢! a horrible idea] Oh, no+1] I meant only myself. =Mr#+Knightley **¡B¢ 1 1: 10,36¡A ¢! loves to find fault with me you know ^^ in a 1 1: 10,37¡A ¢! joke ^^ it is all a joke. We always say what we like+2 to+1 one 1 1: 10,38¡A ¢! another." 1 1: 11, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, in fact, was one of the few people who 1 1: 11, 2¡' ¢! could see faults in Emma+Woodhouse ¡A¢, and the only one 1 1: 11, 3¡' ¢! who ever told her of them: and though this was not 1 1: 11, 4¡' ¢! particularly agreeable to+1 Emma ¡A¢ herself, she knew it would 1 1: 11, 5¡' ¢! be so much less so to+1 her father, that she would not have 1 1: 11, 6¡' ¢! him really suspect such a circumstance as her not being+1 1 1: 11, 7¡' ¢! thought+1 perfect+1 by every+body. 1 1: 11, 8¡B ¢! "Emma ¡A¢ knows I never flatter her," 1 1: 11, 8¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢; 1 1: 11, 9¡B ¢! "but I meant no reflection on any+body. =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ 1 1: 11,10¡B ¢! has been used+1 to have two persons to please; she will+1 1 1: 11,11¡B ¢! now have but one. The chances are that she must be 1 1: 11,12¡B ¢! a gainer." 1 1: 11,13¡A ¢! "Well," 1 1: 11,13¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, willing to let it pass^^ 1 1: 11,13¡A ¢! "you want+1 1 1: 11,14¡A ¢! to hear about the wedding, and I shall be happy to tell 1 1: 11,15¡A ¢! you, for+1 we all behaved charmingly. Every+body was 1 1: 11,16¡A ¢! punctual, every+body in their best looks. Not a tear, and 1 1: 11,17¡A ¢! hardly a long+1 face to be seen. Oh] no+1, we all felt that 1 1: 11,18¡A ¢! we were going to be only half a mile apart, and were sure 1 1: 11,19¡A ¢! of meeting every day." 1 1: 11,20¡P ¢! "Dear Emma ¡A¢ bears every+thing so well," 1 1: 11,20¡' ¢! said her 1 1: 11,21¡' ¢! father. 1 1: 11,21¡P ¢! "But, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, she is really very sorry to 1 1: 11,22¡P ¢! lose poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢, and I am sure she ²will+1² miss her 1 1: 11,23¡P ¢! more than she thinks for+1." 1 1: 11,24¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ turned away her head, divided between tears 1 1: 11,25¡' ¢! and smiles. 1 1: 11,26¡B ¢! "It is impossible that Emma ¡A¢ should not miss such 1 1: 11,27¡B ¢! a companion," 1 1: 11,27¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. 1 1: 11,27¡B ¢! "We should not like+2 1 1: 11,28¡B ¢! her so well as we do, sir, if we could suppose it. But she 1 1: 11,29¡B ¢! knows how much the marriage is to+1 =Miss+Taylor's ¡O¢ advantag **e; 1 1: 11,30¡B ¢! she knows how very acceptable it must be at =Miss+Taylor's ¡O¢ 1 1: 11,31¡B ¢! time of life to be settled in a home of her own+1, 1 1: 11,32¡B ¢! and how important to+1 her to be secure+1 of a comfortable 1 1: 11,33¡B ¢! provision, and therefore cannot allow herself to feel so 1 1: 11,34¡B ¢! much pain as pleasure. Every friend of =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ must 1 1: 11,35¡B ¢! be glad to have her so happily married." 1 1: 11,36¡A ¢! "And you have forgotten one matter of joy to+1 me," 1 1: 11,37¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 1 1: 11,37¡A ¢! "and a very considerable one ^^ that I made 1 1: 11,38¡A ¢! the match myself. I made the match, you know, four 1 1: 12, 1¡A ¢! years ago; and to have it take place, and be proved in 1 1: 12, 2¡A ¢! the right, when so many people said =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ would 1 1: 12, 3¡A ¢! never marry again, may comfort+1 me for any+thing." 1 1: 12, 4¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ shook his head at her. Her father fondly 1 1: 12, 5¡' ¢! replied, 1 1: 12, 5¡P ¢! "Ah] my dear, I wish+1 you would not make 1 1: 12, 6¡P ¢! matches and foretel things, for+1 whatever you say always 1 1: 12, 7¡P ¢! comes to pass. Pray do not make any more matches." 1 1: 12, 8¡A ¢! "I promise+1 you to make none for myself, papa; but 1 1: 12, 9¡A ¢! I must, indeed, for other people. It is the greatest amusement 1 1: 12,10¡A ¢! in the world] And after such success you know]^^ 1 1: 12,11¡A ¢! Every+body said that =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ would never marry 1 1: 12,12¡A ¢! again. Oh dear+2, no+1] =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, who had been a 1 1: 12,13¡A ¢! widower so long+1, and who seemed so perfectly comfortable 1 1: 12,14¡A ¢! without a wife, so constantly occupied either in his 1 1: 12,15¡A ¢! business in town or among his friends here, always 1 1: 12,16¡A ¢! acceptable wherever he went, always cheerful ^^ =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 1 1: 12,17¡A ¢! need+1 not spend a single evening in the year alone if 1 1: 12,18¡A ¢! he did not like+2 it. Oh, no+1] =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ certainly would 1 1: 12,19¡A ¢! never marry again. Some people even talked of a promise 1 1: 12,20¡A ¢! to+1 his wife on her death-bed, and others of the son and the 1 1: 12,21¡A ¢! uncle not letting him. All manner of solemn nonsense 1 1: 12,22¡A ¢! was talked on the subject, but I believed none of it. Ever 1 1: 12,23¡A ¢! since the day (about four years ago) that+2 =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ an **d 1 1: 12,24¡A ¢! I met with him in Broadway-lane, when, because it began 1 1: 12,25¡A ¢! to mizzle, he darted away with so much gallantry, and 1 1: 12,26¡A ¢! borrowed two umbrellas for us from Farmer+Mitchell's ¡ZZJ¢, 1 1: 12,27¡A ¢! I made up my mind on the subject. I planned the match 1 1: 12,28¡A ¢! from that+1 hour; and when such success has blessed me 1 1: 12,29¡A ¢! in this instance, dear papa, you cannot think that I shall 1 1: 12,30¡A ¢! leave+1 off match-making." 1 1: 12,31¡B ¢! "I do not understand what you mean by ""success;"" " 1 1: 12,32¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. 1 1: 12,32¡B ¢! "Success supposes endeavour. Your 1 1: 12,33¡B ¢! time has been properly and delicately spent, if you have 1 1: 12,34¡B ¢! been endeavouring for the last+1 four years to bring about 1 1: 12,35¡B ¢! this marriage. A worthy employment for a young lady's 1 1: 12,36¡B ¢! mind] But if, which I rather imagine, your making the 1 1: 12,37¡B ¢! match, as you call+1 it, means+1 only your planning it, your 1 1: 12,38¡B ¢! saying to+1 yourself one idle day, ""I think it would be 1 1: 13, 1¡B ¢! a very good thing for =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ if =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ were **to 1 1: 13, 2¡B ¢! marry her,"" and saying it again to+1 yourself every now and 1 1: 13, 3¡B ¢! then afterwards,^^ why do you talk+1 of success? where is 1 1: 13, 4¡B ¢! your merit?^^ what are you proud of?^^ you made a lucky 1 1: 13, 5¡B ¢! guess; and ²that+1² is all that can be said." 1 1: 13, 6¡A ¢! "And have you never known the pleasure and triumph 1 1: 13, 7¡A ¢! of a lucky guess?^^ I pity+1 you.^^ I thought+1 you cleverer^^ 1 1: 13, 8¡A ¢! for+1 depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck. 1 1: 13, 9¡A ¢! There is always some talent in it. And as to+1 my poor 1 1: 13,10¡A ¢! word ""success,"" which you quarrel+1 with, I do not know 1 1: 13,11¡A ¢! that I am so entirely without any claim to+1 it. You have 1 1: 13,12¡A ¢! drawn two pretty pictures ^^ but I think there may be 1 1: 13,13¡A ¢! a third ^^ a something between the do-nothing and the 1 1: 13,14¡A ¢! do-all. If I had not promoted =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ visits here, 1 1: 13,15¡A ¢! and given many little encouragements, and smoothed 1 1: 13,16¡A ¢! many little matters, it might not have come to+1 any+thing 1 1: 13,17¡A ¢! after all. I think you must know Hartfield enough to 1 1: 13,18¡A ¢! comprehend that+1." 1 1: 13,19¡B ¢! "A straight-forward+1, open+1-hearted man, like+1 Weston ¡N¢, 1 1: 13,20¡B ¢! and a rational unaffected woman, like+1 =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢, may b **e 1 1: 13,21¡B ¢! safely left+1 to manage their own+1 concerns. You are more 1 1: 13,22¡B ¢! likely to have done harm to+1 yourself, than good to+1 them, 1 1: 13,23¡B ¢! by interference." 1 1: 13,24¡P ¢! "Emma ¡A¢ never thinks of herself, if she can do good to+1 1 1: 13,25¡P ¢! others;" 1 1: 13,25¡' ¢! rejoined =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, understanding+1 but 1 1: 13,26¡' ¢! in part. 1 1: 13,26¡P ¢! "But, my dear, pray do not make any more 1 1: 13,27¡P ¢! matches, they are silly things, and break up one's family 1 1: 13,28¡P ¢! circle grievously." 1 1: 13,29¡A ¢! "Only one more, papa; only for =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. Poor 1 1: 13,30¡A ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢] You like+2 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, papa,^^ I must look+ **1 1 1: 13,31¡A ¢! about for a wife for him. There is nobody in Highbury 1 1: 13,32¡A ¢! who deserves him ^^ and he has been here a whole+1 year, 1 1: 13,33¡A ¢! and has fitted up his house so comfortably that it would 1 1: 13,34¡A ¢! be a shame to have him single any longer ^^ and I thought+1 1 1: 13,35¡A ¢! when he was joining their hands to-day, he looked so very 1 1: 13,36¡A ¢! much as if he would like+2 to have the same kind+1 office done 1 1: 13,37¡A ¢! for him] I think very well of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and this is the 1 1: 13,38¡A ¢! only way I have of doing him a service." 1 1: 14, 1¡P ¢! "=Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is a very pretty young man to be sure, and 1 1: 14, 2¡P ¢! a very good young man, and I have a great regard for 1 1: 14, 3¡P ¢! him. But if you want+1 to shew+1 him any attention, my 1 1: 14, 4¡P ¢! dear, ask him to come and dine with us some day. That+1 1 1: 14, 5¡P ¢! will+1 be a much better+1 thing. I dare+1 say =Mr#+Knightley ¡B **¢ 1 1: 14, 6¡P ¢! will+1 be so kind+1 as to meet him." 1 1: 14, 7¡B ¢! "With a great deal of pleasure, sir, at any time," 1 1: 14, 7¡' ¢! said 1 1: 14, 8¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ laughing; 1 1: 14, 8¡B ¢! "and I agree with you entirely 1 1: 14, 9¡B ¢! that it will+1 be a much better+1 thing. Invite him to+1 dinner **, 1 1: 14,10¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢, and help+1 him to+1 the best of the fish and the 1 1: 14,11¡B ¢! chicken, but leave+1 him to chuse his own+1 wife. Depend 1 1: 14,12¡B ¢! upon it, a man of six or seven-and-twenty can take care 1 1: 14,13¡B ¢! of himself." 1 2: 15, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was a native of Highbury, and born of 1 2: 15, 2¡' ¢! a respectable family, which for the last+1 two or three 1 2: 15, 3¡' ¢! generations had been rising into gentility and property. 1 2: 15, 4¡' ¢! He had received a good education, but on succeeding 1 2: 15, 5¡' ¢! early in life to+1 a small independence, had become indisposed 1 2: 15, 6¡' ¢! for any of the more homely pursuits in which his 1 2: 15, 7¡' ¢! brothers were engaged; and had satisfied an active 1 2: 15, 8¡' ¢! cheerful mind and social temper by entering into the 1 2: 15, 9¡' ¢! militia of his country, then embodied. 1 2: 15,10¡' ¢! Captain+Weston ¡N¢ was a general+1 favourite; and when the 1 2: 15,11¡' ¢! chances of his military life had introduced him to+1 =Miss+Chur **chill ¡ZD3¢, 1 2: 15,12¡' ¢! of a great Yorkshire family, and =Miss+Churchill ¡ZD3¢ 1 2: 15,13¡' ¢! fell in love with him, nobody was surprized except her 1 2: 15,14¡' ¢! brother and his wife, who had never seen him, and who 1 2: 15,15¡' ¢! were full of pride and importance, which the connection 1 2: 15,16¡' ¢! would offend. 1 2: 15,17¡' ¢! =Miss+Churchill ¡ZD3¢, however, being+1 of age, and with the fu **ll 1 2: 15,18¡' ¢! command of her fortune ^^ though her fortune bore no 1 2: 15,19¡' ¢! proportion to+1 the family-estate ^^ was not to be dissuaded 1 2: 15,20¡' ¢! from the marriage, and it took place to+1 the infinite 1 2: 15,21¡' ¢! mortification of =Mr# ¡ZD¢ and Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢, who threw **her 1 2: 15,22¡' ¢! off with due+1 decorum. It was an unsuitable connection, 1 2: 15,23¡' ¢! and did not produce much happiness. =Mrs#+Weston ¡ZD3¢ ought 1 2: 15,24¡' ¢! to have found more in it, for+1 she had a husband whose 1 2: 15,25¡' ¢! warm+1 heart and sweet temper made him think every+thing 1 2: 15,26¡' ¢! due+1 to+1 her in return for the great goodness of being+1 1 2: 15,27¡' ¢! in love with him; but though she had one sort of spirit, 1 2: 15,28¡' ¢! she had not the best. She had resolution enough to 1 2: 15,29¡' ¢! pursue her own+1 will in spite+1 of her brother, but not enough 1 2: 15,30¡' ¢! to refrain from unreasonable regrets at that+1 brother's 1 2: 15,31¡' ¢! unreasonable anger, nor from missing the luxuries of her 1 2: 15,32¡' ¢! former home. They lived beyond their income, but still 1 2: 15,33¡' ¢! it was nothing in comparison of Enscombe; she did not 1 2: 16, 1¡' ¢! cease to love+1 her husband, but she wanted at once to be the 1 2: 16, 2¡' ¢! wife of Captain+Weston ¡N¢, and =Miss+Churchill ¡ZD3¢ of Enscom **be. 1 2: 16, 3¡' ¢! Captain+Weston ¡N¢, who had been considered, especially 1 2: 16, 4¡' ¢! by the Churchills ¡ZD2¢, as making such an amazing match, was 1 2: 16, 5¡' ¢! proved to have much the worst of the bargain; for+1 when 1 2: 16, 6¡' ¢! his wife died after a three years' marriage, he was rather 1 2: 16, 7¡' ¢! a poorer man than at first, and with a child to maintain. 1 2: 16, 8¡' ¢! From the expense of the child, however, he was soon 1 2: 16, 9¡' ¢! relieved. The boy had, with the additional softening 1 2: 16,10¡' ¢! claim of a lingering illness of his mother's, been the 1 2: 16,11¡' ¢! means of a sort of reconciliation; and =Mr# ¡ZD¢ and =Mrs#+Chur **chill ¡ZD1¢, 1 2: 16,12¡' ¢! having no children of their own+1, nor any other 1 2: 16,13¡' ¢! young creature of equal+2 kindred to care+1 for, offered to 1 2: 16,14¡' ¢! take the whole+1 charge of the little Frank ¡E¢ soon after her 1 2: 16,15¡' ¢! decease. Some scruples and some reluctance the widower-father 1 2: 16,16¡' ¢! may be supposed to have felt; but as they were 1 2: 16,17¡' ¢! overcome by other considerations, the child was given 1 2: 16,18¡' ¢! up to+1 the care and the wealth of the Churchills ¡ZD2¢, and he 1 2: 16,19¡' ¢! had only his own+1 comfort to seek and his own+1 situation 1 2: 16,20¡' ¢! to improve as he could. 1 2: 16,21¡' ¢! A complete change of life became desirable. He quitted 1 2: 16,22¡' ¢! the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already 1 2: 16,23¡' ¢! established in a good way in London, which afforded him 1 2: 16,24¡' ¢! a favourable opening. It was a concern which brought 1 2: 16,25¡' ¢! just+1 employment enough. He had still a small house in 1 2: 16,26¡' ¢! Highbury, where most of his leisure days were spent; 1 2: 16,27¡' ¢! and between useful occupation and the pleasures of 1 2: 16,28¡' ¢! society, the next eighteen or twenty years of his life passed 1 2: 16,29¡' ¢! cheerfully away. He had, by that+1 time, realized an easy 1 2: 16,30¡' ¢! competence ^^ enough to secure the purchase of a little 1 2: 16,31¡' ¢! estate adjoining Highbury, which he had always longed 1 2: 16,32¡' ¢! for ^^ enough to marry a woman as portionless even as 1 2: 16,33¡' ¢! =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢, and to live according to+1 the wishes of his 1 2: 16,34¡' ¢! own+1 friendly and social disposition. 1 2: 16,35¡' ¢! It was now some time since =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ had begun to 1 2: 16,36¡' ¢! influence+1 his schemes; but as it was not the tyrannic 1 2: 16,37¡' ¢! influence of youth on youth, it had not shaken his determinatio **n 1 2: 16,38¡' ¢! of never settling till he could purchase+1 Randalls, 1 2: 17, 1¡' ¢! and the sale of Randalls was long+1 looked forward+1 to+1: but 1 2: 17, 2¡' ¢! he had gone steadily on, with these objects in view, till 1 2: 17, 3¡' ¢! they were accomplished. He had made his fortune, 1 2: 17, 4¡' ¢! bought his house, and obtained his wife; and was beginning+1 1 2: 17, 5¡' ¢! a new period of existence with every probability of 1 2: 17, 6¡' ¢! greater happiness than in any yet passed through. He 1 2: 17, 7¡' ¢! had never been an unhappy man; his own+1 temper had 1 2: 17, 8¡' ¢! secured him from that+1, even in his first marriage; but 1 2: 17, 9¡' ¢! his second+2 must shew+1 him how delightful a well-judging 1 2: 17,10¡' ¢! and truly amiable woman could be, and must give him 1 2: 17,11¡' ¢! the pleasantest proof of its being+1 a great deal better+1 to 1 2: 17,12¡' ¢! chuse than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it. 1 2: 17,13¡' ¢! He had only himself to please in his choice: his fortune 1 2: 17,14¡' ¢! was his own+1; for+1 as to+1 Frank ¡E¢, it was more than being+ **1 1 2: 17,15¡' ¢! tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so 1 2: 17,16¡' ¢! avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of 1 2: 17,17¡' ¢! Churchill ¡ZD2¢ on coming of age. It was most unlikely, therefo **re, 1 2: 17,18¡' ¢! that he should ever want+1 his father's assistance. 1 2: 17,19¡' ¢! His father had no apprehension of it. The aunt was a 1 2: 17,20¡' ¢! capricious woman, and governed her husband entirely; 1 2: 17,21¡' ¢! but it was not in =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ nature to imagine that any 1 2: 17,22¡' ¢! caprice could be strong enough to affect one so dear, and, 1 2: 17,23¡' ¢! as he believed, so deservedly dear. He saw his son every 1 2: 17,24¡' ¢! year in London, and was proud of him; and his fond 1 2: 17,25¡' ¢! report of him as a very fine young man had made Highbury 1 2: 17,26¡' ¢! feel a sort of pride in him too. He was looked on 1 2: 17,27¡' ¢! as sufficiently belonging to+1 the place to make his merits 1 2: 17,28¡' ¢! and prospects a kind of common concern. 1 2: 17,29¡' ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ was one of the boasts of Highbury, 1 2: 17,30¡' ¢! and a lively curiosity to see him prevailed, though the 1 2: 17,31¡' ¢! compliment was so little returned that he had never been 1 2: 17,32¡' ¢! there in his life. His coming to visit+1 his father had been 1 2: 17,33¡' ¢! often talked of but never achieved. 1 2: 17,34¡' ¢! Now, upon his father's marriage, it was very generally 1 2: 17,35¡' ¢! proposed, as a most proper attention, that the visit 1 2: 17,36¡' ¢! should take place. There was not a dissentient voice on 1 2: 17,37¡' ¢! the subject, either when =Mrs#+Perry ¡V1¢ drank tea with 1 2: 17,38¡' ¢! =Mrs# ¡C¢ and =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, or when =Mrs# ¡C¢ and =Miss+Bate **s ¡D¢ returned 1 2: 18, 1¡' ¢! the visit. Now was the time for =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ to 1 2: 18, 2¡' ¢! come among them; and the hope strengthened when it 1 2: 18, 3¡' ¢! was understood that he had written to+1 his new mother 1 2: 18, 4¡' ¢! on the occasion. For a few days every morning visit in 1 2: 18, 5¡' ¢! Highbury included some mention of the handsome letter 1 2: 18, 6¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ had received. 1 2: 18, 6¡Y3 ¢! "I suppose you have heard 1 2: 18, 7¡Y3 ¢! of the handsome letter =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ had written 1 2: 18, 8¡Y3 ¢! to+1 =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢? I understand it was a very handsome 1 2: 18, 9¡Y3 ¢! letter, indeed. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ told me of it. =Mr#+Woodhous **e ¡P¢ 1 2: 18,10¡Y3 ¢! saw the letter, and he says he never saw such 1 2: 18,11¡Y3 ¢! a handsome letter in his life." 1 2: 18,12¡' ¢! It was, indeed, a highly-prized letter. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 1 2: 18,13¡' ¢! had, of course+1, formed a very favourable idea of the 1 2: 18,14¡' ¢! young man; and such a pleasing attention was an irresistible 1 2: 18,15¡' ¢! proof of his great good sense, and a most welcome+2 1 2: 18,16¡' ¢! addition to+1 every source and every expression of congratulati **on 1 2: 18,17¡' ¢! which her marriage had already secured. She felt 1 2: 18,18¡' ¢! herself a most fortunate woman; and she had lived long+1 1 2: 18,19¡' ¢! enough to know how fortunate she might well be thought+1, 1 2: 18,20¡' ¢! where the only regret was for a partial separation from 1 2: 18,21¡' ¢! friends, whose friendship for her had never cooled, and 1 2: 18,22¡' ¢! who could ill bear to part+1 with her] 1 2: 18,23¡' ¢! She knew that at times she must be missed; and could 1 2: 18,24¡' ¢! not think, without pain, of Emma's ¡A¢ losing a single 1 2: 18,25¡' ¢! pleasure, or suffering an hour's ennui, from the want of 1 2: 18,26¡' ¢! her companionableness: 1 2: 18,26@O ! but dear Emma ¡A¢ was of no feeble 1 2: 18,27@O ! character; she was more equal+2 to+1 her situation than most 1 2: 18,28@O ! girls would have been, and had sense and energy and 1 2: 18,29@O ! spirits that+2 might be hoped would bear her well and 1 2: 18,30@O ! happily through its little difficulties and privations. And 1 2: 18,31@O ! then there was such comfort in the very easy distance of 1 2: 18,32@O ! Randalls from Hartfield, so convenient for even solitary 1 2: 18,33@O ! female walking, and in =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ disposition and 1 2: 18,34@O ! circumstances, which would make the approaching season 1 2: 18,35@O ! no hindrance to+1 their spending half the evenings in the 1 2: 18,36@O ! week together. 1 2: 18,37¡' ¢! Her situation was altogether the subject of hours of 1 2: 18,38¡' ¢! gratitude to+1 =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, and of moments only of regret; 1 2: 19, 1¡' ¢! and her satisfaction ^^ her more than satisfaction ^^ her 1 2: 19, 2¡' ¢! cheerful enjoyment was so just and so apparent, that 1 2: 19, 3¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, well as she knew her father, was sometimes taken 1 2: 19, 4¡' ¢! by surprize at his being+1 still able to pity+1 1 2: 19, 4@P ! "poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢," 1 2: 19, 5¡' ¢! when they left+1 her at Randalls in the centre of 1 2: 19, 6¡' ¢! every domestic+1 comfort, or saw her go away in the evening 1 2: 19, 7¡' ¢! attended by her pleasant husband to+1 a carriage of her 1 2: 19, 8¡' ¢! own+1. But never did she go without =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ 1 2: 19, 9¡' ¢! giving a gentle sigh, and saying: 1 2: 19,10¡P ¢! "Ah] poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢. She would be very glad to stay+1." 1 2: 19,11¡' ¢! There was no recovering =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ ^^ nor much likelihood 1 2: 19,12¡' ¢! of ceasing to pity+1 her: but a few weeks brought 1 2: 19,13¡' ¢! some alleviation to+1 =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢. The compliments 1 2: 19,14¡' ¢! of his neighbours were over; he no longer teased by 1 2: 19,15¡' ¢! being+1 wished joy of so sorrowful an event; and the 1 2: 19,16¡' ¢! wedding-cake, which had been a great distress to+1 him, 1 2: 19,17¡' ¢! was all eat up. His own+1 stomach could bear nothing rich, 1 2: 19,18¡' ¢! and he could never believe other people to be different 1 2: 19,19¡' ¢! from himself. What was unwholesome to+1 him, he regarded 1 2: 19,20¡' ¢! as unfit for any+body; and he had, therefore, earnestly 1 2: 19,21¡' ¢! tried to dissuade them from having any wedding-cake 1 2: 19,22¡' ¢! at all, and when that+1 proved vain, as earnestly tried 1 2: 19,23¡' ¢! to prevent any+body's eating it. He had been at the 1 2: 19,24¡' ¢! pains of consulting =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢, the apothecary, on the 1 2: 19,25¡' ¢! subject. =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ was an intelligent, gentlemanlike man, 1 2: 19,26¡' ¢! whose frequent visits were one of the comforts of =Mr#+Woodhous **e's ¡P¢ 1 2: 19,27¡' ¢! life; and, upon being+1 applied to+1, he could 1 2: 19,28¡' ¢! not but acknowledge, (though it seemed rather against the 1 2: 19,29¡' ¢! bias of inclination,) that wedding-cake might certainly 1 2: 19,30¡' ¢! disagree with many ^^ perhaps with most people, unless 1 2: 19,31¡' ¢! taken moderately. With such an opinion, in confirmation 1 2: 19,32¡' ¢! of his own+1, =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ hoped to influence+1 every 1 2: 19,33¡' ¢! visitor of the new-married pair; but still the cake was 1 2: 19,34¡' ¢! eaten; and there was no rest+2 for his benevolent nerves 1 2: 19,35¡' ¢! till it was all gone. 1 2: 19,36¡' ¢! There was a strange rumour in Highbury of all the little 1 2: 19,37¡' ¢! Perrys ¡V3¢ being+1 seen with a slice of =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ wed **ding-cake 1 2: 19,38¡' ¢! in their hands: but =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ would never believe it. 1 3: 20, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was fond of society in his own+1 way. 1 3: 20, 2¡' ¢! He liked very much to have his friends come and see him; 1 3: 20, 3¡' ¢! and from various united causes, from his long+1 residence 1 3: 20, 4¡' ¢! at Hartfield, and his good nature, from his fortune, his 1 3: 20, 5¡' ¢! house, and his daughter, he could command+1 the visits of 1 3: 20, 6¡' ¢! his own+1 little circle, in a great measure as he liked. He 1 3: 20, 7¡' ¢! had not much intercourse with any families beyond that+1 1 3: 20, 8¡' ¢! circle; his horror of late hours and large dinner-parties 1 3: 20, 9¡' ¢! made him unfit for any acquaintance, but such as would 1 3: 20,10¡' ¢! visit+1 him on his own+1 terms. Fortunately for him, Highbury, 1 3: 20,11¡' ¢! including Randalls in the same parish, and Donwell+Abbey 1 3: 20,12¡' ¢! in the parish adjoining, the seat of =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 1 3: 20,13¡' ¢! comprehended many such. Not unfrequently, through 1 3: 20,14¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ persuasion, he had some of the chosen and the 1 3: 20,15¡' ¢! best to dine with him, but evening-parties were what he 1 3: 20,16¡' ¢! preferred, and, unless he fancied himself at any time 1 3: 20,17¡' ¢! unequal to+1 company, there was scarcely an evening in 1 3: 20,18¡' ¢! the week in which Emma ¡A¢ could not make up a card-table 1 3: 20,19¡' ¢! for him. 1 3: 20,20¡' ¢! Real, long+1-standing regard brought the Westons ¡N1¢ and 1 3: 20,21¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢; and by =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, a young man living 1 3: 20,22¡' ¢! alone without liking it, the privilege of exchanging any 1 3: 20,23¡' ¢! vacant evening of his own+1 blank solitude for the elegancies 1 3: 20,24¡' ¢! and society of =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ drawing-room and the 1 3: 20,25¡' ¢! smiles of his lovely daughter, was in no danger of being+1 1 3: 20,26¡' ¢! thrown away. 1 3: 20,27¡' ¢! After these came a second+2 set; among the most come-at-able 1 3: 20,28¡' ¢! of whom were =Mrs# ¡C¢ and =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ and =Mrs#+Goddard ¡Z **ZD¢, 1 3: 20,29¡' ¢! three ladies almost always at the service of an 1 3: 20,30¡' ¢! invitation from Hartfield, and who were fetched and 1 3: 20,31¡' ¢! carried home so often that =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ thought+1 it no 1 3: 20,32¡' ¢! hardship for either James ¡ZI¢ or the horses. Had it taken 1 3: 20,33¡' ¢! place only once a year, it would have been a grievance. 1 3: 21, 1¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, 1 3: 21, 2¡' ¢! was a very old lady, almost past+1 every+thing but tea and 1 3: 21, 3¡' ¢! quadrille. She lived with her single daughter in a very 1 3: 21, 4¡' ¢! small way, and was considered with all the regard and 1 3: 21, 5¡' ¢! respect which a harmless old lady, under such untoward 1 3: 21, 6¡' ¢! circumstances, can excite. Her daughter enjoyed a most 1 3: 21, 7¡' ¢! uncommon degree of popularity for a woman neither 1 3: 21, 8¡' ¢! young, handsome, rich, nor married. =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ stood 1 3: 21, 9¡' ¢! in the very worst predicament in the world for having 1 3: 21,10¡' ¢! much of the public+1 favour; and she had no intellectual 1 3: 21,11¡' ¢! superiority to make atonement to+1 herself, or frighten 1 3: 21,12¡' ¢! those who might hate her, into outward respect. She had 1 3: 21,13¡' ¢! never boasted either beauty or cleverness. Her youth had 1 3: 21,14¡' ¢! passed without distinction, and her middle of life was 1 3: 21,15¡' ¢! devoted to+1 the care of a failing mother, and the endeavour 1 3: 21,16¡' ¢! to make a small income go as far as possible. And yet 1 3: 21,17¡' ¢! she was a happy woman, and a woman whom no+one 1 3: 21,18¡' ¢! named without good-will+1. It was her own+1 universal good-will **+1 1 3: 21,19¡' ¢! and contented temper which worked such wonders. 1 3: 21,20¡' ¢! She loved every+body, was interested in every+body's 1 3: 21,21¡' ¢! happiness, quick+1-sighted to+1 every+body's merits; thought+1 1 3: 21,22¡' ¢! herself a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with 1 3: 21,23¡' ¢! blessings in such an excellent mother and so many good 1 3: 21,24¡' ¢! neighbours and friends, and a home that+2 wanted for 1 3: 21,25¡' ¢! nothing. The simplicity and cheerfulness of her nature, 1 3: 21,26¡' ¢! her contented and grateful spirit, were a recommendation 1 3: 21,27¡' ¢! to+1 every+body and a mine of felicity to+1 herself. She was 1 3: 21,28¡' ¢! a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited 1 3: 21,29¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, full of trivial communications and 1 3: 21,30¡' ¢! harmless gossip. 1 3: 21,31¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ was the mistress of a School^^ not of 1 3: 21,32¡' ¢! a seminary, or an establishment, or any+thing which 1 3: 21,33¡' ¢! professed, in long+1 sentences of refined nonsense, to combine 1 3: 21,34¡' ¢! liberal acquirements with elegant morality upon new 1 3: 21,35¡' ¢! principles and new systems^^ and where young ladies for 1 3: 21,36¡' ¢! enormous pay might be screwed out of health and into 1 3: 21,37¡' ¢! vanity^^ but a real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school, 1 3: 21,38¡' ¢! where a reasonable quantity of accomplishments were sold 1 3: 22, 1¡' ¢! at a reasonable price, and where girls might be sent to 1 3: 22, 2¡' ¢! be out of the way and scramble themselves into a little 1 3: 22, 3¡' ¢! education, without any danger of coming back+1 prodigies. 1 3: 22, 4¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ school was in high repute ^^ and very 1 3: 22, 5¡' ¢! deservedly; for Highbury was reckoned a particularly 1 3: 22, 6¡' ¢! healthy spot: she had an ample house and garden, gave 1 3: 22, 7¡' ¢! the children plenty of wholesome food, let them run+1 about 1 3: 22, 8¡' ¢! a great deal in the summer, and in winter dressed their 1 3: 22, 9¡' ¢! chilblains with her own+1 hands. It was no wonder that 1 3: 22,10¡' ¢! a train of twenty young couple now walked after her to+1 1 3: 22,11¡' ¢! church. She was a plain, motherly kind of woman, who 1 3: 22,12¡' ¢! had worked hard in her youth, and now thought+1 herself 1 3: 22,13¡' ¢! entitled to+1 the occasional holiday of a tea-visit; and 1 3: 22,14¡' ¢! having formerly owed much to+1 =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ kindness, 1 3: 22,15¡' ¢! felt his particular claim on her to leave+1 her neat parlour 1 3: 22,16¡' ¢! hung round+1 with fancy-work whenever she could, and 1 3: 22,17¡' ¢! win or lose a few sixpences by his fireside. 1 3: 22,18¡' ¢! These were the ladies whom Emma ¡A¢ found herself very 1 3: 22,19¡' ¢! frequently able to collect; and happy was she, for her 1 3: 22,20¡' ¢! father's sake, in the power; though, as far as she was 1 3: 22,21¡' ¢! herself concerned, it was no remedy for the absence of 1 3: 22,22¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. She was delighted to see her father look+1 1 3: 22,23¡' ¢! comfortable, and very much pleased with herself for 1 3: 22,24¡' ¢! contriving things so well; but the quiet prosings of three 1 3: 22,25¡' ¢! such women made her feel that every evening so spent, 1 3: 22,26¡' ¢! was indeed one of the long+1 evenings she had fearfully 1 3: 22,27¡' ¢! anticipated. 1 3: 22,28¡' ¢! As she sat one morning, looking forward+1 to+1 exactly such 1 3: 22,29¡' ¢! a close of the present+2 day, a note was brought from 1 3: 22,30¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, requesting, in most respectful terms, to b **e 1 3: 22,31¡' ¢! allowed to bring =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ with her; a most welcome+2 1 3: 22,32¡' ¢! request: for =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ was a girl of seventeen whom 1 3: 22,33¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ knew very well by sight and had long+1 felt an 1 3: 22,34¡' ¢! interest in, on account of her beauty. A very gracious 1 3: 22,35¡' ¢! invitation was returned, and the evening no longer dreaded 1 3: 22,36¡' ¢! by the fair mistress of the mansion. 1 3: 22,37¡' ¢! Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ was the natural+1 daughter of somebody. 1 3: 22,38¡' ¢! Somebody had placed her, several years back+1, at =Mrs#+Goddard **'s ¡ZZD¢ 1 3: 23, 1¡' ¢! school, and somebody had lately raised her 1 3: 23, 2¡' ¢! from the condition of scholar to+1 that+1 of parlour-boarder. 1 3: 23, 3¡' ¢! This was all that+2 was generally known of her history. 1 3: 23, 4¡' ¢! She had no visible friends but what had been acquired 1 3: 23, 5¡' ¢! at Highbury, and was now just+1 returned from a long+1 visit 1 3: 23, 6¡' ¢! in the country to+1 some young ladies who had been at 1 3: 23, 7¡' ¢! school there with her. 1 3: 23, 8¡' ¢! She was a very pretty girl, and her beauty happened 1 3: 23, 9¡' ¢! to be of a sort which Emma ¡A¢ particularly admired. She 1 3: 23,10¡' ¢! was short+1, plump and fair, with a fine bloom, blue eyes, 1 3: 23,11¡' ¢! light+1 hair, regular features, and a look of great sweetness; 1 3: 23,12¡' ¢! and before the end of the evening, Emma ¡A¢ was as much 1 3: 23,13¡' ¢! pleased with her manners as her person, and quite determined 1 3: 23,14¡' ¢! to continue the acquaintance. 1 3: 23,15@A ! She was not struck by any+thing remarkably clever in 1 3: 23,16@A ! =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢ conversation, but she found her altogether 1 3: 23,17@A ! very engaging ^^ not inconveniently shy, not unwilling to 1 3: 23,18@A ! talk+1 ^^ and yet so far from pushing, shewing so proper 1 3: 23,19@A ! and becoming a deference, seeming so pleasantly grateful 1 3: 23,20@A ! for being+1 admitted to+1 Hartfield, and so artlessly impressed 1 3: 23,21@A ! by the appearance of every+thing in so superior a style to+1 1 3: 23,22@A ! what she had been used+1 to+1, that she must have good sense 1 3: 23,23@A ! and deserve encouragement. Encouragement should be 1 3: 23,24@A ! given. Those soft blue eyes and all those natural+1 graces 1 3: 23,25@A ! should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury 1 3: 23,26@A ! and its connections. The acquaintance she had already 1 3: 23,27@A ! formed were unworthy of her. The friends from whom 1 3: 23,28@A ! she had just+1 parted, though very good sort of people, must 1 3: 23,29@A ! be doing her harm. 1 3: 23,29¡' ¢! They were a family of the name of 1 3: 23,30¡' ¢! Martin ¡S1¢, whom Emma ¡A¢ well knew by character, as renting 1 3: 23,31¡' ¢! a large farm of =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, and residing in the parish 1 3: 23,32¡' ¢! of Donwell ^^ 1 3: 23,32@A ! very creditably she believed ^^ she knew 1 3: 23,33@A ! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ thought+1 highly of them ^^ but they must be 1 3: 23,34@A ! coarse and unpolished, and very unfit to be the intimates 1 3: 23,35@A ! of a girl who wanted only a little more knowledge and 1 3: 23,36@A ! elegance to be quite perfect+1. ²She² would notice+1 her; she 1 3: 23,37@A ! would improve her; she would detach her from her bad 1 3: 23,38@A ! acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she 1 3: 24, 1@A ! would form+1 her opinions and her manners. It would be 1 3: 24, 2@A ! an interesting, and certainly a very kind+1 undertaking; 1 3: 24, 3@A ! highly becoming her own+1 situation in life, her leisure, and 1 3: 24, 4@A ! powers. 1 3: 24, 5¡' ¢! She was so busy in admiring those soft blue eyes, in 1 3: 24, 6¡' ¢! talking and listening, and forming all these schemes in the 1 3: 24, 7¡' ¢! in-betweens, that the evening flew away at a very unusual 1 3: 24, 8¡' ¢! rate; and the supper-table, which always closed such 1 3: 24, 9¡' ¢! parties, and for which she had been used+1 to sit and watch+1 1 3: 24,10¡' ¢! the due+1 time, was all set+1 out and ready, and moved 1 3: 24,11¡' ¢! forwards to+1 the fire, before she was aware. With an 1 3: 24,12¡' ¢! alacrity beyond the common impulse of a spirit which yet 1 3: 24,13¡' ¢! was never indifferent to+1 the credit of doing every+thing 1 3: 24,14¡' ¢! well and attentively, with the real good-will+1 of a mind 1 3: 24,15¡' ¢! delighted with its own+1 ideas, did she then do all the 1 3: 24,16¡' ¢! honours of the meal, and help+1 and recommend the minced 1 3: 24,17¡' ¢! chicken and scalloped oysters with an urgency which she 1 3: 24,18¡' ¢! knew would be acceptable to+1 the early hours and civil 1 3: 24,19¡' ¢! scruples of their guests. 1 3: 24,20¡' ¢! Upon such occasions poor =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ feelings 1 3: 24,21¡' ¢! were in sad warfare. He loved to have the cloth laid, 1 3: 24,22¡' ¢! because it had been the fashion of his youth; but his 1 3: 24,23¡' ¢! conviction of suppers being+1 very unwholesome made him 1 3: 24,24¡' ¢! rather sorry to see any+thing put on it; and while+2 his 1 3: 24,25¡' ¢! hospitality would have welcomed his visitors to+1 every+thing, 1 3: 24,26¡' ¢! his care for their health made him grieve that they 1 3: 24,27¡' ¢! would eat. 1 3: 24,28¡' ¢! Such another small basin of thin gruel as his own+1, was 1 3: 24,29¡' ¢! all that+2 he could, with thorough self-approbation, 1 3: 24,30¡' ¢! recommend, though he might constrain himself, while+2 the 1 3: 24,31¡' ¢! ladies were comfortably clearing the nicer things, to say: 1 3: 24,32¡P ¢! "=Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢, let me propose your venturing on one of 1 3: 24,33¡P ¢! these eggs. An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome. 1 3: 24,34¡P ¢! Serle ¡ZZN¢ understands boiling an egg better+1 than any+body. 1 3: 24,35¡P ¢! I would not recommend an egg boiled by any+body else ^^ 1 3: 24,36¡P ¢! but you need+1 not be afraid ^^ they are very small, you 1 3: 24,37¡P ¢! see ^^ one of our small eggs will+1 not hurt you. =Miss+Bates ¡ **D¢, 1 3: 24,38¡P ¢! let Emma ¡A¢ help+1 you to+1 a ²little² bit of tart ^^ a ²very² ** little bit. 1 3: 25, 1¡P ¢! Ours are all apple+tarts. You need+1 not be afraid of unwholeso **me 1 3: 25, 2¡P ¢! preserves here. I do not advise the custard. 1 3: 25, 3¡P ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, what say you to+1 ²half² a glass of wine? 1 3: 25, 4¡P ¢! A ²small² half glass ^^ put into a tumbler of water? I do 1 3: 25, 5¡P ¢! not think it could disagree with you." 1 3: 25, 6¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ allowed her father to talk+1 ^^ but supplied her 1 3: 25, 7¡' ¢! visitors in a much more satisfactory style; and on the 1 3: 25, 8¡' ¢! present+2 evening had particular pleasure in sending them 1 3: 25, 9¡' ¢! away happy. The happiness of =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ was quite 1 3: 25,10¡' ¢! equal+2 to+1 her intentions. =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ was so great 1 3: 25,11¡' ¢! a personage in Highbury, that the prospect of the introduction 1 3: 25,12¡' ¢! had given as much panic as pleasure ^^ but the 1 3: 25,13¡' ¢! humble+1, grateful, little girl went off with highly gratified 1 3: 25,14¡' ¢! feelings, delighted with the affability with which =Miss+Woodho **use ¡A¢ 1 3: 25,15¡' ¢! had treated her all the evening, and actually 1 3: 25,16¡' ¢! shaken hands with her at last+1+2] 1 4: 26, 1¡' ¢! Harriet+Smith's ¡M¢ intimacy at Hartfield was soon 1 4: 26, 2¡' ¢! a settled thing. Quick+1 and decided+1 in her ways, Emma ¡A¢ 1 4: 26, 3¡' ¢! lost no time in inviting, encouraging, and telling her to 1 4: 26, 4¡' ¢! come very often; and as their acquaintance increased, 1 4: 26, 5¡' ¢! so did their satisfaction in each other. As a walking 1 4: 26, 6¡' ¢! companion, Emma ¡A¢ had very early foreseen how useful 1 4: 26, 7¡' ¢! she might find her. In that+1 respect =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ loss 1 4: 26, 8¡' ¢! had been important. Her father never went beyond the 1 4: 26, 9¡' ¢! shrubbery, where two divisions of the grounds sufficed 1 4: 26,10¡' ¢! him for his long+1 walk, or his short+1, as the year varied; 1 4: 26,11¡' ¢! and since =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ marriage her exercise had been 1 4: 26,12¡' ¢! too much confined. She had ventured once alone to+1 1 4: 26,13¡' ¢! Randalls, but it was not pleasant; and a Harriet+Smith ¡M¢, 1 4: 26,14¡' ¢! therefore, one whom she could summon at any time to+1 1 4: 26,15¡' ¢! a walk, would be a valuable addition to+1 her privileges. 1 4: 26,16¡' ¢! But in every respect as she saw more of her, she approved 1 4: 26,17¡' ¢! her, and was confirmed in all her kind+1 designs. 1 4: 26,18@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ certainly was not clever, but she had a sweet, 1 4: 26,19@A ! docile, grateful disposition; was totally free from conceit; 1 4: 26,20@A ! and only desiring to be guided by any+one she looked up 1 4: 26,21@A ! to+1. Her early attachment to+1 herself was very amiable; 1 4: 26,22@A ! and her inclination for good company, and power of 1 4: 26,23@A ! appreciating what was elegant and clever, shewed that 1 4: 26,24@A ! there was no want of taste, though strength of understanding 1 4: 26,25@A ! must not be expected. Altogether she was 1 4: 26,26@A ! quite convinced of Harriet+Smith's ¡M¢ being+1 exactly the 1 4: 26,27@A ! young friend she wanted ^^ exactly the something which 1 4: 26,28@A ! her home required. Such a friend as =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was 1 4: 26,29@A ! out of the question. Two such could never be granted. 1 4: 26,30@A ! Two such she did not want+1. It was quite a different sort 1 4: 26,31@A ! of thing ^^ a sentiment distinct and independent. =Mrs#+Weston **¡O¢ 1 4: 26,32@A ! was the object of a regard, which had its basis 1 4: 26,33@A ! in gratitude and esteem. Harriet ¡M¢ would be loved as one 1 4: 27, 1@A ! to+1 whom she could be useful. For =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ there was 1 4: 27, 2@A ! nothing to be done; for Harriet ¡M¢ every+thing. 1 4: 27, 3¡' ¢! Her first attempts at usefulness were in an endeavour 1 4: 27, 4¡' ¢! to find out who were the parents; but Harriet ¡M¢ could not 1 4: 27, 5¡' ¢! tell. She was ready to tell every+thing in her power, but 1 4: 27, 6¡' ¢! on this subject questions were vain. Emma ¡A¢ was obliged 1 4: 27, 7¡' ¢! to fancy+1 what she liked ^^ but she could never believe that 1 4: 27, 8¡' ¢! in the same situation ²she² should not have discovered the 1 4: 27, 9¡' ¢! truth. Harriet ¡M¢ had no penetration. She had been 1 4: 27,10¡' ¢! satisfied to hear and believe just+1 what =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ c **hose 1 4: 27,11¡' ¢! to tell her; and looked no farther. 1 4: 27,12¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, and the teachers, and the girls, and the 1 4: 27,13¡' ¢! affairs of the school in general+1, formed naturally a great 1 4: 27,14¡' ¢! part of her conversation ^^ and but for her acquaintance 1 4: 27,15¡' ¢! with the Martins ¡S1¢ of Abbey-Mill-Farm, it must have been 1 4: 27,16¡' ¢! the whole. But the Martins ¡S1¢ occupied her thoughts a good 1 4: 27,17¡' ¢! deal; she had spent two very happy months with them, 1 4: 27,18¡' ¢! and now loved to talk+1 of the pleasures of her visit, and 1 4: 27,19¡' ¢! describe the many comforts and wonders of the place. 1 4: 27,20¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ encouraged her talkativeness ^^ amused by such 1 4: 27,21¡' ¢! a picture of another set of beings, and enjoying the 1 4: 27,22¡' ¢! youthful simplicity which could speak with so much 1 4: 27,23¡' ¢! exultation of =Mrs#+Martin's ¡S2¢ having 1 4: 27,23¡M ¢! "²two² parlours, two 1 4: 27,24¡M ¢! very good parlours indeed; one of them quite as large as 1 4: 27,25¡M ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ drawing-room; and of her having an 1 4: 27,26¡M ¢! upper maid who had lived five-and-twenty years with 1 4: 27,27¡M ¢! her; and of their having eight cows, two of them Alderneys, 1 4: 27,28¡M ¢! and one a little Welch cow, a very pretty little Welch 1 4: 27,29¡M ¢! cow, indeed; and of =Mrs#+Martin's ¡S2¢ saying, as she was so 1 4: 27,30¡M ¢! fond of it, it should be called ²her² cow; and of their 1 4: 27,31¡M ¢! having a very handsome summer-house in their garden, 1 4: 27,32¡M ¢! where some day next year they were all to drink tea:^^ 1 4: 27,33¡M ¢! a very handsome summer-house, large enough to hold+1 1 4: 27,34¡M ¢! a dozen people." 1 4: 27,35¡' ¢! For some time she was amused, without thinking beyond 1 4: 27,36¡' ¢! the immediate cause; but as she came to understand the 1 4: 27,37¡' ¢! family better+1, other feelings arose. 1 4: 27,37@A ! She had taken up 1 4: 27,38@A ! a wrong+1 idea, fancying it was a mother and daughter, 1 4: 28, 1@A ! a son and son's wife, who all lived together; but when 1 4: 28, 2@A ! it appeared that the =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢, who bore a part in the 1 4: 28, 3@A ! narrative, and was always mentioned with approbation 1 4: 28, 4@A ! for his great good-nature in doing something or other, 1 4: 28, 5@A ! was a single man; that there was no young =Mrs#+Martin ¡ZZJ1¢, 1 4: 28, 6@A ! no wife in the case; she did suspect danger to+1 her poor 1 4: 28, 7@A ! little friend from all this hospitality and kindness ^^ and 1 4: 28, 8@A ! that if she were not taken care of, she might be required 1 4: 28, 9@A ! to sink herself for+ever. 1 4: 28,10¡' ¢! With this inspiriting notion, her questions increased in 1 4: 28,11¡' ¢! number and meaning; and she particularly led Harriet ¡M¢ 1 4: 28,12¡' ¢! to talk+1 more of =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢,^^ and there was evidently no 1 4: 28,13¡' ¢! dislike to+1 it. Harriet ¡M¢ was very ready to speak of the 1 4: 28,14¡' ¢! share he had had in their moonlight walks and merry 1 4: 28,15¡' ¢! evening games; and dwelt a good deal upon his being+1 1 4: 28,16¡' ¢! so very good-humoured and obliging. 1 4: 28,16¡M ¢! "He had gone 1 4: 28,17¡M ¢! three miles round+1 one day, in order+2 to bring her some 1 4: 28,18¡M ¢! walnuts, because she had said how fond she was of them^^ 1 4: 28,19¡M ¢! and in every+thing else he was so very obliging] He had 1 4: 28,20¡M ¢! his shepherd's son into the parlour one night on purpose 1 4: 28,21¡M ¢! to sing to+1 her. She was very fond of singing. He could 1 4: 28,22¡M ¢! sing a little himself. She believed he was very clever, 1 4: 28,23¡M ¢! and understood every+thing. He had a very fine flock; 1 4: 28,24¡M ¢! and while+2 she was with them, he had been bid more for 1 4: 28,25¡M ¢! his wool than any+body in the country. She believed 1 4: 28,26¡M ¢! every+body spoke well of him. His mother and sisters 1 4: 28,27¡M ¢! were very fond of him. =Mrs#+Martin ¡S2¢ had told her one day, 1 4: 28,28¡' ¢! (and there was a blush as she said it,) 1 4: 28,28¡M ¢! that it was impossible 1 4: 28,29¡M ¢! for any+body to be a better+1 son; and therefore she 1 4: 28,30¡M ¢! was sure whenever he married he would make a good 1 4: 28,31¡M ¢! husband. Not that she ²wanted² him to marry. She was in 1 4: 28,32¡M ¢! no hurry at all." 1 4: 28,33@A ! "Well done, =Mrs#+Martin ¡S2¢ ]" 1 4: 28,33¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢. 1 4: 28,33@A ! "You 1 4: 28,34@A ! know what you are about." 1 4: 28,35¡M ¢! "And when she had come away, =Mrs#+Martin ¡S2¢ was so 1 4: 28,36¡M ¢! very kind+1 as to send =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ a beautiful goose: t **he 1 4: 28,37¡M ¢! finest goose =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ had ever seen. =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ **ZZD¢ 1 4: 28,38¡M ¢! had dressed it on a Sunday, and asked all the three 1 4: 29, 1¡M ¢! teachers, =Miss+Nash ¡T¢, and =Miss+Prince ¡ZZK¢, and =Miss+Ric **hardson ¡ZZL¢, 1 4: 29, 2¡M ¢! to sup with her." 1 4: 29, 3¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Martin ¡S¢, I suppose, is not a man of information 1 4: 29, 4¡A ¢! beyond the line of his own+1 business. He does not read?" 1 4: 29, 5¡M ¢! "Oh, yes]^^ that+1 is, no+1 ^^ I do not know ^^ but I believe 1 4: 29, 6¡M ¢! he has read a good deal ^^ but not what you would think 1 4: 29, 7¡M ¢! any+thing of. He reads the Agricultural+Reports and some 1 4: 29, 8¡M ¢! other books, that+2 lay+1 in one of the window seats ^^ but he 1 4: 29, 9¡M ¢! reads all ²them² to+1 himself. But sometimes of an evening, 1 4: 29,10¡M ¢! before we went to+1 cards, he would read something aloud 1 4: 29,11¡M ¢! out of the Elegant+Extracts ^^ very entertaining. And 1 4: 29,12¡M ¢! I know he had read the Vicar+of+Wakefield. He never 1 4: 29,13¡M ¢! read the Romance+of+the+Forest, nor the Children+of+the+Abbey. 1 4: 29,14¡M ¢! He had never heard of such books before I mentioned 1 4: 29,15¡M ¢! them, but he is determined to get them now as 1 4: 29,16¡M ¢! soon as ever he can." 1 4: 29,17¡' ¢! The next question was: 1 4: 29,18¡A ¢! "What sort of looking man is =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢?" 1 4: 29,19¡M ¢! "Oh] not handsome ^^ not at all handsome. I thought+1 1 4: 29,20¡M ¢! him very plain at first, but I do not think him so plain 1 4: 29,21¡M ¢! now. One does not, you know, after a time. But, did you 1 4: 29,22¡M ¢! never see him] He is in Highbury every now and then, 1 4: 29,23¡M ¢! and he is sure to ride+1 through every week in his way to+1 1 4: 29,24¡M ¢! Kingston. He has passed you very often." 1 4: 29,25¡A ¢! "That+1 may be ^^ and I may have seen him fifty times, 1 4: 29,26¡A ¢! but without having any idea of his name. A young 1 4: 29,27¡A ¢! farmer, whether on horseback or on foot, is the very last+1 1 4: 29,28¡A ¢! sort of person to raise my curiosity. The yeomanry are 1 4: 29,29¡A ¢! precisely the order of people with whom I feel I can have 1 4: 29,30¡A ¢! nothing to do. A degree or two lower+1, and a creditable 1 4: 29,31¡A ¢! appearance might interest+1 me; I might hope+1 to be useful 1 4: 29,32¡A ¢! to+1 their families in some way or other. But a farmer can 1 4: 29,33¡A ¢! need+1 none of my help, and is therefore in one sense as 1 4: 29,34¡A ¢! much above my notice as in every other he is below it." 1 4: 29,35¡M ¢! "To be sure. Oh] yes, it is not likely you should ever 1 4: 29,36¡M ¢! have observed him ^^ but he knows you very well indeed ^^ 1 4: 29,37¡M ¢! I mean by sight." 1 4: 29,38¡A ¢! "I have no doubt of his being+1 a very respectable young 1 4: 30, 1¡A ¢! man. I know indeed that he is so; and as such wish+1 him 1 4: 30, 2¡A ¢! well. What do you imagine his age to be?" 1 4: 30, 3¡M ¢! "He was four-and-twenty the 8th of last+1 June, and my 1 4: 30, 4¡M ¢! birth-day is the 23d ^^ just+1 a fortnight and a day's 1 4: 30, 5¡M ¢! difference] which is very odd]" 1 4: 30, 6¡A ¢! "Only four-and-twenty. That+1 is too young to settle. 1 4: 30, 7¡A ¢! His mother is perfectly right+1 not to be in a hurry. They 1 4: 30, 8¡A ¢! seem very comfortable as they are, and if she were to 1 4: 30, 9¡A ¢! take any pains to marry him, she would probably repent 1 4: 30,10¡A ¢! it. Six years hence, if he could meet with a good sort 1 4: 30,11¡A ¢! of young woman in the same rank as his own+1, with a little 1 4: 30,12¡A ¢! money, it might be very desirable." 1 4: 30,13¡M ¢! "Six years hence] dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, he would be 1 4: 30,14¡M ¢! thirty years old]" 1 4: 30,15¡A ¢! "Well, and that+1 is as early as most men can afford to 1 4: 30,16¡A ¢! marry, who are not born to+1 an independence. =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢, 1 4: 30,17¡A ¢! I imagine, has his fortune entirely to make ^^ cannot be 1 4: 30,18¡A ¢! at all beforehand with the world. Whatever money he 1 4: 30,19¡A ¢! might come into when his father died, whatever his share 1 4: 30,20¡A ¢! of the family property, it is, I dare+1 say, all afloat, all 1 4: 30,21¡A ¢! employed in his stock, and so forth; and though, with 1 4: 30,22¡A ¢! diligence and good luck, he may be rich in time, it is next 1 4: 30,23¡A ¢! to+1 impossible that he should have realised any+thing yet." 1 4: 30,24¡M ¢! "To be sure, so it is. But they live very comfortably. 1 4: 30,25¡M ¢! They have no in-doors man ^^ else they do not want+1 for 1 4: 30,26¡M ¢! any+thing; and =Mrs#+Martin ¡S2¢ talks of taking a boy another 1 4: 30,27¡M ¢! year." 1 4: 30,28¡A ¢! "I wish+1 you may not get into a scrape, Harriet ¡M¢, whenever 1 4: 30,29¡A ¢! he does marry;^^ I mean, as to+1 being+1 acquainted 1 4: 30,30¡A ¢! with his wife ^^ for+1 though his sisters, from a superior 1 4: 30,31¡A ¢! education, are not to be altogether objected to+1, it does 1 4: 30,32¡A ¢! not follow that he might marry any+body at all fit+2 for you 1 4: 30,33¡A ¢! to notice+1. The misfortune of your birth ought to make 1 4: 30,34¡A ¢! you particularly careful as to+1 your associates. There can 1 4: 30,35¡A ¢! be no doubt of your being+1 a gentleman's daughter, and 1 4: 30,36¡A ¢! you must support your claim to+1 that+1 station by every+thing 1 4: 30,37¡A ¢! thing within your own+1 power, or there will+1 be plenty of 1 4: 30,38¡A ¢! people who would take pleasure in degrading you." 1 4: 31, 1¡M ¢! "Yes, to be sure ^^ I suppose there are. But while+2 1 4: 31, 2¡M ¢! I visit+1 at Hartfield, and you are so kind+1 to+1 me, =Miss+Wo **odhouse ¡A¢, 1 4: 31, 3¡M ¢! I am not afraid of what any+body can do." 1 4: 31, 4¡A ¢! "You understand the force of influence pretty+1 well, 1 4: 31, 5¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢; but I would have you so firmly established in 1 4: 31, 6¡A ¢! good society, as to be independent even of Hartfield and 1 4: 31, 7¡A ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢. I want+1 to see you permanently well 1 4: 31, 8¡A ¢! connected ^^ and to+1 that+1 end it will+1 be advisable to have 1 4: 31, 9¡A ¢! as few odd acquaintance as may be; and, therefore, I say 1 4: 31,10¡A ¢! that if you should still be in this country when =Mr#+Martin ¡S **¢ 1 4: 31,11¡A ¢! marries, I wish+1 you may not be drawn in, by your intimacy 1 4: 31,12¡A ¢! with the sisters, to be acquainted with the wife, who will+1 1 4: 31,13¡A ¢! probably be some mere farmer's daughter, without 1 4: 31,14¡A ¢! education." 1 4: 31,15¡M ¢! "To be sure. Yes. Not that I think =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ would 1 4: 31,16¡M ¢! ever marry any+body but what had had some education ^^ 1 4: 31,17¡M ¢! and been very well brought up. However, I do not mean 1 4: 31,18¡M ¢! to set+1 up my opinion against your's ^^ and I am sure I shall 1 4: 31,19¡M ¢! not wish+1 for the acquaintance of his wife. I shall always 1 4: 31,20¡M ¢! have a great regard for the =Miss+Martins ¡S4¢, especially 1 4: 31,21¡M ¢! Elizabeth ¡S3¢, and should be very sorry to give them up, for+1 1 4: 31,22¡M ¢! they are quite as well educated as me. But if he marries 1 4: 31,23¡M ¢! a very ignorant, vulgar woman, certainly I had better+1 not 1 4: 31,24¡M ¢! visit+1 her, if I can help+1 it." 1 4: 31,25¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ watched her through the fluctuations of this 1 4: 31,26¡' ¢! speech, and saw no alarming symptoms of love. The 1 4: 31,27¡' ¢! young man had been the first admirer, but she trusted 1 4: 31,28¡' ¢! there was no other hold, and that there would be no 1 4: 31,29¡' ¢! serious+1 difficulty on Harriet's ¡M¢ side to oppose any friend **ly 1 4: 31,30¡' ¢! arrangement of her own+1. 1 4: 31,31¡' ¢! They met =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ the very next day, as they were 1 4: 31,32¡' ¢! walking on the Donwell road. He was on foot, and after 1 4: 31,33¡' ¢! looking very respectfully at her, looked with most unfeigned 1 4: 31,34¡' ¢! satisfaction at her companion. Emma ¡A¢ was not 1 4: 31,35¡' ¢! sorry to have such an opportunity of survey; and walking 1 4: 31,36¡' ¢! a few yards forward+1, while+2 they talked together, soon 1 4: 31,37¡' ¢! made her quick+1 eye sufficiently acquainted with =Mr#+Robert+M **artin ¡S¢. 1 4: 31,38¡' ¢! His appearance was very neat, and he looked 1 4: 32, 1¡' ¢! like+1 a sensible+1 young man, but his person had no 1 4: 32, 2¡' ¢! other advantage; and when he came to be contrasted 1 4: 32, 3¡' ¢! with gentlemen, she thought+1 he must lose all the ground 1 4: 32, 4¡' ¢! he had gained in Harriet's ¡M¢ inclination. Harriet ¡M¢ was not 1 4: 32, 5¡' ¢! insensible of manner; she had voluntarily noticed her 1 4: 32, 6¡' ¢! father's gentleness with admiration as well as wonder. 1 4: 32, 7¡' ¢! =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ looked as if he did not know what manner was. 1 4: 32, 8¡' ¢! They remained but a few minutes together, as =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A **¢ 1 4: 32, 9¡' ¢! must not be kept waiting; and Harriet ¡M¢ then 1 4: 32,10¡' ¢! came running to+1 her with a smiling face, and in a flutter 1 4: 32,11¡' ¢! of spirits, which =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ hoped very soon to 1 4: 32,12¡' ¢! compose. 1 4: 32,13¡M ¢! "Only think of our happening to meet him]^^ How 1 4: 32,14¡M ¢! very odd] It was quite a chance, he said, that he had 1 4: 32,15¡M ¢! not gone round+1 by Randalls. He did not think we ever 1 4: 32,16¡M ¢! walked this road. He thought+1 we walked towards Randalls 1 4: 32,17¡M ¢! most days. He has not been able to get the Romance+of+the+Fores **t 1 4: 32,18¡M ¢! yet. He was so busy the last+1 time he was 1 4: 32,19¡M ¢! at Kingston that he quite forgot it, but he goes again 1 4: 32,20¡M ¢! to-morrow. So very odd we should happen to meet] 1 4: 32,21¡M ¢! Well, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, is he like+1 what you expected? 1 4: 32,22¡M ¢! What do you think of him? Do you think him so very 1 4: 32,23¡M ¢! plain?" 1 4: 32,24¡A ¢! "He is very plain, undoubtedly ^^ remarkably plain:^^ 1 4: 32,25¡A ¢! but that+1 is nothing, compared with his entire want of 1 4: 32,26¡A ¢! gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not 1 4: 32,27¡A ¢! expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very 1 4: 32,28¡A ¢! clownish, so totally without air. I had imagined him, 1 4: 32,29¡A ¢! I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility." 1 4: 32,30¡M ¢! "To be sure," 1 4: 32,30¡' ¢! said Harriet ¡M¢, in a mortified voice, 1 4: 32,30¡M ¢! "he is 1 4: 32,31¡M ¢! not so genteel as real gentlemen." 1 4: 32,32¡A ¢! "I think, Harriet ¡M¢, since your acquaintance with us, 1 4: 32,33¡A ¢! you have been repeatedly in the company of some, such 1 4: 32,34¡A ¢! very real gentlemen, that you must yourself be struck 1 4: 32,35¡A ¢! with the difference in =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢. At Hartfield you have 1 4: 32,36¡A ¢! had very good specimens of well educated, well bred men. 1 4: 32,37¡A ¢! I should be surprized if, after seeing them, you could be 1 4: 32,38¡A ¢! in company with =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ again without perceiving 1 4: 33, 1¡A ¢! him to be a very inferior creature ^^ and rather wondering 1 4: 33, 2¡A ¢! at yourself for having ever thought+1 him at all agreeable 1 4: 33, 3¡A ¢! before. Do not you begin to feel that+1 now? Were not 1 4: 33, 4¡A ¢! you struck? I am sure you must have been struck by 1 4: 33, 5¡A ¢! his awkward look and abrupt manner ^^ and the uncouthness 1 4: 33, 6¡A ¢! of a voice, which I heard to be wholly unmodulated 1 4: 33, 7¡A ¢! as I stood here." 1 4: 33, 8¡M ¢! "Certainly, he is not like+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. He has not 1 4: 33, 9¡M ¢! such a fine air and way of walking as =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. 1 4: 33,10¡M ¢! I see the difference plain enough. But =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ is 1 4: 33,11¡M ¢! so very fine a man]" 1 4: 33, 12¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ air is so remarkably good, that it is 1 4: 33,13¡A ¢! not fair to compare =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ with ²him². You might 1 4: 33,14¡A ¢! not see one in a hundred, with ²gentleman² so plainly written 1 4: 33,15¡A ¢! as in =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. But he is not the only gentleman 1 4: 33,16¡A ¢! you have been lately used+1 to+1. What say you to+1 1 4: 33,17¡A ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢? Compare =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ wit **h 1 4: 33,18¡A ¢! either of ²them². Compare their manner of carrying themselves; 1 4: 33,19¡A ¢! of walking; of speaking; of being+1 silent. You 1 4: 33,20¡A ¢! must see the difference." 1 4: 33,21¡M ¢! "Oh, yes] ^^ there is a great difference. But =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 1 4: 33,22¡M ¢! is almost an old man. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ must be between forty 1 4: 33,23¡M ¢! and fifty." 1 4: 33,24¡A ¢! "Which makes his good manners the more valuable. 1 4: 33,25¡A ¢! The older a person grows, Harriet ¡M¢, the more important it 1 4: 33,26¡A ¢! is that their manners should not be bad ^^ the more glaring 1 4: 33,27¡A ¢! and disgusting any loudness, or coarseness, or awkwardness 1 4: 33,28¡A ¢! becomes. What is passable in youth, is detestable 1 4: 33,29¡A ¢! in later age. =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ is now awkward and abrupt; 1 4: 33,30¡A ¢! what will+1 he be at =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ time of life?" 1 4: 33,31¡M ¢! "There is no saying, indeed]" 1 4: 33,31¡' ¢! replied Harriet ¡M¢, rather 1 4: 33,32¡' ¢! solemnly. 1 4: 33,33¡A ¢! "But there may be pretty+1 good guessing. He will+1 be 1 4: 33,34¡A ¢! a completely gross, vulgar farmer ^^ totally inattentive to+1 1 4: 33,35¡A ¢! appearances, and thinking of nothing but profit and loss." 1 4: 33,36¡M ¢! "Will+1 he, indeed, that+1 will+1 be very bad." 1 4: 33,37¡A ¢! "How much his business engrosses him already, is very 1 4: 33,38¡A ¢! plain from the circumstance of his forgetting to inquire 1 4: 34, 1¡A ¢! for the book you recommended. He was a great deal too 1 4: 34, 2¡A ¢! full of the market to think of any+thing else ^^ which is 1 4: 34, 3¡A ¢! just+1 as it should be, for a thriving man. What has he to 1 4: 34, 4¡A ¢! do with books? And I have no doubt that he ²will+1² thrive 1 4: 34, 5¡A ¢! and be a very rich man in time ^^ and his being+1 illiterate 1 4: 34, 6¡A ¢! and coarse need+1 not disturb ²us²." 1 4: 34, 7¡M ¢! "I wonder+1 he did not remember the book"^^ 1 4: 34, 7¡' ¢! was all 1 4: 34, 8¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ answer, and spoken with a degree of grave+1 1 4: 34, 9¡' ¢! displeasure which Emma ¡A¢ thought+1 might be safely left+1 to+ **1 1 4: 34,10¡' ¢! itself. She, therefore, said no more for some time. Her 1 4: 34,11¡' ¢! next beginning was, 1 4: 34,12¡A ¢! "In one respect, perhaps, =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ manners are 1 4: 34,13¡A ¢! superior to+1 =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ or =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢. They h **ave 1 4: 34,14¡A ¢! more gentleness. They might be more safely held up as 1 4: 34,15¡A ¢! a pattern. There is an openness, a quickness, almost 1 4: 34,16¡A ¢! a bluntness in =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, which every+body likes in ²him² 1 4: 34,17¡A ¢! because there is so much good+humour with it ^^ but that+1 1 4: 34,18¡A ¢! would not do to be copied. Neither would =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ 1 4: 34,19¡A ¢! downright, decided+1, commanding sort of manner ^^ though 1 4: 34,20¡A ¢! it suits ²him² very well; his figure and look, and situation 1 4: 34,21¡A ¢! in life seem to allow it; but if any young man were to 1 4: 34,22¡A ¢! set+1 about copying him, he would not be sufferable. On the 1 4: 34,23¡A ¢! contrary, I think a young man might be very safely 1 4: 34,24¡A ¢! recommended to take =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ as a model. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 1 4: 34,25¡A ¢! is good+humoured, cheerful, obliging, and gentle. He 1 4: 34,26¡A ¢! seems to+1 me, to be grown particularly gentle of late. I do 1 4: 34,27¡A ¢! not know whether he has any design of ingratiating himself 1 4: 34,28¡A ¢! with either of us, Harriet ¡M¢, by additional softness, but 1 4: 34,29¡A ¢! it strikes me that his manners are softer than they used+1 1 4: 34,30¡A ¢! to be. If he means+1 anything, it must be to please you. 1 4: 34,31¡A ¢! Did not I tell you what he said of you the other day?" 1 4: 34,32¡' ¢! She then repeated some warm+1 personal praise which 1 4: 34,33¡' ¢! she had drawn from =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and now did full justice 1 4: 34,34¡' ¢! to+1; and Harriet ¡M¢ blushed and smiled, and said she had 1 4: 34,35¡' ¢! always thought+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ very agreeable. 1 4: 34,36¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was the very person fixed on by Emma ¡A¢ for 1 4: 34,37¡' ¢! driving the young farmer out of Harriet's ¡M¢ head. 1 4: 34,37¡' ¢! She 1 4: 34,38¡' ¢! thought+1 1 4: 34,38@A ! it would be an excellent match; and only too 1 4: 35, 1@A ! palpably desirable, natural+1, and probable, for her to have 1 4: 35, 2@A ! much merit in planning it. She feared it was what every+body 1 4: 35, 3@A ! else must think of and predict. It was not likely, 1 4: 35, 4@A ! however, that any+body should have equalled her in the 1 4: 35, 5@A ! date of the plan, as it had entered her brain during the 1 4: 35, 6@A ! very first evening of Harriet's ¡M¢ coming to+1 Hartfield. The 1 4: 35, 7@A ! longer she considered it, the greater was her sense of its 1 4: 35, 8@A ! expediency. =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ situation was most suitable, 1 4: 35, 9@A ! quite the gentleman himself, and without low connections; 1 4: 35,10@A ! at the same time not of any family that+2 could 1 4: 35,11@A ! fairly object to+1 the doubtful birth of Harriet ¡M¢. He had 1 4: 35,12@A ! a comfortable home for her, and 1 4: 35,12¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ imagined 1 4: 35,12@A ! a very 1 4: 35,13@A ! sufficient income; for+1 though the vicarage of Highbury 1 4: 35,14@A ! was not large, he was known to have some independent 1 4: 35,15@A ! property; and she thought+1 very highly of him as a good-humour **ed, 1 4: 35,16@A ! well-meaning, respectable young man, without 1 4: 35,17@A ! any deficiency of useful understanding or knowledge of 1 4: 35,18@A ! the world. 1 4: 35,19@A ! She had already satisfied herself that he thought+1 1 4: 35,20@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ a beautiful girl, which she trusted, with such 1 4: 35,21@A ! frequent meetings at Hartfield, was foundation enough 1 4: 35,22@A ! on his side; and on Harriet's ¡M¢, there could be little doubt 1 4: 35,23@A ! that the idea of being+1 preferred by him would have all 1 4: 35,24@A ! the usual weight and efficacy. And he was really a very 1 4: 35,25@A ! pleasing young man, a young man whom any woman 1 4: 35,26@A ! not fastidious might like+2. He was reckoned very handsome; 1 4: 35,27@A ! his person much admired in general+1, though not 1 4: 35,28@A ! by her, there being+1 a want of elegance of feature which 1 4: 35,29@A ! she could not dispense with:^^ but the girl who could be 1 4: 35,30@A ! gratified by a Robert+Martin's ¡S¢ riding about the country 1 4: 35,31@A ! to get walnuts for her, might very well be conquered by 1 4: 35,32@A ! =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ admiration. 1 5: 36, 1¡B ¢! "I do not know what your opinion may be, =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢," 1 5: 36, 2¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 1 5: 36, 2¡B ¢! "of this great intimacy between 1 5: 36, 3¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢ and Harriet+Smith ¡M¢, but I think it a bad thing." 1 5: 36, 4¡O ¢! "A bad thing] Do you really think it a bad thing?^^ 1 5: 36, 5¡O ¢! why so?" 1 5: 36, 6¡B ¢! "I think they will+1 neither of them do the other any 1 5: 36, 7¡B ¢! good." 1 5: 36, 8¡O ¢! "You surprize+1 me] Emma ¡A¢ must do Harriet ¡M¢ good: 1 5: 36, 9¡O ¢! and by supplying her with a new object of interest, Harriet ¡M¢ 1 5: 36,10¡O ¢! may be said to do Emma ¡A¢ good. I have been seeing their 1 5: 36,11¡O ¢! intimacy with the greatest pleasure. How very differently 1 5: 36,12¡O ¢! we feel]^^ Not think they will+1 do each other any good] 1 5: 36,13¡O ¢! This will+1 certainly be the beginning of one of our quarrels 1 5: 36,14¡O ¢! about Emma ¡A¢, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢." 1 5: 36,15¡B ¢! "Perhaps you think I am come on purpose to quarrel+1 1 5: 36,16¡B ¢! with you, knowing Weston ¡N¢ to be out, and that you must 1 5: 36,17¡B ¢! still fight your own+1 battle." 1 5: 36,18¡O ¢! "=Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ would undoubtedly support me, if he were 1 5: 36,19¡O ¢! here, for+1 he thinks exactly as I do on the subject. We 1 5: 36,20¡O ¢! were speaking of it only yesterday, and agreeing how 1 5: 36,21¡O ¢! fortunate it was for Emma ¡A¢, that there should be such 1 5: 36,22¡O ¢! a girl in Highbury for her to associate with. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B **¢, 1 5: 36,23¡O ¢! I shall not allow you to be a fair judge in this case. 1 5: 36,24¡O ¢! You are so much used+1 to live alone, that you do not know 1 5: 36,25¡O ¢! the value of a companion; and perhaps no man can be 1 5: 36,26¡O ¢! a good judge of the comfort a woman feels in the society 1 5: 36,27¡O ¢! of one of her own+1 sex, after being+1 used+1 to+1 it all her l **ife. 1 5: 36,28¡O ¢! I can imagine your objection to+1 Harriet+Smith ¡M¢. She is 1 5: 36,29¡O ¢! not the superior young woman which Emma's ¡A¢ friend 1 5: 36,30¡O ¢! ought to be. But on the other hand as Emma ¡A¢ wants+1 to 1 5: 36,31¡O ¢! see her better+1 informed, it will+1 be an inducement to+1 her 1 5: 36,32¡O ¢! to read more herself. They will+1 read together. She 1 5: 36,33¡O ¢! means+1 it, I know." 1 5: 37, 1¡B ¢! "Emma ¡A¢ has been meaning to read more ever since she 1 5: 37, 2¡B ¢! was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of 1 5: 37, 3¡B ¢! her drawing up at various times of books that+2 she meant 1 5: 37, 4¡B ¢! to read regularly through ^^ and very good lists they were ^^ 1 5: 37, 5¡B ¢! very well chosen, and very neatly arranged ^^ sometimes 1 5: 37, 6¡B ¢! alphabetically, and sometimes by some other rule. The 1 5: 37, 7¡B ¢! list she drew up when only fourteen ^^ I remember thinking 1 5: 37, 8¡B ¢! it did her judgment so much credit, that I preserved it 1 5: 37, 9¡B ¢! some time; and I dare+1 say she may have made out a very 1 5: 37,10¡B ¢! good list now. But I have done with expecting any 1 5: 37,11¡B ¢! course of steady reading from Emma ¡A¢. She will+1 never 1 5: 37,12¡B ¢! submit to+1 any+thing requiring industry and patience, and 1 5: 37,13¡B ¢! a subjection of the fancy to+1 the understanding. Where 1 5: 37,14¡B ¢! =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ failed to stimulate, I may safely affirm that 1 5: 37,15¡B ¢! Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ will+1 do nothing.^^ You never could persuade 1 5: 37,16¡B ¢! her to read half so much as you wished.^^ You know you 1 5: 37,17¡B ¢! could not." 1 5: 37,18¡O ¢! "I dare+1 say," 1 5: 37,18¡' ¢! replied =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, smiling, 1 5: 37,18¡O ¢! "that 1 5: 37,19¡O ¢! I thought+1 so ²then²;^^ but since we have parted, I can 1 5: 37,20¡O ¢! never remember Emma's ¡A¢ omitting to do any+thing I 1 5: 37,21¡O ¢! wished." 1 5: 37,22¡B ¢! "There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory 1 5: 37,23¡B ¢! as ²that+1²" ^^ 1 5: 37,23¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, feelingly; and for a moment 1 5: 37,24¡' ¢! or two he had done. 1 5: 37,24¡B ¢! "But I", 1 5: 37,24¡' ¢! he soon added, 1 5: 37,24¡B ¢! "who have 1 5: 37,25¡B ¢! had no such charm thrown over my senses, must still see, 1 5: 37,26¡B ¢! hear, and remember. Emma ¡A¢ is spoiled by being+1 the 1 5: 37,27¡B ¢! cleverest of her family. At ten years old, she had the 1 5: 37,28¡B ¢! misfortune of being+1 able to answer+1 questions which 1 5: 37,29¡B ¢! puzzled her sister at seventeen. She was always quick+1 1 5: 37,30¡B ¢! and assured: Isabella ¡L¢ slow and diffident. And ever since 1 5: 37,31¡B ¢! she was twelve, Emma ¡A¢ has been mistress of the house 1 5: 37,32¡B ¢! and of you all. In her mother she lost the only person 1 5: 37,33¡B ¢! able to cope with her. She inherits her mother's talents, 1 5: 37,34¡B ¢! and must have been under subjection to+1 her." 1 5: 37,35¡O ¢! "I should have been sorry, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, to be 1 5: 37,36¡O ¢! dependent on ²your² recommendation, had I quitted 1 5: 37,37¡O ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ family and wanted another situation; 1 5: 37,38¡O ¢! I do not think you would have spoken a good word for 1 5: 38, 1¡O ¢! me to+1 any+body. I am sure you always thought+1 me unfit 1 5: 38, 2¡O ¢! for the office I held." 1 5: 38, 3¡B ¢! "Yes," 1 5: 38, 3¡' ¢! said he, smiling. 1 5: 38, 3¡B ¢! "You are better+1 placed ²here²; 1 5: 38, 4¡B ¢! very fit+2 for a wife, but not at all for a governess. But 1 5: 38, 5¡B ¢! you were preparing yourself to be an excellent wife all 1 5: 38, 6¡B ¢! the time you were at Hartfield. You might not give 1 5: 38, 7¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢ such a complete education as your powers would 1 5: 38, 8¡B ¢! seem to promise+1; but you were receiving a very good 1 5: 38, 9¡B ¢! education from ²her², on the very material matrimonial point 1 5: 38,10¡B ¢! of submitting your own+1 will, and doing as you were bid; 1 5: 38,11¡B ¢! and if Weston ¡N¢ had asked me to recommend him a wife, 1 5: 38,12¡B ¢! I should certainly have named =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢." 1 5: 38,13¡O ¢! "Thank you. There will+1 be very little merit in making 1 5: 38,14¡O ¢! a good wife to+1 such a man as =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢." 1 5: 38,15¡B ¢! "Why, to own the truth, I am afraid you are rather 1 5: 38,16¡B ¢! thrown away, and that with every disposition to bear, 1 5: 38,17¡B ¢! there will+1 be nothing to be borne. We will+1 not despair+1, 1 5: 38,18¡B ¢! however. Weston ¡N¢ may grow cross+1 from the wantonness 1 5: 38,19¡B ¢! of comfort, or his son may plague him." 1 5: 38,20¡O ¢! "I hope+1 not ²that+1².^^ It is not likely. No+1, =Mr#+Knightle **y ¡B¢, 1 5: 38,21¡O ¢! do not foretel vexation from that+1 quarter+1." 1 5: 38,22¡B ¢! "Not I, indeed. I only name+1 possibilities. I do not 1 5: 38,23¡B ¢! pretend to+1 Emma's ¡A¢ genius for foretelling and guessing. 1 5: 38,24¡B ¢! I hope+1, with all my heart, the young man may be a Weston ¡N1¢ 1 5: 38,25¡B ¢! in merit, and a Churchill ¡ZD2¢ in fortune.^^ But Harriet+Smith ** ¡M¢^^ 1 5: 38,26¡B ¢! I have not half done about Harriet+Smith ¡M¢. I think her 1 5: 38,27¡B ¢! the very worst sort of companion that+2 Emma ¡A¢ could 1 5: 38,28¡B ¢! possibly have. She knows nothing herself, and looks+1 upon 1 5: 38,29¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢ as knowing every+thing. She is a flatterer in all 1 5: 38,30¡B ¢! her ways; and so much the worse, because undesigned. 1 5: 38,31¡B ¢! Her ignorance is hourly flattery. How can Emma ¡A¢ 1 5: 38,32¡B ¢! imagine she has any+thing to learn herself, while+2 Harriet ¡M¢ 1 5: 38,33¡B ¢! is presenting such a delightful inferiority? And as for 1 5: 38,34¡B ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, I will+1 venture to say that ²she² cannot gain+1 b **y the 1 5: 38,35¡B ¢! acquaintance. Hartfield will+1 only put her out of conceit 1 5: 38,36¡B ¢! with all the other places she belongs to+1. She will+1 grow 1 5: 38,37¡B ¢! just+1 refined enough to be uncomfortable with those among 1 5: 38,38¡B ¢! whom birth and circumstances have placed her home. 1 5: 39, 1¡B ¢! I am much mistaken if Emma's ¡A¢ doctrines give any 1 5: 39, 2¡B ¢! strength of mind, or tend at all to make a girl adapt 1 5: 39, 3¡B ¢! herself rationally to+1 the varieties of her situation in life. **^^ 1 5: 39, 4¡B ¢! They only give a little polish." 1 5: 39, 5¡O ¢! "I either depend more upon Emma's ¡A¢ good sense than 1 5: 39, 6¡O ¢! you do, or am more anxious for her present+2 comfort; for+1 1 5: 39, 7¡O ¢! I cannot lament the acquaintance. How well she looked 1 5: 39, 8¡O ¢! last+1 night]" 1 5: 39, 9¡B ¢! "Oh] you would rather talk+1 of her person than her 1 5: 39,10¡B ¢! mind, would you? Very well; I shall not attempt+1 to 1 5: 39,11¡B ¢! deny Emma's ¡A¢ being+1 pretty." 1 5: 39,12¡O ¢! "Pretty] say beautiful rather. Can you imagine any+thing 1 5: 39,13¡O ¢! nearer perfect+1 beauty than Emma ¡A¢ altogether ^^ face 1 5: 39,14¡O ¢! and figure?" 1 5: 39,15¡B ¢! "I do not know what I could imagine, but I confess 1 5: 39,16¡B ¢! that I have seldom seen a face or figure more pleasing to+1 1 5: 39,17¡B ¢! me than her's. But I am a partial old friend." 1 5: 39,18¡O ¢! "Such an eye]^^ the true hazle eye ^^ and so brilliant] 1 5: 39,19¡O ¢! regular features, open+1 countenance, with a complexion] 1 5: 39,20¡O ¢! oh] what a bloom of full health, and such a pretty height 1 5: 39,21¡O ¢! and size; such a firm and upright figure. There is health, 1 5: 39,22¡O ¢! not merely in her bloom, but in her air, her head, her 1 5: 39,23¡O ¢! glance. One hears sometimes of a child being+1 ""the picture 1 5: 39,24¡O ¢! of health;"" now Emma ¡A¢ always gives me the idea of being+1 1 5: 39,25¡O ¢! the complete picture of grown-up health. She is loveliness 1 5: 39,26¡O ¢! itself. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, is not she?" 1 5: 39,27¡B ¢! "I have not a fault to find with her person," 1 5: 39,27¡' ¢! he replied. 1 5: 39,28¡B ¢! I think her all you describe. I love+1 to look+1 at her; and 1 5: 39,29¡B ¢! I will+1 add this praise, that I do not think her personally 1 5: 39,30¡B ¢! vain. Considering how very handsome she is, she appears 1 5: 39,31¡B ¢! to be little occupied with it; her vanity lies+1 another way. 1 5: 39,32¡B ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, I am not to be talked out of my dislike of 1 5: 39,33¡B ¢! her intimacy with Harriet+Smith ¡M¢, or my dread of its 1 5: 39,34¡B ¢! doing them both harm." 1 5: 39,35¡O ¢! "And I, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, am equally stout in my 1 5: 39,36¡O ¢! confidence of its not doing them any harm. With all dear 1 5: 39,37¡O ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ little faults, she is an excellent creature. Where 1 5: 39,38¡O ¢! shall we see a better+1 daughter, or a kinder sister, or a true **r 1 5: 40, 1¡O ¢! friend? No+1, no+1; she has qualities which may be trusted; 1 5: 40, 2¡O ¢! she will+1 never lead+1 any+one really wrong+1; she will+1 make 1 5: 40, 3¡O ¢! no lasting blunder; where Emma ¡A¢ errs once, she is in the 1 5: 40, 4¡O ¢! right a hundred times." 1 5: 40, 5¡B ¢! "Very well; I will+1 not plague you any more. Emma ¡A¢ 1 5: 40, 6¡B ¢! shall be an angel, and I will+1 keep my spleen to+1 myself till 1 5: 40, 7¡B ¢! Christmas brings John ¡K¢ and Isabella ¡L¢. John ¡K¢ loves Emma ** ¡A¢ 1 5: 40, 8¡B ¢! with a reasonable and therefore not a blind+2 affection, and 1 5: 40, 9¡B ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ always thinks as he does; except when he is not 1 5: 40,10¡B ¢! quite frightened enough about the children. I am sure 1 5: 40,11¡B ¢! of having their opinions with me." 1 5: 40,12¡O ¢! "I know that you all love+1 her really too well to be 1 5: 40,13¡O ¢! unjust or unkind; but excuse+1 me, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, if 1 5: 40,14¡O ¢! I take the liberty (I consider myself, you know, as having 1 5: 40,15¡O ¢! somewhat of the privilege of speech that+2 Emma's ¡A¢ mother 1 5: 40,16¡O ¢! might have had) the liberty of hinting that I do not think 1 5: 40,17¡O ¢! any possible good can arise from Harriet+Smith's ¡M¢ intimacy 1 5: 40,18¡O ¢! being+1 made a matter of much discussion among you. 1 5: 40,19¡O ¢! Pray excuse+1 me; but supposing any little inconvenience 1 5: 40,20¡O ¢! may be apprehended from the intimacy, it cannot be 1 5: 40,21¡O ¢! expected that Emma ¡A¢, accountable to+1 nobody but her 1 5: 40,22¡O ¢! father, who perfectly approves the acquaintance, should 1 5: 40,23¡O ¢! put an end to+1 it, so long+1 as it is a source of pleasure to+ **1 1 5: 40,24¡O ¢! herself. It has been so many years my province to give 1 5: 40,25¡O ¢! advice, that you cannot be surprized, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, at 1 5: 40,26¡O ¢! this little remains of office." 1 5: 40,27¡B ¢! "Not at all," 1 5: 40,27¡' ¢! cried he; 1 5: 40,27¡B ¢! "I am much obliged to+1 you for 1 5: 40,28¡B ¢! it. It is very good advice, and it shall have a better+1 fate 1 5: 40,29¡B ¢! than your advice has often found; for+1 it shall be attended 1 5: 40,30¡B ¢! to+1." 1 5: 40,31¡O ¢! "=Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢ is easily alarmed, and might be 1 5: 40,32¡O ¢! made unhappy about her sister." 1 5: 40,33¡B ¢! "Be satisfied," 1 5: 40,33¡' ¢! said he, 1 5: 40,33¡B ¢! "I will+1 not raise any outcry. 1 5: 40,34¡B ¢! I will+1 keep my ill-humour to+1 myself. I have a very 1 5: 40,35¡B ¢! sincere interest in Emma ¡A¢. Isabella ¡L¢ does not seem more 1 5: 40,36¡B ¢! my sister; has never excited a greater interest; perhaps 1 5: 40,37¡B ¢! hardly so great. There is an anxiety, a curiosity in what 1 5: 40,38¡B ¢! one feels for Emma ¡A¢. I wonder+1 what will+1 become of her]" 1 5: 41, 1¡O ¢! "So do I," 1 5: 41, 1¡' ¢! said =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ gently; 1 5: 41, 1¡O ¢! "very much." 1 5: 41, 2¡B ¢! "She always declares she will+1 never marry, which, of 1 5: 41, 3¡B ¢! course+1, means+1 just+1 nothing at all. But I have no idea 1 5: 41, 4¡B ¢! that she has yet ever seen a man she cared for. It would 1 5: 41, 5¡B ¢! not be a bad thing for her to be very much in love with 1 5: 41, 6¡B ¢! a proper object. I should like+2 to see Emma ¡A¢ in love, and 1 5: 41, 7¡B ¢! in some doubt of a return; it would do her good. But 1 5: 41, 8¡B ¢! there is nobody hereabouts to attach her; and she goes 1 5: 41, 9¡B ¢! so seldom from home." 1 5: 41,10¡O ¢! "There does, indeed, seem as little to tempt her to 1 5: 41,11¡O ¢! break her resolution, at present," 1 5: 41,11¡' ¢! said =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, 1 5: 41,11¡O ¢! "as 1 5: 41,12¡O ¢! can well be; and while+2 she is so happy at Hartfield, 1 5: 41,13¡O ¢! I cannot wish+1 her to be forming any attachment which 1 5: 41,14¡O ¢! would be creating such difficulties, on poor =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡ **P¢ 1 5: 41,15¡O ¢! account. I do not recommend matrimony at 1 5: 41,16¡O ¢! present to+1 Emma ¡A¢, though I mean no slight to+1 the state 1 5: 41,17¡O ¢! I assure you." 1 5: 41,18¡' ¢! Part of her meaning was to conceal some favourite 1 5: 41,19¡' ¢! thoughts of her own+1 and =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ on the subject, as 1 5: 41,20¡' ¢! much as possible. There were wishes at Randalls respecting 1 5: 41,21¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ destiny, but it was not desirable to have 1 5: 41,22¡' ¢! them suspected; and the quiet transition which =Mr#+Knightley ¡ **B¢ 1 5: 41,23¡' ¢! soon afterwards made to+1 1 5: 41,23¡B ¢! "What does Weston ¡N¢ 1 5: 41,24¡B ¢! think of the weather; shall we have rain?" 1 5: 41,24¡' ¢! convinced 1 5: 41,25¡' ¢! her that he had nothing more to say or surmise+1 about 1 5: 41,26¡' ¢! Hartfield. 1 6: 42, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not feel a doubt of having given Harriet's ¡M¢ 1 6: 42, 2¡' ¢! fancy a proper direction and raised the gratitude of her 1 6: 42, 3¡' ¢! young vanity to+1 a very good purpose, for+1 she found her 1 6: 42, 4¡' ¢! decidedly more sensible than before of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ being+1 1 6: 42, 5¡' ¢! a remarkably handsome man, with most agreeable 1 6: 42, 6¡' ¢! manners; and as she had no hesitation in following up 1 6: 42, 7¡' ¢! the assurance of his admiration, by agreeable hints, she 1 6: 42, 8¡' ¢! was soon pretty+1 confident of creating as much liking on 1 6: 42, 9¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ side, as there could be any occasion for+2. She 1 6: 42,10¡' ¢! was quite convinced of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ being+1 in the fairest 1 6: 42,11¡' ¢! way of falling in love, if not in love already. She had 1 6: 42,12¡' ¢! no scruple with regard to+1 him. He talked of Harriet ¡M¢, and 1 6: 42,13¡' ¢! praised her so warmly, that she could not suppose any+thing 1 6: 42,14¡' ¢! wanting which a little time would not add. His 1 6: 42,15¡' ¢! perception of the striking improvement of Harriet's ¡M¢ 1 6: 42,16¡' ¢! manner, since her introduction at Hartfield, was not one 1 6: 42,17¡' ¢! of the least agreeable proofs of his growing attachment. 1 6: 42,18¡H ¢! "You have given =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ all that+2 she required," 1 6: 42,19¡' ¢! said he; 1 6: 42,19¡H ¢! "you have made her graceful and easy. She 1 6: 42,20¡H ¢! was a beautiful creature when she came to+1 you, but, in my 1 6: 42,21¡H ¢! opinion, the attractions you have added are infinitely 1 6: 42,22¡H ¢! superior to+1 what she received from nature." 1 6: 42,23¡A ¢! "I am glad you think I have been useful to+1 her; but 1 6: 42,24¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ only wanted drawing out, and receiving a few, 1 6: 42,25¡A ¢! very few hints. She had all the natural+1 grace of sweetness 1 6: 42,26¡A ¢! of temper and artlessness in herself. I have done very 1 6: 42,27¡A ¢! little." 1 6: 42,28¡H ¢! "If it were admissible to contradict a lady," 1 6: 42,28¡' ¢! said the 1 6: 42,29¡' ¢! gallant =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢^^ 1 6: 42,30¡A ¢! "I have perhaps given her a little more decision of 1 6: 42,31¡A ¢! character, have taught her to think on points which had 1 6: 42,32¡A ¢! not fallen in her way before." 1 6: 42,33¡H ¢! "Exactly so; that+1 is what principally strikes me. So 1 6: 43, 1¡H ¢! much superadded decision of character] Skilful has been 1 6: 43, 2¡H ¢! the hand." 1 6: 43, 3¡A ¢! "Great has been the pleasure, I am sure. I never met 1 6: 43, 4¡A ¢! with a disposition more truly amiable." 1 6: 43, 5¡H ¢! "I have no doubt of it." 1 6: 43, 5¡' ¢! And it was spoken with 1 6: 43, 6¡' ¢! a sort of sighing animation, which had a vast deal of the 1 6: 43, 7¡' ¢! lover. She was not less pleased another day with the 1 6: 43, 8¡' ¢! manner in which he seconded a sudden wish of her's, to 1 6: 43, 9¡' ¢! have Harriet's ¡M¢ picture. 1 6: 43,10¡A ¢! "Did you ever have your likeness taken, Harriet ¡M¢?" 1 6: 43,11¡' ¢! said she: 1 6: 43,11¡A ¢! "Did you ever sit for your picture?" 1 6: 43,12¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was on the point of leaving the room, and only 1 6: 43,13¡' ¢! stopt to say, with a very interesting naiµvete<, 1 6: 43,14¡M ¢! "Oh] dear+2, no+1, never." 1 6: 43,15¡' ¢! No sooner was she out of sight, than Emma ¡A¢ exclaimed, 1 6: 43,16¡A ¢! "What an exquisite possession a good picture of her 1 6: 43,17¡A ¢! would be] I would give any money for it. I almost long 1 6: 43,18¡A ¢! to attempt+1 her likeness myself. You do not know it 1 6: 43,19¡A ¢! I dare+1 say, but two or three years ago I had a great 1 6: 43,20¡A ¢! passion for taking likenesses, and attempted several of my 1 6: 43,21¡A ¢! friends, and was thought+1 to have a tolerable eye in 1 6: 43,22¡A ¢! general+1. But from one cause or another, I gave it up in 1 6: 43,23¡A ¢! disgust. But really, I could almost venture, if Harriet ¡M¢ 1 6: 43,24¡A ¢! would sit to+1 me. It would be such a delight to have her 1 6: 43,25¡A ¢! picture]" 1 6: 43,26¡H ¢! "Let me entreat you," 1 6: 43,26¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢; 1 6: 43,26¡H ¢! "it would 1 6: 43,27¡H ¢! indeed be a delight] Let me entreat you, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, 1 6: 43,28¡H ¢! to exercise+1 so charming a talent in favour of your 1 6: 43,29¡H ¢! friend. I know what your drawings are. How could you 1 6: 43,30¡H ¢! suppose me ignorant? Is not this room rich in specimens 1 6: 43,31¡H ¢! of your landscapes and flowers; and has not =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 1 6: 43,32¡H ¢! some inimitable figure-pieces in her drawing-room, at 1 6: 43,33¡H ¢! Randalls?" 1 6: 43,34@A ! Yes, good man]^^ 1 6: 43,34¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢^^ 1 6: 43,34@A ! but what has all 1 6: 43,35@A ! that+1 to do with taking likenesses? You know nothing 1 6: 43,36@A ! of drawing. Don't pretend to be in raptures about mine+1. 1 6: 43,37@A ! Keep your raptures for Harriet's ¡M¢ face. 1 6: 43,37¡A ¢! "Well, if you give 1 6: 43,38¡A ¢! me such kind+1 encouragement, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, I believe I shall 1 6: 44, 1¡A ¢! try what I can do. Harriet's ¡M¢ features are very delicate, 1 6: 44, 2¡A ¢! which makes a likeness difficult; and yet there is a peculiarit **y 1 6: 44, 3¡A ¢! in the shape of the eye and the lines about the 1 6: 44, 4¡A ¢! mouth which one ought to catch." 1 6: 44, 5¡H ¢! "Exactly so^^ The shape of the eye and the lines about 1 6: 44, 6¡H ¢! the mouth ^^ I have not a doubt of your success. Pray, 1 6: 44, 7¡H ¢! pray attempt+1 it. As you will+1 do it, it will+1 indeed, to us **e+1 1 6: 44, 8¡H ¢! your own+1 words, be an exquisite possession." 1 6: 44, 9¡A ¢! "But I am afraid, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, Harriet ¡M¢ will+1 not like+2 ** to 1 6: 44,10¡A ¢! sit. She thinks so little of her own+1 beauty. Did not you 1 6: 44,11¡A ¢! observe her manner of answering me? How completely 1 6: 44,12¡A ¢! it meant, ""why should my picture be drawn?"" 1 6: 44,13¡H ¢! "Oh] yes, I observed it, I assure you. It was not 1 6: 44,14¡H ¢! lost on me. But still I cannot imagine she would not be 1 6: 44,15¡H ¢! persuaded." 1 6: 44,16¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was soon back+1 again, and the proposal almost 1 6: 44,17¡' ¢! immediately made; and she had no scruples which could 1 6: 44,18¡' ¢! stand+1 many minutes against the earnest pressing of both 1 6: 44,19¡' ¢! the others. Emma ¡A¢ wished to go to work directly, and 1 6: 44,20¡' ¢! therefore produced the portfolio containing her various 1 6: 44,21¡' ¢! attempts at portraits, for+1 not one of them had ever been 1 6: 44,22¡' ¢! finished, that they might decide together on the best size 1 6: 44,23¡' ¢! for Harriet ¡M¢. Her many beginnings were displayed. 1 6: 44,24¡' ¢! Miniatures, half-lengths, whole+1-lengths, pencil, crayon, 1 6: 44,25¡' ¢! and water-colours had been all tried in turn. She had 1 6: 44,26¡' ¢! always wanted to do everything, and had made more 1 6: 44,27¡' ¢! progress both in drawing and music than many might 1 6: 44,28¡' ¢! have done with so little labour as she would ever submit 1 6: 44,29¡' ¢! to+1. She played and sang;^^ and drew in almost every 1 6: 44,30¡' ¢! style; but steadiness had always been wanting; and in 1 6: 44,31¡' ¢! nothing had she approached the degree of excellence 1 6: 44,32¡' ¢! which she would have been glad to command+1, and ought 1 6: 44,33¡' ¢! not to have failed of. She was not much deceived as to+1 1 6: 44,34¡' ¢! her own+1 skill either as an artist or a musician, but she was 1 6: 44,35¡' ¢! not unwilling to have others deceived, or sorry to know 1 6: 44,36¡' ¢! her reputation for accomplishment often higher than it 1 6: 44,37¡' ¢! deserved. 1 6: 44,38¡' ¢! There was merit in every drawing ^^ in the least finished, 1 6: 45, 1¡' ¢! perhaps the most; her style was spirited; but had there 1 6: 45, 2¡' ¢! been much less, or had there been ten times more, the 1 6: 45, 3¡' ¢! delight and admiration of her two companions would have 1 6: 45, 4¡' ¢! been the same. They were both in extasies. A likeness 1 6: 45, 5¡' ¢! pleases every+body; and =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ performances 1 6: 45, 6¡' ¢! must be capital. 1 6: 45, 7¡A ¢! "No great variety of faces for you," 1 6: 45, 7¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢. 1 6: 45, 7¡A ¢! "I 1 6: 45, 8¡A ¢! had only my own+1 family to study+1 from. There is my 1 6: 45, 9¡A ¢! father ^^ another of my father ^^ but the idea of sitting for 1 6: 45,10¡A ¢! his picture made him so nervous, that I could only take 1 6: 45,11¡A ¢! him by stealth; neither of them very like+1 therefore. 1 6: 45,12¡A ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ again, and again, and again, you see. Dear 1 6: 45,13¡A ¢! Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢] always my kindest friend on every occasion. 1 6: 45,14¡A ¢! She would sit whenever I asked her. There is my sister; 1 6: 45,15¡A ¢! and really quite her own+1 little elegant figure]^^ and the 1 6: 45,16¡A ¢! face not unlike. I should have made a good likeness of 1 6: 45,17¡A ¢! her, if she would have sat longer, but she was in such 1 6: 45,18¡A ¢! a hurry to have me draw her four children that she would 1 6: 45,19¡A ¢! not be quiet. Then, here come all my attempts at three 1 6: 45,20¡A ¢! of those four children;^^ there they are, Henry ¡L1¢ and John ¡ **L2¢ 1 6: 45,21¡A ¢! and Bella ¡L3¢, from one end of the sheet to+1 the other, and a **ny 1 6: 45,22¡A ¢! one of them might do for any+one of the rest. She was so 1 6: 45,23¡A ¢! eager to have them drawn that I could not refuse; but 1 6: 45,24¡A ¢! there is no making children of three or four years old stand+1 1 6: 45,25¡A ¢! still+1 you know; nor can it be very easy to take any 1 6: 45,26¡A ¢! likeness of them, beyond the air and complexion, unless 1 6: 45,27¡A ¢! they are coarser featured than any mama's children ever 1 6: 45,28¡A ¢! were. Here is my sketch of the fourth, who was a baby. 1 6: 45,29¡A ¢! I took him, as he was sleeping on the sofa, and it is as 1 6: 45,30¡A ¢! strong a likeness of his cockade as you would wish+1 to see. 1 6: 45,31¡A ¢! He had nestled down his head most conveniently. That's 1 6: 45,32¡A ¢! very like+1. I am rather proud of little George ¡L4¢. The corne **r 1 6: 45,33¡A ¢! of the sofa is very good. Then here is my last+1+2"^^ 1 6: 45,33¡' ¢! unclosing 1 6: 45,34¡' ¢! a pretty sketch of a gentleman in small size, whole+1-length^^ 1 6: 45,35¡A ¢! "my last+1+2 and my best ^^ my brother, =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ **. 1 6: 45,36¡A ¢! ^^ This did not want+1 much of being+1 finished, when I put 1 6: 45,37¡A ¢! it away in a pet, and vowed I would never take another 1 6: 45,38¡A ¢! likeness. I could not help+1 being+1 provoked; for+1 after all 1 6: 46, 1¡A ¢! my pains, and when I had really made a very good 1 6: 46, 2¡A ¢! likeness of it ^^ (=Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ and I were quite agreed in 1 6: 46, 3¡A ¢! thinking it ²very² like+1)^^ only too handsome ^^ too flatterin **g 1 6: 46, 4¡A ¢! ^^ but that+1 was a fault on the right+1 side ^^ after all this **, 1 6: 46, 5¡A ¢! came poor dear Isabella's ¡L¢ cold+1 approbation of ^^ 1 6: 46, 5@L ! ""Yes, it 1 6: 46, 6@L ! was a little like+1 ^^ but to be sure it did not do him justice **."" 1 6: 46, 7¡A ¢! We had had a great deal of trouble in persuading him to 1 6: 46, 8¡A ¢! sit at all. It was made a great favour of; and altogether 1 6: 46, 9¡A ¢! it was more than I could bear; and so I never would 1 6: 46,10¡A ¢! finish+1 it, to have it apologized over as an unfavourable 1 6: 46,11¡A ¢! likeness, to+1 every morning visitor in Brunswick-square;^^ 1 6: 46,12¡A ¢! and, as I said, I did then forswear ever drawing anybody 1 6: 46,13¡A ¢! again. But for Harriet's ¡M¢ sake, or rather for my own+1, and 1 6: 46,14¡A ¢! as there are no husbands and wives in the case at present, 1 6: 46,15¡A ¢! I will+1 break my resolution now." 1 6: 46,16¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ seemed very properly struck and delighted 1 6: 46,17¡' ¢! by the idea, and was repeating, 1 6: 46,17¡H ¢! "No husbands and wives 1 6: 46,18¡H ¢! in the case ²at present² indeed, as you observe. Exactly so. 1 6: 46,19¡H ¢! No husbands and wives," 1 6: 46,19¡' ¢! with so interesting a consciousness, 1 6: 46,20¡' ¢! that Emma ¡A¢ began to consider 1 6: 46,20@A ! whether she had not 1 6: 46,21@A ! better+1 leave+1 them together at once. But as she wanted 1 6: 46,22@A ! to be drawing, the declaration must wait a little longer. 1 6: 46,23¡' ¢! She had soon fixed on the size and sort of portrait. It 1 6: 46,24¡' ¢! was to be a whole+1-length in water-colours, like+1 =Mr#+John+K **nightley's ¡K¢, 1 6: 46,25¡' ¢! and was destined, if she could please herself, 1 6: 46,26¡' ¢! to hold+1 a very honourable station over the mantlepiece. 1 6: 46,27¡' ¢! The sitting began; and Harriet ¡M¢, smiling and blushing, 1 6: 46,28¡' ¢! and afraid of not keeping her attitude and countenance, 1 6: 46,29¡' ¢! presented a very sweet mixture of youthful expression to+1 1 6: 46,30¡' ¢! the steady eyes of the artist. 1 6: 46,30@A ! But there was no doing 1 6: 46,31@A ! anything, with =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ fidgetting behind her and 1 6: 46,32@A ! watching every touch. She gave him credit for stationing 1 6: 46,33@A ! himself where he might gaze and gaze again without 1 6: 46,34@A ! offence; but was really obliged to put an end to+1 it, and 1 6: 46,35@A ! request+1 him to place+1 himself elsewhere. It then occurred 1 6: 46,36@A ! to+1 her to employ him in reading. 1 6: 46,37¡A ¢! "If he would be so good as to read to+1 them, it would 1 6: 46,38¡A ¢! be a kindness indeed] It would amuse away the difficulties 1 6: 47, 1¡A ¢! of her part, and lessen the irksomeness of =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢." 1 6: 47, 3¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was only too happy. Harriet ¡M¢ listened, and 1 6: 47, 4¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ drew in peace. 1 6: 47, 4@A ! She must allow him to be still 1 6: 47, 5@A ! frequently coming to look+1; anything less would certainly 1 6: 47, 6@A ! have been too little in a lover; and he was ready at the 1 6: 47, 7@A ! smallest intermission of the pencil, to jump up and see 1 6: 47, 8@A ! the progress, and be charmed.^^ There was no being+1 1 6: 47, 9@A ! displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration 1 6: 47,10@A ! made him discern a likeness almost before it was possible. 1 6: 47,11@A ! She could not respect+1 his eye, but his love and his complaisa **nce 1 6: 47,12@A ! were unexceptionable. 1 6: 47,13¡' ¢! The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was 1 6: 47,14¡' ¢! quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish+1 1 6: 47,15¡' ¢! to go on. There was no want of likeness, she had been 1 6: 47,16¡' ¢! fortunate in the attitude, and as she meant to throw in 1 6: 47,17¡' ¢! a little improvement to+1 the figure, to give a little more 1 6: 47,18¡' ¢! height, and considerably more elegance, she had great 1 6: 47,19¡' ¢! confidence of its being+1 in every way a pretty drawing at 1 6: 47,20¡' ¢! last+1+2, and of its filling its destined place with credit to+ **1 them 1 6: 47,21¡' ¢! both ^^ a standing memorial of the beauty of one, the skill 1 6: 47,22¡' ¢! of the other, and the friendship of both; with as many 1 6: 47,23¡' ¢! other agreeable associations as =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ very promising 1 6: 47,24¡' ¢! attachment was likely to add. 1 6: 47,25¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was to sit again the next day; and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, 1 6: 47,26¡' ¢! just+1 as he ought, entreated for the permission of attending 1 6: 47,27¡' ¢! and reading to+1 them again. 1 6: 47,28¡A ¢! "By all means. We shall be most happy to consider 1 6: 47,29¡A ¢! you as one of the party." 1 6: 47,30¡' ¢! The same civilities and courtesies, the same success and 1 6: 47,31¡' ¢! satisfaction, took place on the morrow, and accompanied 1 6: 47,32¡' ¢! the whole+1 progress of the picture, which was rapid and 1 6: 47,33¡' ¢! happy. Every+body who saw it was pleased, but =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 1 6: 47,34¡' ¢! was in continual raptures, and defended it through every 1 6: 47,35¡' ¢! criticism. 1 6: 47,36¡O ¢! "Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ has given her friend the only beauty 1 6: 47,37¡O ¢! she wanted,"^^ 1 6: 47,37¡' ¢! observed =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ to+1 him ^^ not in the 1 6: 47,38¡' ¢! least suspecting that she was addressing a lover.^^ 1 6: 47,38¡O ¢! "The 1 6: 48, 1¡O ¢! expression of the eye is most correct+1, but =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ ha **s 1 6: 48, 2¡O ¢! not those eye-brows and eye-lashes. It is the fault of her 1 6: 48, 3¡O ¢! face that she has them not." 1 6: 48, 4¡H ¢! "Do you think so?" 1 6: 48, 4¡' ¢! replied he. 1 6: 48, 4¡H ¢! "I cannot agree 1 6: 48, 5¡H ¢! with you. It appears to+1 me a most perfect+1 resemblance 1 6: 48, 6¡H ¢! in every feature. I never saw such a likeness in my life. 1 6: 48, 7¡H ¢! We must allow for the effect of shade, you know." 1 6: 48, 8¡B ¢! "You have made her too tall, Emma ¡A¢," 1 6: 48, 8¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. 1 6: 48,10¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ knew that she had, but would not own it, and 1 6: 48,11¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ warmly added, 1 6: 48,12¡H ¢! "Oh, no+1] certainly not too tall; not in the least too 1 6: 48,13¡H ¢! tall. Consider, she is sitting down ^^ which naturally 1 6: 48,14¡H ¢! presents a different ^^ which in short gives exactly the 1 6: 48,15¡H ¢! idea ^^ and the proportions must be preserved, you know. 1 6: 48,16¡H ¢! Proportions, fore-shortening.^^ Oh, no+1] it gives one 1 6: 48,17¡H ¢! exactly the idea of such a height as =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢. Exactly 1 6: 48,18¡H ¢! so indeed]" 1 6: 48,19¡P ¢! "It is very pretty," 1 6: 48,19¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢. 1 6: 48,19¡P ¢! "So prettily 1 6: 48,20¡P ¢! done] Just+1 as your drawings always are, my dear. I do 1 6: 48,21¡P ¢! not know any+body who draws so well as you do. The 1 6: 48,22¡P ¢! only thing I do not thoroughly like+2 is, that she seems to 1 6: 48,23¡P ¢! be sitting out of doors, with only a little shawl over her 1 6: 48,24¡P ¢! shoulders ^^ and it makes one think she must catch cold." 1 6: 48,25¡A ¢! "But, my dear papa, it is supposed to be summer; 1 6: 48,26¡A ¢! a warm+1 day in summer. Look+1 at the tree." 1 6: 48,27¡P ¢! "But it is never safe to sit out of doors, my dear." 1 6: 48,28¡H ¢! "You, sir, may say any+thing," 1 6: 48,28¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢; 1 6: 48,28¡H ¢! "but 1 6: 48,29¡H ¢! I must confess that I regard+1 it as a most happy thought, 1 6: 48,30¡H ¢! the placing of =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ out of doors; and the tree is 1 6: 48,31¡H ¢! touched with such inimitable spirit] Any other situation 1 6: 48,32¡H ¢! would have been much less in character. The naiµvete< of 1 6: 48,33¡H ¢! =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢ manners ^^ and altogether ^^ Oh, it is most 1 6: 48,34¡H ¢! admirable] I cannot keep my eyes from it. I never saw 1 6: 48,35¡H ¢! such a likeness." 1 6: 48,36¡' ¢! The next thing wanted was to get the picture framed; 1 6: 48,37¡' ¢! and here were a few difficulties. It must be done directly; 1 6: 48,38¡' ¢! it must be done in London; the order must go through 1 6: 49, 1¡' ¢! the hands of some intelligent person whose taste could be 1 6: 49, 2¡' ¢! depended on; and Isabella ¡L¢, the usual doer of all commission **s, 1 6: 49, 3¡' ¢! must not be applied to+1, because it was December, 1 6: 49, 4¡' ¢! and =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ could not bear the idea of her stirring 1 6: 49, 5¡' ¢! out of her house in the fogs of December. But no sooner 1 6: 49, 6¡' ¢! was the distress known to+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, than it was removed **. 1 6: 49, 7¡' ¢! His gallantry was always on the alert. 1 6: 49, 7¡H ¢! "Might he be 1 6: 49, 8¡H ¢! trusted with the commission, what infinite pleasure should 1 6: 49, 9¡H ¢! he have in executing it] he could ride+1 to+1 London at any 1 6: 49,10¡H ¢! time. It was impossible to say how much he should be 1 6: 49,11¡H ¢! gratified by being+1 employed on such an errand." 1 6: 49,12¡A ¢! "He was too good]^^ she could not endure the thought] 1 6: 49,13¡A ¢! ^^ she would not give him such a troublesome office for 1 6: 49,14¡A ¢! the world"^^ 1 6: 49,14¡' ¢! brought on the desired repetition of entreaties 1 6: 49,15¡' ¢! and assurances,^^ and a very few minutes settled the 1 6: 49,16¡' ¢! business. 1 6: 49,17¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was to take the drawing to+1 London, chuse 1 6: 49,18¡' ¢! the frame, and give the directions; and Emma ¡A¢ thought+1 1 6: 49,19¡' ¢! she could so pack it as to ensure its safety without much 1 6: 49,20¡' ¢! incommoding him, while+2 he seemed mostly fearful of not 1 6: 49,21¡' ¢! being+1 incommoded enough. 1 6: 49,22¡H ¢! "What a precious deposit]" 1 6: 49,22¡' ¢! said he with a tender 1 6: 49,23¡' ¢! sigh, as he received it. 1 6: 49,24@A ! "This man is almost too gallant to be in love," 1 6: 49,25¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢. 1 6: 49,25@A ! "I should say so, but that I suppose 1 6: 49,26@A ! there may be a hundred different ways of being+1 in love. 1 6: 49,27@A ! He is an excellent young man, and will+1 suit+1 Harriet ¡M¢ 1 6: 49,28@A ! exactly; it will+1 be an ""Exactly so,"" as he says himself; 1 6: 49,29@A ! but he does sigh+1 and languish, and study+1 for compliments 1 6: 49,30@A ! rather more than I could endure as a principal. I come 1 6: 49,31@A ! in for a pretty+1 good share as a second. But it is his 1 6: 49,32@A ! gratitude on Harriet's ¡M¢ account." 1 7: 50, 1¡' ¢! The very day of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ going to+1 London produced 1 7: 50, 2¡' ¢! a fresh occasion for Emma's ¡A¢ services towards her friend. 1 7: 50, 3¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ had been at Hartfield, as usual, soon after breakfa **st; 1 7: 50, 4¡' ¢! and after a time, had gone home to return+1 again 1 7: 50, 5¡' ¢! to+1 dinner: as she returned, and sooner than had been talked 1 7: 50, 6¡' ¢! of, and with an agitated, hurried look, announcing something 1 7: 50, 7¡' ¢! extraordinary to have happened which she was 1 7: 50, 8¡' ¢! longing to tell. Half a minute+1 brought it all out. She 1 7: 50, 9¡' ¢! had heard, as soon as she got back+1 to+1 =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ **, 1 7: 50,10¡' ¢! that =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ had been there an hour before, and 1 7: 50,11¡' ¢! finding she was not at home, nor particularly expected, 1 7: 50,12¡' ¢! had left+1 a little parcel for her from one of his sisters, and 1 7: 50,13¡' ¢! gone away; and on opening this parcel, she had actually 1 7: 50,14¡' ¢! found, besides the two songs which she had lent Elizabeth ¡S3¢ 1 7: 50,15¡' ¢! to copy, a letter to+1 herself; and this letter was from him, 1 7: 50,16¡' ¢! from =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢, and contained a direct+1 proposal of 1 7: 50,17¡' ¢! marriage. 1 7: 50,17¡M ¢! "Who could have thought+1 it] She was so 1 7: 50,18¡M ¢! surprized she did not know what to do. Yes, quite 1 7: 50,19¡M ¢! a proposal of marriage; and a very good letter, at least 1 7: 50,20¡M ¢! she thought+1 so. And he wrote as if he really loved her 1 7: 50,21¡M ¢! very much ^^ but she did not know ^^ and so, she was come 1 7: 50,22¡M ¢! as fast as she could to ask =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ what she 1 7: 50,23¡M ¢! should do."^^ 1 7: 50,23¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was half ashamed of her friend for 1 7: 50,24¡' ¢! seeming so pleased and so doubtful. 1 7: 50,25¡A ¢! "Upon my word," 1 7: 50,25¡' ¢! she cried, 1 7: 50,25¡A ¢! "the young man is determined 1 7: 50,26¡A ¢! not to lose any+thing for want of asking. He will+1 1 7: 50,27¡A ¢! connect himself well if he can." 1 7: 50,28¡M ¢! "Will+1 you read the letter?" 1 7: 50,28¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢. 1 7: 50,28¡M ¢! "Pray do, 1 7: 50,29¡M ¢! I'd rather you would." 1 7: 50,30¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was not sorry to be pressed. She read, and was 1 7: 50,31¡' ¢! surprized. 1 7: 50,31@A ! The style of the letter was much above her 1 7: 50,32@A ! expectation. There were not merely no grammatical 1 7: 51, 1@A ! errors, but as a composition it would not have disgraced 1 7: 51, 2@A ! a gentleman; the language, though plain, was strong and 1 7: 51, 3@A ! unaffected, and the sentiments it conveyed very much 1 7: 51, 4@A ! to+1 the credit of the writer. It was short+1, but expressed 1 7: 51, 5@A ! good sense, warm+1 attachment, liberality, propriety, even 1 7: 51, 6@A ! delicacy of feeling. 1 7: 51, 6¡' ¢! She paused over it, while+2 Harriet ¡M¢ 1 7: 51, 7¡' ¢! stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a 1 7: 51, 7¡M ¢! "Well, 1 7: 51, 8¡M ¢! well," 1 7: 51, 8¡' ¢! and was at last+1+2 forced to add, 1 7: 51, 8¡M ¢! "Is it a good letter? 1 7: 51, 9¡M ¢! or is it too short+1?" 1 7: 51,10¡A ¢! "Yes, indeed, a very good letter," 1 7: 51,10¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢ rather 1 7: 51,11¡' ¢! slowly^^ 1 7: 51,11¡A ¢! "so good a letter, Harriet ¡M¢, that every+thing 1 7: 51,12¡A ¢! considered, I think one of his sisters must have helped 1 7: 51,13¡A ¢! him. I can hardly imagine the young man whom I saw 1 7: 51,14¡A ¢! talking with you the other day could express+1 himself so 1 7: 51,15¡A ¢! well, if left+1 quite to+1 his own+1 powers, and yet it is not **the 1 7: 51,16¡A ¢! style of a woman; no+1, certainly, it is too strong and 1 7: 51,17¡A ¢! concise; not diffuse enough for a woman. No doubt he 1 7: 51,18¡A ¢! is a sensible+1 man, and I suppose may have a natural+1 talent 1 7: 51,19¡A ¢! for ^^ thinks strongly and clearly ^^ and when he takes 1 7: 51,20¡A ¢! a pen in hand, his thoughts naturally find proper words. 1 7: 51,21¡A ¢! It is so with some men. Yes, I understand the sort of 1 7: 51,22¡A ¢! mind. Vigorous, decided+1, with sentiments to+1 a certain 1 7: 51,23¡A ¢! point, not coarse. A better+1 written letter, Harriet ¡M¢ 1 7: 51,23¡' ¢! (returning 1 7: 51,24¡' ¢! it,) 1 7: 51,24¡A ¢! than I had expected." 1 7: 51,25¡M ¢! "Well," 1 7: 51,25¡' ¢! said the still waiting Harriet ¡M¢;^^ 1 7: 51,25¡M ¢! "well^^ and^^ 1 7: 51,26¡M ¢! and what shall I do?" 1 7: 51,27¡A ¢! "What shall you do] In what respect? Do you mean 1 7: 51,28¡A ¢! with regard to+1 this letter?" 1 7: 51,29¡M ¢! "Yes." 1 7: 51,30¡A ¢! "But what are you in doubt of? You must answer+1 it 1 7: 51,31¡A ¢! of course+1 ^^ and speedily." 1 7: 51,32¡M ¢! "Yes. But what shall I say? Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, 1 7: 51,33¡M ¢! do advise me." 1 7: 51,34¡A ¢! "Oh, no+1, no+1] the letter had much better+1 be all your 1 7: 51,35¡A ¢! own+1. You will+1 express+1 yourself very properly, I am sure. 1 7: 51,36¡A ¢! There is no danger of your not being+1 intelligible, which 1 7: 51,37¡A ¢! is the first thing. Your meaning must be unequivocal; 1 7: 51,38¡A ¢! no doubts or demurs: and such expressions of gratitude 1 7: 52, 1¡A ¢! and concern for the pain you are inflicting as propriety 1 7: 52, 2¡A ¢! requires, will+1 present+1 themselves unbidden to+1 ²your² mind **, 1 7: 52, 3¡A ¢! I am persuaded. ²You² need+1 not be prompted to write 1 7: 52, 4¡A ¢! with the appearance of sorrow for his disappointment." 1 7: 52, 5¡M ¢! "You think I ought to refuse him then," 1 7: 52, 5¡' ¢! said Harriet ¡M¢, 1 7: 52, 6¡' ¢! looking down. 1 7: 52, 7¡A ¢! "Ought to refuse him] My dear Harriet ¡M¢, what do you 1 7: 52, 8¡A ¢! mean? Are you in any doubt as to+1 that+1? I thought+1 ^^ 1 7: 52, 9¡A ¢! but I beg your pardon, perhaps I have been under a mistake. 1 7: 52,10¡A ¢! I certainly have been misunderstanding you, if 1 7: 52,11¡A ¢! you feel in doubt as to+1 the ²purport² of your answer. I had 1 7: 52,12¡A ¢! imagined you were consulting me only as to+1 the wording 1 7: 52,13¡A ¢! of it." 1 7: 52,14¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was silent. With a little reserve of manner, 1 7: 52,15¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ continued: 1 7: 52,16¡A ¢! "You mean to return+1 a favourable answer, I collect." 1 7: 52,17¡M ¢! "No+1, I do not; that+1 is, I do not mean ^^ What shall 1 7: 52,18¡M ¢! I do? What would you advise me to do? Pray, dear 1 7: 52,19¡M ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, tell me what I ought to do?" 1 7: 52,20¡A ¢! "I shall not give you any advice, Harriet ¡M¢. I will+1 have 1 7: 52,21¡A ¢! nothing to do with it. This is a point which you must 1 7: 52,22¡A ¢! settle with your own+1 feelings." 1 7: 52,23¡M ¢! "I had no notion that he liked me so very much," 1 7: 52,23¡' ¢! said 1 7: 52,24¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, contemplating the letter. For a little while 1 7: 52,25¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ persevered in her silence; but beginning+1 to 1 7: 52,26¡' ¢! apprehend the bewitching flattery of that+1 letter might be 1 7: 52,27¡' ¢! too powerful, she thought+1 it best to say, 1 7: 52,28¡A ¢! "I lay it down as a general+1 rule, Harriet ¡M¢, that if a 1 7: 52,29¡A ¢! woman ²doubts+1² as to+1 whether she should accept a man or 1 7: 52,30¡A ¢! not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate 1 7: 52,31¡A ¢! as to+1 ""Yes,"" she ought to say ""No+1"" directly. It is not **a 1 7: 52,32¡A ¢! state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with 1 7: 52,33¡A ¢! half a heart. I thought+1 it my duty as a friend, and older 1 7: 52,34¡A ¢! than yourself, to say thus much to+1 you. But do not 1 7: 52,35¡A ¢! imagine that I want+1 to influence+1 you." 1 7: 52,36¡M ¢! "Oh] no+1, I am sure you are a great deal too kind+1 to ^^^^ 1 7: 52,37¡M ¢! but if you would just+1 advise me what I had best do^^ No+1, 1 7: 52,38¡M ¢! no+1, I do not mean that+1 ^^ As you say, one's mind ought to 1 7: 53, 1¡M ¢! be quite made up^^ One should not be hesitating^^It is 1 7: 53, 2¡M ¢! a very serious+1 thing.^^ It will+1 be safer to say ""No+1"", 1 7: 53, 3¡M ¢! perhaps.^^ Do you think I had better+1 say ""No+1?"" ". 1 7: 53, 4¡A ¢! "Not for the world," 1 7: 53, 4¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, smiling graciously, 1 7: 53, 5¡A ¢! "would I advise you either way. You must be the best 1 7: 53, 6¡A ¢! judge of your own+1 happiness. If you prefer =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ 1 7: 53, 7¡A ¢! to+1 every other person; if you think him the most agreeable 1 7: 53, 8¡A ¢! man you have ever been in company with, why 1 7: 53, 9¡A ¢! should you hesitate? You blush+1, Harriet ¡M¢.^^ Does any+body 1 7: 53,10¡A ¢! else occur to+1 you at this moment under such a 1 7: 53,11¡A ¢! definition? Harriet ¡M¢, Harriet ¡M¢, do not deceive yourself; 1 7: 53,12¡A ¢! do not be run+1 away with by gratitude and compassion. 1 7: 53,13¡A ¢! At this moment whom are you thinking of?" 1 7: 53,14@A ! The symptoms were favourable.^^ Instead of answering, 1 7: 53,15@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ turned away confused, and stood thoughtfully 1 7: 53,16@A ! by the fire; and though the letter was still in her hand, 1 7: 53,17@A ! it was now mechanically twisted about without regard. 1 7: 53,18¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ waited the result with impatience, but not without 1 7: 53,19¡' ¢! strong hopes. At last+1+2, with some hesitation, Harriet ¡M¢ 1 7: 53,20¡' ¢! said^^ 1 7: 53,21¡M ¢! "=Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, as you will+1 not give me your opinion, 1 7: 53,22¡M ¢! I must do as well as I can by myself; and I have now 1 7: 53,23¡M ¢! quite determined, and really almost made up my mind^^ 1 7: 53,24¡M ¢! to refuse =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢. Do you think I am right+1?" 1 7: 53,25¡A ¢! "Perfectly, perfectly right+1, my dearest Harriet ¡M¢; you 1 7: 53,26¡A ¢! are doing just+1 what you ought. While+2 you were at all in 1 7: 53,27¡A ¢! suspense I kept my feelings to+1 myself, but now that you 1 7: 53,28¡A ¢! are so completely decided I have no hesitation in approving. 1 7: 53,29¡A ¢! Dear Harriet ¡M¢, I give myself joy of this. It would 1 7: 53,30¡A ¢! have grieved me to lose your acquaintance, which must 1 7: 53,31¡A ¢! have been the consequence of your marrying =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢. 1 7: 53,32¡A ¢! While+2 you were in the smallest degree wavering, I said 1 7: 53,33¡A ¢! nothing about it, because I would not influence+1; but it 1 7: 53,34¡A ¢! would have been the loss of a friend to+1 me. I could not 1 7: 53,35¡A ¢! have visited =Mrs#+Robert+Martin ¡M¢, of Abbey-Mill+Farm. 1 7: 53,36¡A ¢! Now I am secure+1 of you for+ever." 1 7: 53,37¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ had not surmised her own+1 danger, but the idea 1 7: 53,38¡' ¢! of it struck her forcibly. 1 7: 54, 1¡M ¢! "You could not have visited me]" 1 7: 54, 1¡' ¢! she cried, looking 1 7: 54, 2¡' ¢! aghast. 1 7: 54, 2¡M ¢! "No+1, to be sure you could not; but I never 1 7: 54, 3¡M ¢! thought+1 of that+1 before. That+1 would have been too 1 7: 54, 4¡M ¢! dreadful]^^ What an escape]^^ Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, 1 7: 54, 5¡M ¢! I would not give up the pleasure and honour of being+1 1 7: 54, 6¡M ¢! intimate+1 with you for any+thing in the world." 1 7: 54, 7¡A ¢! "Indeed, Harriet ¡M¢, it would have been a severe pang to 1 7: 54, 8¡A ¢! lose you; but it must have been. You would have 1 7: 54, 9¡A ¢! thrown yourself out of all good society. I must have 1 7: 54,10¡A ¢! given you up." 1 7: 54,11¡M ¢! "Dear+2 me]^^ How should I ever have borne it] It 1 7: 54,12¡M ¢! would have killed me never to come to+1 Hartfield any 1 7: 54,13¡M ¢! more]" 1 7: 54,14¡A ¢! "Dear affectionate creature]^^ ²You² banished to+1 Abbey-Mill+F **arm]^^ 1 7: 54,15¡A ¢! ²You² confined to+1 the society of the illiterate 1 7: 54,16¡A ¢! and vulgar all your life] I wonder+1 how the young man 1 7: 54,17¡A ¢! could have the assurance to ask it. He must have a pretty+1 1 7: 54,18¡A ¢! good opinion of himself." 1 7: 54,19¡M ¢! "I do not think he is conceited either, in general+1," 1 7: 54,19¡' ¢! said 1 7: 54,20¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, her conscience opposing such censure; 1 7: 54,20¡M ¢! "at 1 7: 54,21¡M ¢! least he is very good natured, and I shall always feel much 1 7: 54,22¡M ¢! obliged to+1 him, and have a great regard for ^^ but that+1 is 1 7: 54,23¡M ¢! quite a different thing from ^^ and you know, though he 1 7: 54,24¡M ¢! may like+2 me, it does not follow that I should ^^ and 1 7: 54,25¡M ¢! certainly I must confess that since my visiting here 1 7: 54,26¡M ¢! I have seen people ^^ and if one comes to compare them, 1 7: 54,27¡M ¢! person and manners, there is no comparison at all, ²one² 1 7: 54,28¡M ¢! is so very handsome and agreeable. However, I do really 1 7: 54,29¡M ¢! think =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ a very amiable young man, and have 1 7: 54,30¡M ¢! a great opinion of him; and his being+1 so much attached 1 7: 54,31¡M ¢! to+1 me^^ and his writing such a letter ^^ but as to+1 leaving 1 7: 54,32¡M ¢! you, it is what I would not do upon any consideration." 1 7: 54,33¡A ¢! "Thank you, thank you, my own+1 sweet little friend. 1 7: 54,34¡A ¢! We will+1 not be parted. A woman may not marry a man 1 7: 54,35¡A ¢! merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to+1 1 7: 54,36¡A ¢! her, and can write a tolerable letter." 1 7: 54,37¡M ¢! "Oh] no+1;^^ and it is but a short+1 letter too." 1 7: 54,38¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ felt the bad taste of her friend, but let it pass 1 7: 55, 1¡' ¢! with a 1 7: 55, 1¡A ¢! "very true; and it would be a small consolation 1 7: 55, 2¡A ¢! to+1 her, for the clownish manner which might be offending 1 7: 55, 3¡A ¢! her every hour of the day, to know that her husband 1 7: 55, 4¡A ¢! could write a good letter."" 1 7: 55, 5¡M ¢! "Oh] yes, very. Nobody cares+1 for a letter; the thing 1 7: 55, 6¡M ¢! is, to be always happy with pleasant companions. I am 1 7: 55, 7¡M ¢! quite determined to refuse him. But how shall I do? 1 7: 55, 8¡M ¢! What shall I say?" 1 7: 55, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ assured her there would be no difficulty in the 1 7: 55,10¡' ¢! answer, and advised its being+1 written directly, which 1 7: 55,11¡' ¢! was agreed to+1, in the hope of her assistance; and though 1 7: 55,12¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ continued to protest against any assistance being+1 1 7: 55,13¡' ¢! wanted, it was in fact given in the formation of every 1 7: 55,14¡' ¢! sentence. The looking over his letter again, in replying 1 7: 55,15¡' ¢! to+1 it, had such a softening tendency, that it was particularl **y 1 7: 55,16¡' ¢! necessary to brace her up with a few decisive expressions; 1 7: 55,17@M ! and she was so very much concerned at the idea 1 7: 55,18@M ! of making him unhappy, and thought+1 so much of what 1 7: 55,19@M ! his mother and sisters would think and say, and was so 1 7: 55,20@M ! anxious that they should not fancy+1 her ungrateful, 1 7: 55,20¡' ¢! that 1 7: 55,21¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ believed 1 7: 55,21@A ! if the young man had come in her way 1 7: 55,22@A ! at that+1 moment, he would have been accepted after all. 1 7: 55,23@A ! This letter, however, was written, and sealed, and sent. 1 7: 55,24@A ! The business was finished, and Harriet ¡M¢ safe. 1 7: 55,24¡' ¢! She was 1 7: 55,25¡' ¢! rather low all the evening, but Emma ¡A¢ could allow for her 1 7: 55,26¡' ¢! amiable regrets, and sometimes relieved them by speaking 1 7: 55,27¡' ¢! of her own+1 affection, sometimes by bringing forward+1 the 1 7: 55,28¡' ¢! idea of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. 1 7: 55,29¡M ¢! "I shall never be invited to+1 Abbey-Mill again," 1 7: 55,29¡' ¢! was 1 7: 55,30¡' ¢! said in rather a sorrowful tone. 1 7: 55,31¡A ¢! "Nor if you were, could I ever bear to part+1 with you, 1 7: 55,32¡A ¢! my Harriet ¡M¢. You are a great deal too necessary at Hartfield **, 1 7: 55,33¡A ¢! to be spared to+1 Abbey-Mill." 1 7: 55,34¡M ¢! "And I am sure I should never want+1 to go there; for+1 1 7: 55,35¡M ¢! I am never happy but at Hartfield." 1 7: 55,36¡' ¢! Some time afterwards it was, 1 7: 55,36¡M ¢! "I think =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ 1 7: 55,37¡M ¢! would be very much surprized if she knew what had 1 7: 55,38¡M ¢! happened. I am sure =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ would ^^ for =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ 1 7: 56, 1¡M ¢! thinks her own+1 sister very well married, and it is only 1 7: 56, 2¡M ¢! a linen-draper." 1 7: 56, 3¡A ¢! "One should be sorry to see greater pride or refinement 1 7: 56, 4¡A ¢! in the teacher of a school, Harriet ¡M¢. I dare+1 say =Miss+Nas **h ¡T¢ 1 7: 56, 5¡A ¢! would envy+1 you such an opportunity as this of being+1 1 7: 56, 6¡A ¢! married. Even this conquest would appear valuable in 1 7: 56, 7¡A ¢! her eyes. As to+1 anything superior for you, I suppose she 1 7: 56, 8¡A ¢! is quite in the dark. The attentions of a certain person 1 7: 56, 9¡A ¢! can hardly be among the tittle-tattle of Highbury yet. 1 7: 56,10¡A ¢! Hitherto I fancy+1 you and I are the only people to+1 whom 1 7: 56,11¡A ¢! his looks and manners have explained themselves." 1 7: 56,12¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ blushed and smiled, and said something about 1 7: 56,13¡' ¢! wondering that people should like+2 her so much. The 1 7: 56,14¡' ¢! idea of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was certainly cheering; but still, after 1 7: 56,15¡' ¢! a time, she was tender-hearted again towards the rejected 1 7: 56,16¡' ¢! =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢. 1 7: 56,17¡M ¢! "Now he has got my letter," 1 7: 56,17¡' ¢! said she softly. 1 7: 56,17¡M ¢! "I 1 7: 56,18¡M ¢! wonder+1 what they are all doing^^ whether his sisters 1 7: 56,19¡M ¢! know^^ if he is unhappy, they will+1 be unhappy too. 1 7: 56,20¡M ¢! I hope+1 he will+1 not mind+1 it so very much. 1 7: 56,21¡A ¢! "Let us think of those among our absent friends who 1 7: 56,22¡A ¢! are more cheerfully employed," 1 7: 56,22¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢. 1 7: 56,22¡A ¢! "At this 1 7: 56,23¡A ¢! moment, perhaps, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is shewing your picture to+1 1 7: 56,24¡A ¢! his mother and sisters, telling how much more beautiful 1 7: 56,25¡A ¢! is the original, and after being+1 asked for it five or six tim **es, 1 7: 56,26¡A ¢! allowing them to hear your name, your own+1 dear name." 1 7: 56,27¡M ¢! "My picture]^^ But he has left+1 my picture in Bond-street." 1 7: 56,29¡A ¢! "Has he so]^^ Then I know nothing of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. No+1, 1 7: 56,30¡A ¢! my dear little modest Harriet ¡M¢, depend upon it the picture 1 7: 56,31¡A ¢! will+1 not be in Bond-street till just+1 before he mounts his 1 7: 56,32¡A ¢! horse to-morrow. It is his companion all this evening, 1 7: 56,33¡A ¢! his solace, his delight. It opens his designs to+1 his family, 1 7: 56,34¡A ¢! it introduces you among them, it diffuses through the 1 7: 56,35¡A ¢! party those pleasantest feelings of our nature, eager curiosity 1 7: 56,36¡A ¢! and warm+1 prepossession. How cheerful, how animated, 1 7: 56,37¡A ¢! how suspicious, how busy their imaginations all are]" 1 7: 56,38¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ smiled again, and her smiles grew stronger. 1 8: 57, 1¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ slept at Hartfield that+1 night. For some weeks 1 8: 57, 2¡' ¢! past+1 she had been spending more than half her time there, 1 8: 57, 3¡' ¢! and gradually getting to have a bed-room appropriated 1 8: 57, 4¡' ¢! to+1 herself; and Emma ¡A¢ judged it 1 8: 57, 4@A ! best in every respect, 1 8: 57, 5@A ! safest and kindest, to keep her with them as much as 1 8: 57, 6@A ! possible just+1 at present. She was obliged to go the next 1 8: 57, 7@A ! morning for an hour or two to+1 =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢, but it w **as 1 8: 57, 8@A ! then to be settled that she should return+1 to+1 Hartfield, to 1 8: 57, 9@A ! make a regular visit of some days. 1 8: 57,10¡' ¢! While+2 she was gone, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ called, and sat 1 8: 57,11¡' ¢! some time with =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ and Emma ¡A¢, till =Mr#Woodho **use ¡P¢, 1 8: 57,12¡' ¢! who had previously made up his mind to walk+1 out, 1 8: 57,13¡' ¢! was persuaded by his daughter not to defer it, and was 1 8: 57,14¡' ¢! induced by the entreaties of both, though against the 1 8: 57,15¡' ¢! scruples of his own+1 civility, to leave+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ f **or 1 8: 57,16¡' ¢! that+1 purpose. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, who had nothing of 1 8: 57,17¡' ¢! ceremony about him, was offering by his short+1, decided+1 1 8: 57,18¡' ¢! answers, an amusing contrast to+1 the protracted apologies 1 8: 57,19¡' ¢! and civil hesitations of the other. 1 8: 57,20¡P ¢! "Well, I believe, if you will+1 excuse+1 me, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ **, 1 8: 57,21¡P ¢! if you will+1 not consider me as doing a very rude thing, 1 8: 57,22¡P ¢! I shall take Emma's ¡A¢ advice and go out for a quarter of 1 8: 57,23¡P ¢! an hour. As the sun is out, I believe I had better+1 take my 1 8: 57,24¡P ¢! three turns while+2 I can. I treat+1 you without ceremony, 1 8: 57,25¡P ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. We invalids think we are privileged 1 8: 57,26¡P ¢! people." 1 8: 57,27¡B ¢! "My dear sir, do not make a stranger of me." 1 8: 57,28¡P ¢! "I leave+1 an excellent substitute in my daughter. 1 8: 57,29¡P ¢! Emma ¡A¢ will+1 be happy to entertain you. And therefore 1 8: 57,30¡P ¢! I think I will+1 beg your excuse and take my three turns^^ 1 8: 57,31¡P ¢! my winter walk." 1 8: 57,32¡B ¢! "You cannot do better+1, sir." 1 8: 58, 1¡P ¢! "I would ask for the pleasure of your company, 1 8: 58, 2¡P ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, but I am a very slow walker, and my pace 1 8: 58, 3¡P ¢! would be tedious to+1 you; and besides, you have another 1 8: 58, 4¡P ¢! long+1 walk before you, to+1 Donwell+Abbey." 1 8: 58, 5¡B ¢! "Thank you, sir, thank you; I am going this moment 1 8: 58, 6¡B ¢! myself; and I think the sooner ²you² go the better+1. I will+1 1 8: 58, 7¡B ¢! fetch your great+coat and open+1 the garden door for you." 1 8: 58, 8¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ at last+1+2 was off; but =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 1 8: 58, 9¡' ¢! instead of being+1 immediately off likewise, sat down again, 1 8: 58,10¡' ¢! seemingly inclined for more chat. He began speaking of 1 8: 58,11¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, and speaking of her with more voluntary praise 1 8: 58,12¡' ¢! than Emma ¡A¢ had ever heard before. 1 8: 58,13¡B ¢! "I cannot rate+1 her beauty as you do," 1 8: 58,13¡' ¢! said he; 1 8: 58,13¡B ¢! "but 1 8: 58,14¡B ¢! she is a pretty little creature, and I am inclined to think 1 8: 58,15¡B ¢! very well of her disposition. Her character depends upon 1 8: 58,16¡B ¢! those she is with; but in good hands she will+1 turn+1 out 1 8: 58,17¡B ¢! a valuable woman." 1 8: 58,18¡A ¢! "I am glad you think so; and the good hands, I hope+1 1 8: 58,19¡A ¢! may not be wanting." 1 8: 58,20¡B ¢! "Come," 1 8: 58,20¡' ¢! said he, 1 8: 58,20¡B ¢! "you are anxious for a compliment, 1 8: 58,21¡B ¢! so I will+1 tell you that you have improved her. You have 1 8: 58,22¡B ¢! cured her of her school-girl's giggle; she really does you 1 8: 58,23¡B ¢! credit." 1 8: 58,24¡A ¢! "Thank you. I should be mortified indeed if I did not 1 8: 58,25¡A ¢! believe I had been of some use; but it is not every+body 1 8: 58,26¡A ¢! who will+1 bestow praise where they may. ²You² do not often 1 8: 58,27¡A ¢! overpower me with it." 1 8: 58,28¡B ¢! "You are expecting her again, you say, this morning?" 1 8: 58,29¡A ¢! "Almost every moment. She has been gone longer 1 8: 58,30¡A ¢! already than she intended." 1 8: 58,31¡B ¢! "Something has happened to delay+1 her; some visitors 1 8: 58,32¡B ¢! perhaps." 1 8: 58,33¡A ¢! "Highbury gossips]^^ Tiresome wretches]" 1 8: 58,34¡B ¢! "Harriet ¡M¢ may not consider every+body tiresome that+2 1 8: 58,35¡B ¢! you would." 1 8: 58,36¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ knew this was too true for contradiction, and 1 8: 58,37¡' ¢! therefore said nothing. He presently added, with a smile, 1 8: 58,38¡B ¢! "I do not pretend to fix on times or places, but I must 1 8: 59, 1¡B ¢! tell you that I have good reason to believe your little 1 8: 59, 2¡B ¢! friend will+1 soon hear of something to+1 her advantage." 1 8: 59, 3¡A ¢! "Indeed] how so? of what sort?" 1 8: 59, 4¡B ¢! "A very serious+1 sort, I assure you;" 1 8: 59, 4¡' ¢! still smiling. 1 8: 59, 5¡A ¢! "Very serious+1] I can think of but one thing ^^ Who is 1 8: 59, 6¡A ¢! in love with her? Who makes you their confidant?" 1 8: 59, 7¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was more than half in hopes of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ having 1 8: 59, 8¡' ¢! dropt a hint. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ was a sort of general+1 friend 1 8: 59, 9¡' ¢! and adviser, and she knew =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ looked up to+1 him. 1 8: 59,10¡B ¢! "I have reason to think," 1 8: 59,10¡' ¢! he replied, 1 8: 59,10¡B ¢! "that Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ 1 8: 59,11¡B ¢! will+1 soon have an offer of marriage, and from a most 1 8: 59,12¡B ¢! unexceptionable quarter+1:^^ Robert+Martin ¡S¢ is the man. 1 8: 59,13¡B ¢! Her visit to+1 Abbey-Mill, this summer, seems to have done 1 8: 59,14¡B ¢! his business. He is desperately in love and means+1 to 1 8: 59,15¡B ¢! marry her." 1 8: 59,16¡A ¢! "He is very obliging," 1 8: 59,16¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢; 1 8: 59,16¡A ¢! "but is he sure 1 8: 59,17¡A ¢! that Harriet ¡M¢ means+1 to marry him?" 1 8: 59,18¡B ¢! "Well, well, means+1 to make her an offer then. Will+1 1 8: 59,19¡B ¢! that+1 do? He came to+1 the Abbey two evenings ago, on 1 8: 59,20¡B ¢! purpose to consult me about it. He knows I have a 1 8: 59,21¡B ¢! thorough regard for him and all his family, and, I believe, 1 8: 59,22¡B ¢! considers me as one of his best friends. He came to ask 1 8: 59,23¡B ¢! me whether I thought+1 it would be imprudent in him to 1 8: 59,24¡B ¢! settle so early; whether I thought+1 her too young: in 1 8: 59,25¡B ¢! short, whether I approved his choice altogether; having 1 8: 59,26¡B ¢! some apprehension perhaps of her being+1 considered 1 8: 59,27¡B ¢! (especially since ²your² making so much of her) as in a line 1 8: 59,28¡B ¢! of society above him. I was very much pleased with all 1 8: 59,29¡B ¢! that+2 he said. I never hear better+1 sense from any+one than 1 8: 59,30¡B ¢! Robert+Martin ¡S¢. He always speaks to+1 the purpose; open+1, 1 8: 59,31¡B ¢! straight+forward+1, and very well judging. He told me 1 8: 59,32¡B ¢! every+thing; his circumstances and plans, and what they 1 8: 59,33¡B ¢! all proposed doing in the event of his marriage. He is an 1 8: 59,34¡B ¢! excellent young man, both as son and brother. I had no 1 8: 59,35¡B ¢! hesitation in advising him to marry. He proved to+1 me 1 8: 59,36¡B ¢! that he could afford it; and that+1 being+1 the case, I was 1 8: 59,37¡B ¢! convinced he could not do better+1. I praised the fair lady 1 8: 59,38¡B ¢! too, and altogether sent him away very happy. If he 1 8: 60, 1¡B ¢! had never esteemed my opinion before, he would have 1 8: 60, 2¡B ¢! thought+1 highly of me then; and, I dare+1 say, left+1 the hous **e 1 8: 60, 3¡B ¢! thinking me the best friend and counsellor man ever had. 1 8: 60, 4¡B ¢! This happened the night before last+1. Now, as we may 1 8: 60, 5¡B ¢! fairly suppose, he would not allow much time to pass 1 8: 60, 6¡B ¢! before he spoke to+1 the lady, and as he does not appear 1 8: 60, 7¡B ¢! to have spoken yesterday, it is not unlikely that he 1 8: 60, 8¡B ¢! should be at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ to+day; and she may be 1 8: 60, 9¡B ¢! detained by a visitor, without thinking him at all a tiresome 1 8: 60,10¡B ¢! wretch." 1 8: 60,11¡A ¢! "Pray, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢," 1 8: 60,11¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, who had been 1 8: 60,12¡' ¢! smiling to+1 herself through a great part of this speech, 1 8: 60,13¡A ¢! "how do you know that =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ did not speak 1 8: 60,14¡A ¢! yesterday?" 1 8: 60,15¡B ¢! "Certainly," 1 8: 60,15¡' ¢! replied he, surprized, 1 8: 60,15¡B ¢! "I do not absolutely 1 8: 60,16¡B ¢! know it; but it may be inferred. Was not she the whole+1 1 8: 60,17¡B ¢! day with you?" 1 8: 60,18¡A ¢! "Come," 1 8: 60,18¡' ¢! said she, 1 8: 60,18¡A ¢! "I will+1 tell you something, in 1 8: 60,19¡A ¢! return for what you have told me. He did speak yesterday^^ 1 8: 60,20¡A ¢! that+1 is, he wrote, and was refused." 1 8: 60,21¡' ¢! This was obliged to be repeated before it could be 1 8: 60,22¡' ¢! believed; and =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ actually looked red with 1 8: 60,23¡' ¢! surprize and displeasure, as he stood up, in tall indignation, 1 8: 60,24¡' ¢! and said, 1 8: 60,25¡B ¢! "Then she is a greater simpleton than I ever believed 1 8: 60,26¡B ¢! her. What is the foolish girl about?" 1 8: 60,27¡A ¢! "Oh] to be sure," 1 8: 60,27¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 1 8: 60,27¡A ¢! "it is always incomprehensible 1 8: 60,28¡A ¢! to+1 a man that a woman should ever refuse an 1 8: 60,29¡A ¢! offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be 1 8: 60,30¡A ¢! ready for anybody who asks her." 1 8: 60,31¡B ¢! "Nonsense] a man does not imagine any such thing. 1 8: 60,32¡B ¢! But what is the meaning of this? Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ refuse 1 8: 60,33¡B ¢! Robert+Martin ¡S¢? madness, if it is so; but I hope+1 you are 1 8: 60,34¡B ¢! mistaken." 1 8: 60,35¡A ¢! "I saw her answer, nothing could be clearer." 1 8: 60,36¡B ¢! "You saw her answer] you wrote her answer too. 1 8: 60,37¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢, this is your doing. You persuaded her to refuse 1 8: 60,38¡B ¢! him." 1 8: 61, 1¡A ¢! "And if I did, (which, however, I am far from allowing,) 1 8: 61, 2¡A ¢! I should not feel that I had done wrong. =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ is 1 8: 61, 3¡A ¢! a very respectable young man, but I cannot admit him 1 8: 61, 4¡A ¢! to be Harriet's ¡M¢ equal+2; and am rather surprized indeed 1 8: 61, 5¡A ¢! that he should have ventured to address+1 her. By your 1 8: 61, 6¡A ¢! account, he does seem to have had some scruples. It is 1 8: 61, 7¡A ¢! a pity that they were ever got over." 1 8: 61, 8¡B ¢! "Not Harriet's ¡M¢ equal+2]" 1 8: 61, 8¡' ¢! exclaimed =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ 1 8: 61, 9¡' ¢! loudly and warmly; and with calmer asperity, added, 1 8: 61,10¡' ¢! a few moments afterwards, 1 8: 61,10¡B ¢! "No+1, he is not her equal+2 1 8: 61,11¡B ¢! indeed, for+1 he is as much her superior in sense as in 1 8: 61,12¡B ¢! situation. Emma ¡A¢, your infatuation about that+1 girl blinds 1 8: 61,13¡B ¢! you. What are Harriet+Smith's ¡M¢ claims, either of birth, 1 8: 61,14¡B ¢! nature or education, to+1 any connection higher than 1 8: 61,15¡B ¢! Robert+Martin ¡S¢? She is the natural+1 daughter of nobody 1 8: 61,16¡B ¢! knows whom, with probably no settled provision at all, 1 8: 61,17¡B ¢! and certainly no respectable relations. She is known 1 8: 61,18¡B ¢! only as parlour-boarder at a common school. She is not 1 8: 61,19¡B ¢! a sensible+1 girl, nor a girl of any information. She has been 1 8: 61,20¡B ¢! taught nothing useful, and is too young and too simple+1+1 1 8: 61,21¡B ¢! to have acquired any+thing herself. At her age she can 1 8: 61,22¡B ¢! have no experience, and with her little wit, is not very 1 8: 61,23¡B ¢! likely ever to have any that+2 can avail her. She is pretty, 1 8: 61,24¡B ¢! and she is good tempered, and that+1 is all. My only 1 8: 61,25¡B ¢! scruple in advising the match was on his account, as being+1 1 8: 61,26¡B ¢! beneath his deserts, and a bad connexion for him. I felt, 1 8: 61,27¡B ¢! that as to+1 fortune, in all probability he might do much 1 8: 61,28¡B ¢! better+1; and that as to+1 a rational companion or useful 1 8: 61,29¡B ¢! helpmate, he could not do worse. But I could not reason+1 1 8: 61,30¡B ¢! so to+1 a man in love, and was willing to trust+1 to+1 there be **ing+1 1 8: 61,31¡B ¢! no harm in her, to+1 her having that+1 sort of disposition, 1 8: 61,32¡B ¢! which, in good hands, like+1 his, might be easily led aright 1 8: 61,33¡B ¢! and turn+1 out very well. The advantage of the match 1 8: 61,34¡B ¢! I felt to be all on her side; and had not the smallest 1 8: 61,35¡B ¢! doubt (nor have I now) that there would be a general+1 1 8: 61,36¡B ¢! cry-out upon her extreme+1 good luck. Even ²your² satisfaction 1 8: 61,37¡B ¢! I made sure of. It crossed my mind immediately 1 8: 61,38¡B ¢! that you would not regret+1 your friend's leaving Highbury, 1 8: 62, 1¡B ¢! for the sake of her being+1 settled so well. I remember 1 8: 62, 2¡B ¢! saying to+1 myself, 1 8: 62, 2@B ! ""Even Emma ¡A¢, with all her partiality for 1 8: 62, 3@B ! Harriet ¡M¢, will+1 think this a good match."" " 1 8: 62, 4¡A ¢! "I cannot help+1 wondering at your knowing so little of 1 8: 62, 5¡A ¢! Emma ¡A¢ as to say any such thing. What] think a farmer, 1 8: 62, 6¡A ¢! (and with all his sense and all his merit =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ is 1 8: 62, 7¡A ¢! nothing more,) a good match for my intimate+1 friend] 1 8: 62, 8¡A ¢! Not regret+1 her leaving Highbury for the sake of marrying 1 8: 62, 9¡A ¢! a man whom I could never admit as an acquaintance of 1 8: 62,10¡A ¢! my own+1] I wonder+1 you should think it possible for me 1 8: 62,11¡A ¢! to have such feelings. I assure you mine+1 are very different. 1 8: 62,12¡A ¢! I must think your statement by no means fair. You are 1 8: 62,13¡A ¢! not just to+1 Harriet's ¡M¢ claims. They would be estimated 1 8: 62,14¡A ¢! very differently by others as well as myself; =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ 1 8: 62,15¡A ¢! may be the richest of the two, but he is undoubtedly her 1 8: 62,16¡A ¢! inferior as to+1 rank in society.^^ The sphere in which she 1 8: 62,17¡A ¢! moves is much above his.^^ It would be a degradation." 1 8: 62,18¡B ¢! "A degradation to+1 illegitimacy and ignorance, to be 1 8: 62,19¡B ¢! married to+1 a respectable, intelligent gentleman-farmer]" 1 8: 62,20¡A ¢! "As to+1 the circumstances of her birth, though in a legal 1 8: 62,21¡A ¢! sense she may be called Nobody, it will+1 not hold+1 in common 1 8: 62,22¡A ¢! sense. She is not to pay+1 for the offence of others, by being+ **1 1 8: 62,23¡A ¢! held below the level of those with whom she is brought up. 1 8: 62,24¡A ¢! ^^ There can scarcely be a doubt that her father is a gentleman **^^ 1 8: 62,25¡A ¢! and a gentleman of fortune.^^ Her allowance is very 1 8: 62,26¡A ¢! liberal; nothing has ever been grudged for her improvement 1 8: 62,27¡A ¢! or comfort.^^ That she is a gentleman's daughter, is 1 8: 62,28¡A ¢! indubitable to+1 me; that she associates with gentlemen's 1 8: 62,29¡A ¢! daughters, no+one, I apprehend, will+1 deny.^^ She is superior 1 8: 62,30¡A ¢! to+1 =Mr#+Robert+Martin ¡S¢." 1 8: 62,31¡B ¢! "Whoever might be her parents," 1 8: 62,31¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 1 8: 62,32¡B ¢! "whoever may have had the charge of her, it does not 1 8: 62,33¡B ¢! appear to have been any part of their plan to introduce 1 8: 62,34¡B ¢! her into what you would call+1 good society. After receiving 1 8: 62,35¡B ¢! a very indifferent education she is left+1 in =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ **ZZD¢ 1 8: 62,36¡B ¢! hands to shift+1 as she can;^^ to move, in short, in =Mrs#+Godd **ard's ¡ZZD¢ 1 8: 62,37¡B ¢! line, to have =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ acquaintance. 1 8: 62,38¡B ¢! Her friends evidently thought+1 this good enough for her; 1 8: 63, 1¡B ¢! and it ²was² good enough. She desired nothing better+1 1 8: 63, 2¡B ¢! herself. Till you chose to turn+1 her into a friend, her 1 8: 63, 3¡B ¢! mind had no distaste for her own+1 set, nor any ambition 1 8: 63, 4¡B ¢! beyond it. She was as happy as possible with the Martins ¡S1¢ 1 8: 63, 5¡B ¢! in the summer. She had no sense of superiority then. 1 8: 63, 6¡B ¢! If she has it now, you have given it. You have been no 1 8: 63, 7¡B ¢! friend to+1 Harriet+Smith ¡M¢, Emma ¡A¢. Robert+Martin ¡S¢ woul **d 1 8: 63, 8¡B ¢! never have proceeded so far, if he had not felt persuaded 1 8: 63, 9¡B ¢! of her not being+1 disinclined to+1 him. I know him well. 1 8: 63,10¡B ¢! He has too much real feeling to address+1 any woman on 1 8: 63,11¡B ¢! the hap-hazard of selfish passion. And as to+1 conceit, he 1 8: 63,12¡B ¢! is the farthest from it of any man I know. Depend upon 1 8: 63,13¡B ¢! it he had encouragement." 1 8: 63,14¡' ¢! It was most convenient to+1 Emma ¡A¢ not to make a direct+1 1 8: 63,15¡' ¢! reply to+1 this assertion; she chose rather to take up her 1 8: 63,16¡' ¢! own+1 line of the subject again. 1 8: 63,17¡A ¢! "You are a very warm+1 friend to+1 =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢; but, as 1 8: 63,18¡A ¢! I said before, are unjust to+1 Harriet ¡M¢. Harriet's ¡M¢ claim **s to 1 8: 63,19¡A ¢! marry well are not so contemptible as you represent them. 1 8: 63,20¡A ¢! She is not a clever girl, but she has better+1 sense than you 1 8: 63,21¡A ¢! are aware of, and does not deserve to have her understanding 1 8: 63,22¡A ¢! spoken of so slightingly. Waving that+1 point, however, 1 8: 63,23¡A ¢! and supposing her to be, as you describe her, only pretty 1 8: 63,24¡A ¢! and good-natured, let me tell you, that in the degree she 1 8: 63,25¡A ¢! possesses them, they are not trivial recommendations to+1 1 8: 63,26¡A ¢! the world in general+1, for she is, in fact, a beautiful girl, 1 8: 63,27¡A ¢! and must be thought+1 so by ninety-nine people out of an 1 8: 63,28¡A ¢! hundred; and till it appears that men are much more 1 8: 63,29¡A ¢! philosophic on the subject of beauty than they are 1 8: 63,30¡A ¢! generally supposed; till they do fall in love with well-informe **d 1 8: 63,31¡A ¢! minds instead of handsome faces, a girl, with 1 8: 63,32¡A ¢! such loveliness as Harriet ¡M¢, has a certainty of being+1 1 8: 63,33¡A ¢! admired and sought after, of having the power of choosing 1 8: 63,34¡A ¢! from among many, consequently a claim to be nice. Her 1 8: 63,35¡A ¢! good-nature, too, is not so very slight+2 a claim, comprehendin **g, 1 8: 63,36¡A ¢! as it does, real, thorough sweetness of temper 1 8: 63,37¡A ¢! and manner, a very humble+1 opinion of herself, and a great 1 8: 63,38¡A ¢! readiness to be pleased with other people. I am very 1 8: 64, 1¡A ¢! much mistaken if your sex in general+1 would not think 1 8: 64, 2¡A ¢! such beauty, and such temper, the highest claims a woman 1 8: 64, 3¡A ¢! could possess." 1 8: 64, 4¡B ¢! "Upon my word, Emma ¡A¢, to hear you abusing the 1 8: 64, 5¡B ¢! reason you have, is almost enough to make me think so 1 8: 64, 6¡B ¢! too. Better+1 be without sense, than misapply it as you do." 1 8: 64, 7¡A ¢! "To be sure]" 1 8: 64, 7¡' ¢! cried she playfully. 1 8: 64, 7¡A ¢! "I know ²that+1² is 1 8: 64, 8¡A ¢! the feeling of you all. I know that such a girl as Harriet ¡M¢ 1 8: 64, 9¡A ¢! is exactly what every man delights+1 in ^^ what at once 1 8: 64,10¡A ¢! bewitches his senses and satisfies his judgment. Oh] 1 8: 64,11¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ may pick and choose. Were you, yourself, ever 1 8: 64,12¡A ¢! to marry, she is the very woman for you. And is she, at 1 8: 64,13¡A ¢! seventeen, just+1 entering into life, just+1 beginning+1 to be 1 8: 64,14¡A ¢! known, to be wondered at because she does not accept 1 8: 64,15¡A ¢! the first offer she receives? No+1^^ pray let her have time 1 8: 64,16¡A ¢! to look+1 about her." 1 8: 64,17¡B ¢! "I have always thought+1 it a very foolish intimacy," 1 8: 64,18¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ presently, 1 8: 64,18¡B ¢! "though I have kept my 1 8: 64,19¡B ¢! thoughts to+1 myself; but I now perceive that it will+1 be 1 8: 64,20¡B ¢! a very unfortunate one for Harriet ¡M¢. You will+1 puff her up 1 8: 64,21¡B ¢! with such ideas of her own+1 beauty, and of what she has 1 8: 64,22¡B ¢! a claim to+1, that, in a little while, nobody within her reach 1 8: 64,23¡B ¢! will+1 be good enough for her. Vanity working on a weak 1 8: 64,24¡B ¢! head, produces every sort of mischief. Nothing so easy 1 8: 64,25¡B ¢! as for a young lady to raise her expectations too high. 1 8: 64,26¡B ¢! =Miss+Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ may not find offers of marriage flow+1 1 8: 64,27¡B ¢! in so fast, though she is a very pretty girl. Men of sense, 1 8: 64,28¡B ¢! whatever you may chuse to say, do not want+1 silly wives. 1 8: 64,29¡B ¢! Men of family would not be very fond of connecting 1 8: 64,30¡B ¢! themselves with a girl of such obscurity ^^ and most 1 8: 64,31¡B ¢! prudent men would be afraid of the inconvenience and 1 8: 64,32¡B ¢! disgrace they might be involved in, when the mystery of 1 8: 64,33¡B ¢! her parentage came to be revealed. Let her marry 1 8: 64,34¡B ¢! Robert+Martin ¡S¢, and she is safe, respectable, and happy 1 8: 64,35¡B ¢! for+ever; but if you encourage her to expect to marry 1 8: 64,36¡B ¢! greatly, and teach her to be satisfied with nothing less 1 8: 64,37¡B ¢! than a man of consequence and large fortune, she may be 1 8: 64,38¡B ¢! a parlour-boarder at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ all the rest of her 1 8: 65, 1¡B ¢! life^^ or, at least, (for Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ is a girl who will+ **1 1 8: 65, 2¡B ¢! marry somebody or other,) till she grow desperate, and 1 8: 65, 3¡B ¢! is glad to catch at the old writing master's son." 1 8: 65, 4¡A ¢! "We think so very differently on this point, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ **, 1 8: 65, 5¡A ¢! that there can be no use in canvassing it. We shall 1 8: 65, 6¡A ¢! only be making each other more angry. But as to+1 my 1 8: 65, 7¡A ¢! ²letting² her marry Robert+Martin ¡S¢, it is impossible; she ha **s 1 8: 65, 8¡A ¢! refused him, and so decidedly, I think, as must prevent 1 8: 65, 9¡A ¢! any second+2 application. She must abide by the evil of 1 8: 65,10¡A ¢! having refused him, whatever it may be; and as to+1 the 1 8: 65,11¡A ¢! refusal itself, I will+1 not pretend to say that I might not 1 8: 65,12¡A ¢! influence+1 her a little; but I assure you there was very 1 8: 65,13¡A ¢! little for me or for anybody to do. His appearance is so 1 8: 65,14¡A ¢! much against him, and his manner so bad, that if she 1 8: 65,15¡A ¢! ever were disposed to favour+1 him, she is not now. I can 1 8: 65,16¡A ¢! imagine, that before she had seen anybody superior, she 1 8: 65,17¡A ¢! might tolerate him. He was the brother of her friends, 1 8: 65,18¡A ¢! and he took pains to please her; and altogether, having 1 8: 65,19¡A ¢! seen nobody better+1 (that+1 must have been his great assistant **) 1 8: 65,20¡A ¢! she might not, while+2 she was at Abbey-Mill, find 1 8: 65,21¡A ¢! him disagreeable. But the case is altered now. She knows 1 8: 65,22¡A ¢! now what gentlemen are; and nothing but a gentleman 1 8: 65,23¡A ¢! in education and manner has any chance with Harriet ¡M¢." 1 8: 65,24¡B ¢! "Nonsense, errant nonsense, as ever was talked]" 1 8: 65,25¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢.^^ 1 8: 65,25¡B ¢! "Robert+Martin's ¡S¢ manners have 1 8: 65,26¡B ¢! sense, sincerity, and good-humour to recommend them; 1 8: 65,27¡B ¢! and his mind has more true gentility than Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ 1 8: 65,28¡B ¢! could understand." 1 8: 65,29¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ made no answer, and tried to look+1 cheerfully 1 8: 65,30¡' ¢! unconcerned, but was really feeling+1 uncomfortable and 1 8: 65,31¡' ¢! wanting him very much to be gone. 1 8: 65,31@A ! She did not repent 1 8: 65,32@A ! what she had done; she still thought+1 herself a better+1 1 8: 65,33@A ! judge of such a point of female right and refinement than 1 8: 65,34@A ! he could be; but yet she had a sort of habitual respect 1 8: 65,35@A ! for his judgment in general+1, which made her dislike+1 having 1 8: 65,36@A ! it so loudly against her; and to have him sitting just+1 1 8: 65,37@A ! opposite to+1 her in angry state, was very disagreeable. 1 8: 65,38¡' ¢! Some minutes passed in this unpleasant silence, with only 1 8: 66, 1¡' ¢! one attempt on Emma's ¡A¢ side to talk+1 of the weather, but 1 8: 66, 2¡' ¢! he made no answer. He was thinking. The result of his 1 8: 66, 3¡' ¢! thoughts appeared at last+1+2 in these words. 1 8: 66, 4¡B ¢! "Robert+Martin ¡S¢ has no great loss^^ if he can but think 1 8: 66, 5¡B ¢! so; and I hope+1 it will+1 not be long+1 before he does. Your 1 8: 66, 6¡B ¢! views for Harriet ¡M¢ are best known to+1 yourself; but as you 1 8: 66, 7¡B ¢! make no secret of your love of match-making, it is fair to 1 8: 66, 8¡B ¢! suppose that views, and plans, and projects you have;^^ 1 8: 66, 9¡B ¢! and as a friend I shall just+1 hint+1 to+1 you that if Elton ¡H **¢ is the 1 8: 66,10¡B ¢! man, I think it will+1 be all labour in vain." 1 8: 66,11¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ laughed and disclaimed. He continued, 1 8: 66,12¡B ¢! "Depend upon it, Elton ¡H¢ will+1 not do. Elton ¡H¢ is a very 1 8: 66,13¡B ¢! good sort of man, and a very respectable vicar of Highbury, 1 8: 66,14¡B ¢! but not at all likely to make an imprudent match. He 1 8: 66,15¡B ¢! knows the value of a good income as well as anybody. 1 8: 66,16¡B ¢! Elton ¡H¢ may talk+1 sentimentally, but he will+1 act+1 rationa **lly. 1 8: 66,17¡B ¢! He is as well acquainted with his own+1 claims, as you can 1 8: 66,18¡B ¢! be with Harriet's ¡M¢. He knows that he is a very handsome 1 8: 66,19¡B ¢! young man, and a great favourite wherever he goes; and 1 8: 66,20¡B ¢! from his general+1 way of talking in unreserved moments, 1 8: 66,21¡B ¢! when there are only men present+2, I am convinced that he 1 8: 66,22¡B ¢! does not mean to throw himself away. I have heard him 1 8: 66,23¡B ¢! speak with great animation of a large family of young 1 8: 66,24¡B ¢! ladies that+2 his sisters are intimate+1 with, who have all 1 8: 66,25¡B ¢! twenty thousand apiece." 1 8: 66,26¡A ¢! "I am very much obliged to+1 you," 1 8: 66,26¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, laughing 1 8: 66,27¡' ¢! again. 1 8: 66,27¡A ¢! "If I had set+1 my heart on =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ marrying 1 8: 66,28¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, it would have been very kind+1 to open my eyes; 1 8: 66,29¡A ¢! but at present I only want+1 to keep Harriet ¡M¢ to+1 myself. 1 8: 66,30¡A ¢! I have done with match-making indeed. I could never 1 8: 66,31¡A ¢! hope+1 to equal+1 my own+1 doings at Randalls. I shall leave+1 1 8: 66,32¡A ¢! off while+2 I am well." 1 8: 66,33¡B ¢! "Good morning to+1 you,"^^ 1 8: 66,33¡' ¢! said he, rising and walking 1 8: 66,34¡' ¢! off abruptly. He was very much vexed. He felt the 1 8: 66,35¡' ¢! disappointment of the young man, and was mortified to 1 8: 66,36¡' ¢! have been the means of promoting it, by the sanction he 1 8: 66,37¡' ¢! had given; and the part which he was persuaded Emma ¡A¢ 1 8: 66,38¡' ¢! had taken in the affair, was provoking him exceedingly. 1 8: 67, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ remained in a state of vexation too; but there 1 8: 67, 2¡' ¢! was more indistinctness in the causes of her's, than in his. 1 8: 67, 3¡' ¢! She did not always feel so absolutely satisfied with herself, 1 8: 67, 4¡' ¢! so entirely convinced that her opinions were right+1 and her 1 8: 67, 5¡' ¢! adversary's wrong+1, as =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. He walked off in 1 8: 67, 6¡' ¢! more complete self-approbation than he left+1 for her. She 1 8: 67, 7¡' ¢! was not so materially cast down, however, but that a little 1 8: 67, 8¡' ¢! time and the return of Harriet ¡M¢ were very adequate 1 8: 67, 9¡' ¢! restoratives. 1 8: 67, 9@A ! Harriet's ¡M¢ staying away so long+1 was beginning+1 1 8: 67,10@A ! to make her uneasy. The possibility of the young 1 8: 67,11@A ! man's coming to+1 =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ that+1 morning, and mee **ting 1 8: 67,12@A ! with Harriet ¡M¢ and pleading his own+1 cause, gave 1 8: 67,13@A ! alarming ideas. The dread of such a failure after all 1 8: 67,14@A ! became the prominent uneasiness; and when Harriet ¡M¢ 1 8: 67,15@A ! appeared, and in very good spirits, and without having 1 8: 67,16@A ! any such reason to give for her long+1 absence, she felt 1 8: 67,17@A ! a satisfaction which settled her with her own+1 mind, and 1 8: 67,18@A ! convinced her, that let =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ think or say what 1 8: 67,19@A ! he would, she had done nothing which woman's friendship 1 8: 67,20@A ! and woman's feelings would not justify. 1 8: 67,21@A ! He had frightened her a little about =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢; but 1 8: 67,22@A ! when she considered that =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ could not have 1 8: 67,23@A ! observed him as she had done, neither with the interest, 1 8: 67,24@A ! nor (she must be allowed to tell herself, in spite+1 of =Mr#+Kn **ightley's ¡B¢ 1 8: 67,25@A ! pretensions) with the skill of such an observer 1 8: 67,26@A ! on such a question as herself, that he had spoken it hastily 1 8: 67,27@A ! and in anger, she was able to believe, that he had rather 1 8: 67,28@A ! said what he wished resentfully to be true, than what he 1 8: 67,29@A ! knew anything about. He certainly might have heard 1 8: 67,30@A ! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ speak with more unreserve than she had ever 1 8: 67,31@A ! done, and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ might not be of an imprudent, 1 8: 67,32@A ! inconsiderate disposition as to+1 money-matters; he might 1 8: 67,33@A ! naturally be rather attentive than otherwise to+1 them; 1 8: 67,34@A ! but then, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ did not make due+1 allowance for 1 8: 67,35@A ! the influence of a strong passion at war with all interested 1 8: 67,36@A ! motives. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ saw no such passion, and of course+ **1 1 8: 67,37@A ! thought+1 nothing of its effects; but she saw too much 1 8: 67,38@A ! of it, to feel a doubt of its overcoming any hesitations that+2 1 8: 68, 1@A ! a reasonable prudence might originally suggest; and 1 8: 68, 2@A ! more than a reasonable, becoming degree of prudence, she 1 8: 68, 3@A ! was very sure did not belong to+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. 1 8: 68, 4¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ cheerful look and manner established her's: 1 8: 68, 5¡' ¢! she came back+1, not to think of =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢, but to talk+1 ** of 1 8: 68, 6¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ had been telling her something, 1 8: 68, 7¡' ¢! which she repeated immediately with great delight. 1 8: 68, 8@M ! =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ had been to+1 =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ to attend a **sick 1 8: 68, 9@M ! child, and =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ had seen him, and he had told =Miss+N **ash ¡T¢, 1 8: 68,10@M ! that as he was coming back+1 yesterday from Clayton+Park, 1 8: 68,11@M ! he had met =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and found to+1 his great 1 8: 68,12@M ! surprize that =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was actually on his road to+1 Lond **on, 1 8: 68,13@M ! and not meaning to return+1 till the morrow, though it was 1 8: 68,14@M ! the whist-club night, which he had been never known to 1 8: 68,15@M ! miss before; and =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ had remonstrated with him 1 8: 68,16@M ! about it, and told him how shabby it was in him, their 1 8: 68,17@M ! best player, to absent himself, and tried very much to 1 8: 68,18@M ! persuade him to put off his journey only one day; but it 1 8: 68,19@M ! would not do; =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ had been determined to go on, 1 8: 68,20@M ! and had said in a ²very particular² way indeed, that he was 1 8: 68,21@M ! going on business which he would not put off for any 1 8: 68,22@M ! inducement in the world; and something about a very 1 8: 68,23@M ! enviable commission, and being+1 the bearer of something 1 8: 68,24@M ! exceedingly precious. =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ could not quite understand 1 8: 68,25@M ! him, but he was very sure there must be a ²lady² in 1 8: 68,26@M ! the case, and he told him so; and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ only looked 1 8: 68,27@M ! very conscious and smiling, and rode off in great spirits. 1 8: 68,28@M ! =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ had told her all this, and had talked a great 1 8: 68,29@M ! deal more about =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢; and said, looking so very 1 8: 68,30@M ! significantly at her, 1 8: 68,30@T ! ""that she did not pretend to understand 1 8: 68,31@T ! what his business might be, but she only knew that 1 8: 68,32@T ! any woman whom =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ could prefer, she should 1 8: 68,33@T ! think the luckiest woman in the world; for, beyond 1 8: 68,34@T ! a doubt, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ had not his equal for beauty or 1 8: 68,35@T ! agreeableness."" " 1 9: 69, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ might quarrel+1 with her, but Emma ¡A¢ 1 9: 69, 2¡' ¢! could not quarrel+1 with herself. He was so much displeased, 1 9: 69, 3¡' ¢! that it was longer than usual before he came to+1 1 9: 69, 4¡' ¢! Hartfield again; and when they did meet, 1 9: 69, 4@A ! his grave+1 looks 1 9: 69, 5@A ! shewed that she was not forgiven. She was sorry, but 1 9: 69, 6@A ! could not repent. On the contrary, her plans and proceedings 1 9: 69, 7@A ! were more and more justified, and endeared to+1 1 9: 69, 8@A ! her by the general+1 appearances of the next few days. 1 9: 69, 9@A ! The Picture, elegantly framed, came safely to+1 hand 1 9: 69,10@A ! soon after =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ return, and being+1 hung over the 1 9: 69,11@A ! mantle-piece of the common sitting-room, he got up to 1 9: 69,12@A ! look+1 at it, and sighed out his half sentences of admiration 1 9: 69,13@A ! just+1 as he ought; and as for Harriet's ¡M¢ feelings, they wer **e 1 9: 69,14@A ! visibly forming themselves into as strong and steady an 1 9: 69,15@A ! attachment as her youth and sort of mind admitted. 1 9: 69,16¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was soon perfectly satisfied of =Mr#+Martin's ¡S¢ bein **g+1 1 9: 69,17¡' ¢! no otherwise remembered, than as he furnished a contrast 1 9: 69,18¡' ¢! with =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, of the utmost advantage to+1 the latter. 1 9: 69,19¡' ¢! Her views of improving her little friend's mind, by a 1 9: 69,20¡' ¢! great deal of useful reading and conversation, had never 1 9: 69,21¡' ¢! yet led to+1 more than a few first chapters, and the intention 1 9: 69,22¡' ¢! of going on to-morrow. 1 9: 69,22@A ! It was much easier to chat+1 than 1 9: 69,23@A ! to study+1; much pleasanter to let her imagination range+1 1 9: 69,24@A ! and work+1 at Harriet's ¡M¢ fortune, than to be labouring to 1 9: 69,25@A ! enlarge her comprehension or exercise it on sober facts; 1 9: 69,26¡' ¢! and the only literary pursuit which engaged Harriet ¡M¢ at 1 9: 69,27¡' ¢! present, the only mental provision she was making for 1 9: 69,28¡' ¢! the evening of life, was the collecting and transcribing 1 9: 69,29¡' ¢! all the riddles of every sort that+2 she could meet with, into 1 9: 69,30¡' ¢! a thin quarto of hot-pressed paper, made up by her friend, 1 9: 69,31¡' ¢! and ornamented with cyphers and trophies. 1 9: 69,32¡' ¢! In this age of literature, such collections on a very grand 1 9: 69,33¡' ¢! scale are not uncommon. =Miss+Nash ¡T¢, head-teacher at 1 9: 70, 1¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢, had written out at least three hundred; 1 9: 70, 2¡' ¢! and Harriet ¡M¢, who had taken the first hint of it from her, 1 9: 70, 3¡' ¢! hoped, with =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ help, to get a great many 1 9: 70, 4¡' ¢! more. Emma ¡A¢ assisted with her invention, memory and 1 9: 70, 5¡' ¢! taste; and as Harriet ¡M¢ wrote a very pretty hand, it was 1 9: 70, 6¡' ¢! likely to be an arrangement of the first order, in form as 1 9: 70, 7¡' ¢! well as quantity. 1 9: 70, 8¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was almost as much interested in the 1 9: 70, 9¡' ¢! business as the girls, and tried very often to recollect 1 9: 70,10¡' ¢! something worth their putting in. 1 9: 70,10¡P ¢! "So many clever 1 9: 70,11¡P ¢! riddles as there used+1 to be when he was young ^^ he 1 9: 70,12¡P ¢! wondered he could not remember them] but he hoped 1 9: 70,13¡P ¢! he should in time." 1 9: 70,13¡' ¢! And it always ended in 1 9: 70,13@Z1 ! "Kitty, 1 9: 70,14@Z1 ! a fair but frozen maid." 1 9: 70,15@P ! His good friend Perry ¡V¢ too, whom he had spoken to+1 on 1 9: 70,16@P ! the subject, did not at present recollect any+thing of the 1 9: 70,17@P ! riddle kind; but he had desired Perry ¡V¢ to be upon the 1 9: 70,18@P ! watch, and as he went about so much, something, he 1 9: 70,19@P ! thought+1, might come from that+1 quarter+1. 1 9: 70,20¡' ¢! It was by no means his daughter's wish that the intellects 1 9: 70,21¡' ¢! of Highbury in general+1 should be put under requisition. 1 9: 70,22¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was the only one whose assistance she asked. 1 9: 70,23@A ! He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, 1 9: 70,24@A ! charades, or conundrums that+2 he might recollect; and 1 9: 70,25@A ! she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work 1 9: 70,26@A ! with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could 1 9: 70,27@A ! perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, 1 9: 70,28@A ! nothing that+2 did not breathe a compliment to+1 the sex 1 9: 70,29@A ! should pass his lips. 1 9: 70,29¡' ¢! They owed to+1 him their two or three 1 9: 70,30¡' ¢! politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which 1 9: 70,31¡' ¢! at last+1+2 he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that **+1 1 9: 70,32¡' ¢! well-known charade, 1 9: 70,33@Z1 ! My first doth affliction denote, 1 9: 70,34@Z1 ! Which my second+2 is destin'd to feel 1 9: 70,35@Z1 ! And my whole is the best antidote 1 9: 70,36@Z1 ! That+1 affliction to soften and heal.^^ 1 9: 70,37¡' ¢! made her quite sorry to acknowledge that 1 9: 70,37@A ! they had transcribed 1 9: 70,38@A ! it some pages ago already. 1 9: 71, 1¡A ¢! "Why will+1 not you write one yourself for us, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢?" 1 9: 71, 2¡' ¢! said she; 1 9: 71, 2¡A ¢! "that+1 is the only security for its freshness; 1 9: 71, 3¡A ¢! and nothing could be easier to+1 you." 1 9: 71, 4¡H ¢! "Oh, no+1] he had never written, hardly ever, any+thing 1 9: 71, 5¡H ¢! of the kind in his life. The stupidest fellow] He was 1 9: 71, 6¡H ¢! afraid not even =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢"^^ 1 9: 71, 6¡' ¢! he stopt a moment ^^ 1 9: 71, 7¡H ¢! "or =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ could inspire him." 1 9: 71, 8¡' ¢! The very next day however produced some proof of 1 9: 71, 9¡' ¢! inspiration. He called for a few moments, just+1 to leave+1 1 9: 71,10¡' ¢! a piece of paper on the table containing, as he said, 1 9: 71,11@H ! a charade, which a friend of his had addressed to+1 a young 1 9: 71,12@H ! lady, the object of his admiration, 1 9: 71,12¡' ¢! but which, from his manner, 1 9: 71,13¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was immediately convinced must be his own+1. 1 9: 71,14¡H ¢! "I do not offer+1 it for =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢ collection," 1 9: 71,14¡' ¢! said he. 1 9: 71,15¡H ¢! "Being+1 my friend's, I have no right to expose it in any 1 9: 71,16¡H ¢! degree to+1 the public+1 eye, but perhaps you may not dislike+1 1 9: 71,17¡H ¢! looking at it." 1 9: 71,18¡' ¢! The speech was more to+1 Emma ¡A¢ than to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, which 1 9: 71,19¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could understand. 1 9: 71,19@A ! There was deep consciousness 1 9: 71,20@A ! about him, and he found it easier to meet her eye than her 1 9: 71,21@A ! friend's. 1 9: 71,21¡' ¢! He was gone the next moment:^^ after another 1 9: 71,22¡' ¢! moment's pause. 1 9: 71,23¡A ¢! "Take it," 1 9: 71,23¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, smiling, and pushing the paper 1 9: 71,24¡' ¢! towards Harriet ¡M¢^^ 1 9: 71,24¡A ¢! "it is for you. Take your own+1." 1 9: 71,25¡' ¢! But Harriet ¡M¢ was in a tremor, and could not touch+1 it; 1 9: 71,26¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢, never loth to be first, was obliged to examine 1 9: 71,27¡' ¢! it herself. 1 9: 71,28@H ! To+1 Miss+----- ¡X5¢. 1 9: 71,29@H ! CHARADE. 1 9: 71,30@H ! My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, 1 9: 71,31@H ! Lords of the earth] their luxury and ease. 1 9: 71,32@H ! Another view of man, my second+2 brings, 1 9: 71,33@H ! Behold him there, the monarch of the seas] 1 9: 71,34@H ! But, ah] united, what reverse we have] 1 9: 71,35@H ! Man's boasted+1 power and freedom, all are flown; 1 9: 71,36@H ! Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, 1 9: 71,37@H ! And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 1 9: 71,38@H ! Thy ready wit the word will+1 soon supply+1, 1 9: 71,39@H ! May its approval beam+1 in that+1 soft eye] 1 9: 72, 1¡' ¢! She cast her eye over it, pondered, caught the meaning, 1 9: 72, 2¡' ¢! read it through again to be quite certain, and quite 1 9: 72, 3¡' ¢! mistress of the lines, and then passing it to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, sa **t 1 9: 72, 4¡' ¢! happily smiling, and saying to+1 herself, while+2 Harriet ¡M¢ w **as 1 9: 72, 5¡' ¢! puzzling over the paper in all the confusion of hope and 1 9: 72, 6¡' ¢! dulness, 1 9: 72, 6@A ! "Very well, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, very well, indeed. I have 1 9: 72, 7@A ! read worse charades. ²Courtship²^^ a very good hint. 1 9: 72, 8@A ! I give you credit for it. This is feeling+1 your way. This is 1 9: 72, 9@A ! saying very plainly^^ ""Pray, =Miss+Smith ¡M¢, give me leave 1 9: 72,10@A ! to pay+1 my addresses to+1 you. Approve my charade and 1 9: 72,11@A ! my intentions in the same glance."" 1 9: 72,12@H ! May its approval beam+1 in that+1 soft eye] 1 9: 72,13@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ exactly. Soft, is the very word for her eye ^^ of 1 9: 72,14@A ! all epithets, the justest that+2 could be given. 1 9: 72,15@H ! Thy ready wit the word will+1 soon supply+1 ^^ 1 9: 72,16@A ! Humph^^ Harriet's ¡M¢ ready wit] All the better+1. A man 1 9: 72,17@A ! must be very much in love indeed, to describe her so. 1 9: 72,18@A ! Ah] =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, I wish+1 you had the benefit of this; 1 9: 72,19@A ! I think this would convince you. For once in your life 1 9: 72,20@A ! you would be obliged to own yourself mistaken. An 1 9: 72,21@A ! excellent charade indeed] and very much to+1 the purpose. 1 9: 72,22@A ! Things must come to+1 a crisis soon now." 1 9: 72,23¡' ¢! She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant 1 9: 72,24¡' ¢! observations, which were otherwise of a sort to run+1 into 1 9: 72,25¡' ¢! great length, by the eagerness of Harriet's ¡M¢ wondering 1 9: 72,26¡' ¢! questions. 1 9: 72,27¡M ¢! "What can it be, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢?^^ what can it be? 1 9: 72,28¡M ¢! I have not an idea ^^ I cannot guess+1 it in the least. What 1 9: 72,29¡M ¢! can it possibly be? Do try to find it out, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢. 1 9: 72,30¡M ¢! Do help+1 me. I never saw any+thing so hard. Is 1 9: 72,31¡M ¢! it kingdom? I wonder+1 who the friend was ^^ and who 1 9: 72,32¡M ¢! could be the young lady] Do you think it is a good one? 1 9: 72,33¡M ¢! Can it be woman? 1 9: 72,34@H ! And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 1 9: 72,35¡M ¢! Can it be Neptune? 1 9: 72,36@H ! Behold him there, the monarch of the seas] 1 9: 73, 1¡M ¢! Or a trident? or a mermaid? or a shark? Oh, no+1] 1 9: 73, 2¡M ¢! shark is only one syllable. It must be very clever, or he 1 9: 73, 3¡M ¢! would not have brought it. Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, do 1 9: 73, 4¡M ¢! you think we shall ever find it out?" 1 9: 73, 5¡A ¢! "Mermaids and sharks] Nonsense] My dear Harriet ¡M¢, 1 9: 73, 6¡A ¢! what are you thinking of? Where would be the use of 1 9: 73, 7¡A ¢! his bringing us a charade made by a friend upon a mermaid 1 9: 73, 8¡A ¢! or a shark? Give me the paper and listen. 1 9: 73, 9¡A ¢! "For Miss+----- ¡X5¢, read =Miss+Smith ¡M¢. 1 9: 73,10@H ! My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, 1 9: 73,11¡A ¢! Lords of the earth] their luxury and ease. 1 9: 73,12¡A ¢! That+1 is ²court². 1 9: 73,13@H ! Another view of man, my second+2 brings; 1 9: 73,14@H ! Behold him there, the monarch of the seas] 1 9: 73,15¡A ¢! That+1 is ²ship²;^^ plain as can be.^^ Now for the cream. 1 9: 73,16@H ! But ah] united, 1 9: 73,16¡A ¢! (²courtship², you know,) 1 9: 73,16@H ! what reverse we have] 1 9: 73,17@H ! Man's boasted+1 power and freedom, all are flown. 1 9: 73,18@H ! Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, 1 9: 73,19@H ! And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 1 9: 73,20¡A ¢! A very proper compliment]^^ and then follows the 1 9: 73,21¡A ¢! application, which I think, my dear Harriet ¡M¢, you cannot 1 9: 73,22¡A ¢! find much difficulty in comprehending. Read it in 1 9: 73,23¡A ¢! comfort to+1 yourself. There can be no doubt of its being+1 1 9: 73,24¡A ¢! written for you and to+1 you." 1 9: 73,25¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ could not long+1 resist so delightful a persuasion. 1 9: 73,26¡' ¢! She read the concluding lines, and was all flutter and 1 9: 73,27¡' ¢! happiness. She could not speak. But she was not 1 9: 73,28¡' ¢! wanted to speak. It was enough for her to feel. Emma ¡A¢ 1 9: 73,29¡' ¢! spoke for her. 1 9: 73,30¡A ¢! "There is so pointed, and so particular a meaning in 1 9: 73,31¡A ¢! this compliment," 1 9: 73,31¡' ¢! said she, 1 9: 73,31¡A ¢! "that I cannot have a 1 9: 73,32¡A ¢! moment's doubt as to+1 =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ intentions. You are 1 9: 73,33¡A ¢! his object ^^ and you will+1 soon receive the completest proof 1 9: 73,34¡A ¢! of it. I thought+1 it must be so. I thought+1 I could not be 1 9: 73,35¡A ¢! so deceived; but now, it is clear+1; the state of his mind 1 9: 73,36¡A ¢! is as clear+1 and decided+1, as my wishes on the subject have 1 9: 73,37¡A ¢! been ever since I knew you. Yes, Harriet ¡M¢, just+1 so long+1 1 9: 73,38¡A ¢! have I been wanting the very circumstance to happen 1 9: 74, 1¡A ¢! which has happened. I could never tell whether an 1 9: 74, 2¡A ¢! attachment between you and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ were most 1 9: 74, 3¡A ¢! desirable or most natural+1. Its probability and its eligibilit **y 1 9: 74, 4¡A ¢! have really so equalled each other] I am very happy. 1 9: 74, 5¡A ¢! I congratulate you, my dear Harriet ¡M¢, with all my heart. 1 9: 74, 6¡A ¢! This is an attachment which a woman may well feel pride 1 9: 74, 7¡A ¢! in creating. This is a connection which offers+1 nothing 1 9: 74, 8¡A ¢! but good. It will+1 give you every+thing that+2 you want+1 ^^ 1 9: 74, 9¡A ¢! consideration, independence, a proper home ^^ it will+1 fix 1 9: 74,10¡A ¢! you in the centre of all your real friends, close+2 to+1 Hartfi **eld 1 9: 74,11¡A ¢! and to+1 me, and confirm our intimacy for+ever. This, 1 9: 74,12¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, is an alliance which can never raise a blush in 1 9: 74,13¡A ¢! either of us." 1 9: 74,14¡M ¢! "Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢"^^ 1 9: 74,14¡' ¢! and 1 9: 74,14¡M ¢! "Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢," 1 9: 74,15¡' ¢! was all that+2 Harriet ¡M¢, with many tender embraces 1 9: 74,16¡' ¢! could articulate at first; but when they did arrive at 1 9: 74,17¡' ¢! something more like+1 conversation, it was sufficiently clear+1 1 9: 74,18¡' ¢! to+1 her friend that 1 9: 74,18@A ! she saw, felt, anticipated, and remembered 1 9: 74,19@A ! just+1 as she ought. =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ superiority had very 1 9: 74,20@A ! ample acknowledgment. 1 9: 74,21¡M ¢! "Whatever you say is always right+1," 1 9: 74,21¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢, 1 9: 74,22¡M ¢! "and therefore I suppose, and believe, and hope+1 it must 1 9: 74,23¡M ¢! be so; but otherwise I could not have imagined it. It is 1 9: 74,24¡M ¢! so much beyond any+thing I deserve. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, who 1 9: 74,25¡M ¢! might marry any+body] There cannot be two opinions 1 9: 74,26¡M ¢! about ²him². He is so very superior. Only think of those 1 9: 74,27¡M ¢! sweet verses^^ ""To+1 Miss+----- ¡X5¢."" Dear+2 me, how clever] **^^ 1 9: 74,28¡M ¢! Could it really be meant for me?" 1 9: 74,29¡A ¢! "I cannot make a question, or listen to+1 a question 1 9: 74,30¡A ¢! about that+1. It is a certainty. Receive it on my judgment. 1 9: 74,31¡A ¢! It is a sort of prologue to+1 the play, a motto to+1 the 1 9: 74,32¡A ¢! chapter; and will+1 be soon followed by matter-of-fact 1 9: 74,33¡A ¢! prose." 1 9: 74,34¡M ¢! "It is a sort of thing which nobody could have expected. 1 9: 74,35¡M ¢! I am sure, a month ago, I had no more idea myself]^^ 1 9: 74,36¡M ¢! The strangest things do take place]" 1 9: 74,37¡A ¢! "When =Miss+Smiths ¡M¢ and =Mr#+Eltons ¡H¢ get acquainted ^^ 1 9: 74,38¡A ¢! they do indeed ^^ and really it is strange; it is out of the 1 9: 75, 1¡A ¢! common course that what is so evidently, so palpably 1 9: 75, 2¡A ¢! desirable ^^ what courts the pre-arrangement of other 1 9: 75, 3¡A ¢! people, should so immediately shape+1 itself into the proper 1 9: 75, 4¡A ¢! form. You and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ are by situation called together; 1 9: 75, 5¡A ¢! you belong to+1 one another by every circumstance of your 1 9: 75, 6¡A ¢! respective homes. Your marrying will+1 be equal+2 to+1 the 1 9: 75, 7¡A ¢! match at Randalls. There does seem to be a something 1 9: 75, 8¡A ¢! in the air of Hartfield which gives love exactly the right+1 1 9: 75, 9¡A ¢! direction, and sends it into the very channel where it 1 9: 75,10¡A ¢! ought to flow+1. 1 9: 75,11¡A ¢! The course of true love never did run+1 smooth^^ 1 9: 75,12¡A ¢! A Hartfield edition of Shakespeare ¡Z1¢ would have a long+1 1 9: 75,13¡A ¢! note on that+1 passage." 1 9: 75,14¡M ¢! "That =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ should really be in love with me,^^ me, 1 9: 75,15¡M ¢! of all people, who did not know him, to speak to+1 him, at 1 9: 75,16¡M ¢! Michaelmas] And he, the very handsomest man that+2 1 9: 75,17¡M ¢! ever was, and a man that+2 every+body looks+1 up to+1, quite 1 9: 75,18¡M ¢! like+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢] His company so sought after, that 1 9: 75,19¡M ¢! every+body says he need+1 not eat a single meal by himself 1 9: 75,20¡M ¢! if he does not chuse it; that he has more invitations than 1 9: 75,21¡M ¢! there are days in the week. And so excellent in the 1 9: 75,22¡M ¢! Church] =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ has put down all the texts he has 1 9: 75,23¡M ¢! ever preached from since he came to+1 Highbury. Dear+2 1 9: 75,24¡M ¢! me] When I look+1 back+1 to+1 the first time I saw him] How 1 9: 75,25¡M ¢! little did I think]^^ The two Abbotts ¡ZZA¢ and I ran into the 1 9: 75,26¡M ¢! front room and peeped through the blind when we heard 1 9: 75,27¡M ¢! he was going by, and =Miss+Nash ¡T¢ came and scolded us 1 9: 75,28¡M ¢! away, and staid to look+1 through herself; however, she 1 9: 75,29¡M ¢! called me back+1 presently, and let me look+1 too, which 1 9: 75,30¡M ¢! was very good-natured. And how beautiful we thought+1 1 9: 75,31¡M ¢! he looked] He was arm in arm with =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢." 1 9: 75,32¡A ¢! "This is an alliance which, whoever ^^ whatever your 1 9: 75,33¡A ¢! friends may be, must be agreeable to+1 them, provided+1 at 1 9: 75,34¡A ¢! least they have common sense; and we are not to be 1 9: 75,35¡A ¢! addressing our conduct to+1 fools. If they are anxious to 1 9: 75,36¡A ¢! see you ²happily² married, here is a man whose amiable 1 9: 75,37¡A ¢! character gives every assurance of it;^^ if they wish+1 to 1 9: 76, 1¡A ¢! have you settled in the same country and circle which 1 9: 76, 2¡A ¢! they have chosen to place+1 you in, here it will+1 be accomplis **hed; 1 9: 76, 3¡A ¢! and if their only object is that you should, in 1 9: 76, 4¡A ¢! the common phrase, be ²well² married, here is the comfortable 1 9: 76, 5¡A ¢! fortune, the respectable establishment, the rise in 1 9: 76, 6¡A ¢! the world which must satisfy them." 1 9: 76, 7¡M ¢! "Yes, very true. How nicely you talk+1; I love+1 to hear 1 9: 76, 8¡M ¢! you. You understand every+thing. You and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 1 9: 76, 9¡M ¢! are one as clever as the other. This charade]^^ If I had 1 9: 76,10¡M ¢! studied a twelvemonth, I could never have made any+thing 1 9: 76,11¡M ¢! like+1 it." 1 9: 76,12¡A ¢! "I thought+1 he meant to try his skill, by his manner 1 9: 76,13¡A ¢! of declining it yesterday." 1 9: 76,14¡M ¢! "I do think it is, without exception, the best charade 1 9: 76,15¡M ¢! I ever read." 1 9: 76,16¡A ¢! "I never read one more to+1 the purpose, certainly." 1 9: 76,17¡M ¢! "It is as long+1 again as almost all we have had before." 1 9: 76,18¡A ¢! "I do not consider its length as particularly in its 1 9: 76,19¡A ¢! favour. Such things in general+1 cannot be too short+1." 1 9: 76,20¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was too intent on the lines to hear. The most 1 9: 76,21¡' ¢! satisfactory comparisons were rising in her mind. 1 9: 76,22¡M ¢! "It is one thing," 1 9: 76,22¡' ¢! said she, presently ^^ her cheeks in 1 9: 76,23¡' ¢! a glow^^ 1 9: 76,23¡M ¢! "to have very good sense in a common way, like+1 1 9: 76,24¡M ¢! every+body else, and if there is any+thing to say, to sit 1 9: 76,25¡M ¢! down and write a letter, and say just+1 what you must, in 1 9: 76,26¡M ¢! a short+1 way; and another, to write verses and charades 1 9: 76,27¡M ¢! like+1 this." 1 9: 76,28¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not have desired a more spirited rejection 1 9: 76,29¡' ¢! of =Mr#+Martin's ¡S¢ prose. 1 9: 76,30¡M ¢! "Such sweet lines]" 1 9: 76,30¡' ¢! continued Harriet ¡M¢^^ 1 9: 76,30¡M ¢! "these two 1 9: 76,31¡M ¢! last+1]^^ But how shall I ever be able to return+1 the paper, 1 9: 76,32¡M ¢! or say I have found it out?^^ Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, what 1 9: 76,33¡M ¢! can we do about that+1?" 1 9: 76,34¡A ¢! "Leave+1 it to+1 me. You do nothing. He will+1 be here 1 9: 76,35¡A ¢! this evening, I dare+1 say, and then I will+1 give it him back+ **1, 1 9: 76,36¡A ¢! and some nonsense or other will+1 pass between us, and you 1 9: 76,37¡A ¢! shall not be committed.^^ Your soft eyes shall chuse their 1 9: 76,38¡A ¢! own+1 time for beaming. Trust+1 to+1 me." 1 9: 77, 1¡M ¢! "Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, what a pity that I must not 1 9: 77, 2¡M ¢! write this beautiful charade into my book] I am sure 1 9: 77, 3¡M ¢! I have not got one half so good." 1 9: 77, 4¡A ¢! "Leave+1 out the two last+1 lines, and there is no reason 1 9: 77, 5¡A ¢! why you should not write it into your book." 1 9: 77, 6¡M ¢! "Oh] but those two lines are"^^ 1 9: 77, 7¡A ¢! "^^^ The best of all. Granted;^^ for private+1 enjoyment; 1 9: 77, 8¡A ¢! and for private+1 enjoyment keep them. They are 1 9: 77, 9¡A ¢! not at all the less written you know, because you divide 1 9: 77,10¡A ¢! them. The couplet does not cease to be, nor does its 1 9: 77,11¡A ¢! meaning change+1. But take it away, and all ²appropriation² 1 9: 77,12¡A ¢! ceases, and a very pretty gallant charade remains, fit+2 for 1 9: 77,13¡A ¢! any collection. Depend upon it, he would not like+2 to have 1 9: 77,14¡A ¢! his charade slighted, much better+1 than his passion. A 1 9: 77,15¡A ¢! poet in love must be encouraged in both capacities, or 1 9: 77,16¡A ¢! neither. Give me the book, I will+1 write it down, and 1 9: 77,17¡A ¢! then there can be no possible reflection on you." 1 9: 77,18¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ submitted, though her mind could hardly 1 9: 77,19¡' ¢! separate the parts, so as to feel quite sure that her friend 1 9: 77,20¡' ¢! were not writing down a declaration of love. It seemed 1 9: 77,21¡' ¢! too precious an offering for any degree of publicity. 1 9: 77,22¡M ¢! "I shall never let that+1 book go out of my own+1 hands," 1 9: 77,23¡' ¢! said she. 1 9: 77,24¡A ¢! "Very well," 1 9: 77,24¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢, 1 9: 77,24¡A ¢! "a most natural+1 feeling; 1 9: 77,25¡A ¢! and the longer it lasts, the better+1 I shall be pleased. But 1 9: 77,26¡A ¢! here is my father coming: you will+1 not object+1 to+1 my readi **ng 1 9: 77,27¡A ¢! the charade to+1 him. It will+1 be giving him so much 1 9: 77,28¡A ¢! pleasure] He loves any+thing of the sort, and especially 1 9: 77,29¡A ¢! any+thing that+2 pays woman a compliment. He has the 1 9: 77,30¡A ¢! tenderest spirit of gallantry towards us all]^^ You must 1 9: 77,31¡A ¢! let me read it to+1 him." 1 9: 77,32¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ looked grave+1. 1 9: 77,33¡A ¢! "My dear Harriet ¡M¢, you must not refine too much upon 1 9: 77,34¡A ¢! this charade.^^ You will+1 betray your feelings improperly, 1 9: 77,35¡A ¢! if you are too conscious and too quick+1, and appear to affix 1 9: 77,36¡A ¢! more meaning, or even quite all the meaning which may 1 9: 77,37¡A ¢! be affixed to+1 it. Do not be overpowered by such a little 1 9: 77,38¡A ¢! tribute of admiration. If he had been anxious for secrecy, 1 9: 78, 1¡A ¢! he would not have left+1 the paper while+2 I was by; but he 1 9: 78, 2¡A ¢! rather pushed it towards you. Do not 1 9: 78, 3¡A ¢! let us be too solemn on the business. He has encouragement 1 9: 78, 4¡A ¢! enough to proceed, without our sighing out our 1 9: 78, 5¡A ¢! souls over this charade." 1 9: 78, 6¡M ¢! "Oh] no+1^^ I hope+1 I shall not be ridiculous about it. 1 9: 78, 7¡M ¢! Do as you please." 1 9: 78, 8¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ came in, and very soon led to+1 the subject 1 9: 78, 9¡' ¢! again, by the recurrence of his very frequent inquiry 1 9: 78,10¡' ¢! of 1 9: 78,10¡P ¢! "Well, my dears, how does your book go on?^^ Have 1 9: 78,11¡P ¢! you got any+thing fresh?" 1 9: 78,12¡A ¢! "Yes, papa, we have something to read you, something 1 9: 78,13¡A ¢! quite fresh. A piece of paper was found on the table this 1 9: 78,14¡A ¢! morning^^ (dropt, we suppose, by a fairy)^^ containing 1 9: 78,15¡A ¢! a very pretty charade, and we have just+1 copied it in." 1 9: 78,16¡' ¢! She read it to+1 him, just+1 as he liked to have any+thing 1 9: 78,17¡' ¢! read, slowly and distinctly, and two or three times over, 1 9: 78,18¡' ¢! with explanations of every part as she proceeded ^^ and he 1 9: 78,19¡' ¢! was very much pleased, and, as she had foreseen, especially 1 9: 78,20¡' ¢! struck with the complimentary conclusion. 1 9: 78,21¡P ¢! "Aye, that's very just, indeed, that's very properly 1 9: 78,22¡P ¢! said. Very true. ""Woman, lovely woman."" It is such 1 9: 78,23¡P ¢! a pretty charade, my dear, that I can easily guess+1 what 1 9: 78,24¡P ¢! fairy brought it.^^ Nobody could have written so prettily, 1 9: 78,25¡P ¢! but you, Emma ¡A¢." 1 9: 78,26¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ only nodded, and smiled.^^ After a little thinking, 1 9: 78,27¡' ¢! and a very tender sigh, he added, 1 9: 78,28¡P ¢! "Ah] it is no difficulty to see who you take after] 1 9: 78,29¡P ¢! Your dear mother was so clever at all those things] If 1 9: 78,30¡P ¢! I had but her memory] But I can remember nothing;^^ 1 9: 78,31¡P ¢! not even that+1 particular riddle which you have heard me 1 9: 78,32¡P ¢! mention+1; I can only recollect the first stanza; and there 1 9: 78,33¡P ¢! are several. 1 9: 78,34@Z1 ! Kitty, a fair but frozen maid, 1 9: 78,35@Z1 ! Kindled a flame I yet deplore, 1 9: 78,36@Z1 ! The hood-wink'd boy I called to aid, 1 9: 78,37@Z1 ! Though of his near approach afraid, 1 9: 78,38@Z1 ! So fatal to+1 my suit before. 1 9: 78,39¡P ¢! And that+1 is all that I can recollect of it ^^ but it is very 1 9: 79, 1¡P ¢! clever all the way through. But I think, my dear, you 1 9: 79, 2¡P ¢! said you had got it." 1 9: 79, 3¡A ¢! "Yes, papa, it is written out in our second+2 page. We 1 9: 79, 4¡A ¢! copied it from the Elegant+Extracts. It was Garrick's ¡Z1¢, 1 9: 79, 5¡A ¢! you know." 1 9: 79, 6¡P ¢! "Aye, very true.^^ I wish+1 I could recollect more of it. 1 9: 79, 7@Z1 ! Kitty, a fair but frozen maid. 1 9: 79, 8¡P ¢! The name makes me think of poor Isabella ¡L¢; for+1 she was 1 9: 79, 9¡P ¢! very near being+1 christened Catherine ¡X¢ after her grandmama. 1 9: 79,10¡P ¢! I hope+1 we shall have her here next week. Have you 1 9: 79,11¡P ¢! thought+1, my dear, where you shall put her ^^ and what 1 9: 79,12¡P ¢! room there will+1 be for the children?" 1 9: 79,13¡A ¢! "Oh] yes^^ she will+1 have her own+1 room, of course+1; 1 9: 79,14¡A ¢! the room she always has;^^ and there is the nursery for 1 9: 79,15¡A ¢! the children,^^ just+1 as usual, you know.^^ Why should 1 9: 79,16¡A ¢! there be any change?" 1 9: 79,17¡P ¢! "I do not know, my dear ^^ but it is so long+1 since she 1 9: 79,18¡P ¢! was here]^^ not since last+1 Easter, and then only for a few 1 9: 79,19¡P ¢! days.^^ =Mr#+John+Knightley's ¡K¢ being+1 a lawyer is very 1 9: 79,20¡P ¢! inconvenient.^^ Poor Isabella ¡L¢]^^ she is sadly taken away 1 9: 79,21¡P ¢! from us all]^^ and how sorry she will+1 be when she comes, 1 9: 79,22¡P ¢! not to see =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ here]" 1 9: 79,23¡A ¢! "She will+1 not be surprized, papa, at least." 1 9: 79,24¡P ¢! "I do not know, my dear. I am sure I was very much 1 9: 79,25¡P ¢! surprized when I first heard she was going to be married." 1 9: 79,26¡A ¢! "We must ask =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ to dine with us, 1 9: 79,27¡A ¢! while+2 Isabella ¡L¢ is here." 1 9: 79,28¡P ¢! "Yes, my dear, if there is time.^^ But^^ 1 9: 79,28¡' ¢! (in a very 1 9: 79,29¡' ¢! depressed tone) 1 9: 79,29¡P ¢! ^^ she is coming for only one week. There 1 9: 79,30¡P ¢! will+1 not be time for any+thing." 1 9: 79,31¡A ¢! "It is unfortunate that they cannot stay+1 longer^^ but 1 9: 79,32¡A ¢! it seems a case of necessity. =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ must be 1 9: 79,33¡A ¢! in town again on the 28th, and we ought to be thankful, 1 9: 79,34¡A ¢! papa, that we are to have the whole of the time they can 1 9: 79,35¡A ¢! give to+1 the country, that two or three days are not to be 1 9: 79,36¡A ¢! taken out for the Abbey. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ promises+1 to give 1 9: 79,37¡A ¢! up his claim this Christmas^^ though you know it is longer 1 9: 79,38¡A ¢! since they were with him, than with us." 1 9: 80, 1¡P ¢! "It would be very hard indeed, my dear, if poor Isabella ¡L¢ 1 9: 80, 2¡P ¢! were to be anywhere but at Hartfield." 1 9: 80, 3¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ could never allow for =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ 1 9: 80, 4¡' ¢! claims on his brother, or any+body's claims on Isabella ¡L¢, 1 9: 80, 5¡' ¢! except his own+1. He sat musing a little while, and then 1 9: 80, 6¡' ¢! said, 1 9: 80, 7¡P ¢! "But I do not see why poor Isabella ¡L¢ should be obliged 1 9: 80, 8¡P ¢! to go back+1 so soon, though he does. I think, Emma ¡A¢, 1 9: 80, 9¡P ¢! I shall try and persuade her to stay+1 longer with us. She 1 9: 80,10¡P ¢! and the children might stay+1 very well." 1 9: 80,11¡A ¢! "Ah] papa ^^ that+1 is what you never have been able 1 9: 80,12¡A ¢! to accomplish, and I do not think you ever will+1. Isabella ¡L¢ 1 9: 80,13¡A ¢! cannot bear to stay+1 behind her husband." 1 9: 80,14¡' ¢! This was too true for contradiction. Unwelcome as it 1 9: 80,15¡' ¢! was, =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ could only give a submissive sigh; 1 9: 80,16¡' ¢! and as Emma ¡A¢ saw his spirits affected by the idea of his 1 9: 80,17¡' ¢! daughter's attachment to+1 her husband, she immediately 1 9: 80,18¡' ¢! led to+1 such a branch of the subject as must raise 1 9: 80,19¡' ¢! them. 1 9: 80,20¡A ¢! "Harriet ¡M¢ must give us as much of her company as she 1 9: 80,21¡A ¢! can while+2 my brother and sister are here. I am sure she 1 9: 80,22¡A ¢! will+1 be pleased with the children. We are very proud 1 9: 80,23¡A ¢! of the children, are not we, papa? I wonder+1 which she 1 9: 80,24¡A ¢! will+1 think the handsomest, Henry ¡L1¢ or John ¡L2¢?" 1 9: 80,25¡P ¢! "Aye, I wonder+1 which she will+1. Poor little dears, how 1 9: 80,26¡P ¢! glad they will+1 be to come. They are very fond of being+1 1 9: 80,27¡P ¢! at Hartfield, Harriet ¡M¢." 1 9: 80,28¡M ¢! "I dare+1 say they are, sir. I am sure I do not know 1 9: 80,29¡M ¢! who is not." 1 9: 80,30¡P ¢! "Henry ¡L1¢ is a fine boy, but John ¡L2¢ is very like+1 his mam **ma. 1 9: 80,31¡P ¢! Henry ¡L1¢ is the eldest, he was named after me, not after 1 9: 80,32¡P ¢! his father. John ¡L2¢, the second+2, is named after his father. 1 9: 80,33¡P ¢! Some people are surprized, I believe, that the eldest was 1 9: 80,34¡P ¢! not, but Isabella ¡L¢ would have him called Henry ¡L1¢, which 1 9: 80,35¡P ¢! I thought+1 very pretty of her. And he is a very clever 1 9: 80,36¡P ¢! boy, indeed. They are all remarkably clever; and they 1 9: 80,37¡P ¢! have so many pretty ways. They will+1 come and stand+1 1 9: 80,38¡P ¢! by my chair, and say, 1 9: 80,38@Y2 ! ""Grandpapa, can you give me a bit 1 9: 81, 1@Y2 ! of string?"" 1 9: 81, 1¡P ¢! and once Henry ¡L1¢ asked me for a knife, but 1 9: 81, 2¡P ¢! I told him knives were only made for grandpapas. I think 1 9: 81, 3¡P ¢! their father is too rough with them very often." 1 9: 81, 4¡A ¢! "He appears rough to+1 you," 1 9: 81, 4¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 1 9: 81, 4¡A ¢! "because you 1 9: 81, 5¡A ¢! are so very gentle yourself; but if you could compare him 1 9: 81, 6¡A ¢! with other papas, you would not think him rough. He 1 9: 81, 7¡A ¢! wishes+1 his boys to be active and hardy; and if they 1 9: 81, 8¡A ¢! misbehave, can give them a sharp word now and then; 1 9: 81, 9¡A ¢! but he is an affectionate father^^ certainly =Mr#+John+Knightle **y ¡K¢ 1 9: 81,10¡A ¢! is an affectionate father. The children are all 1 9: 81,11¡A ¢! fond of him." 1 9: 81,12¡P ¢! "And then their uncle comes in, and tosses them up 1 9: 81,13¡P ¢! to+1 the ceiling in a very frightful way]" 1 9: 81,14¡A ¢! "But they like+2 it, papa; there is nothing they like+2 so 1 9: 81,15¡A ¢! much. It is such enjoyment to+1 them, that if their uncle 1 9: 81,16¡A ¢! did not lay down the rule of their taking turns, which+ever 1 9: 81,17¡A ¢! began would never give way to+1 the other." 1 9: 81,18¡P ¢! "Well, I cannot understand it." 1 9: 81,19¡A ¢! "That+1 is the case with us all, papa. One half of the 1 9: 81,20¡A ¢! world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." 1 9: 81,21¡' ¢! Later in the morning, and just+1 as the girls were going 1 9: 81,22¡' ¢! to separate in preparation for the regular four o'clock 1 9: 81,23¡' ¢! dinner, the hero of this inimitable charade walked in again. 1 9: 81,24¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ turned away; but Emma ¡A¢ could receive him with 1 9: 81,25¡' ¢! the usual smile, and her quick+1 eye soon discerned in his 1 9: 81,26¡' ¢! the consciousness of having made a push ^^ of having 1 9: 81,27¡' ¢! thrown a die; and she imagined he was come to see how 1 9: 81,28¡' ¢! it might turn+1 up. His ostensible reason, however, was 1 9: 81,29¡' ¢! to ask whether =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ party could be made up 1 9: 81,30¡' ¢! in the evening without him, or whether he should be in 1 9: 81,31¡' ¢! the smallest degree necessary at Hartfield. If he were, 1 9: 81,32¡' ¢! every+thing else must give way; but otherwise his friend 1 9: 81,33¡' ¢! Cole ¡F¢ had been saying so much about his dining with him ^^ 1 9: 81,34¡' ¢! had made such a point of it, that he had promised him 1 9: 81,35¡' ¢! conditionally to come. 1 9: 81,36¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ thanked him, but could not allow of his disappointing 1 9: 81,37¡' ¢! his friend on their account; her father was 1 9: 81,38¡' ¢! sure of his rubber. He re-urged ^^ she re-declined; and 1 9: 82, 1¡' ¢! he seemed then about to make his bow, when taking the 1 9: 82, 2¡' ¢! paper from the table, she returned it^^ 1 9: 82, 3¡A ¢! "Oh] here's the charade you were so obliging as to 1 9: 82, 4¡A ¢! leave+1 with us; thank you for the sight of it. We admired 1 9: 82, 5¡A ¢! it so much, that I have ventured to write it into =Miss+Smith's ** ¡M¢ 1 9: 82, 6¡A ¢! collection. Your friend will+1 not take it amiss 1 9: 82, 7¡A ¢! I hope+1. Of course+1 I have not transcribed beyond the eight 1 9: 82, 8¡A ¢! first lines." 1 9: 82, 9¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ certainly did not very well know what to say. 1 9: 82,10¡' ¢! He looked rather doubtingly ^^ rather confused; said 1 9: 82,11¡' ¢! something about 1 9: 82,11¡H ¢! "honour;"^^ 1 9: 82,11¡' ¢! glanced at Emma ¡A¢ and at 1 9: 82,12¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, and then seeing the book open+1 on the table, took 1 9: 82,13¡' ¢! it up, and examined it very attentively. With the view 1 9: 82,14¡' ¢! of passing off an awkward moment, Emma ¡A¢ smilingly said, 1 9: 82,15¡A ¢! "You must make my apologies to+1 your friend; but so 1 9: 82,16¡A ¢! good a charade must not be confined to+1 one or two. He 1 9: 82,17¡A ¢! may be sure of every woman's approbation while+2 he writes 1 9: 82,18¡A ¢! with such gallantry." 1 9: 82,19¡H ¢! "I have no hesitation in saying," 1 9: 82,19¡' ¢! replied =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, 1 9: 82,20¡' ¢! though hesitating a good deal while+2 he spoke, 1 9: 82,20¡H ¢! "I have 1 9: 82,21¡H ¢! no hesitation in saying^^ at least if my friend feels at all 1 9: 82,22¡H ¢! as ²I² do ^^ I have not the smallest doubt that, could he 1 9: 82,23¡H ¢! see his little effusion honoured as ²I² see it, 1 9: 82,23¡' ¢! (looking at the 1 9: 82,24¡' ¢! book again, and replacing it on the table,) 1 9: 82,24¡H ¢! he would 1 9: 82,25¡H ¢! consider it as the proudest moment of his life." 1 9: 82,26¡' ¢! After this speech he was gone as soon as possible. 1 9: 82,27¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not think it too soon; 1 9: 82,27@A ! for with all his good 1 9: 82,28@A ! and agreeable qualities, there was a sort of parade in his 1 9: 82,29@A ! speeches which was very apt to incline her to laugh+1. 1 9: 82,30¡' ¢! She ran away to indulge the inclination, leaving the 1 9: 82,31¡' ¢! tender+1 and the sublime of pleasure to+1 Harriet's ¡M¢ share. 110: 83, 1¡' ¢! Though now the middle of December, there had yet 110: 83, 2¡' ¢! been no weather to prevent the young ladies from tolerably 110: 83, 3¡' ¢! regular exercise; and on the morrow, Emma ¡A¢ had a charitable 110: 83, 4¡' ¢! visit to pay+1 to+1 a poor sick family, who lived a little 110: 83, 5¡' ¢! way out of Highbury. 110: 83, 6¡' ¢! Their road to+1 this detached cottage was down+1 Vicarage-lane, 110: 83, 7¡' ¢! a lane leading at right+1-angles from the broad, though 110: 83, 8¡' ¢! irregular, main street of the place; and, as may be 110: 83, 9¡' ¢! inferred, containing the blessed abode of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. A few 110: 83,10¡' ¢! inferior dwellings were first to be passed, and then, about 110: 83,11¡' ¢! a quarter of a mile down+1 the lane rose+1 the Vicarage; an 110: 83,12¡' ¢! old and not very good house, almost as close+2 to+1 the road 110: 83,13¡' ¢! as it could be. It had no advantage of situation; but 110: 83,14¡' ¢! had been very much smartened up by the present+2 proprietor; 110: 83,15¡' ¢! and, such as it was, there could be no possibility 110: 83,16¡' ¢! of the two friends passing it without a slackened pace and 110: 83,17¡' ¢! observing eyes.^^ Emma's ¡A¢ remark was^^ 110: 83,18¡A ¢! "There it is. There go you and your riddle-book one 110: 83,19¡A ¢! of these days."^ 110: 83,19¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ was^^ 110: 83,20¡M ¢! "Oh] what a sweet house]^^ How very beautiful]^^ 110: 83,21¡M ¢! There are the yellow curtains that+2 =Miss+NashZZN¢ admires so 110: 83,22¡M ¢! much." 110: 83,23¡A ¢! "I do not often walk+1 this way ²now²," 110: 83,23¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, as 110: 83,24¡' ¢! they proceeded, 110: 83,24¡A ¢! "but ²then² there will+1 be an inducement, 110: 83,25¡A ¢! and I shall gradually get intimately acquainted with all 110: 83,26¡A ¢! the hedges, gates, pools, and pollards of this part of 110: 83,27¡A ¢! Highbury." 110: 83,28¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, she found, had never in her life been within+side 110: 83,29¡' ¢! the Vicarage, and her curiosity to see it was so 110: 83,30¡' ¢! extreme+1, that, considering exteriors and probabilities, 110: 83,31¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could only class+1 it, as a proof of love, with =Mr#+E **lton's ¡H¢ 110: 83,32¡' ¢! seeing ready wit in her. 110: 83,33¡A ¢! "I wish+1 we could contrive it," 110: 83,33¡' ¢! said she; 110: 83,33¡A ¢! "but I cannot 110: 84, 1¡A ¢! think of any tolerable pretence for going in;^^ no servant 110: 84, 2¡A ¢! that+2 I want+1 to inquire about of his housekeeper ^^ no 110: 84, 3¡A ¢! message from my father." 110: 84, 4¡' ¢! She pondered, but could think of nothing. After 110: 84, 5¡' ¢! a mutual silence of some minutes, Harriet ¡M¢ thus began 110: 84, 6¡' ¢! again^^ 110: 84, 7¡M ¢! "I do so wonder+1, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, that you should not 110: 84, 8¡M ¢! be married, or going to be married] so charming as you 110: 84, 9¡M ¢! are]"^^ 110: 84,10¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ laughed, and replied, 110: 84,11¡A ¢! "My being+1 charming, Harriet ¡M¢, is not quite enough to 110: 84,12¡A ¢! induce me to marry; I must find other people charming^^ 110: 84,13¡A ¢! one other person at least. And I am not only, not going 110: 84,14¡A ¢! to be married, at present, but have very little intention 110: 84,15¡A ¢! of ever marrying at all." 110: 84,16¡M ¢! "Ah] ^^ so you say; but I cannot believe it." 110: 84,17¡A ¢! "I must see somebody very superior to+1 any+one I have 110: 84,18¡A ¢! seen yet, to be tempted; =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, you know, 110: 84,18¡' ¢! (recollecting 110: 84,19¡' ¢! herself,) 110: 84,19¡A ¢! is out of the question: and I do ²not² wish+1 to see 110: 84,20¡A ¢! any such person. I would rather not be tempted. I 110: 84,21¡A ¢! cannot really change+1 for the better+1. If I were to marry, 110: 84,22¡A ¢! I must expect to repent it." 110: 84,23¡M ¢! "Dear+2 me]^^ it is so odd to hear a woman talk+1 so]"^^ 110: 84,24¡A ¢! "I have none of the usual inducements of women to 110: 84,25¡A ¢! marry. Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a 110: 84,26¡A ¢! different thing] but I never have been in love; it is not 110: 84,27¡A ¢! my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. 110: 84,28¡A ¢! And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change+1 110: 84,29¡A ¢! such a situation as mine+1. Fortune I do not want+1; employment 110: 84,30¡A ¢! I do not want+1; consequence I do not want+1: I believe 110: 84,31¡A ¢! few married women are half as much mistress of 110: 84,32¡A ¢! their husband's house, as I am of Hartfield; and never, 110: 84,33¡A ¢! never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; 110: 84,34¡A ¢! so always first and always right+1 in any man's eyes as I am 110: 84,35¡A ¢! in my father's." 110: 84,36¡M ¢! "But then, to be an old maid at last+1+2, like+1 =Miss+Bates ¡D **¢]" 110: 84,37¡A ¢! "That+1 is as formidable an image as you could present+1, 110: 84,38¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢; and if I thought+1 I should ever be like+1 =Miss+B **ates ¡D¢] 110: 85, 1¡A ¢! so silly^^ so satisfied^^ so smiling^^ so prosing^^ so 110: 85, 2¡A ¢! undistinguishing and unfastidious^^ and so apt to tell 110: 85, 3¡A ¢! every+thing relative to+1 every+body about me, I would 110: 85, 4¡A ¢! marry to-morrow. But between ²us², I am convinced there 110: 85, 5¡A ¢! never can be any likeness, except in being+1 unmarried." 110: 85, 6¡M ¢! "But still, you will+1 be an old maid] and that's so 110: 85, 7¡M ¢! dreadful]" 110: 85, 8¡A ¢! "Never mind+1, Harriet ¡M¢, I shall not be a poor old maid; 110: 85, 9¡A ¢! and it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible 110: 85,10¡A ¢! to+1 a generous public] A single woman, with a very 110: 85,11¡A ¢! narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable, old 110: 85,12¡A ¢! maid] the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single 110: 85,13¡A ¢! woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may 110: 85,14¡A ¢! be as sensible+1 and pleasant as anybody else. And the 110: 85,15¡A ¢! distinction is not quite so much against the candour and 110: 85,16¡A ¢! common sense of the world as appears at first; for a very 110: 85,17¡A ¢! narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and 110: 85,18¡A ¢! sour the temper. Those who can barely live, and who 110: 85,19¡A ¢! live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior, 110: 85,20¡A ¢! society, may well be illiberal and cross+1. This does not 110: 85,21¡A ¢! apply, however, to+1 =Miss+Bates ¡D¢; she is only too good 110: 85,22¡A ¢! natured and too silly to suit+1 me; but, in general+1, she is 110: 85,23¡A ¢! very much to+1 the taste of everybody, though single and 110: 85,24¡A ¢! though poor. Poverty certainly has not contracted her 110: 85,25¡A ¢! mind: I really believe, if she had only a shilling in the 110: 85,26¡A ¢! world, she would be very likely to give away sixpence of 110: 85,27¡A ¢! it; and nobody is afraid of her: that+1 is a great charm." 110: 85,28¡M ¢! "Dear+2 me] but what shall you do? how shall you 110: 85,29¡M ¢! employ yourself when you grow old?" 110: 85,30¡A ¢! "If I know myself, Harriet ¡M¢, mine+1 is an active, busy 110: 85,31¡A ¢! mind, with a great many independent resources; and 110: 85,32¡A ¢! I do not perceive why I should be more in want of employment 110: 85,33¡A ¢! at forty or fifty than one-and-twenty. Woman's 110: 85,34¡A ¢! usual occupations of eye and hand and mind will+1 be as 110: 85,35¡A ¢! open+1 to+1 me then, as they are now; or with no important 110: 85,36¡A ¢! variation. If I draw less, I shall read more; if I give up 110: 85,37¡A ¢! music, I shall take to+1 carpet-work. And as for objects of 110: 85,38¡A ¢! interest, objects for the affections, which is in truth the 110: 86, 1¡A ¢! great point of inferiority, the want of which is really the 110: 86, 2¡A ¢! great evil to be avoided in ²not² marrying, I shall be very 110: 86, 3¡A ¢! well off, with all the children of a sister I love+1 so much, t **o 110: 86, 4¡A ¢! care+1 about. There will+1 be enough of them, in all probabilit **y, 110: 86, 5¡A ¢! to supply+1 every sort of sensation that+2 declining 110: 86, 6¡A ¢! life can need+1. There will+1 be enough for every hope and 110: 86, 7¡A ¢! every fear; and though my attachment to+1 none can equal+1 110: 86, 8¡A ¢! that+1 of a parent, it suits my ideas of comfort better+1 than 110: 86, 9¡A ¢! what is warmer and blinder. My nephews and nieces]^^ 110: 86,10¡A ¢! I shall often have a niece with me." 110: 86,11¡M ¢! "Do you know =Miss+Bates's ¡D¢ niece? That+1 is, I know 110: 86,12¡M ¢! you must have seen her a hundred times^^ but are you 110: 86,13¡M ¢! acquainted?" 110: 86,14¡A ¢! "Oh] yes; we are always forced to be acquainted 110: 86,15¡A ¢! whenever she comes to+1 Highbury. By the bye, ²that+1² is 110: 86,16¡A ¢! almost enough to put one out of conceit with a niece. 110: 86,17¡A ¢! Heaven forbid] at least, that I should ever bore+1 people 110: 86,18¡A ¢! half so much about all the Knightleys ¡K1¢ together, as she 110: 86,19¡A ¢! does about Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢. One is sick of the very name 110: 86,20¡A ¢! of Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢. Every letter from her is read forty times 110: 86,21¡A ¢! over; her compliments to+1 all friends go round+1 and round+1 110: 86,22¡A ¢! again; and if she does but send her aunt the pattern of 110: 86,23¡A ¢! a stomacher, or knit a pair of garters for her grandmother, 110: 86,24¡A ¢! one hears of nothing else for a month. I wish+1 Jane+Fairfax ¡J **¢ 110: 86,25¡A ¢! very well; but she tires me to+1 death." 110: 86,26¡' ¢! They were now approaching the cottage, and all idle 110: 86,27¡' ¢! topics were superseded. Emma ¡A¢ was very compassionate; 110: 86,28¡' ¢! and the distresses of the poor were as sure of relief from 110: 86,29¡' ¢! her personal attention and kindness, her counsel and her 110: 86,30¡' ¢! patience, as from her purse. She understood their ways, 110: 86,31¡' ¢! could allow for their ignorance and their temptations, had 110: 86,32¡' ¢! no romantic expectations of extraordinary virtue from 110: 86,33¡' ¢! those, for whom education had done so little; entered 110: 86,34¡' ¢! into their troubles with ready sympathy, and always 110: 86,35¡' ¢! gave her assistance with as much intelligence as good-will+1. 110: 86,36¡' ¢! In the present+2 instance, it was sickness and poverty 110: 86,37¡' ¢! together which she came to visit+1; and after remaining 110: 86,38¡' ¢! there as long+1 as she could give comfort or advice, she 110: 87, 1¡' ¢! quitted the cottage with such an impression of the scene 110: 87, 2¡' ¢! as made her say to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, as they walked away, 110: 87, 3¡A ¢! "These are the sights, Harriet ¡M¢, to do one good. How 110: 87, 4¡A ¢! trifling they make every+thing else appear]^^ I feel now 110: 87, 5¡A ¢! as if I could think of nothing but these poor creatures all 110: 87, 6¡A ¢! the rest of the day; and yet, who can say how soon it 110: 87, 7¡A ¢! may all vanish from my mind?" 110: 87, 8¡M ¢! "Very true," 110: 87, 8¡' ¢! said Harriet ¡M¢. 110: 87, 8¡M ¢! "Poor creatures] one can 110: 87, 9¡M ¢! think of nothing else." 110: 87,10¡A ¢! "And really, I do not think the impression will+1 soon 110: 87,11¡A ¢! be over," 110: 87,11¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, as she crossed the low hedge, and 110: 87,12¡' ¢! tottering footstep which ended the narrow, slippery path 110: 87,13¡' ¢! through the cottage garden, and brought them into the 110: 87,14¡' ¢! lane again. 110: 87,14¡A ¢! "I do not think it will+1," 110: 87,14¡' ¢! stopping to look+1 110: 87,15¡' ¢! once more at all the outward wretchedness of the place, 110: 87,16¡' ¢! and recal the still greater within. 110: 87,17¡M ¢! "Oh] dear+2, no+1," 110: 87,17¡' ¢! said her companion. 110: 87,18¡' ¢! They walked on. The lane made a slight+2 bend; and 110: 87,19¡' ¢! when that+1 bend was passed, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was immediately 110: 87,20¡' ¢! in sight; and so near as to give Emma ¡A¢ time only to say 110: 87,21¡' ¢! farther, 110: 87,22¡A ¢! "Ah] Harriet ¡M¢, here comes a very sudden trial of our 110: 87,23¡A ¢! stability in good thoughts. Well, 110: 87,23¡' ¢! (smiling,) 110: 87,23¡A ¢! I hope+1 it may 110: 87,24¡A ¢! be allowed that if compassion has produced exertion and 110: 87,25¡A ¢! relief to+1 the sufferers, it has done all that+2 is truly impo **rtant. 110: 87,26¡A ¢! If we feel for the wretched, enough to do all we can for 110: 87,27¡A ¢! them, the rest is empty sympathy, only distressing to+1 110: 87,28¡A ¢! ourselves." 110: 87,29¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ could just+1 answer+1, 110: 87,29¡M ¢! "Oh] dear+2, yes," 110: 87,29¡' ¢! before the 110: 87,30¡' ¢! gentleman joined them. The wants and sufferings of the 110: 87,31¡' ¢! poor family, however, were the first subject on meeting. 110: 87,32@H ! He had been going to call+1 on them. His visit he would 110: 87,33@H ! now defer; 110: 87,33¡' ¢! but they had a very interesting parley about 110: 87,34¡' ¢! what could be done and should be done. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ then 110: 87,35¡' ¢! turned back+1 to accompany them. 110: 87,36@A ! "To fall in with each other on such an errand as this," 110: 87,37¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢; 110: 87,37@A ! "to meet in a charitable scheme; this 110: 87,38@A ! will+1 bring a great increase of love on each side. I should 110: 88, 1@A ! not wonder+1 if it were to bring on the declaration. It must, 110: 88, 2@A ! if I were not here. I wish+1 I were anywhere else." 110: 88, 3¡' ¢! Anxious to separate herself from them as far as she 110: 88, 4¡' ¢! could, she soon afterwards took possession of a narrow 110: 88, 5¡' ¢! footpath, a little raised on one side of the lane, leaving 110: 88, 6¡' ¢! them together in the main road. But she had not been 110: 88, 7¡' ¢! there two minutes when she found that Harriet's ¡M¢ habits 110: 88, 8¡' ¢! of dependence and imitation were bringing her up too, and 110: 88, 9¡' ¢! that, in short, they would both be soon after her. This 110: 88,10¡' ¢! would not do; she immediately stopped, under pretence 110: 88,11¡' ¢! of having some alteration to make in the lacing of her 110: 88,12¡' ¢! half-boot, and stooping down in complete occupation of 110: 88,13¡' ¢! the footpath, begged them to 110: 88,13@A ! have the goodness to walk+1 110: 88,14@A ! on, and she would follow in half a minute+1. 110: 88,14¡' ¢! They did as 110: 88,15¡' ¢! they were desired; and by the time she judged it reasonable 110: 88,16¡' ¢! to have done with her boot, she had the comfort of 110: 88,17¡' ¢! further delay in her power, being+1 overtaken by a child 110: 88,18¡' ¢! from the cottage, setting out, according to+1 orders, with 110: 88,19¡' ¢! her pitcher, to fetch broth from Hartfield. To walk+1 by 110: 88,20¡' ¢! the side of this child, and talk+1 to+1 and question+1 her, was 110: 88,21¡' ¢! the most natural+1 thing in the world, or would have been 110: 88,22¡' ¢! the most natural+1, had she been acting just+1 then without 110: 88,23¡' ¢! design; and by this means the others were still able to 110: 88,24¡' ¢! keep ahead, without any obligation of waiting for her. 110: 88,25¡' ¢! She gained on them, however, involuntarily; the child's 110: 88,26¡' ¢! pace was quick+1, and theirs rather slow; and she was the 110: 88,27¡' ¢! more concerned at it, from their being+1 evidently in a convers **ation 110: 88,28¡' ¢! which interested them. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was speaking 110: 88,29¡' ¢! with animation, Harriet ¡M¢ listening with a very pleased 110: 88,30¡' ¢! attention; and Emma ¡A¢ having sent the child on, was 110: 88,31¡' ¢! beginning+1 to think how she might draw back+1 a little more, 110: 88,32¡' ¢! when they both looked around, and she was obliged to 110: 88,33¡' ¢! join them. 110: 88,34¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was still talking, still engaged in some 110: 88,35¡' ¢! interesting detail; and Emma ¡A¢ experienced some disappointmen **t 110: 88,36¡' ¢! when she found that he was only giving his 110: 88,37¡' ¢! fair companion an account of the yesterday's party at his 110: 88,38¡' ¢! friend Cole's ¡F¢, and that she was come in herself for the 110: 89, 1¡' ¢! Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, 110: 89, 2¡' ¢! the beet-root and all the dessert. 110: 89, 3@A ! "This would soon have led to+1 something better+1 of 110: 89, 4@A ! course+1," 110: 89, 4¡' ¢! was her consoling reflection; 110: 89, 4@A ! "any+thing 110: 89, 5@A ! interests+1 between those who love+1; and any+thing will+1 110: 89, 6@A ! serve as introduction to+1 what is near the heart. If I could 110: 89, 7@A ! but have kept longer away]" 110: 89, 8¡' ¢! They now walked on together quietly, till within view 110: 89, 9¡' ¢! of the vicarage pales, when a sudden resolution, of at least 110: 89,10¡' ¢! getting Harriet ¡M¢ into the house, made her again find somethi **ng 110: 89,11¡' ¢! very much amiss about her boot, and fall behind 110: 89,12¡' ¢! to arrange it once more. She then broke the lace off short+1, 110: 89,13¡' ¢! and dexterously throwing it into a ditch, was presently 110: 89,14¡' ¢! obliged to entreat them to stop+1, and acknowledge her 110: 89,15¡' ¢! inability to put herself to+1 rights so as to be able to walk+1 110: 89,16¡' ¢! home in tolerable comfort. 110: 89,17¡A ¢! "Part of my lace is gone," 110: 89,17¡' ¢! said she, 110: 89,17¡A ¢! "and I do not 110: 89,18¡A ¢! know how I am to contrive. I really am a most troublesome 110: 89,19¡A ¢! companion to+1 you both, but I hope+1 I am not often 110: 89,20¡A ¢! so ill-equipped. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, I must beg leave+1 to stop+1 a **t 110: 89,21¡A ¢! your house, and ask your housekeeper for a bit of ribband 110: 89,22¡A ¢! or string, or any+thing just+1 to keep my boot on." 110: 89,23¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ looked all happiness at this proposition; and 110: 89,24¡' ¢! nothing could exceed his alertness and attention in conducting 110: 89,25¡' ¢! them into his house and endeavouring to make 110: 89,26¡' ¢! every+thing appear to+1 advantage. The room they were 110: 89,27¡' ¢! taken into was the one he chiefly occupied, and looking 110: 89,28¡' ¢! forwards; behind it was another with which it immediately 110: 89,29¡' ¢! communicated; the door between them was open+1, 110: 89,30¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢ passed into it with the housekeeper to receive 110: 89,31¡' ¢! her assistance in the most comfortable manner. 110: 89,31@A ! She was 110: 89,32@A ! obliged to leave+1 the door ajar as she found it; but she 110: 89,33@A ! fully intended that =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ should close+1 it. It was no **t 110: 89,34@A ! closed however, it still remained ajar; but by engaging 110: 89,35@A ! the housekeeper in incessant conversation, she hoped to 110: 89,36@A ! make it practicable for him to chuse his own+1 subject in 110: 89,37@A ! the adjoining room. For ten minutes she could hear 110: 89,38@A ! nothing but herself. It could be protracted no longer. 110: 90, 1@A ! She was then obliged to be finished and make her 110: 90, 2@A ! appearance. 110: 90, 3@A ! The lovers were standing together at one of the windows. 110: 90, 4@A ! It had a most favourable aspect; 110: 90, 4¡' ¢! and, for half a minute+1, 110: 90, 5¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ felt the glory of having schemed successfully. But 110: 90, 6¡' ¢! it would not do; he had not come to+1 the point. He had 110: 90, 7¡' ¢! been most agreeable, most delightful; he had told Harriet ¡M¢ 110: 90, 8¡' ¢! that he had seen them go by, and had purposely followed 110: 90, 9¡' ¢! them; other little gallantries and allusions had been 110: 90,10¡' ¢! dropt, but nothing serious+1. 110: 90,11@A ! "Cautious, very cautious," 110: 90,11¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢. 110: 90,11@A ! "he 110: 90,12@A ! advances+1 inch by inch, and will+1 hazard+1 nothing till he 110: 90,13@A ! believes himself secure+1." 110: 90,14¡' ¢! Still, however, though every+thing had not been accomplished 110: 90,15¡' ¢! by her ingenious device, she could not but flatter 110: 90,16¡' ¢! herself that it had been the occasion of much present+2 110: 90,17¡' ¢! enjoyment to+1 both, and must be leading them forward+1 to+1 110: 90,18¡' ¢! the great event. 111: 91, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ must now be left+1 to+1 himself. It was no 111: 91, 2¡' ¢! longer in Emma's ¡A¢ power to superintend his happiness or 111: 91, 3¡' ¢! quicken his measures. The coming of her sister's family 111: 91, 4¡' ¢! was so very near at hand, that first in anticipation and 111: 91, 5¡' ¢! then in reality, it became henceforth her prime object of 111: 91, 6¡' ¢! interest; and during the ten days of their stay at Hartfield 111: 91, 7¡' ¢! it was not to be expected^^ she did not herself expect 111: 91, 8¡' ¢! ^^ that any+thing beyond occasional, fortuitous assistance 111: 91, 9¡' ¢! could be afforded by her to+1 the lovers. 111: 91, 9@A ! They might 111: 91,10@A ! advance rapidly if they would, however; they must 111: 91,11@A ! advance somehow or other whether they would or no. 111: 91,12@A ! She hardly wished to have more leisure for them. There 111: 91,13@A ! are people, who the more you do for them, the less they 111: 91,14@A ! will+1 do for themselves. 111: 91,15¡' ¢! =Mr# ¡K¢ and =Mrs#+Knightley ¡L¢, from having been longer 111: 91,16¡' ¢! than usual absent from Surry, were exciting of course+1 111: 91,17¡' ¢! rather more than the usual interest. Till this year, every 111: 91,18¡' ¢! long+1 vacation since their marriage had been divided 111: 91,19¡' ¢! between Hartfield and Donwell+Abbey; but all the 111: 91,20¡' ¢! holidays of this autumn had been given to+1 sea-bathing 111: 91,21¡' ¢! for the children, and it was therefore many months since 111: 91,22¡' ¢! they had been seen in a regular way by their Surry 111: 91,23¡' ¢! connections, or seen at all by =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, who could 111: 91,24¡' ¢! not be induced to get so far as London, even for poor 111: 91,25¡' ¢! Isabella's ¡L¢ sake; and who consequently was now most 111: 91,26¡' ¢! nervously and apprehensively happy in forestalling this 111: 91,27¡' ¢! too short+1 visit. 111: 91,28¡' ¢! He thought+1 much of the evils of the journey for her, 111: 91,29¡' ¢! and not a little of the fatigues of his own+1 horses and 111: 91,30¡' ¢! coachman who were to bring some of the party the last+1 111: 91,31¡' ¢! half of the way; but his alarms were needless; the 111: 91,32¡' ¢! sixteen miles being+1 happily accomplished, and =Mr# ¡K¢ and 111: 91,33¡' ¢! =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢, their five children, and a competent 111: 92, 1¡' ¢! number of nursery-maids, all reaching Hartfield in safety. 111: 92, 2¡' ¢! The bustle and joy of such an arrival, the many to be 111: 92, 3¡' ¢! talked to+1, welcomed, encouraged, and variously dispersed 111: 92, 4¡' ¢! and disposed of, produced a noise and confusion which 111: 92, 5¡' ¢! his nerves could not have born+1 under any other cause, nor 111: 92, 6¡' ¢! have endured much longer even for this; but the ways of 111: 92, 7¡' ¢! Hartfield and the feelings of her father were so respected 111: 92, 8¡' ¢! by =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢, that in spite+1 of maternal solici **tude 111: 92, 9¡' ¢! for the immediate enjoyment of her little ones, and 111: 92,10¡' ¢! for their having instantly all the liberty and attendance, 111: 92,11¡' ¢! all the eating and drinking, and sleeping and playing, 111: 92,12¡' ¢! which they could possibly wish+1 for, without the smallest 111: 92,13¡' ¢! delay, the children were never allowed to be long+1 a disturban **ce 111: 92,14¡' ¢! to+1 him, either in themselves or in any restless 111: 92,15¡' ¢! attendance on them. 111: 92,16¡' ¢! =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢ was a pretty, elegant little woman, 111: 92,17¡' ¢! of gentle, quiet manners, and a disposition remarkably 111: 92,18¡' ¢! amiable and affectionate; wrapt up in her family; 111: 92,19¡' ¢! a devoted wife, a doating mother, and so tenderly attached 111: 92,20¡' ¢! to+1 her father and sister that, but for these higher ties, 111: 92,21¡' ¢! a warmer love might have seemed impossible. She could 111: 92,22¡' ¢! never see a fault in any of them. She was not a woman 111: 92,23¡' ¢! of strong understanding or any quickness; and with 111: 92,24¡' ¢! this resemblance of her father, she inherited also much of 111: 92,25¡' ¢! his constitution; was delicate in her own+1 health, over-carefu **l 111: 92,26¡' ¢! of that+1 of her children, had many fears and many 111: 92,27¡' ¢! nerves, and was as fond of her own+1 =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ in to **wn 111: 92,28¡' ¢! as her father could be of =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢. They were alike too, 111: 92,29¡' ¢! in a general+1 benevolence of temper, and a strong habit of 111: 92,30¡' ¢! regard for every old acquaintance. 111: 92,31¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ was a tall, gentleman-like+1, and very 111: 92,32¡' ¢! clever man; rising in his profession+1, domestic+1, and 111: 92,33¡' ¢! respectable in his private+1 character; but with reserved 111: 92,34¡' ¢! manners which prevented his being+1 generally pleasing; 111: 92,35¡' ¢! and capable of being+1 sometimes out of humour. He was 111: 92,36¡' ¢! not an ill-tempered man, not so often unreasonably cross+1 111: 92,37¡' ¢! as to deserve such a reproach; but his temper was not 111: 92,38¡' ¢! his great perfection; and, indeed, with such a worshipping 111: 93, 1¡' ¢! wife, it was hardly possible that any natural+1 defects in 111: 93, 2¡' ¢! it should not be increased. The extreme+1 sweetness of her 111: 93, 3¡' ¢! temper must hurt his. He had all the clearness and quickness 111: 93, 4¡' ¢! of mind which she wanted, and he could sometimes 111: 93, 5¡' ¢! act+1 an ungracious, or say a severe thing. He was not 111: 93, 6¡' ¢! a great favourite with his fair sister-in-law. Nothing 111: 93, 7¡' ¢! wrong+1 in him escaped her. She was quick+1 in feeling+1 the 111: 93, 8¡' ¢! little injuries to+1 Isabella ¡L¢, which Isabella ¡L¢ never fel **t herself. 111: 93, 9¡' ¢! Perhaps she might have passed over more had his manners 111: 93,10¡' ¢! been flattering to+1 Isabella's ¡L¢ sister, but they were only **those 111: 93,11¡' ¢! of a calmly kind+1 brother and friend, without praise and 111: 93,12¡' ¢! without blindness; but hardly any degree of personal 111: 93,13¡' ¢! compliment could have made her regardless of that+1 111: 93,14¡' ¢! greatest fault of all in her eyes which he sometimes fell 111: 93,15¡' ¢! into, the want of respectful forbearance towards her 111: 93,16¡' ¢! father. There he had not always the patience that+2 could 111: 93,17¡' ¢! have been wished. =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ peculiarities and 111: 93,18¡' ¢! fidgettiness were sometimes provoking him to+1 a rational 111: 93,19¡' ¢! remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill bestowed. It did 111: 93,20¡' ¢! not often happen; for+1 =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ had really 111: 93,21¡' ¢! a great regard for his father-in-law, and generally a strong 111: 93,22¡' ¢! sense of what was due+1 to+1 him; but it was too often for 111: 93,23¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ charity, especially as there was all the pain of 111: 93,24¡' ¢! apprehension frequently to be endured, though the 111: 93,25¡' ¢! offence came not. The beginning, however, of every visit 111: 93,26¡' ¢! displayed none but the properest feelings, and this being+1 111: 93,27¡' ¢! of necessity so short+1 might be hoped to pass away in 111: 93,28¡' ¢! unsullied cordiality. They had not been long+1 seated and 111: 93,29¡' ¢! composed when =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, with a melancholy+1 shake 111: 93,30¡' ¢! of the head and a sigh, called his daughter's attention 111: 93,31¡' ¢! to+1 the sad change at Hartfield since she had been there 111: 93,32¡' ¢! last+1. 111: 93,33¡P ¢! "Ah] my dear," 111: 93,33¡' ¢! said he, 111: 93,33¡P ¢! "poor =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢^^ It is 111: 93,34¡P ¢! a grievous business]" 111: 93,35¡L ¢! "Oh] yes, sir," 111: 93,35¡' ¢! cried she with ready sympathy, 111: 93,35¡L ¢! "how 111: 93,36¡L ¢! you must miss her] And dear Emma ¡A¢ too]^^ what 111: 93,37¡L ¢! a dreadful loss to+1 you both]^^ I have been so grieved for 111: 93,38¡L ¢! you.^^ I could not imagine how you could possibly do 111: 94, 1¡L ¢! without her.^^ It is a sad change indeed.^^ But I hope+1 she 111: 94, 2¡L ¢! is pretty+1 well, sir." 111: 94, 3¡P ¢! "Pretty+1 well, my dear ^^ I hope+1^^ pretty+1 well.^^ I do 111: 94, 4¡P ¢! not know but that the place agrees with her tolerably." 111: 94, 5¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ here asked Emma ¡A¢ quietly whether 111: 94, 6¡' ¢! there were any doubts of the air of Randalls. 111: 94, 7¡A ¢! "Oh] no+1^^ none in the least. I never saw =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 111: 94, 8¡A ¢! better+1 in my life^^ never looking so well. Papa is only 111: 94, 9¡A ¢! speaking his own+1 regret." 111: 94,10¡K ¢! "Very much to+1 the honour of both," 111: 94,10¡' ¢! was the handsome 111: 94,11¡' ¢! reply. 111: 94,12¡L ¢! "And do you see her, sir, tolerably often?" 111: 94,12¡' ¢! asked 111: 94,13¡' ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ in the plaintive tone which just+1 suited her fath **er. 111: 94,14¡' ¢! Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ hesitated.^^ 111: 94,14¡P ¢! "Not near so often, my 111: 94,15¡P ¢! dear, as I could wish+1." 111: 94,16¡A ¢! "Oh] papa, we have missed seeing them but one 111: 94,17¡A ¢! entire day since they married. Either in the morning or 111: 94,18¡A ¢! evening of every day, excepting one, have we seen either 111: 94,19¡A ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ or =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, and generally both, either 111: 94,20¡A ¢! at Randalls or here^^ and as you may suppose, Isabella ¡L¢, 111: 94,21¡A ¢! most frequently here. They are very, very kind+1 in their 111: 94,22¡A ¢! visits. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ is really as kind+1 as herself. Papa, i **f 111: 94,23¡A ¢! you speak in that+1 melancholy+1 way, you will+1 be giving 111: 94,24¡A ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ a false idea of us all. Every+body must be aware 111: 94,25¡A ¢! that =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ must be missed, but every+body ought 111: 94,26¡A ¢! also to be assured that =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ do really 111: 94,27¡A ¢! prevent our missing her by any means to+1 the extent we 111: 94,28¡A ¢! ourselves anticipated^^ which is the exact+1 truth." 111: 94,29¡K ¢! "Just+1 as it should be," 111: 94,29¡' ¢! said =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢, 111: 94,29¡K ¢! "and 111: 94,30¡K ¢! just+1 as I hoped it was from your letters. Her wish of 111: 94,31¡K ¢! shewing you attention could not be doubted, and his 111: 94,32¡K ¢! being+1 a disengaged and social man makes it all easy. I 111: 94,33¡K ¢! have been always telling you, my love, that I had no idea 111: 94,34¡K ¢! of the change being+1 so very material to+1 Hartfield as you 111: 94,35¡K ¢! apprehended; and now you have Emma's ¡A¢ account, I hope+1 111: 94,36¡K ¢! you will+1 be satisfied." 111: 94,37¡P ¢! "Why to be sure," 111: 94,37¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢^^ 111: 94,37¡P ¢! "yes, certainly^^ 111: 94,38¡P ¢! I cannot deny that =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, poor =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 111: 95, 1¡P ¢! does come and see us pretty+1 often ^^ but then ^^ she is 111: 95, 2¡P ¢! always obliged to go away again." 111: 95, 3¡A ¢! "It would be very hard upon =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ if she did not, 111: 95, 4¡A ¢! papa.^^ You quite forget poor =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. 111: 95, 5¡K ¢! "I think, indeed," 111: 95, 5¡' ¢! said John+Knightley ¡K¢ pleasantly, 111: 95, 6¡K ¢! "that =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ has some little claim. You and I, 111: 95, 7¡K ¢! Emma ¡A¢, will+1 venture to take the part of the poor husband. 111: 95, 8¡K ¢! I, being+1 a husband, and you not being+1 a wife, the claims 111: 95, 9¡K ¢! of the man may very likely strike us with equal+2 force. As 111: 95,10¡K ¢! for Isabella ¡L¢, she has been married long+1 enough to see the 111: 95,11¡K ¢! convenience of putting all the =Mr#+Westons ¡N¢ aside as much 111: 95,12¡K ¢! as she can." 111: 95,13¡L ¢! "Me, my love," 111: 95,13¡' ¢! cried his wife, hearing and understanding+1 111: 95,14¡' ¢! only in part.^^ 111: 95,14¡L ¢! "Are you talking about me?^^ I am 111: 95,15¡L ¢! sure nobody ought to be, or can be, a greater advocate 111: 95,16¡L ¢! for matrimony than I am; and if it had not been for the 111: 95,17¡L ¢! misery of her leaving Hartfield, I should never have 111: 95,18¡L ¢! thought+1 of =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ but as the most fortunate woman i **n 111: 95,19¡L ¢! the world; and as to+1 slighting =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, that+1 excell **ent 111: 95,20¡L ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, I think there is nothing he does not deserve. 111: 95,21¡L ¢! I believe he is one of the very best tempered men that+2 111: 95,22¡L ¢! ever existed. Excepting yourself and your brother, I do 111: 95,23¡L ¢! not know his equal for temper. I shall never forget his 111: 95,24¡L ¢! flying Henry's ¡L1¢ kite for him that+1 very windy day last+1 111: 95,25¡L ¢! Easter ^^ and ever since his particular kindness last+1 111: 95,26¡L ¢! September twelvemonth in writing that+1 note, at twelve 111: 95,27¡L ¢! o'clock at night, on purpose to assure me that there was 111: 95,28¡L ¢! no scarlet fever at Cobham, I have been convinced there 111: 95,29¡L ¢! could not be a more feeling+2 heart nor a better+1 man in 111: 95,30¡L ¢! existence.^^ If any+body can deserve him, it must be 111: 95,31¡L ¢! =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢." 111: 95,32¡K ¢! "Where is the young man?" 111: 95,32¡' ¢! said John+Knightley ¡K¢. 111: 95,33¡K ¢! "Has he been here on this occasion^^ or has he not?" 111: 95,34¡A ¢! "He has not been here yet," 111: 95,34¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢. 111: 95,34¡A ¢! "There 111: 95,35¡A ¢! was a strong expectation of his coming soon after the 111: 95,36¡A ¢! marriage, but it ended in nothing; and I have not heard 111: 95,37¡A ¢! him mentioned lately." 111: 95,38¡P ¢! "But you should tell them of the letter, my dear," 111: 95,38¡' ¢! said 111: 96, 1¡' ¢! her father. 111: 96, 1¡P ¢! "He wrote a letter to+1 poor =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, to 111: 96, 2¡P ¢! congratulate her, and a very proper, handsome letter it 111: 96, 3¡P ¢! was. She shewed it to+1 me. I thought+1 it very well done of 111: 96, 4¡P ¢! him indeed. Whether it was his own+1 idea you know, one 111: 96, 5¡P ¢! cannot tell. He is but young, and his uncle perhaps^^^^" 111: 96, 6¡A ¢! "My dear papa, he is three-and-twenty.^^ You forget 111: 96, 7¡A ¢! how time passes." 111: 96, 8¡P ¢! "Three-and-twenty]^^ is he indeed?^^ Well, I could 111: 96, 9¡P ¢! not have thought+1 it^^ and he was but two years old when 111: 96,10¡P ¢! he lost his poor mother] Well, time does fly indeed]^^ 111: 96,11¡P ¢! and my memory is very bad. However, it was an exceedingly 111: 96,12¡P ¢! good, pretty letter, and gave =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 111: 96,13¡P ¢! a great deal of pleasure. I remember it was written from 111: 96,14¡P ¢! Weymouth, and dated Sept# 28th^^ and began, ""My dear 111: 96,15¡P ¢! Madam,"" but I forget how it went on; and it was signed 111: 96,16¡P ¢! ""F#C#+Weston+Churchill ¡E¢.""^^ I remember that+1 perfectly." 111: 96,17¡L ¢! "How very pleasing and proper of him]" 111: 96,17¡' ¢! cried the 111: 96,18¡' ¢! good-hearted =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢. 111: 96,18¡L ¢! "I have no doubt 111: 96,19¡L ¢! of his being+1 a most amiable young man. But how sad 111: 96,20¡L ¢! it is that he should not live at home with his father] 111: 96,21¡L ¢! There is something so shocking in a child's being+1 taken 111: 96,22¡L ¢! away from his parents and natural+1 home] I never can 111: 96,23¡L ¢! comprehend how =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ could part+1 with him. To 111: 96,24¡L ¢! give up one's child] I really never could think well of 111: 96,25¡L ¢! any+body who proposed such a thing to+1 any+body else." 111: 96,26¡K ¢! "Nobody ever did think well of the Churchills ¡ZD2¢, I fancy+1, **" 111: 96,27¡' ¢! observed =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ coolly. 111: 96,27¡K ¢! "But you need+1 111: 96,28¡K ¢! not imagine =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ to have felt what you would feel 111: 96,29¡K ¢! in giving up Henry ¡L1¢ or John ¡L2¢. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ is rather ** an 111: 96,30¡K ¢! easy, cheerful tempered man, than a man of strong 111: 96,31¡K ¢! feelings; he takes things as he finds them, and makes 111: 96,32¡K ¢! enjoyment of them somehow or other, depending, I 111: 96,33¡K ¢! suspect, much more upon what is called ²society² for his 111: 96,34¡K ¢! comforts, that+1 is, upon the power of eating and drinking, 111: 96,35¡K ¢! and playing whist with his neighbours five times a-week, 111: 96,36¡K ¢! than upon family affection, or any+thing that+2 home 111: 96,37¡K ¢! affords." 111: 96,38¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not like+2 what bordered on a reflection on 111: 97, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, and had half a mind to take it up; but she 111: 97, 2¡' ¢! struggled, and let it pass. 111: 97, 2@A ! She would keep the peace if 111: 97, 3@A ! possible; and there was something honourable and 111: 97, 4@A ! valuable in the strong domestic+1 habits, the all-sufficiency 111: 97, 5@A ! of home to+1 himself, whence resulted her brother's disposition 111: 97, 6@A ! to look+1 down on the common rate of social intercourse, 111: 97, 7@A ! and those to+1 whom it was important.^^ It had 111: 97, 8@A ! a high claim to+1 forbearance. 112: 98, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ was to dine with them^^ rather against 112: 98, 2¡' ¢! the inclination of =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, who did not like+2 that 112: 98, 3¡' ¢! any+one should share+1 with him in Isabella's ¡L¢ first day. 112: 98, 4¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ sense of right however had decided it; and 112: 98, 5¡' ¢! besides the consideration of what was due+1 to+1 each brother, 112: 98, 6¡' ¢! she had particular pleasure, from the circumstance of the 112: 98, 7¡' ¢! late disagreement between =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ and herself, in 112: 98, 8¡' ¢! procuring him the proper invitation. 112: 98, 9@A ! She hoped they might now become friends again. She 112: 98,10@A ! thought+1 it was time to make up. Making-up indeed would 112: 98,11@A ! not do. ²She² certainly had not been in the wrong, and ²he² 112: 98,12@A ! would never own that he had. Concession must be out 112: 98,13@A ! of the question; but it was time to appear to forget that 112: 98,14@A ! they had ever quarrelled; and she hoped it might rather 112: 98,15@A ! assist the restoration of friendship, that when he came into 112: 98,16@A ! the room she had one of the children with her^^ 112: 98,16¡' ¢! the 112: 98,17¡' ¢! youngest, a nice little girl about eight months old, who 112: 98,18¡' ¢! was now making her first visit to+1 Hartfield, and very 112: 98,19¡' ¢! happy to be danced about in her aunt's arms. 112: 98,19@A ! It did 112: 98,20@A ! assist; for+1 though he began with grave+1 looks and short+1 112: 98,21@A ! questions, he was soon led on to talk+1 of them all in the 112: 98,22@A ! usual way, and to take the child out of her arms with all 112: 98,23@A ! the unceremoniousness of perfect+1 amity. 112: 98,23¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ felt they 112: 98,24¡' ¢! were friends again; and the conviction giving her at first 112: 98,25¡' ¢! great satisfaction, and then a little sauciness, she could 112: 98,26¡' ¢! not help+1 saying, as he was admiring the baby, 112: 98,27¡A ¢! "What a comfort it is, that we think alike about our 112: 98,28¡A ¢! nephews and nieces. As to+1 men and women, our opinions 112: 98,29¡A ¢! are sometimes very different; but with regard to+1 these 112: 98,30¡A ¢! children, I observe we never disagree." 112: 98,31¡B ¢! "If you were as much guided by nature in your estimate 112: 98,32¡B ¢! of men and women, and as little under the power of fancy 112: 99, 1¡B ¢! and whim in your dealings with them, as you are where 112: 99, 2¡B ¢! these children are concerned, we might always think alike." 112: 99, 3¡A ¢! "To be sure^^ our discordancies must always arise 112: 99, 4¡A ¢! from my being+1 in the wrong." 112: 99, 5¡B ¢! "Yes," 112: 99, 5¡' ¢! said he, smiling^^ 112: 99, 5¡B ¢! "and reason good. I was 112: 99, 6¡B ¢! sixteen years old when you were born." 112: 99, 7¡A ¢! "A material difference then," 112: 99, 7¡' ¢! she replied^^ 112: 99, 7¡A ¢! "and no 112: 99, 8¡A ¢! doubt you were much my superior in judgment at that+1 112: 99, 9¡A ¢! period of our lives; but does not the lapse of one-and-twenty 112: 99,10¡A ¢! years bring our understandings a good deal 112: 99,11¡A ¢! nearer?" 112: 99,12¡B ¢! "Yes^^ a good deal ²nearer²." 112: 99,13¡A ¢! "But still, not near enough to give me a chance of 112: 99,14¡A ¢! being+1 right+1, if we think differently." 112: 99,15¡B ¢! "I have still the advantage of you by sixteen years' 112: 99,16¡B ¢! experience, and by not being+1 a pretty young woman and 112: 99,17¡B ¢! a spoiled child. Come, my dear Emma ¡A¢, let us be friends 112: 99,18¡B ¢! and say no more about it. Tell your aunt, little Emma ¡L5¢, 112: 99,19¡B ¢! that she ought to set+1 you a better+1 example than to be 112: 99,20¡B ¢! renewing old grievances, and that if she were not wrong+1 112: 99,21¡B ¢! before, she is now." 112: 99,22¡A ¢! "That's true," 112: 99,22¡' ¢! she cried^^ 112: 99,22¡A ¢! "very true. Little Emma ¡L5¢, 112: 99,23¡A ¢! grow up a better+1 woman than your aunt. Be infinitely 112: 99,24¡A ¢! cleverer and not half so conceited. Now, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 112: 99,25¡A ¢! a word or two more, and I have done. As far as good 112: 99,26¡A ¢! intentions went, we were ²both² right+1, and I must say that 112: 99,27¡A ¢! no effects on my side of the argument have yet proved 112: 99,28¡A ¢! wrong+1. I only want+1 to know that =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢ is not very **, 112: 99,29¡A ¢! very bitterly disappointed." 112: 99,30¡B ¢! "A man cannot be more so," 112: 99,30¡' ¢! was his short+1, full answer. 112: 99,31¡A ¢! "Ah]^^ Indeed I am very sorry.^^ Come, shake+1 hands 112: 99,32¡A ¢! with me." 112: 99,33¡' ¢! This had just+1 taken place and with great cordiality, 112: 99,34¡' ¢! when John+Knightley ¡K¢ made his appearance, and 112: 99,34¡K ¢! "How 112: 99,35¡K ¢! d'ye do, George ¡B¢?" 112: 99,35¡' ¢! and 112: 99,35¡B ¢! "John ¡K¢, how are you?" 112: 99,35¡' ¢! succeeded 112: 99,36¡' ¢! in the true English style, burying under a calmness 112: 99,37¡' ¢! that+2 seemed all but indifference, the real attachment 112:100, 1¡' ¢! which would have led either of them, if requisite, to do 112:100, 2¡' ¢! every+thing for the good of the other. 112:100, 3¡' ¢! The evening was quiet and conversible, as =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 112:100, 4¡' ¢! declined cards entirely for the sake of comfortable 112:100, 5¡' ¢! talk with his dear Isabella ¡L¢, and the little party made two 112:100, 6¡' ¢! natural+1 divisions; on one side he and his daughter; on 112:100, 7¡' ¢! the other the two =Mr#+Knightleys ¡B1¢; their subjects totally 112:100, 8¡' ¢! distinct, or very rarely mixing^^ and Emma ¡A¢ only occasionall **y 112:100, 9¡' ¢! joining in one or the other. 112:100,10¡' ¢! The brothers talked of their own+1 concerns and pursuits, 112:100,11¡' ¢! but principally of those of the elder, whose temper was 112:100,12¡' ¢! by much the most communicative, and who was always 112:100,13¡' ¢! the greater talker. As a magistrate, he had generally 112:100,14¡' ¢! some point of law to consult John ¡K¢ about, or, at least, some 112:100,15¡' ¢! curious anecdote to give; and as a farmer, as keeping in 112:100,16¡' ¢! hand the home-farm at Donwell, he had to tell what every 112:100,17¡' ¢! field was to bear next year, and to give all such local 112:100,18¡' ¢! information as could not fail of being+1 interesting to+1 a 112:100,19¡' ¢! brother whose home it had equally been the longest part 112:100,20¡' ¢! of his life, and whose attachments were strong. The plan 112:100,21¡' ¢! of a drain, the change of a fence, the felling of a tree, and 112:100,22¡' ¢! the destination of every acre for wheat, turnips, or spring 112:100,23¡' ¢! corn, was entered into with as much equality of interest 112:100,24¡' ¢! by John ¡K¢, as his cooler manners rendered possible; and 112:100,25¡' ¢! if his willing brother ever left+1 him any+thing to inquire 112:100,26¡' ¢! about, his inquiries even approached a tone of eagerness. 112:100,27¡' ¢! While+2 they were thus comfortably occupied, =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 112:100,28¡' ¢! was enjoying a full flow of happy regrets and fearful 112:100,29¡' ¢! affection with his daughter. 112:100,30¡P ¢! "My poor dear Isabella ¡L¢," 112:100,30¡' ¢! said he, fondly taking her 112:100,31¡' ¢! hand, and interrupting, for a few moments, her busy 112:100,32¡' ¢! labours for some one of her five children^^ 112:100,32¡P ¢! "How long+1 it 112:100,33¡P ¢! is, how terribly long+1 since you were here] And how tired 112:100,34¡P ¢! you must be after your journey] You must go to+1 bed 112:100,35¡P ¢! early, my dear^^ and I recommend a little gruel to+1 you 112:100,36¡P ¢! before you go.^^ You and I will+1 have a nice basin of gruel 112:100,37¡P ¢! together. My dear Emma ¡A¢, suppose we all have a little 112:100,38¡P ¢! gruel." 112:101, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not suppose any such thing, knowing, as 112:101, 2¡' ¢! she did, that both the =Mr#+Knightleys ¡B1¢ were as unpersuadab **le 112:101, 3¡' ¢! on that+1 article as herself;^^ and two basins only were 112:101, 4¡' ¢! ordered. After a little more discourse in praise of gruel, 112:101, 5¡' ¢! with some wondering at its not being+1 taken every evening 112:101, 6¡' ¢! by every+body, he proceeded to say, with an air of grave+1 112:101, 7¡' ¢! reflection, 112:101, 8¡P ¢! "It was an awkward business, my dear, your spending 112:101, 9¡P ¢! the autumn at South+End instead of coming here. I never 112:101,10¡P ¢! had much opinion of the sea air." 112:101,11¡L ¢! "=Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ most strenuously recommended it, 112:101,12¡L ¢! sir^^ or we should not have gone. He recommended it for 112:101,13¡L ¢! all the children, but particularly for the weakness in little 112:101,14¡L ¢! Bella's ¡L3¢ throat,^^ both sea air and bathing." 112:101,15¡P ¢! "Ah] my dear, but Perry ¡V¢ had many doubts about the 112:101,16¡P ¢! sea doing her any good; and as to+1 myself, I have been 112:101,17¡P ¢! long+1 perfectly convinced, though perhaps I never told you 112:101,18¡P ¢! so before, that the sea is very rarely of use to+1 any+body. 112:101,19¡P ¢! I am sure it almost killed me once." 112:101,20¡A ¢! "Come, come," 112:101,20¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, feeling+1 this to be an 112:101,21¡' ¢! unsafe subject, 112:101,21¡A ¢! "I must beg you not to talk+1 of the sea. 112:101,22¡A ¢! It makes me envious and miserable;^^ I who have never 112:101,23¡A ¢! seen it] South+End is prohibited, if you please. My dear 112:101,24¡A ¢! Isabella ¡L¢, I have not heard you make one inquiry after 112:101,25¡A ¢! =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ yet; and he never forgets you." 112:101,26¡L ¢! "Oh] good =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢^^ how is he, sir?" 112:101,27¡P ¢! "Why, pretty+1 well; but not quite well. Poor Perry ¡V¢ 112:101,28¡P ¢! is bilious, and he has not time to take care of himself^^ 112:101,29¡P ¢! he tells me he has not time to take care of himself^^ which 112:101,30¡P ¢! is very sad^^ but he is always wanted all round+1 the 112:101,31¡P ¢! country. I suppose there is not a man in such practice 112:101,32¡P ¢! any+where. But then, there is not so clever a man any+where." 112:101,34¡L ¢! "And =Mrs#+Perry ¡V1¢ and the children, how are they? do 112:101,35¡L ¢! the children grow?^^ I have a great regard for =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢. 112:101,36¡L ¢! I hope+1 he will+1 be calling soon. He will+1 be so pleased to 112:101,37¡L ¢! see my little ones." 112:101,38¡P ¢! "I hope+1 he will+1 be here to-morrow, for I have a question 112:102, 1¡P ¢! or two to ask him about myself of some consequence. 112:102, 2¡P ¢! And, my dear, whenever he comes, you had better+1 let him 112:102, 3¡P ¢! look+1 at little Bella's ¡L3¢ throat." 112:102, 4¡L ¢! "Oh] my dear sir, her throat is so much better+1 that 112:102, 5¡L ¢! I have hardly any uneasiness about it. Either bathing 112:102, 6¡L ¢! has been of the greatest service to+1 her, or else it is to be 112:102, 7¡L ¢! attributed to+1 an excellent embrocation of =Mr#+Wingfield's ¡Z **ZR¢, 112:102, 8¡L ¢! which we have been applying at times ever since 112:102, 9¡L ¢! August." 112:102,10¡P ¢! "It is not very likely, my dear, that bathing should 112:102,11¡P ¢! have been of use to+1 her^^ and if I had known you 112:102,12¡P ¢! were wanting an embrocation, I would have spoken 112:102,13¡P ¢! to+1^^^^" 112:102,14¡A ¢! "You seem to+1 me to have forgotten =Mrs# ¡C¢ and =Miss+Bates ¡ **D¢," 112:102,15¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 112:102,15¡A ¢! "I have not heard one inquiry after 112:102,16¡A ¢! them." 112:102,17¡L ¢! "Oh] the good Bateses ¡C1¢^^ I am quite ashamed of myself 112:102,18¡L ¢! ^^ but you mention+1 them in most of your letters. I hope+1 112:102,19¡L ¢! they are quite well. Good old =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢^^ I will+1 call+1 112:102,20¡L ¢! upon her to-morrow, and take my children.^^ They are 112:102,21¡L ¢! always so pleased to see my children.^^ And that+1 excellent 112:102,22¡L ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢]^^ such thorough worthy people] ^^ How are 112:102,23¡L ¢! they, sir?" 112:102,24¡P ¢! "Why, pretty+1 well, my dear, upon the whole. But poor 112:102,25¡P ¢! =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢ had a bad cold about a month ago." 112:102,26¡L ¢! "How sorry I am] But colds were never so prevalent 112:102,27¡L ¢! as they have been this autumn. =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ told me 112:102,28¡L ¢! that he had never known them more general+1 or heavy^^ 112:102,29¡L ¢! except when it has been quite an influenza." 112:102,30¡P ¢! "That+1 has been a good deal the case, my dear; but 112:102,31¡P ¢! not to+1 the degree you mention+1. Perry ¡V¢ says that colds 112:102,32¡P ¢! have been very general+1, but not so heavy as he has very 112:102,33¡P ¢! often known them in November. Perry ¡V¢ does not call+1 it 112:102,34¡P ¢! altogether a sickly season." 112:102,35¡L ¢! "No+1, I do not know that =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ considers it 112:102,36¡L ¢! ²very² sickly except^^^" 112:102,37¡P ¢! "Ah] my poor dear child, the truth is, that in London 112:102,38¡P ¢! it is always a sickly season. Nobody is healthy in London, 112:103, 1¡P ¢! nobody can be. It is a dreadful thing to have you forced 112:103, 2¡P ¢! to live there]^^ so far off]^^ and the air so bad]" 112:103, 3¡L ¢! "No+1, indeed^^ ²we² are not at all in a bad air. Our part 112:103, 4¡L ¢! of London is so very superior to+1 most others]^^ You must 112:103, 5¡L ¢! not confound us with London in general+1, my dear sir. 112:103, 6¡L ¢! The neighbourhood of Brunswick+Square is very different 112:103, 7¡L ¢! from almost all the rest. We are so very airy] I should be 112:103, 8¡L ¢! unwilling, I own, to live in any other part of the town;^^ 112:103, 9¡L ¢! there is hardly any other that+2 I could be satisfied to 112:103,10¡L ¢! have my children in:^^ but ²we² are so remarkably airy]^^ 112:103,11¡L ¢! =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ thinks the vicinity of Brunswick+Square 112:103,12¡L ¢! decidedly the most favourable as to+1 air." 112:103,13¡P ¢! "Ah] my dear, it is not like+1 Hartfield. You make 112:103,14¡P ¢! the best of it^^ but after you have been a week at Hartfield, 112:103,15¡P ¢! you are all of you different creatures; you do not 112:103,16¡P ¢! look+1 like+1 the same. Now I cannot say, that I think you 112:103,17¡P ¢! are any of you looking well at present." 112:103,18¡L ¢! "I am sorry to hear you say so, sir; but I assure you, 112:103,19¡L ¢! excepting those little nervous head-aches and palpitations 112:103,20¡L ¢! which I am never entirely free from any+where, I am quite 112:103,21¡L ¢! well myself; and if the children were rather pale before 112:103,22¡L ¢! they went to+1 bed, it was only because they were a little 112:103,23¡L ¢! more tired than usual, from their journey and the happiness 112:103,24¡L ¢! of coming. I hope+1 you will+1 think better+1 of their looks 112:103,25¡L ¢! to-morrow; for+1 I assure you =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ told me, tha **t 112:103,26¡L ¢! he did not believe he had ever sent us off altogether, in 112:103,27¡L ¢! such good case. I trust+1, at least, that you do not think 112:103,28¡L ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡K¢ looking ill,"^^ 112:103,28¡' ¢! turning+1 her eyes with affectionate 112:103,29¡' ¢! anxiety towards her husband. 112:103,30¡P ¢! "Middling, my dear; I cannot compliment+1 you. 112:103,31¡P ¢! I think =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ very far from looking well." 112:103,32¡K ¢! "What is the matter, sir?^^ Did you speak to+1 me?" 112:103,33¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢, hearing his own+1 name. 112:103,34¡L ¢! "I am sorry to find, my love, that my father does not 112:103,35¡L ¢! think you looking well^^ but I hope+1 it is only from being+1 112:103,36¡L ¢! a little fatigued. I could have wished, however, as you 112:103,37¡L ¢! know, that you had seen =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ before you left+1 112:103,38¡L ¢! home." 112:104, 1¡K ¢! "My dear Isabella ¡L¢,"^^ 112:104, 1¡' ¢! exclaimed he hastily^^ 112:104, 1¡K ¢! "pray do 112:104, 2¡K ¢! not concern+1 yourself about my looks. Be satisfied with 112:104, 3¡K ¢! doctoring and coddling yourself and the children, and let 112:104, 4¡K ¢! me look+1 as I chuse." 112:104, 5¡A ¢! "I do not thoroughly understand what you were telling 112:104, 6¡A ¢! your brother," 112:104, 6¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 112:104, 6¡A ¢! "about your friend =Mr#+Graham's ¡ZZE¢ 112:104, 7¡A ¢! intending to have a bailiff from Scotland, to 112:104, 8¡A ¢! look+1 after his new estate. But will+1 it answer+1? Will+1 not 112:104, 9¡A ¢! the old prejudice be too strong?" 112:104,10¡' ¢! And she talked in this way so long+1 and successfully 112:104,11¡' ¢! that, when forced to give her attention again to+1 her father 112:104,12¡' ¢! and sister, she had nothing worse to hear than Isabella's ¡L¢ 112:104,13¡' ¢! kind+1 inquiry after Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢;^^ and Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, 112:104,14¡' ¢! though no great favourite with her in general+1, she was at 112:104,15¡' ¢! that+1 moment very happy to assist in praising. 112:104,16¡L ¢! "That+1 sweet, amiable Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢]" 112:104,16¡' ¢! said =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢^^ 112:104,17¡L ¢! "It is so long+1 since I have seen her, except 112:104,18¡L ¢! now and then for a moment accidentally in town] What 112:104,19¡L ¢! happiness it must be to+1 her good old grandmother and 112:104,20¡L ¢! excellent aunt, when she comes to visit+1 them] I always 112:104,21¡L ¢! regret+1 excessively on dear Emma's ¡A¢ account that she cannot 112:104,22¡L ¢! be more at Highbury; but now their daughter is married, 112:104,23¡L ¢! I suppose Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ will+1 not be a **ble to 112:104,24¡L ¢! part+1 with her at all. She would be such a delightful 112:104,25¡L ¢! companion for Emma ¡A¢." 112:104,26¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ agreed to+1 it all, but added, 112:104,27¡P ¢! "Our little friend Harriet+Smith ¡M¢, however, is just+1 such 112:104,28¡P ¢! another pretty kind of young person. You will+1 like+2 112:104,29¡P ¢! Harriet ¡M¢. Emma ¡A¢ could not have a better+1 companion than 112:104,30¡P ¢! Harriet ¡M¢." 112:104,31¡L ¢! "I am most happy to hear it^^ but only Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ 112:104,32¡L ¢! one knows to be so very accomplished and superior]^^ 112:104,33¡L ¢! and exactly Emma's ¡A¢ age." 112:104,34¡' ¢! This topic was discussed very happily, and others succeeded 112:104,35¡' ¢! of similar moment, and passed away with similar 112:104,36¡' ¢! harmony; but the evening did not close+1 without a little 112:104,37¡' ¢! return of agitation. The gruel came and supplied a great 112:104,38¡' ¢! deal to be said^^ much praise and many comments^^ 112:105, 1¡' ¢! undoubting decision of its wholesomeness for every 112:105, 2¡' ¢! constitution, and pretty+1 severe Philippics upon the many 112:105, 3¡' ¢! houses where it was never met with tolerable;^^ but, 112:105, 4¡' ¢! unfortunately, among the failures which the daughter had 112:105, 5¡' ¢! to instance+1, the most recent, and therefore most prominent, 112:105, 6¡' ¢! was in 112:105, 6@L ! her own+1 cook at South+End, a young woman hired 112:105, 7@L ! for the time, who never had been able to understand what 112:105, 8@L ! she meant by a basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not 112:105, 9@L ! too thin. Often as she had wished for and ordered it, she 112:105,10@L ! had never been able to get any+thing tolerable. 112:105,10¡' ¢! Here was 112:105,11¡' ¢! a dangerous opening. 112:105,12¡P ¢! "Ah]" 112:105,12¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, shaking his head and 112:105,13¡' ¢! fixing his eyes on her with tender concern.^^ The ejaculation 112:105,14¡' ¢! in Emma's ¡A¢ ear expressed, "Ah] there is no end 112:105,15¡' ¢! of the sad consequences of your going to+1 South+End. It 112:105,16¡' ¢! does not bear talking of." And for a little while she hoped 112:105,17¡' ¢! he would not talk+1 of it, and that a silent rumination 112:105,18¡' ¢! might suffice to restore him to+1 the relish of his own+1 smoot **h 112:105,19¡' ¢! gruel. After an interval of some minutes, however, he 112:105,20¡' ¢! began with, 112:105,21¡P ¢! "I shall always be very sorry that you went to+1 the sea 112:105,22¡P ¢! this autumn, instead of coming here." 112:105,23¡L ¢! "But why should you be sorry, sir?^^ I assure you, it 112:105,24¡L ¢! did the children a great deal of good." 112:105,25¡P ¢! "And, moreover, if you must go to+1 the sea, it had better+1 112:105,26¡P ¢! not have been to+1 South+End. South+End is an unhealthy 112:105,27¡P ¢! place. Perry ¡V¢ was surprized to hear you had fixed upon 112:105,28¡P ¢! South+End." 112:105,29¡L ¢! "I know there is such an idea with many people, but 112:105,30¡L ¢! indeed it is quite a mistake, sir.^^ We all had our health 112:105,31¡L ¢! perfectly well there, never found the least inconvenience 112:105,32¡L ¢! from the mud; and =Mr#+Wingfield ¡ZZR¢ says it is entirely 112:105,33¡L ¢! a mistake to suppose the place unhealthy; and I am sure 112:105,34¡L ¢! he may be depended on, for+1 he thoroughly understands 112:105,35¡L ¢! the nature of the air, and his own+1 brother and family have 112:105,36¡L ¢! been there repeatedly." 112:105,37¡P ¢! "You should have gone to+1 Cromer, my dear, if you 112:105,38¡P ¢! went any+where.^^ Perry ¡V¢ was a week at Cromer once, and 112:106, 1¡P ¢! he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. 112:106, 2¡P ¢! A fine open+1 sea, he says, and very pure air. And, by what 112:106, 3¡P ¢! I understand, you might have had lodgings there quite 112:106, 4¡P ¢! away from the sea^^ a quarter of a mile off^^ very comfortable. 112:106, 5¡P ¢! You should have consulted Perry ¡V¢." 112:106, 6¡L ¢! "But, my dear sir, the difference of the journey;^^ only 112:106, 7¡L ¢! consider how great it would have been.^^ A hundred miles, 112:106, 8¡L ¢! perhaps, instead of forty." 112:106, 9¡P ¢! "Ah] my dear," as Perry ¡V¢ says, "where health is at 112:106,10¡P ¢! stake, nothing else should be considered;" and if one is 112:106,11¡P ¢! to travel, there is not much to chuse between forty miles 112:106,12¡P ¢! and an hundred.^^ Better+1 not move at all, better+1 stay+1 in 112:106,13¡P ¢! London altogether than travel forty miles to get into 112:106,14¡P ¢! a worse air. This is just+1 what Perry ¡V¢ said. It seemed to+1 112:106,15¡P ¢! him a very ill-judged measure." 112:106,16¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ attempts to stop+1 her father had been vain; 112:106,17¡' ¢! and when he had reached such a point as this, she could 112:106,18¡' ¢! not wonder+1 at her brother-in-law's breaking out. 112:106,19¡K ¢! "=Mr#+Perry ¡V¢," 112:106,19¡' ¢! said he, in a voice of very strong displeasure, 112:106,20¡K ¢! "would do as well to keep his opinion till it is 112:106,21¡K ¢! asked for. Why does he make it any business of his, to 112:106,22¡K ¢! wonder+1 at what I do?^^ at my taking my family to+1 one 112:106,23¡K ¢! part of the coast or another?^^ I may be allowed, I hope+1, 112:106,24¡K ¢! the use of my judgment as well as =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢.^^ I want+1 hi **s 112:106,25¡K ¢! directions no more than his drugs." 112:106,25¡' ¢! He paused^^ and 112:106,26¡' ¢! growing cooler in a moment, added, with only sarcastic 112:106,27¡' ¢! dryness, 112:106,27¡K ¢! "If =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ can tell me how to convey a wife 112:106,28¡K ¢! and five children a distance of an hundred and thirty miles 112:106,29¡K ¢! with no greater expense or inconvenience than a distance 112:106,30¡K ¢! of forty, I should be as willing to prefer Cromer to South+End 112:106,31¡K ¢! as he could himself." 112:106,32¡B ¢! "True, true," 112:106,32¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, with most ready 112:106,33¡' ¢! interposition^^ 112:106,33¡B ¢! "very true. That's a consideration indeed.^^ 112:106,34¡B ¢! But John ¡K¢, as to+1 what I was telling you of my idea 112:106,35¡B ¢! of moving the path to+1 Langham, of turning+1 it more to+1 the 112:106,36¡B ¢! right+2 that it may not cut+1 through the home meadows, 112:106,37¡B ¢! I cannot conceive any difficulty. I should not attempt+1 it, 112:106,38¡B ¢! if it were to be the means of inconvenience to+1 the Highbury 112:107, 1¡B ¢! people, but if you call+1 to+1 mind exactly the present+2 line 112:107, 2¡B ¢! of the path. . . . The only way of proving it, however, will+1 112:107, 3¡B ¢! be to turn+1 to+1 our maps. I shall see you at the Abbey 112:107, 4¡B ¢! to-morrow morning I hope+1, and then we will+1 look+1 them 112:107, 5¡B ¢! over, and you shall give me your opinion." 112:107, 6¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was rather agitated by such harsh 112:107, 7¡' ¢! reflections on his friend Perry ¡V¢, to+1 whom he had, in fact, 112:107, 8¡' ¢! though unconsciously, been attributing many of his own+1 112:107, 9¡' ¢! feelings and expressions;^^ but the soothing attentions 112:107,10¡' ¢! of his daughters gradually removed the present+2 evil, and 112:107,11¡' ¢! the immediate alertness of one brother, and better+1 recollecti **ons 112:107,12¡' ¢! of the other, prevented any renewal of it. 113:108, 1¡' ¢! There could hardly be an happier creature in the world, 113:108, 2¡' ¢! than =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢, in this short+1 visit to+1 Hartf **ield, 113:108, 3¡' ¢! going about every morning among her old acquaintance 113:108, 4¡' ¢! with her five children, and talking over what she had done 113:108, 5¡' ¢! every evening with her father and sister. She had nothing 113:108, 6¡' ¢! to wish+1 otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. 113:108, 7¡' ¢! It was a delightful visit;^^ perfect+1, in being+1 much too 113:108, 8¡' ¢! short+1. 113:108, 9¡' ¢! In general+1 their evenings were less engaged with friends 113:108,10¡' ¢! than their mornings: but one complete dinner engagement, 113:108,11¡' ¢! and out of the house too, there was no avoiding, though 113:108,12¡' ¢! at Christmas. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 113:108,12@N ! would take no denial; they 113:108,13@N ! must all dine at Randall's one day;^^ 113:108,13¡' ¢! even =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 113:108,14¡' ¢! was persuaded to think it a possible thing in preference 113:108,15¡' ¢! to+1 a division of the party. 113:108,16¡' ¢! How they were all to be conveyed, he would have made 113:108,17¡' ¢! a difficulty if he could, but as his son and daughter's 113:108,18¡' ¢! carriage and horses were actually at Hartfield, he was not 113:108,19¡' ¢! able to make more than a simple+1+1 question on that+1 head; 113:108,20¡' ¢! it hardly amounted to+1 a doubt; nor did it occupy Emma ¡A¢ 113:108,21¡' ¢! long+1 to convince him that they might in one of the 113:108,22¡' ¢! carriages find room for Harriet ¡M¢ also. 113:108,23¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, their own+ **1 113:108,24¡' ¢! especial set, were the only persons invited to meet them;^^ 113:108,25¡' ¢! the hours were to be early, as well as the numbers few; 113:108,26¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ habits and inclination being+1 consulted 113:108,27¡' ¢! in every+thing. 113:108,28¡' ¢! The evening before this great event (for+1 it was a very 113:108,29¡' ¢! great event that =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ should dine out, on the 113:108,30¡' ¢! 24th of December) had been spent by Harriet ¡M¢ at Hartfield, 113:108,31¡' ¢! and she had gone home so much indisposed with a cold, 113:108,32¡' ¢! that, but for her own+1 earnest wish of being+1 nursed by 113:108,33¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, Emma ¡A¢ could not have allowed her to lea **ve+1 113:109, 1¡' ¢! the house. Emma ¡A¢ called on her the next day, and found 113:109, 2¡' ¢! her doom already signed with regard to+1 Randalls. She 113:109, 3¡' ¢! was very feverish and had a bad sore-throat: =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD **¢ 113:109, 4¡' ¢! was full of care and affection, =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ was talked 113:109, 5¡' ¢! of, and Harriet ¡M¢ herself was too ill and low to resist the 113:109, 6¡' ¢! authority which excluded her from this delightful engagement, 113:109, 7¡' ¢! though she could not speak of her loss without 113:109, 8¡' ¢! many tears. 113:109, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ sat with her as long+1 as she could, to attend her 113:109,10¡' ¢! in =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ unavoidable absences, and raise her 113:109,11¡' ¢! spirits by representing how much =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ would be 113:109,12¡' ¢! depressed when he knew her state; and left+1 her at last+1+2 113:109,13¡' ¢! tolerably comfortable, in the sweet dependence of his 113:109,14¡' ¢! having a most comfortless visit, and of their all missing 113:109,15¡' ¢! her very much. She had not advanced many yards from 113:109,16¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ door, when she was met by =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 113:109,17¡' ¢! himself, evidently coming towards it, and as they walked 113:109,18¡' ¢! on slowly together in conversation about the invalid^^ of 113:109,19¡' ¢! whom he, on the rumour of considerable illness, had been 113:109,20¡' ¢! going to inquire, that he might carry some report of her 113:109,21¡' ¢! to+1 Hartfield^^ they were overtaken by =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ 113:109,22¡' ¢! returning from the daily visit to+1 Donwell, with his two 113:109,23¡' ¢! eldest boys, whose healthy, glowing faces shewed all the 113:109,24¡' ¢! benefit of a country run, and seemed to ensure a quick+1 113:109,25¡' ¢! dispatch of the roast mutton and rice pudding they were 113:109,26¡' ¢! hastening home for+2. They joined company and proceeded 113:109,27¡' ¢! together. Emma ¡A¢ was just+1 describing the nature of her 113:109,28¡' ¢! friend's complaint;^^ 113:109,28¡A ¢! "a throat very much inflamed, with 113:109,29¡A ¢! a great deal of heat about her, a quick+1 low pulse, &c# and 113:109,30¡A ¢! she was sorry to find from =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ that Harriet ¡M¢ 113:109,31¡A ¢! was liable to+1 very bad sore-throats, and had often alarmed 113:109,32¡A ¢! her with them."^^ 113:109,32¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ looked all alarm on the 113:109,33¡' ¢! occasion, as he exclaimed, 113:109,34¡H ¢! "A sore-throat] ^^ I hope+1 not infectious. I hope+1 not 113:109,35¡H ¢! of a putrid infectious sort. Has Perry ¡V¢ seen her? Indeed 113:109,36¡H ¢! you should take care of yourself as well as of your friend. 113:109,37¡H ¢! Let me entreat you to run+1 no risks. Why does not Perry ¡V¢ 113:109,38¡H ¢! see her?" 113:110, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, who was not really at all frightened herself, 113:110, 2¡' ¢! tranquillized this excess of apprehension by assurances of 113:110, 3¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ experience and care; but as there must 113:110, 4¡' ¢! still remain a degree of uneasiness which she could not wish+1 113:110, 5¡' ¢! to reason+1 away, which she would rather feed and assist 113:110, 6¡' ¢! than not, she added soon afterwards^^ as if quite another 113:110, 7¡' ¢! subject, 113:110, 8¡A ¢! "It is so cold+1, so very cold+1^^ and looks+1 and feels so ver **y 113:110, 9¡A ¢! much like+1 snow, that if it were to+1 any other place or with 113:110,10¡A ¢! any other party, I should really try not to go out to-day^^ 113:110,11¡A ¢! and dissuade my father from venturing; but as he has 113:110,12¡A ¢! made up his mind, and does not seem to feel the cold 113:110,13¡A ¢! himself, I do not like+2 to interfere, as I know it would be 113:110,14¡A ¢! so great a disappointment to+1 =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. B **ut 113:110,15¡A ¢! upon my word, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, in your case, I should certainly 113:110,16¡A ¢! excuse+1 myself. You appear to+1 me a little hoarse already, 113:110,17¡A ¢! and when you consider what demand of voice and what 113:110,18¡A ¢! fatigues to-morrow will+1 bring, I think it would be no more 113:110,19¡A ¢! than common prudence to stay+1 at home and take care of 113:110,20¡A ¢! yourself to-night." 113:110,21¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ looked as if he did not very well know what 113:110,22¡' ¢! answer to make; which was exactly the case; for+1 though 113:110,23¡' ¢! very much gratified by the kind+1 care of such a fair lady, 113:110,24¡' ¢! and not liking to resist any advice of her's, he had not 113:110,25¡' ¢! really the least inclination to give up the visit;^^ but Emma ¡ **A¢, 113:110,26¡' ¢! too eager and busy in her own+1 previous conceptions and 113:110,27¡' ¢! views to hear him impartially, or see him with clear+1 vision, 113:110,28¡' ¢! was very well satisfied with his muttering acknowledgment 113:110,29¡' ¢! of its being+1 113:110,29¡H ¢! "very cold+1, certainly very cold+1," 113:110,29¡' ¢! and walked 113:110,30¡' ¢! on, rejoicing in having extricated him from Randalls, and 113:110,31¡' ¢! secured him the power of sending to inquire after Harriet ¡M¢ 113:110,32¡' ¢! every hour of the evening. 113:110,33¡A ¢! "You do quite right+1," 113:110,33¡' ¢! said she;^^ 113:110,33¡A ¢! "We will+1 make your 113:110,34¡A ¢! apologies to+1 =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢." 113:110,35¡' ¢! But hardly had she so spoken, when she found her 113:110,36¡' ¢! brother was civilly offering a seat in his carriage, if the 113:110,37¡' ¢! weather were =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ only objection, and =Mr#+Elton ¡H **¢ 113:110,38¡' ¢! actually accepting the offer with much prompt+1 satisfaction. 113:111, 1@A ! It was a done thing; =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was to go, and never 113:111, 2@A ! had his broad handsome face expressed more pleasure than 113:111, 3@A ! at this moment; never had his smile been stronger, nor 113:111, 4@A ! his eyes more exulting than when he next looked at her. 113:111, 5@A ! "Well," 113:111, 5¡' ¢! said she to+1 herself, 113:111, 5@A ! "this is most strange]^^ 113:111, 6@A ! After I had got him off so well, to chuse to go into company, 113:111, 7@A ! and leave+1 Harriet ¡M¢ ill behind]^^ Most strange indeed] 113:111, 8@A ! ^^ But there is, I believe, in many men, especially single 113:111, 9@A ! men, such an inclination^^ such a passion for dining out^^ 113:111,10@A ! a dinner engagement is so high in the class of their 113:111,11@A ! pleasures, their employments, their dignities, almost their 113:111,12@A ! duties, that any+thing gives way to+1 it^^ and this must 113:111,13@A ! be the case with =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢; a most valuable, amiable, 113:111,14@A ! pleasing young man undoubtedly, and very much in love 113:111,15@A ! with Harriet ¡M¢; but still, he cannot refuse an invitation, he 113:111,16@A ! must dine out whenever he is asked. What a strange 113:111,17@A ! thing love is] he can see ready wit in Harriet ¡M¢,but will+1 113:111,18@A ! not dine alone for her." 113:111,19¡' ¢! Soon afterwards =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ quitted them, and she could 113:111,20¡' ¢! not but do him the justice of feeling+1 that 113:111,20@A ! there was a great 113:111,21@A ! deal of sentiment in his manner of naming Harriet ¡M¢ at 113:111,22@A ! parting; in the tone of his voice while+2 assuring her that 113:111,23@A ! he should call+1 at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ for news of her fair **friend, 113:111,24@A ! the last+1 thing before he prepared for the happiness of 113:111,25@A ! meeting her again, when he hoped to be able to give a 113:111,26@A ! better+1 report; and he sighed and smiled himself off in 113:111,27@A ! a way that+2 left+1 the balance of approbation much in his 113:111,28@A ! favour. 113:111,29¡' ¢! After a few minutes of entire silence between them, John+Knight **ley ¡K¢ 113:111,30¡' ¢! began with^^ 113:111,31¡K ¢! "I never in my life saw a man more intent on being+1 113:111,32¡K ¢! agreeable than =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. It is downright labour to+1 him 113:111,33¡K ¢! where ladies are concerned. With men he can be rational 113:111,34¡K ¢! and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please every 113:111,35¡K ¢! feature works+1." 113:111,36¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ manners are not perfect+1," 113:111,36¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢; 113:111,37¡A ¢! "but where there is a wish to please, one ought to overlook, 113:111,38¡A ¢! and one does overlook a great deal. Where a man does 113:112, 1¡A ¢! his best with only moderate powers, he will+1 have the 113:112, 2¡A ¢! advantage over negligent superiority. There is such perfect+1 113:112, 3¡A ¢! good temper and good+will+1 in =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ as one cannot 113:112, 4¡A ¢! but value+1." 113:112, 5¡K ¢! "Yes," 113:112, 5¡' ¢! said =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ presently, with some 113:112, 6¡' ¢! slyness, 113:112, 6¡K ¢! "he seems to have a great deal of good-will+1 113:112, 7¡K ¢! towards ²you²." 113:112, 8¡A ¢! "Me]" 113:112, 8¡' ¢! she replied with a smile of astonishment, 113:112, 8¡A ¢! "are 113:112, 9¡A ¢! you imagining me to be =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ object?" 113:112,10¡K ¢! "Such an imagination has crossed me, I own, Emma ¡A¢; 113:112,11¡K ¢! and if it never occurred to+1 you before, you may as well 113:112,12¡K ¢! take it into consideration now." 113:112,13¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ in love with me]^^ What an idea]" 113:112,14¡K ¢! "I do not say it is so; but you will+1 do well to consider 113:112,15¡K ¢! whether it is so or not, and to regulate your behaviour 113:112,16¡K ¢! accordingly. I think your manners to+1 him encouraging. 113:112,17¡K ¢! I speak as a friend, Emma ¡A¢. You had better+1 look+1 about 113:112,18¡K ¢! you, and ascertain what you do, and what you mean 113:112,19¡K ¢! to do." 113:112,20¡A ¢! "I thank you; but I assure you you are quite mistaken. 113:112,21¡A ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ and I are very good friends, and nothing more;" 113:112,22¡' ¢! and she walked on, 113:112,22@A ! amusing herself in the consideration 113:112,23@A ! of the blunders which often arise from a partial knowledge 113:112,24@A ! of circumstances, of the mistakes which people of high 113:112,25@A ! pretensions to+1 judgment are for+ever falling into; and not 113:112,26@A ! very well pleased with her brother for imagining her blind+2 113:112,27@A ! and ignorant, and in want of counsel. 113:112,27¡' ¢! He said no more. 113:112,28¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had so completely made up his mind to+1 113:112,29¡' ¢! the visit, that in spite+1 of the increasing coldness, he 113:112,30¡' ¢! seemed to have no idea of shrinking from it, and set+1 113:112,31¡' ¢! forward+1 at last+1+2 most punctually with his eldest daughter 113:112,32¡' ¢! in his own+1 carriage, with less apparent consciousness of 113:112,33¡' ¢! the weather than either of the others; too full of the 113:112,34¡' ¢! wonder of his own+1 going, and the pleasure it was to afford 113:112,35¡' ¢! at Randalls to see that it was cold+1, and too well wrapt up 113:112,36¡' ¢! to feel it. The cold, however, was severe; and by the 113:112,37¡' ¢! time the second+2 carriage was in motion, a few flakes of 113:112,38¡' ¢! snow were finding their way down, and the sky had the 113:113, 1¡' ¢! appearance of being+1 so overcharged as to want+1 only 113:113, 2¡' ¢! a milder air to produce a very white world in a very short+1 113:113, 3¡' ¢! time. 113:113, 4¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ soon saw that her companion was not in the 113:113, 5¡' ¢! happiest humour. The preparing and the going abroad 113:113, 6¡' ¢! in such weather, with the sacrifice of his children after 113:113, 7¡' ¢! dinner, were evils, were disagreeables at least, which 113:113, 8¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ did not by any means like+2; he 113:113, 9¡' ¢! anticipated nothing in the visit that+2 could be at all worth 113:113,10¡' ¢! the purchase; and the whole of their drive to+1 the Vicarage 113:113,11¡' ¢! was spent by him in expressing his discontent. 113:113,12¡K ¢! "A man," 113:113,12¡' ¢! said he, 113:113,12¡K ¢! "must have a very good opinion 113:113,13¡K ¢! of himself when he asks people to leave+1 their own+1 fireside, 113:113,14¡K ¢! and encounter such a day as this, for the sake of coming 113:113,15¡K ¢! to see him. He must think himself a most agreeable 113:113,16¡K ¢! fellow; I could not do such a thing. It is the greatest 113:113,17¡K ¢! absurdity^^ Actually snowing at this moment]^^ The folly 113:113,18¡K ¢! of not allowing people to be comfortable at home^^ and the 113:113,19¡K ¢! folly of people's not staying comfortably at home when 113:113,20¡K ¢! they can] If we were obliged to go out such an evening 113:113,21¡K ¢! as this, by any call of duty or business, what a hardship 113:113,22¡K ¢! we should deem it;^^ and here are we, probably with 113:113,23¡K ¢! rather thinner clothing than usual, setting forward+1 voluntari **ly, 113:113,24¡K ¢! without excuse, in defiance of the voice of nature, 113:113,25¡K ¢! which tells man, in every+thing given to+1 his view or his 113:113,26¡K ¢! feelings, to stay+1 at home himself, and keep all under 113:113,27¡K ¢! shelter that+2 he can;^^ here are we setting forward+1 to 113:113,28¡K ¢! spend five dull hours in another man's house, with nothing 113:113,29¡K ¢! to say or to hear that was not said and heard yesterday, 113:113,30¡K ¢! and may not be said and heard again to-morrow. Going 113:113,31¡K ¢! in dismal weather, to return+1 probably in worse;^^ four 113:113,32¡K ¢! horses and four servants taken out for nothing but to 113:113,33¡K ¢! convey five idle, shivering creatures into colder rooms and 113:113,34¡K ¢! worse company than they might have had at home." 113:113,35¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ did not find herself equal+2 to give the pleased 113:113,36¡' ¢! assent, which no doubt he was in the habit of receiving, 113:113,37¡' ¢! to emulate the 113:113,37@L ! "Very true, my love," 113:113,37¡' ¢! which must have 113:113,38¡' ¢! been usually administered by his travelling companion; 113:114, 1¡' ¢! but she had resolution enough to refrain from making any 113:114, 2¡' ¢! answer at all. She could not be complying, she dreaded 113:114, 3¡' ¢! being+1 quarrelsome; her heroism reached only to+1 silence. 113:114, 4¡' ¢! She allowed him to talk+1, and arranged the glasses, and 113:114, 5¡' ¢! wrapped herself up, without opening her lips. 113:114, 6¡' ¢! They arrived, the carriage turned, the step was let 113:114, 7¡' ¢! down, and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, spruce, black, and smiling, was with 113:114, 8¡' ¢! them instantly. Emma ¡A¢ thought+1 with pleasure of some 113:114, 9¡' ¢! change of subject. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was all obligation and 113:114,10¡' ¢! cheerfulness; he was so very cheerful in his civilities 113:114,11¡' ¢! indeed, that she began to think he must have received 113:114,12¡' ¢! a different account of Harriet ¡M¢ from what had reached her. 113:114,13¡' ¢! She had sent while+2 dressing, and the answer had been, 113:114,14¡' ¢! "Much the same^^ not better+1." 113:114,15¡A ¢! "²My² report from =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢," 113:114,15¡' ¢! said she presently, 113:114,16¡A ¢! "was not so pleasant as I had hoped^^ ""Not better+1,"" was 113:114,17¡A ¢! ²my² answer." 113:114,18¡' ¢! His face lengthened immediately; and his voice was 113:114,19¡' ¢! the voice of sentiment as he answered. 113:114,20¡H ¢! "Oh] no+1^^ I am grieved to find^^ I was on the point 113:114,21¡H ¢! of telling you that when I called at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ door **, 113:114,22¡H ¢! which I did the very last+1 thing before I returned to dress+1, 113:114,23¡H ¢! I was told that =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ was not better+1, by no means 113:114,24¡H ¢! better+1, rather worse. Very much grieved and concerned^^ 113:114,25¡H ¢! I had flattered myself that she must be better+1 after such 113:114,26¡H ¢! a cordial as I knew had been given in the morning." 113:114,27¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ smiled and answered^^ 113:114,27¡A ¢! "My visit was of use to+1 113:114,28¡A ¢! the nervous part of her complaint, I hope+1; but not even 113:114,29¡A ¢! I can charm+1 away a sore+throat; it is a most severe cold 113:114,30¡A ¢! indeed. =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ has been with her, as you probably 113:114,31¡A ¢! heard." 113:114,32¡H ¢! "Yes^^ I imagined^^ that+1 is^^ I did not"^^ 113:114,33¡A ¢! "He has been used+1 to+1 her in these complaints, and 113:114,34¡A ¢! I hope+1 to-morrow morning will+1 bring us both a more 113:114,35¡A ¢! comfortable report. But it is impossible not to feel 113:114,36¡A ¢! uneasiness. Such a sad loss to+1 our party to-day]" 113:114,37¡H ¢! "Dreadful]^^ Exactly so, indeed.^^ She will+1 be missed 113:114,38¡H ¢! every moment." 113:115, 1@A ! This was very proper; the sigh which accompanied it 113:115, 2@A ! was really estimable; but it should have lasted longer. 113:115, 3¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was rather in dismay when only half a minute+1 113:115, 4¡' ¢! afterwards he began to speak of other things, and in 113:115, 5¡' ¢! a voice of the greatest alacrity and enjoyment. 113:115, 6¡H ¢! "What an excellent device," 113:115, 6¡' ¢! said he, 113:115, 6¡H ¢! "the use of 113:115, 7¡H ¢! a sheep-skin for carriages. How very comfortable they 113:115, 8¡H ¢! make it;^^ impossible to feel cold+1 with such precautions. 113:115, 9¡H ¢! The contrivances of modern days indeed have rendered 113:115,10¡H ¢! a gentleman's carriage perfectly complete. One is so 113:115,11¡H ¢! fenced and guarded from the weather, that not a breath 113:115,12¡H ¢! of air can find its way unpermitted. Weather becomes 113:115,13¡H ¢! absolutely of no consequence. It is a very cold+1 afternoon 113:115,14¡H ¢! ^^ but in this carriage we know nothing of the matter.^^ 113:115,15¡H ¢! Ha] snows a little I see." 113:115,16¡K ¢! "Yes," 113:115,16¡' ¢! said John+Knightley ¡K¢, 113:115,16¡K ¢! "and I think we shall 113:115,17¡K ¢! have a good deal of it." 113:115,18¡H ¢! "Christmas weather," 113:115,18¡' ¢! observed =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. 113:115,18¡H ¢! "Quite 113:115,19¡H ¢! seasonable; and extremely fortunate we may think ourselves 113:115,20¡H ¢! that it did not begin yesterday, and prevent this 113:115,21¡H ¢! day's party, which it might very possibly have done, for+1 113:115,22¡H ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ would hardly have ventured had there 113:115,23¡H ¢! been much snow on the ground; but now it is of no 113:115,24¡H ¢! consequence. This is quite the season indeed for friendly 113:115,25¡H ¢! meetings. At Christmas every+body invites their friends 113:115,26¡H ¢! about them, and people think little of even the worst 113:115,27¡H ¢! weather. I was snowed up at a friend's house once for 113:115,28¡H ¢! a week. Nothing could be pleasanter. I went for only 113:115,29¡H ¢! one night, and could not get away till that+1 very day 113:115,30¡H ¢! se'nnight." 113:115,31¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ looked as if he did not comprehend 113:115,32¡' ¢! the pleasure, but said only, coolly, 113:115,33¡K ¢! "I cannot wish+1 to be snowed up a week at Randalls." 113:115,34¡' ¢! At another time Emma ¡A¢ might have been amused, but 113:115,35¡' ¢! she was too much astonished now at =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ spirits 113:115,36¡' ¢! for other feelings. Harriet ¡M¢ seemed quite forgotten in the 113:115,37¡' ¢! expectation of a pleasant party. 113:115,38¡H ¢! "We are sure of excellent fires," 113:115,38¡' ¢! continued he, 113:115,38¡H ¢! "and 113:116, 1¡H ¢! every+thing in the greatest comfort. Charming people, 113:116, 2¡H ¢! =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢;^^ =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ indeed is muc **h 113:116, 3¡H ¢! beyond praise, and he is exactly what one values, so 113:116, 4¡H ¢! hospitable, and so fond of society;^^ it will+1 be a small 113:116, 5¡H ¢! party, but where small parties are select, they are perhaps 113:116, 6¡H ¢! the most agreeable of any. =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ dining-room 113:116, 7¡H ¢! does not accommodate more than ten comfortably; and 113:116, 8¡H ¢! for my part, I would rather, under such circumstances, 113:116, 9¡H ¢! fall short+1 by two than exceed by two. I think you will+1 113:116,10¡H ¢! agree with me, 113:116,10¡' ¢! (turning+1 with a soft air to+1 Emma ¡A¢,) 113:116,10¡H ¢! I think 113:116,11¡H ¢! I shall certainly have your approbation, though =Mr#+Knightley **¡K¢ 113:116,12¡H ¢! perhaps, from being+1 used+1 to+1 the large parties 113:116,13¡H ¢! of London, may not quite enter into our feelings." 113:116,14¡K ¢! "I know nothing of the large parties of London, sir^^ 113:116,15¡K ¢! I never dine with any+body." 113:116,16¡H ¢! "Indeed] 113:116,16¡' ¢! (in a tone of wonder and pity,) 113:116,16¡H ¢! I had no 113:116,17¡H ¢! idea that the law had been so great a slavery. Well, sir, 113:116,18¡H ¢! the time must come when you will+1 be paid for all this, 113:116,19¡H ¢! when you will+1 have little labour and great enjoyment." 113:116,20¡K ¢! "My first enjoyment," 113:116,20¡' ¢! replied John+Knightley ¡K¢, as they 113:116,21¡' ¢! passed through the sweep-gate, 113:116,21¡K ¢! "will+1 be to find myself 113:116,22¡K ¢! safe at Hartfield again." 114:117, 1¡' ¢! Some change of countenance was necessary for each 114:117, 2¡' ¢! gentleman as they walked into =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ drawing-room;^ **^ 114:117, 3¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ must compose his joyous looks, and 114:117, 4¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ disperse his ill-humour. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 114:117, 5¡' ¢! must smile+1 less, and =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ more, to fit+1 t **hem 114:117, 6¡' ¢! for the place.^^ Emma ¡A¢ only might be as nature prompted, 114:117, 7¡' ¢! and shew+1 herself just+1 as happy as she was. To+1 her, it was 114:117, 8¡' ¢! real enjoyment to be with the Westons ¡N1¢. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was 114:117, 9¡' ¢! a great favourite, and there was not a creature in the 114:117,10¡' ¢! world to+1 whom she spoke with such unreserve, as to+1 his 114:117,11¡' ¢! wife; not any+one, to+1 whom she related with such conviction 114:117,12¡' ¢! of being+1 listened to+1 and understood, of being+1 always 114:117,13¡' ¢! interesting and always intelligible, the little affairs, 114:117,14¡' ¢! arrangements, perplexities and pleasures of her father and 114:117,15¡' ¢! herself. She could tell nothing of Hartfield, in which 114:117,16¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ had not a lively concern; and half an hour's 114:117,17¡' ¢! uninterrupted communication of all those little matters 114:117,18¡' ¢! on which the daily happiness of private+1 life depends, was 114:117,19¡' ¢! one of the first gratifications of each. 114:117,20¡' ¢! This was a pleasure which perhaps the whole+1 day's visit 114:117,21¡' ¢! might not afford, which certainly did not belong to+1 the 114:117,22¡' ¢! present+2 half hour; but the very sight of Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, her 114:117,23¡' ¢! smile, her touch, her voice was grateful to+1 Emma ¡A¢, and she 114:117,24¡' ¢! determined to think as little as possible of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ 114:117,25¡' ¢! oddities, or of any+thing else unpleasant, and enjoy all 114:117,26¡' ¢! that+2 was enjoyable to+1 the utmost. 114:117,27¡' ¢! The misfortune of Harriet's ¡M¢ cold had been pretty+1 well 114:117,28¡' ¢! gone through before her arrival. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had been 114:117,29¡' ¢! safely seated long+1 enough to give the history of it, besides 114:117,30¡' ¢! all the history of his own+1 and Isabella's ¡L¢ coming, and of 114:117,31¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ being+1 to follow, and had indeed just+1 got to+1 th **e 114:117,32¡' ¢! end of his satisfaction that James ¡ZI¢ should come and see 114:117,33¡' ¢! his daughter, when the others appeared, and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, 114:118, 1¡' ¢! who had been almost wholly engrossed by her attentions 114:118, 2¡' ¢! to+1 him, was able to turn+1 away and welcome+1 her dear 114:118, 3¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢. 114:118, 4¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ project of forgetting =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ for a while, 114:118, 5¡' ¢! made her rather sorry to find, when they had all taken their 114:118, 6¡' ¢! places, that he was close+2 to+1 her. 114:118, 6@A ! The difficulty was great 114:118, 7@A ! of driving his strange insensibility towards Harriet ¡M¢, from 114:118, 8@A ! her mind, while+2 he not only sat at her elbow, but was 114:118, 9@A ! continually obtruding his happy countenance on her 114:118,10@A ! notice, and solicitously addressing her upon every occasion. 114:118,11@A ! Instead of forgetting him, his behaviour was such 114:118,12@A ! that she could not avoid the internal suggestion of "Can 114:118,13@A ! it really be as my brother imagined? can it be possible 114:118,14@A ! for this man to be beginning+1 to transfer his affections from 114:118,15@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ to+1 me?^^ Absurd and insufferable]" ^^ Yet he 114:118,16@A ! would be so anxious for her being+1 perfectly warm+1, would 114:118,17@A ! be so interested about her father, and so delighted with 114:118,18@A ! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢; and at last+1+2 would begin admiring her 114:118,19@A ! drawings with so much zeal and so little knowledge as 114:118,20@A ! seemed terribly like+1 a would-be lover, and made it some 114:118,21@A ! effort with her to preserve her good manners. For her 114:118,22@A ! own+1 sake she could not be rude; and for Harriet's ¡M¢, in the 114:118,23@A ! hope that all would yet turn+1 out right+1, she was even 114:118,24@A ! positively civil; but it was an effort; especially as something 114:118,25@A ! was going on amongst the others, in the most overpowering 114:118,26@A ! period of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ nonsense, which she 114:118,27@A ! particularly wished to listen to+1. 114:118,27¡' ¢! She heard enough to 114:118,28¡' ¢! know that =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was giving some information about 114:118,29¡' ¢! his son; she heard the words 114:118,29¡N ¢! "my son," 114:118,29¡' ¢! and 114:118,29¡N ¢! "Frank ¡E¢," 114:118,30¡' ¢! and 114:118,30¡N ¢! "my son," 114:118,30¡' ¢! repeated several times over; and from 114:118,31¡' ¢! a few other half-syllables very much suspected that he 114:118,32¡' ¢! was announcing an early visit from his son; but before 114:118,33¡' ¢! she could quiet =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, the subject was so completely 114:118,34¡' ¢! past+1 that any reviving question from her would have been 114:118,35¡' ¢! awkward. 114:118,36¡' ¢! Now, it so happened that in spite+1 of Emma's ¡A¢ resolution 114:118,37¡' ¢! of never marrying, there was something in the name, in 114:118,38¡' ¢! the idea of =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, which always interested 114:119, 1¡' ¢! her. She had frequently thought+1^^ especially since his 114:119, 2¡' ¢! father's marriage with =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢^^ that if she ²were² to 114:119, 3¡' ¢! marry, he was the very person to suit+1 her in age, character 114:119, 4¡' ¢! and condition. He seemed by this connection between 114:119, 5¡' ¢! the families, quite to belong to+1 her. She could not but 114:119, 6¡' ¢! suppose it to be a match that+2 every+body who knew them 114:119, 7¡' ¢! must think of. That =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ did think of **it, 114:119, 8¡' ¢! she was very strongly persuaded; and though not meaning 114:119, 9¡' ¢! to be induced by him, or by any+body else, to give up 114:119,10¡' ¢! a situation which she believed more replete with good 114:119,11¡' ¢! than any she could change+1 it for+2, she had a great curiosity 114:119,12¡' ¢! to see him, a decided+1 intention of finding him pleasant, 114:119,13¡' ¢! of being+1 liked by him to+1 a certain degree, and a sort of 114:119,14¡' ¢! pleasure in the idea of their being+1 coupled in their friends' 114:119,15¡' ¢! imaginations. 114:119,16¡' ¢! With such sensations, =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ civilities were dreadful **ly 114:119,17¡' ¢! ill-timed; but she had the comfort of appearing 114:119,18¡' ¢! very polite, while+2 feeling+1 very cross+1^^ and of thinking t **hat 114:119,19¡' ¢! the rest of the visit could not possibly pass without bringing 114:119,20¡' ¢! forward+1 the same information again, or the substance 114:119,21¡' ¢! of it, from the open+1-hearted =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢.^^ So it proved; **^^ 114:119,22¡' ¢! for when happily released from =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and seated by 114:119,23¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, at dinner, he made use of the very first 114:119,24¡' ¢! interval in the cares of hospitality, the very first leisure 114:119,25¡' ¢! from the saddle of mutton, to say to+1 her, 114:119,26¡N ¢! "We want+1 only two more to be just+1 the right+1 number. 114:119,27¡N ¢! I should like+2 to see two more here,^^ your pretty little 114:119,28¡N ¢! friend, =Miss+Smith ¡M¢, and my son^^ and then I should say 114:119,29¡N ¢! we were quite complete. I believe you did not hear me 114:119,30¡N ¢! telling the others in the drawing-room that we are expecting 114:119,31¡N ¢! Frank ¡E¢? I had a letter from him this morning, and 114:119,32¡N ¢! he will+1 be with us within a fortnight." 114:119,33¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ spoke with a very proper degree of pleasure; 114:119,34¡' ¢! and fully assented to+1 his proposition of =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ** ¡E¢ 114:119,35¡' ¢! and =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ making their party quite complete. 114:119,36¡N ¢! "He has been wanting to come to+1 us," 114:119,36¡' ¢! continued 114:119,37¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, 114:119,37¡N ¢! "ever since September: every letter has 114:119,38¡N ¢! been full of it; but he cannot command+1 his own+1 time. 114:120, 1¡N ¢! He has those to please who must be pleased, and who 114:120, 2¡N ¢! (between ourselves) are sometimes to be pleased only by 114:120, 3¡N ¢! a good many sacrifices. But now I have no doubt of 114:120, 4¡N ¢! seeing him here about the second+2 week in January." 114:120, 5¡A ¢! "What a very great pleasure it will+1 be to+1 you] and 114:120, 6¡A ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ is so anxious to be acquainted with him, that 114:120, 7¡A ¢! she must be almost as happy as yourself." 114:120, 8¡N ¢! "Yes, she would be, but that she thinks there 114:120, 9¡N ¢! will+1 be another put-off. She does not depend upon his 114:120,10¡N ¢! coming so much as I do: but she does not know the 114:120,11¡N ¢! parties so well as I do. The case, you see, is^^(but this is 114:120,12¡N ¢! quite between ourselves: I did not mention+1 a syllable of 114:120,13¡N ¢! it in the other room. There are secrets in all families, you 114:120,14¡N ¢! know)^^ The case is, that a party of friends are invited to 114:120,15¡N ¢! pay+1 a visit at Enscombe in January; and that Frank's ¡E¢ 114:120,16¡N ¢! coming depends upon their being+1 put off. If they are not 114:120,17¡N ¢! put off, he cannot stir. But I know they will+1, because it 114:120,18¡N ¢! is a family that+2 a certain lady, of some consequence, at 114:120,19¡N ¢! Enscombe, has a particular dislike to+1: and though it is 114:120,20¡N ¢! thought+1 necessary to invite them once in two or three 114:120,21¡N ¢! years, they always are put off when it comes to+1 the point. 114:120,22¡N ¢! I have not the smallest doubt of the issue. I am as 114:120,23¡N ¢! confident of seeing Frank ¡E¢ here before the middle of 114:120,24¡N ¢! January, as I am of being+1 here myself: but your good 114:120,25¡N ¢! friend there 114:120,25¡' ¢! (nodding towards the upper end of the table) 114:120,25¡N ¢! has so few vagaries herself, and has been so little used+1 to+1 114:120,26¡N ¢! them at Hartfield, that she cannot calculate on their 114:120,27¡N ¢! effects, as I have been long+1 in the practice of doing." 114:120,28¡A ¢! "I am sorry there should be any+thing like+1 doubt in the 114:120,29¡A ¢! case," 114:120,29¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢; 114:120,29¡A ¢! "but am disposed to side+1 with you, 114:120,30¡A ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. If you think he will+1 come, I shall think so 114:120,31¡A ¢! too; for you know Enscombe." 114:120,32¡N ¢! "Yes^^ I have some right to+1 that+1 knowledge; though 114:120,33¡N ¢! I have never been at the place in my life.^^ She is an odd 114:120,34¡N ¢! woman]^^ But I never allow myself to speak ill of her, on 114:120,35¡N ¢! Frank's ¡E¢ account; for+1 I do believe her to be very fond of 114:120,36¡N ¢! him. I used+1 to think she was not capable of being+1 fond 114:120,37¡N ¢! of any+body, except herself: but she has always been 114:121, 1¡N ¢! kind+1 to+1 him (in her way ^^ allowing for little whims and 114:121, 2¡N ¢! caprices, and expecting every+thing to be as she likes). 114:121, 3¡N ¢! And it is no small credit, in my opinion, to+1 him, that he 114:121, 4¡N ¢! should excite such an affection; for+1, though I would not 114:121, 5¡N ¢! say it to+1 any+body else, she has no more heart than 114:121, 6¡N ¢! a stone to+1 people in general+1; and the devil of a 114:121, 7¡N ¢! temper." 114:121, 8¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ liked the subject so well, that she began upon 114:121, 9¡' ¢! it, to+1 =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, very soon after their moving into th **e 114:121,10¡' ¢! drawing-room: 114:121,10@A ! wishing her joy^^ yet observing, that she 114:121,11@A ! knew the first meeting must be rather alarming.^^ 114:121,11¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 114:121,12¡' ¢! agreed to+1 it; but added, that 114:121,12@O ! she should be very 114:121,13@O ! glad to be secure+1 of undergoing the anxiety of a first 114:121,14@O ! meeting at the time talked of: 114:121,14¡O ¢! "for+1 I cannot depend 114:121,15¡O ¢! upon his coming. I cannot be so sanguine as =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. 114:121,16¡O ¢! I am very much afraid that it will+1 all end+1 in nothing. 114:121,17¡O ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, I dare+1 say, has been telling you exactly how 114:121,18¡O ¢! the matter stands." 114:121,19¡A ¢! "Yes^^ it seems to depend upon nothing but the ill-humour 114:121,20¡A ¢! of =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢, which I imagine to be the 114:121,21¡A ¢! most certain thing in the world." 114:121,22¡O ¢! "My Emma ¡A¢]" 114:121,22¡' ¢! replied =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, smiling, 114:121,22¡O ¢! "what 114:121,23¡O ¢! is the certainty of caprice?" 114:121,23¡' ¢! Then turning+1 to+1 Isabella ¡L¢, 114:121,24¡' ¢! who had not been attending before^^ 114:121,24¡O ¢! "You must know, 114:121,25¡O ¢! my dear =Mrs#+Knightley ¡L¢, that we are by no means so sure 114:121,26¡O ¢! of seeing =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, in my opinion, as his fathe **r 114:121,27¡O ¢! thinks. It depends entirely upon his aunt's spirits and 114:121,28¡O ¢! pleasure; in short, upon her temper. To+1 you^^ to+1 my 114:121,29¡O ¢! two daughters, I may venture on the truth. =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1 **¢ 114:121,30¡O ¢! rules+1 at Enscombe, and is a very odd-tempered woman; 114:121,31¡O ¢! and his coming now, depends upon her being+1 willing to 114:121,32¡O ¢! spare him." 114:121,33¡L ¢! "Oh, =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢; every+body knows =Mrs#+Churchill ¡Z **D1¢," 114:121,34¡' ¢! replied Isabella ¡L¢: 114:121,34¡L ¢! "and I am sure I never think of that+1 114:121,35¡L ¢! poor young man without the greatest compassion. To be 114:121,36¡L ¢! constantly living with an ill-tempered person, must be 114:121,37¡L ¢! dreadful. It is what we happily have never known any+thing 114:121,38¡L ¢! of; but it must be a life of misery. What a blessing, 114:122, 1¡L ¢! that she never had any children] Poor little creatures, 114:122, 2¡L ¢! how unhappy she would have made them]" 114:122, 3¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ wished she had been alone with =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. 114:122, 4@A ! She should then have heard more: =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ would 114:122, 5@A ! speak to+1 her, with a degree of unreserve which she would 114:122, 6@A ! not hazard+1 with Isabella ¡L¢; and, she really believed, would 114:122, 7@A ! scarcely try to conceal any+thing relative to+1 the Churchills **¡ZD2¢ 114:122, 8@A ! from her, excepting those views on the young man, of 114:122, 9@A ! which her own+1 imagination had already given her such 114:122,10@A ! instinctive knowledge. 114:122,10¡' ¢! But at present there was nothing 114:122,11¡' ¢! more to be said. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ very soon followed them 114:122,12¡' ¢! into the drawing-room. To be sitting long+1 after dinner, 114:122,13¡' ¢! was a confinement that+2 he could not endure. Neither wine 114:122,14¡' ¢! nor conversation was any+thing to+1 him; and gladly did he 114:122,15¡' ¢! move to+1 those with whom he was always comfortable. 114:122,16¡' ¢! While+2 he talked to+1 Isabella ¡L¢, however, Emma ¡A¢ found an 114:122,17¡' ¢! opportunity of saying, 114:122,18¡A ¢! "And so you do not consider this visit from your son 114:122,19¡A ¢! as by any means certain. I am sorry for it. The introduction 114:122,20¡A ¢! must be unpleasant, whenever it takes place; and 114:122,21¡A ¢! the sooner it could be over, the better+1." 114:122,22¡O ¢! "Yes; and every delay makes one more apprehensive 114:122,23¡O ¢! of other delays. Even if this family, the Braithwaites ¡ZZC¢, a **re 114:122,24¡O ¢! put off, I am still afraid that some excuse may be found 114:122,25¡O ¢! for disappointing us. I cannot bear to imagine any 114:122,26¡O ¢! reluctance on his side; but I am sure there is a great wish 114:122,27¡O ¢! on the Churchills' ¡ZD2¢ to keep him to+1 themselves. There is 114:122,28¡O ¢! jealousy. They are jealous even of his regard for his 114:122,29¡O ¢! father. In short, I can feel no dependence on his coming, 114:122,30¡O ¢! and I wish+1 =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ were less sanguine." 114:122,31¡A ¢! "He ought to come," 114:122,31¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢. 114:122,31¡A ¢! "If he could stay+1 114:122,32¡A ¢! only a couple of days, he ought to come; and one can 114:122,33¡A ¢! hardly conceive a young man's not having it in his power 114:122,34¡A ¢! to do as much as that+1. A young ²woman², if she fall into 114:122,35¡A ¢! bad hands, may be teazed, and kept at a distance from 114:122,36¡A ¢! those she wants+1 to be with; but one cannot comprehend 114:122,37¡A ¢! a young ²man's² being+1 under such restraint, as not be to 114:122,38¡A ¢! able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it." 114:123, 1¡O ¢! "One ought to be at Enscombe, and know the ways 114:123, 2¡O ¢! of the family, before one decides upon what he can do," 114:123, 3¡' ¢! replied =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. 114:123, 3¡O ¢! "One ought to use+1 the same caution, 114:123, 4¡O ¢! perhaps, in judging of the conduct of any one individual 114:123, 5¡O ¢! of any one family; but Enscombe, I believe, certainly 114:123, 6¡O ¢! must not be judged by general+1 rules: ²she² is so very 114:123, 7¡O ¢! unreasonable; and every+thing gives way to+1 her." 114:123, 8¡A ¢! "But she is so fond of the nephew: he is so very great 114:123, 9¡A ¢! a favourite. Now, according to+1 my idea of =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD **1¢, 114:123,10¡A ¢! it would be most natural+1, that while+2 she makes no sacrifice 114:123,11¡A ¢! for the comfort of the husband, to+1 whom she owes every+thing, 114:123,12¡A ¢! while+2 she exercises incessant caprice towards ²him², 114:123,13¡A ¢! she should frequently be governed by the nephew, to+1 114:123,14¡A ¢! whom she owes nothing at all." 114:123,15¡O ¢! "My dearest Emma ¡A¢, do not pretend, with your sweet 114:123,16¡O ¢! temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down rules for 114:123,17¡O ¢! it: you must let it go its own+1 way. I have no doubt of 114:123,18¡O ¢! his having, at times, considerable influence; but it may 114:123,19¡O ¢! be perfectly impossible for him to know beforehand ²when² 114:123,20¡O ¢! it will+1 be." 114:123,21¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ listened, and then coolly said, 114:123,21¡A ¢! "I shall not be 114:123,22¡A ¢! satisfied, unless he comes." 114:123,23¡O ¢! "He may have a great deal of influence on some 114:123,24¡O ¢! points," 114:123,24¡' ¢! continued =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, 114:123,24¡O ¢! "and on others, very 114:123,25¡O ¢! little: and among those, on which she is beyond his reach, 114:123,26¡O ¢! it is but too likely, may be this very circumstance of his 114:123,27¡O ¢! coming away from them to visit+1 us." 115:124, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was soon ready for his tea; and when 115:124, 2¡' ¢! he had drank his tea he was quite ready to go home; 115:124, 3¡' ¢! and it was as much as his three companions could do, to 115:124, 4¡' ¢! entertain away his notice of the lateness of the hour, before 115:124, 5¡' ¢! the other gentlemen appeared. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was chatty 115:124, 6¡' ¢! and convivial, and no friend to+1 early separations of any 115:124, 7¡' ¢! sort; but at last+1+2 the drawing-room party did receive an 115:124, 8¡' ¢! augmentation. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, in very good spirits, was one 115:124, 9¡' ¢! of the first to walk+1 in. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ and Emma ¡A¢ were 115:124,10¡' ¢! sitting together on a sopha. He joined them immediately, 115:124,11¡' ¢! and with scarcely an invitation, seated himself between 115:124,12¡' ¢! them. 115:124,13¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, in good spirits too, from the amusement afforded 115:124,14¡' ¢! her mind by the expectation of =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, was 115:124,15¡' ¢! willing to forget his late improprieties, and be as well 115:124,16¡' ¢! satisfied with him as before, and on his making Harriet ¡M¢ 115:124,17¡' ¢! his very first subject, was ready to listen with most 115:124,18¡' ¢! friendly smiles. 115:124,19¡' ¢! He professed himself 115:124,19@H ! extremely anxious about her fair 115:124,20@H ! friend^^ her fair, lovely, amiable friend. 115:124,20¡H ¢! "Did she know? 115:124,21¡H ¢! ^^ had she heard any+thing about her, since their being+1 at 115:124,22¡H ¢! Randalls?^^ he felt much anxiety^^ he must confess that 115:124,23¡H ¢! the nature of her complaint alarmed him considerably." 115:124,24¡' ¢! And in this style he talked on for some time very properly, 115:124,25¡' ¢! not much attending to+1 any answer, but altogether sufficiently 115:124,26¡' ¢! awake+1 to+1 the terror of a bad sore+throat; and 115:124,27¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was quite in charity with him. 115:124,28¡' ¢! But at last+1+2 there seemed a perverse turn; 115:124,28@A ! it seemed all 115:124,29@A ! at once as if he were more afraid of its being+1 a bad sore 115:124,30@A ! throat on her account, than on Harriet's ¡M¢^^ more anxious 115:124,31@A ! that she should escape+1 the infection, than that there should 115:124,32@A ! be no infection in the complaint. He began with great 115:125, 1@A ! earnestness to entreat her to refrain from visiting the sick 115:125, 2@A ! chamber again, for the present^^ to entreat her to ²promise+1² 115:125, 3@A ! ²him² not to venture into such hazard till he had seen 115:125, 4@A ! =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ and learnt his opinion; and though she tried 115:125, 5@A ! to laugh+1 it off and bring the subject back+1 into its proper 115:125, 6@A ! course, there was no putting an end to+1 his extreme+1 115:125, 7@A ! solicitude about her. She was vexed. 115:125, 7@A ! It did appear^^ 115:125, 8@A ! there was no concealing it^^ exactly like+1 the pretence of 115:125, 9@A ! being+1 in love with her, instead of Harriet ¡M¢; an inconstanc **y, 115:125,10@A ! if real, the most contemptible and abominable] 115:125,10¡' ¢! and she 115:125,11¡' ¢! had difficulty in behaving with temper. He turned to+1 115:125,12¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ to implore her assistance, 115:125,12@H ! "Would not she 115:125,13@H ! give him her support+1?^^ would not she add her persuasions 115:125,14@H ! to+1 his, to induce =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ not to go to+1 =Mrs#+Go **ddard's ¡ZZD¢, 115:125,15@H ! till it were certain that =Miss+Smith's ¡M¢ disorder had 115:125,16@H ! no infection? He could not be satisfied without a promise 115:125,17@H ! ^^ would not she give him her influence in procuring it?" 115:125,18¡H ¢! "So scrupulous for others," 115:125,18¡' ¢! he continued, 115:125,18¡H ¢! "and yet 115:125,19¡H ¢! so careless for herself] She wanted me to nurse my cold 115:125,20¡H ¢! by staying at home to-day, and yet will+1 not promise+1 to 115:125,21¡H ¢! avoid the danger of catching an ulcerated sore+throat 115:125,22¡H ¢! herself] Is this fair, =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢?^^ Judge+1 between us. 115:125,23¡H ¢! Have not I some right+1 to complain? I am sure of your 115:125,24¡H ¢! kind+1 support+1 and aid." 115:125,25¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ saw =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ surprize, and felt that 115:125,25@A ! it must 115:125,26@A ! be great, at an address which, in words and manner, was 115:125,27@A ! assuming to+1 himself the right of first interest in her; and 115:125,28@A ! as for herself, she was too much provoked and offended 115:125,29@A ! to have the power of directly saying any+thing to+1 the 115:125,30@A ! purpose. 115:125,30¡' ¢! She could only give him a look; but it was such 115:125,31¡' ¢! a look as she thought+1 must restore him to+1 his senses; and 115:125,32¡' ¢! then left+1 the sopha, removing to+1 a seat by her sister, and 115:125,33¡' ¢! giving her all her attention. 115:125,34¡' ¢! She had not time to know how =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ took the 115:125,35¡' ¢! reproof, so rapidly did another subject succeed; for+1 115:125,36¡' ¢! =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ now came into the room from examining 115:125,37¡' ¢! the weather, and opened on them all with the information 115:125,38¡' ¢! of the ground being+1 covered with snow, and of its 115:126, 1¡' ¢! still snowing fast, with a strong drifting wind; concluding 115:126, 2¡' ¢! with these words to+1 =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢: 115:126, 3¡K ¢! "This will+1 prove a spirited beginning of your winter 115:126, 4¡K ¢! engagements, sir. Something new for your coachman and 115:126, 5¡K ¢! horses to be making their way through a storm of snow." 115:126, 6¡' ¢! Poor =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was silent from consternation; 115:126, 7¡' ¢! but every+body else had something to say; every+body 115:126, 8¡' ¢! was either surprized or not surprized, and had some 115:126, 9¡' ¢! question to ask, or some comfort to offer+1. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 115:126,10¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢ tried earnestly to cheer him and turn+1 his 115:126,11¡' ¢! attention from his son-in-law, who was pursuing his 115:126,12¡' ¢! triumph rather unfeelingly. 115:126,13¡K ¢! "I admired your resolution very much, sir," 115:126,13¡' ¢! said he, 115:126,14¡K ¢! "in venturing out in such weather, for+1 of course+1 you saw 115:126,15¡K ¢! there would be snow very soon. Every+body must have 115:126,16¡K ¢! seen the snow coming on. I admired your spirit; and 115:126,17¡K ¢! I dare+1 say we shall get home very well. Another hour 115:126,18¡K ¢! or two's snow can hardly make the road impassable; and 115:126,19¡K ¢! we are two carriages; if ²one² is blown over in the bleak 115:126,20¡K ¢! part of the common field there will+1 be the other at hand. 115:126,21¡K ¢! I dare+1 say we shall be all safe at Hartfield before midnight. **" 115:126,22¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, with triumph of a different sort, was 115:126,23¡' ¢! confessing that 115:126,23@N ! he had known it to be snowing some time, 115:126,24@N ! but had not said a word, lest it should make =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 115:126,25@N ! uncomfortable, and be an excuse for his hurrying 115:126,26@N ! away. As to+1 there being+1 any quantity of snow fallen or 115:126,27@N ! likely to fall to impede their return, that+1 was a mere joke; 115:126,28@N ! he was afraid they would find no difficulty. He wished 115:126,29@N ! the road might be impassable, that he might be able to 115:126,30@N ! keep them all at Randalls; and with the utmost good-will+1 115:126,31@N ! was sure that accommodation might be found for every+body, 115:126,32@N ! calling on his wife to agree with him, that, with 115:126,33@N ! a little contrivance, every+body might be lodged, 115:126,33¡' ¢! which 115:126,34¡' ¢! she hardly knew how to do, from the consciousness of 115:126,35¡' ¢! there being+1 but two spare+1 rooms in the house. 115:126,36¡P ¢! "What is to be done, my dear Emma ¡A¢?^^ what is to be 115:126,37¡P ¢! done?" 115:126,37¡' ¢! was =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ first exclamation, and all 115:126,38¡' ¢! that+2 he could say for some time. To+1 her he looked for 115:127, 1¡' ¢! comfort; and her assurances of safety, her representation 115:127, 2¡' ¢! of the excellence of the horses, and of James ¡ZI¢, and of thei **r 115:127, 3¡' ¢! having so many friends about them, revived him a little. 115:127, 4¡' ¢! His eldest daughter's alarm was equal+2 to+1 his own+1. 115:127, 4@L ! The 115:127, 5@L ! horror of being+1 blocked up at Randalls, while+2 her children 115:127, 6@L ! were at Hartfield, was full in her imagination; and 115:127, 7@L ! fancying the road to be now just+1 passable for adventurous 115:127, 8@L ! people, but in a state that+2 admitted no delay, she was 115:127, 9@L ! eager to have it settled, that her father and Emma ¡A¢ should 115:127,10@L ! remain at Randalls, while+2 she and her husband set+1 forward+1 115:127,11@L ! instantly through all the possible accumulations of drifted 115:127,12@L ! snow that+2 might impede them. 115:127,13¡L ¢! "You had better+1 order+1 the carriage directly, my love," 115:127,14¡' ¢! said she; 115:127,14¡L ¢! "I dare+1 say we shall be able to get along, if we 115:127,15¡L ¢! set+1 off directly; and if we do come to+1 any+thing very bad, 115:127,16¡L ¢! I can get out and walk+1. I am not at all afraid. I should 115:127,17¡L ¢! not mind+1 walking half the way. I could change+1 my shoes, 115:127,18¡L ¢! you know, the moment I got home; and it is not the sort 115:127,19¡L ¢! of thing that+2 gives me cold." 115:127,20¡K ¢! "Indeed]" 115:127,20¡' ¢! replied he. 115:127,20¡K ¢! "Then, my dear Isabella ¡L¢, it is 115:127,21¡K ¢! the most extraordinary sort of thing in the world, for+1 in 115:127,22¡K ¢! general+1 every+thing does give you cold. Walk+1 home]^^ 115:127,23¡K ¢! you are prettily shod for walking home, I dare+1 say. It 115:127,24¡K ¢! will+1 be bad enough for the horses." 115:127,25¡' ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ turned to+1 =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ for her approbation o **f 115:127,26¡' ¢! the plan. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ could only approve. Isabella ¡L¢ 115:127,27¡' ¢! then went to+1 Emma ¡A¢; but Emma ¡A¢ could not so entirely giv **e 115:127,28¡' ¢! up the hope of their being+1 all able to get away; and they 115:127,29¡' ¢! were still discussing the point, when =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, who 115:127,30¡' ¢! had left+1 the room immediately after his brother's first 115:127,31¡' ¢! report of the snow, came back+1 again, and told them that 115:127,32@B ! he had been out of doors to examine, and could answer+1 115:127,33@B ! for there not being+1 the smallest difficulty in their getting 115:127,34@B ! home, whenever they liked it, either now or an hour hence. 115:127,35@B ! He had gone beyond the sweep^^ some way along the 115:127,36@B ! Highbury road^^ the snow was no+where above half an 115:127,37@B ! inch deep^^ in many places hardly enough to whiten the 115:127,38@B ! ground; a very few flakes were falling at present, but the 115:128, 1@B ! clouds were parting, and there was every appearance of 115:128, 2@B ! its being+1 soon over. He had seen the coachmen, and they 115:128, 3@B ! both agreed with him in there being+1 nothing to apprehend. 115:128, 4¡' ¢! To+1 Isabella ¡L¢, the relief of such tidings was very great, 115:128, 5¡' ¢! and they were scarcely less acceptable to+1 Emma ¡A¢ on her 115:128, 6¡' ¢! father's account, who was immediately set+1 as much at ease 115:128, 7¡' ¢! on the subject as his nervous constitution allowed; but 115:128, 8¡' ¢! the alarm that+2 had been raised could not be appeased so 115:128, 9¡' ¢! as to admit of any comfort for him while+2 he continued at 115:128,10¡' ¢! Randalls. He was satisfied of there being+1 no present+2 115:128,11¡' ¢! danger in returning home, but no assurances could 115:128,12¡' ¢! convince him that it was safe to stay+1; and while+2 the 115:128,13¡' ¢! others were variously arguing and recommending, =Mr#+Knightley **¡B¢ 115:128,14¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢ settled it in a few brief sentences: 115:128,15¡' ¢! thus^^^ 115:128,16¡B ¢! "Your father will+1 not be easy; why do not you go?" 115:128,17¡A ¢! "I am ready, if the others are." 115:128,18¡B ¢! "Shall I ring the bell?" 115:128,19¡A ¢! "Yes, do." 115:128,20¡' ¢! And the bell was rung, and the carriages spoken for+2. A 115:128,21¡' ¢! few minutes more, and Emma ¡A¢ hoped 115:128,21@A ! to see one troublesome 115:128,22@A ! companion deposited in his own+1 house, to get sober 115:128,23@A ! and cool+1, and the other recover his temper and happiness 115:128,24@A ! when this visit of hardship were over. 115:128,25¡' ¢! The carriages came: and =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, always the 115:128,26¡' ¢! first object on such occasions, was carefully attended to+1 115:128,27¡' ¢! his own+1 by =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ and =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢; but not al **l 115:128,28¡' ¢! that+2 either could say could prevent some renewal of alarm 115:128,29¡' ¢! at the sight of the snow which had actually fallen, and 115:128,30¡' ¢! the discovery of a much darker night than he had been 115:128,31¡' ¢! prepared for+2. 115:128,31¡P ¢! "He was afraid they should have a very 115:128,32¡P ¢! bad drive. He was afraid poor Isabella ¡L¢ would not like+2 it. 115:128,33¡P ¢! And there would be poor Emma ¡A¢ in the carriage behind. 115:128,34¡P ¢! He did not know what they had best do. They must 115:128,35¡P ¢! keep as much together as they could;" 115:128,35¡' ¢! and James ¡ZI¢ was 115:128,36¡' ¢! talked to+1, and given a charge to 115:128,36@P ! go very slow and wait 115:128,37@P ! for the other carriage. 115:128,38¡' ¢! Isabella ¡L¢ stept in after her father; John+Knightley ¡K¢, 115:129, 1¡' ¢! forgetting that he did not belong to+1 their party, stept in 115:129, 2¡' ¢! after his wife very naturally; so that Emma ¡A¢ found, on 115:129, 3¡' ¢! being+1 escorted and followed into the second+2 carriage by 115:129, 4¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, that the door was to be lawfully shut on them, 115:129, 5¡' ¢! and that they were to have a te´te-a>-te´te drive. 115:129, 5@A ! It would 115:129, 6@A ! not have been the awkwardness of a moment, it would 115:129, 7@A ! have been rather a pleasure, previous to+1 the suspicions 115:129, 8@A ! of this very day; she could have talked to+1 him of Harriet ¡M¢ **, 115:129, 9@A ! and the three-quarters of a mile would have seemed but 115:129,10@A ! one. But now, she would rather it had not happened. 115:129,11@A ! She believed he had been drinking too much of =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ 115:129,12@A ! good wine, and felt sure that he would want+1 to be 115:129,13@A ! talking nonsense. 115:129,14¡' ¢! To restrain him as much as might be, by her own+1 115:129,15¡' ¢! manners, she was immediately preparing to speak with 115:129,16¡' ¢! exquisite calmness and gravity of the weather and the 115:129,17¡' ¢! night; but scarcely had she begun, scarcely had they 115:129,18¡' ¢! passed the sweep-gate and joined the other carriage, than 115:129,19¡' ¢! she found 115:129,19@A ! her subject cut+1 up^^ her hand seized^^ her 115:129,20@A ! attention demanded, and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ actually making 115:129,21@A ! violent love to+1 her: availing himself of the precious 115:129,22@A ! opportunity, declaring sentiments which must be already 115:129,23@A ! well known, hoping^^ fearing^^ adoring^^ ready to die+1 if 115:129,24@A ! she refused him; but flattering himself that his ardent 115:129,25@A ! attachment and unequalled love and unexampled passion 115:129,26@A ! could not fail of having some effect, and in short, very 115:129,27@A ! much resolved on being+1 seriously accepted as soon as 115:129,28@A ! possible. It really was so. Without scruple^^ without 115:129,29@A ! apology^^ without much apparent diffidence, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, 115:129,30@A ! the lover of Harriet ¡M¢, was professing himself ²her² lover. 115:129,31@A ! She tried to stop+1 him; but vainly; he would go on, and 115:129,32@A ! say it all. Angry as she was, the thought of the moment 115:129,33@A ! made her resolve to restrain herself when she did speak. 115:129,34@A ! She felt that half this folly must be drunkenness, and 115:129,35@A ! therefore could hope+1 that it might belong only to+1 the 115:129,36@A ! passing hour. 115:129,36¡' ¢! Accordingly, with a mixture of the serious 115:129,37¡' ¢! and the playful, which she hoped would best suit+1 his half 115:129,38¡' ¢! and half state, she replied, 115:130, 1¡A ¢! "I am very much astonished, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. This to+1 ²me²] 115:130, 2¡A ¢! you forget yourself^^ you take me for my friend^^ any 115:130, 3¡A ¢! message to+1 =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ I shall be happy to deliver; but 115:130, 4¡A ¢! no more of this to+1 ²me², if you please." 115:130, 5¡H ¢! "=Miss+Smith ¡M¢]^^ Message to+1 =Miss+Smith ¡M¢]^^ What could 115:130, 6¡H ¢! she possibly mean]"^^ 115:130, 6¡' ¢! And he repeated her words with 115:130, 7¡' ¢! such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, 115:130, 8¡' ¢! that she could not help+1 replying with quickness, 115:130, 9¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, this is the most extraordinary conduct] 115:130,10¡A ¢! and I can account+1 for it only in one way; you are not 115:130,11¡A ¢! yourself, or you could not speak either to+1 me, or of Harriet **¡M¢, 115:130,12¡A ¢! in such a manner. Command+1 yourself enough to say no 115:130,13¡A ¢! more, and I will+1 endeavour+1 to forget it." 115:130,14¡' ¢! But =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ had only drunk wine enough to elevate 115:130,15¡' ¢! his spirits, not at all to confuse his intellects. He perfectly 115:130,16¡' ¢! knew his own+1 meaning; and having warmly protested 115:130,17¡' ¢! against her suspicion as most injurious, and slightly 115:130,18¡' ¢! touched upon his respect for =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ as her friend,^^ 115:130,19¡' ¢! but acknowledging his wonder that =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ should be 115:130,20¡' ¢! mentioned at all,^^ he resumed the subject of his own+1 115:130,21¡' ¢! passion, and was very urgent for a favourable answer. 115:130,22¡' ¢! As she thought+1 less of his inebriety, she thought+1 more 115:130,23¡' ¢! of his inconstancy and presumption; and with fewer 115:130,24¡' ¢! struggles for politeness, replied, 115:130,25¡A ¢! "It is impossible for me to doubt+1 any longer. You 115:130,26¡A ¢! have made yourself too clear+1. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, my astonishment 115:130,27¡A ¢! is much beyond any+thing I can express+1. After such 115:130,28¡A ¢! behaviour, as I have witnessed during the last+1 month, to+1 115:130,29¡A ¢! =Miss+Smith ¡M¢^^ such attentions as I have been in the daily 115:130,30¡A ¢! habit of observing^^ to be addressing me in this manner^^ 115:130,31¡A ¢! this is an unsteadiness of character, indeed, which I had 115:130,32¡A ¢! not supposed possible] Believe me, sir, I am far, very 115:130,33¡A ¢! far, from gratified in being+1 the object of such professions." 115:130,34¡H ¢! "Good heaven]" 115:130,34¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, 115:130,34¡H ¢! "what can be the 115:130,35¡H ¢! meaning of this?^^ =Miss+Smith ¡M¢]^^ I never thought+1 of =Mis **s+Smith ¡M¢ 115:130,36¡H ¢! in the whole+1 course of my existence^^ never paid 115:130,37¡H ¢! her any attentions, but as your friend: never cared 115:130,38¡H ¢! whether she were dead or alive, but as your friend. If she 115:131, 1¡H ¢! has fancied otherwise, her own+1 wishes have misled her, 115:131, 2¡H ¢! and I am very sorry^^ extremely sorry^^ But, =Miss+Smith ¡M¢, 115:131, 3¡H ¢! indeed]^^ Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢] who can think of =Miss+Smith ** ¡M¢, 115:131, 4¡H ¢! when =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ is near] No+1, upon my 115:131, 5¡H ¢! honour, there is no unsteadiness of character. I have 115:131, 6¡H ¢! thought+1 only of you. I protest against having paid the 115:131, 7¡H ¢! smallest attention to+1 any+one else. Every+thing that+2 115:131, 8¡H ¢! I have said or done, for many weeks past+1, has been with 115:131, 9¡H ¢! the sole view of marking my adoration of yourself. You 115:131,10¡H ¢! cannot really, seriously, doubt+1 it. No+1]^^ 115:131,10¡' ¢! (in an accent 115:131,11¡' ¢! meant to be insinuating)^^ 115:131,11¡H ¢! I am sure you have seen and 115:131,12¡H ¢! understood me." 115:131,13¡' ¢! It would be impossible to say what Emma ¡A¢ felt, on 115:131,14¡' ¢! hearing this^^ which of all her unpleasant sensations was 115:131,15¡' ¢! uppermost. She was too completely overpowered to be 115:131,16¡' ¢! immediately able to reply+1: and two moments of silence 115:131,17¡' ¢! being+1 ample encouragement for =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ sanguine state 115:131,18¡' ¢! of mind, he tried to take her hand again, as he joyously 115:131,19¡' ¢! exclaimed^^ 115:131,20¡H ¢! "Charming =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢] allow me to interpret 115:131,21¡H ¢! this interesting silence. It confesses that you have long+1 115:131,22¡H ¢! understood me." 115:131,23¡A ¢! "No+1, sir," 115:131,23¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 115:131,23¡A ¢! "it confesses no such thing. 115:131,24¡A ¢! So far from having long+1 understood you, I have been in 115:131,25¡A ¢! a most complete error with respect to+1 your views, till this 115:131,26¡A ¢! moment. As to+1 myself, I am very sorry that you should 115:131,27¡A ¢! have been giving way to+1 any feelings^^^ Nothing could 115:131,28¡A ¢! be farther from my wishes^^ your attachment to+1 my friend 115:131,29¡A ¢! Harriet ¡M¢^^ your pursuit of her, (pursuit, it appeared,) gave 115:131,30¡A ¢! me great pleasure, and I have been very earnestly wishing 115:131,31¡A ¢! you success: but had I supposed that she were not your 115:131,32¡A ¢! attraction to+1 Hartfield, I should certainly have thought+1 115:131,33¡A ¢! you judged ill in making your visits so frequent. Am 115:131,34¡A ¢! I to believe that you have never sought to recommend 115:131,35¡A ¢! yourself particularly to+1 =Miss+Smith ¡M¢?^^ that you have 115:131,36¡A ¢! never thought+1 seriously of her?" 115:131,37¡H ¢! "Never, madam," 115:131,37¡' ¢! cried he, affronted, in his turn: 115:131,38¡H ¢! "never, I assure you. ²I² think seriously of =Miss+Smith ¡M¢]^^ 115:132, 1¡H ¢! =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ is a very good sort of girl; and I should be 115:132, 2¡H ¢! happy to see her respectably settled. I wish+1 her extremely 115:132, 3¡H ¢! well: and, no doubt, there are men who might not object+1 115:132, 4¡H ¢! to+1^^^ Every+body has their level: but as for myself, I am 115:132, 5¡H ¢! not, I think, quite so much at a loss. I need+1 not so totally 115:132, 6¡H ¢! despair+1 of an equal+2 alliance, as to be addressing myself 115:132, 7¡H ¢! to+1 =Miss+Smith ¡M¢]^^ No+1, madam, my visits to+1 Hartfield 115:132, 8¡H ¢! have been for yourself only; and the encouragement I 115:132, 9¡H ¢! received"^^^ 115:132,10¡A ¢! "Encouragement]^^ I give you encouragement]^^ sir, 115:132,11¡A ¢! you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. I have 115:132,12¡A ¢! seen you only as the admirer of my friend. In no other 115:132,13¡A ¢! light could you have been more to+1 me than a common 115:132,14¡A ¢! acquaintance. I am exceedingly sorry: but it is well 115:132,15¡A ¢! that the mistake ends where it does. Had the same 115:132,16¡A ¢! behaviour continued, =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ might have been led 115:132,17¡A ¢! into a misconception of your views; not being+1 aware, 115:132,18¡A ¢! probably, any more than myself, of the very great inequality 115:132,19¡A ¢! which you are so sensible of. But, as it is, the disappointment 115:132,20¡A ¢! is single, and, I trust+1, will+1 not be lasting. I have no 115:132,21¡A ¢! thoughts of matrimony at present." 115:132,22¡' ¢! He was too angry to say another word; her manner 115:132,23¡' ¢! too decided+1 to invite supplication; and in this state of 115:132,24¡' ¢! swelling resentment, and mutually deep mortification, 115:132,25¡' ¢! they had to continue together a few minutes longer, for 115:132,26¡' ¢! the fears of =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had confined them to+1 a foot 115:132,27¡' ¢! pace. If there had not been so much anger, there would 115:132,28¡' ¢! have been desperate awkwardness; but their straightforward 115:132,29¡' ¢! emotions left+1 no room for the little zigzags of 115:132,30¡' ¢! embarrassment. Without knowing when the carriage 115:132,31¡' ¢! turned into Vicarage-lane, or when it stopped, they found 115:132,32¡' ¢! themselves, all at once, at the door of his house; and he 115:132,33¡' ¢! was out before another syllable passed.^^ Emma ¡A¢ then felt 115:132,34¡' ¢! it indispensable to wish+1 him a good night. The compliment 115:132,35¡' ¢! was just+1 returned, coldly and proudly; and, under 115:132,36¡' ¢! indescribable irritation of spirits, she was then conveyed 115:132,37¡' ¢! to+1 Hartfield. 115:132,38¡' ¢! There she was welcomed, with the utmost delight, by 115:133, 1¡' ¢! her father, who had been trembling for 115:133, 1@P ! the dangers of 115:133, 2@P ! a solitary drive from Vicarage-lane^^ turning+1 a corner 115:133, 3@P ! which he could never bear to think of^^ and in strange 115:133, 4@P ! hands^^ a mere common coachman^^ no James ¡ZI¢; 115:133, 4¡' ¢! and there 115:133, 5¡' ¢! it seemed as if her return only were wanted to make every+thing 115:133, 6¡' ¢! go well: for =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢, ashamed of his ill-humour **, 115:133, 7¡' ¢! was now all kindness and attention; and so 115:133, 8¡' ¢! particularly solicitous for the comfort of her father, as to 115:133, 9¡' ¢! seem^^ if not quite ready to join him in a basin of gruel^^ 115:133,10¡' ¢! perfectly sensible of its being+1 exceedingly wholesome; 115:133,11¡' ¢! and the day was concluding in peace and comfort to+1 all 115:133,12¡' ¢! their little party, except herself.^^ But her mind had never 115:133,13¡' ¢! been in such perturbation, and it needed a very strong 115:133,14¡' ¢! effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour 115:133,15¡' ¢! of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection. 116:134, 1¡' ¢! The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and 116:134, 2¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ sat down to think and be miserable.^^ 116:134, 2@A ! It was 116:134, 3@A ! a wretched business, indeed]^^ Such an overthrow of 116:134, 4@A ! every+thing she had been wishing for]^^ Such a development 116:134, 5@A ! of every+thing most unwelcome]^^ Such a blow for 116:134, 6@A ! Harriet ¡M¢]^^ That+1 was the worst of all. Every part of it 116:134, 7@A ! brought pain and humiliation, of some sort or other; but, 116:134, 8@A ! compared with the evil to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, all was light+1; and s **he 116:134, 9@A ! would gladly have submitted to feel yet more mistaken^^ 116:134,10@A ! more in error^^ more disgraced by mis-judgment, than she 116:134,11@A ! actually was, could the effects of her blunders have been 116:134,12@A ! confined to+1 herself. 116:134,13@A ! "If I had not persuaded Harriet ¡M¢ into liking the man, I 116:134,14@A ! could have born+1 any+thing. He might have doubled his 116:134,15@A ! presumption to+1 me^^ But poor Harriet ¡M¢]" 116:134,16@A ! How she could have been so deceived]^^ He protested 116:134,17@A ! that he had never thought+1 seriously of Harriet ¡M¢^^ never] 116:134,18@A ! She looked back+1 as well as she could; but it was all 116:134,19@A ! confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed, and 116:134,20@A ! made every+thing bend+1 to+1 it. His manners, however, 116:134,21@A ! must have been unmarked, wavering, dubious, or she 116:134,22@A ! could not have been so misled. 116:134,23@A ! The picture]^^ How eager he had been about the 116:134,24@A ! picture]^^ and the charade]^^ and an hundred other 116:134,25@A ! circumstances;^^ how clearly they had seemed to point+1 116:134,26@A ! at Harriet ¡M¢. To be sure, the charade, with its "ready 116:134,27@A ! wit"^^ but then, the "soft eyes"^^ in fact it suited 116:134,28@A ! neither; it was a jumble without taste or truth. Who 116:134,29@A ! could have seen through such thick-headed nonsense? 116:134,30@A ! Certainly she had often, especially of late, thought+1 his 116:134,31@A ! manners to+1 herself unnecessarily gallant; but it had 116:134,32@A ! passed as his way, as a mere error of judgment, of knowledge, 116:134,33@A ! of taste, as one proof among others that he had not 116:135, 1@A ! always lived in the best society, that with all the gentleness 116:135, 2@A ! of his address, true elegance was sometimes wanting; 116:135, 3@A ! but, till this very day, she had never, for an instant, 116:135, 4@A ! suspected it to mean any+thing but grateful respect to+1 her 116:135, 5@A ! as Harriet's ¡M¢ friend. 116:135, 6@A ! To+1 =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢ was she indebted for her first 116:135, 7@A ! idea on the subject, for the first start of its possibility. 116:135, 8@A ! There was no denying that those brothers had penetration. 116:135, 9@A ! She remembered what =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ had once said to+1 116:135,10@A ! her about =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, the caution he had given, the convict **ion 116:135,11@A ! he had professed that =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ would never 116:135,12@A ! marry indiscreetly; and blushed to think how much 116:135,13@A ! truer a knowledge of his character had been there shewn 116:135,14@A ! than any she had reached herself. It was dreadfully 116:135,15@A ! mortifying; but =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was proving himself, in many 116:135,16@A ! respects, the very reverse of what she had meant and 116:135,17@A ! believed him; proud, assuming, conceited; very full of 116:135,18@A ! his own+1 claims, and little concerned about the feelings of 116:135,19@A ! others. 116:135,20@A ! Contrary to+1 the usual course of things, =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ want **ing 116:135,21@A ! to pay+1 his addresses to+1 her had sunk him in her 116:135,22@A ! opinion. His professions and his proposals did him no 116:135,23@A ! service. She thought+1 nothing of his attachment, and was 116:135,24@A ! insulted by his hopes. He wanted to marry well, and 116:135,25@A ! having the arrogance to raise his eyes to+1 her, pretended 116:135,26@A ! to be in love; but she was perfectly easy as to+1 his not 116:135,27@A ! suffering any disappointment that+2 need+1 be cared for+2. 116:135,28@A ! There had been no real affection either in his language or 116:135,29@A ! manners. Sighs and fine words had been given in abundance; 116:135,30@A ! but she could hardly devise any set of expressions, 116:135,31@A ! or fancy any tone of voice, less allied with real love. 116:135,32@A ! She need+1 not trouble+1 herself to pity+1 him. He only 116:135,33@A ! wanted to aggrandize and enrich himself; and if =Miss+Woodhouse ** ¡A¢ 116:135,34@A ! of Hartfield, the heiress of thirty thousand 116:135,35@A ! pounds, were not quite so easily obtained as he had 116:135,36@A ! fancied, he would soon try for =Miss+Somebody else with 116:135,37@A ! twenty, or with ten. 116:135,38@A ! But^^ that he should talk+1 of encouragement, should 116:136, 1@A ! consider her as aware of his views, accepting his attentions, 116:136, 2@A ! meaning (in short), to marry him]^^ should suppose 116:136, 3@A ! himself her equal in connection or mind]^^ look+1 down 116:136, 4@A ! upon her friend, so well understanding+1 the gradations of 116:136, 5@A ! rank below him, and be so blind+2 to+1 what rose+1 above, as 116:136, 6@A ! to fancy+1 himself shewing no presumption in addressing 116:136, 7@A ! her]^^ It was most provoking. 116:136, 8@A ! Perhaps it was not fair to expect him to feel how very 116:136, 9@A ! much he was her inferior in talent, and all the elegancies 116:136,10@A ! of mind. The very want of such equality might prevent 116:136,11@A ! his perception of it; but he must know that in fortune and 116:136,12@A ! consequence she was greatly his superior. He must know 116:136,13@A ! that the Woodhouses ¡P1¢ had been settled for several generatio **ns 116:136,14@A ! at Hartfield, the younger branch of a very ancient 116:136,15@A ! family^^ and that the Eltons ¡H1¢ were nobody. The landed 116:136,16@A ! property of Hartfield certainly was inconsiderable, being+1 116:136,17@A ! but a sort of notch in the Donwell+Abbey estate, to+1 which 116:136,18@A ! all the rest of Highbury belonged; but their fortune, 116:136,19@A ! from other sources, was such as to make them scarcely 116:136,20@A ! secondary to+1 Donwell+Abbey itself, in every other kind of 116:136,21@A ! consequence; and the Woodhouses ¡P1¢ had long+1 held a high 116:136,22@A ! place in the consideration of the neighbourhood which 116:136,23@A ! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ had first entered not two years ago, to make 116:136,24@A ! his way as he could, without any alliances but in trade, or 116:136,25@A ! any+thing to recommend him to notice+1 but his situation 116:136,26@A ! and his civility.^^ But he had fancied her in love with him; 116:136,27@A ! that+1 evidently must have been his dependence; 116:136,27¡' ¢! and after 116:136,28¡' ¢! raving a little about the seeming incongruity of gentle 116:136,29¡' ¢! manners and a conceited head, Emma ¡A¢ was obliged in 116:136,30¡' ¢! common honesty to stop+1 and admit that 116:136,30@A ! her own+1 behaviour 116:136,31@A ! to+1 him had been so complaisant and obliging, so full of 116:136,32@A ! courtesy and attention, as (supposing her real motive 116:136,33@A ! unperceived) might warrant a man of ordinary observation 116:136,34@A ! and delicacy, like+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, in fancying himself 116:136,35@A ! a very decided+1 favourite. If ²she² had so misinterpreted his 116:136,36@A ! feelings, she had little right to wonder+1 that ²he², with self **-interest 116:136,37@A ! to blind+1 him, should have mistaken her's. 116:136,38@A ! The first error and the worst lay+1 at her door. It was 116:137, 1@A ! foolish, it was wrong+1, to take so active a part in bringing 116:137, 2@A ! any two people together. It was adventuring too far, 116:137, 3@A ! assuming too much, making light+2 of what ought to be 116:137, 4@A ! serious+1, a trick of what ought to be simple+1+1. She was 116:137, 5@A ! quite concerned and ashamed, and resolved to do such 116:137, 6@A ! things no more. 116:137, 7¡A ¢! "Here have I," 116:137, 7¡' ¢! said she, 116:137, 7¡A ¢! "actually talked poor Harriet ¡M¢ 116:137, 8¡A ¢! into being+1 very much attached to+1 this man. She might 116:137, 9¡A ¢! never have thought+1 of him but for me; and certainly 116:137,10¡A ¢! never would have thought+1 of him with hope, if I had not 116:137,11¡A ¢! assured her of his attachment, for+1 she is as modest and 116:137,12¡A ¢! humble+1 as I used+1 to think him. Oh] that I had been 116:137,13¡A ¢! satisfied with persuading her not to accept young Martin ¡S¢. 116:137,14¡A ¢! There I was quite right+1. That+1 was well done of me; but 116:137,15¡A ¢! there I should have stopped, and left+1 the rest to+1 time and 116:137,16¡A ¢! chance. I was introducing her into good company, and 116:137,17¡A ¢! giving her the opportunity of pleasing some+one worth 116:137,18¡A ¢! having; I ought not to have attempted more. But now, 116:137,19¡A ¢! poor girl, her peace is cut+1 up for some time. I have been 116:137,20¡A ¢! but half a friend to+1 her; and if she were ²not² to feel this 116:137,21¡A ¢! disappointment so very much, I am sure I have not an 116:137,22¡A ¢! idea of any+body else who would be at all desirable for her; 116:137,23¡A ¢! ^^ William+Coxe ¡ZE1¢^^ Oh] no+1, I could not endure William+Co **xe ¡ZE1¢^^ 116:137,24¡A ¢! a pert young lawyer." 116:137,25¡' ¢! She stopt to blush+1 and laugh+1 at her own+1 relapse, and 116:137,26¡' ¢! then resumed a more serious+1, more dispiriting cogitation 116:137,27¡' ¢! upon what had been, and might be, and must be. The 116:137,28¡' ¢! distressing explanation she had to make to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, and 116:137,29¡' ¢! all that+2 poor Harriet ¡M¢ would be suffering, with the awkwar **dness 116:137,30¡' ¢! of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or 116:137,31¡' ¢! discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, 116:137,32¡' ¢! concealing resentment, and avoiding eclat, were enough 116:137,33¡' ¢! to occupy her in most unmirthful reflections some time 116:137,34¡' ¢! longer, and she went to+1 bed at last+1+2 with nothing settled 116:137,35¡' ¢! but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully. 116:137,36¡' ¢! To+1 youth and natural+1 cheerfulness like+1 Emma's ¡A¢, though 116:137,37¡' ¢! under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will+1 116:137,38¡' ¢! hardly fail to bring return of spirits. The youth and 116:138, 1¡' ¢! cheerfulness of morning are in happy analogy, and of 116:138, 2¡' ¢! powerful operation; and if the distress be not poignant 116:138, 3¡' ¢! enough to keep the eyes unclosed, they will+1 be sure to 116:138, 4¡' ¢! open to+1 sensations of softened pain and brighter hope. 116:138, 5¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ got up on the morrow more disposed for comfort 116:138, 6¡' ¢! than she had gone to+1 bed, more ready to see alleviations 116:138, 7¡' ¢! of the evil before her, and to depend on getting tolerably 116:138, 8¡' ¢! out of it. 116:138, 9@A ! It was a great consolation that =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ should not be 116:138,10@A ! really in love with her, or so particularly amiable as to 116:138,11@A ! make it shocking to disappoint him^^ that Harriet's ¡M¢ 116:138,12@A ! nature should not be of that+2 superior sort in which the 116:138,13@A ! feelings are most acute and retentive^^ and that there 116:138,14@A ! could be no necessity for any+body's knowing what had 116:138,15@A ! passed except the three principals, and especially for her 116:138,16@A ! father's being+1 given a moment's uneasiness about it. 116:138,17¡' ¢! These were very cheering thoughts; and the sight of 116:138,18¡' ¢! a great deal of snow on the ground did her further service, 116:138,19¡' ¢! for any+thing was welcome+2 that+2 might justify their all 116:138,20¡' ¢! three being+1 quite asunder at present. 116:138,21¡' ¢! The weather was most favourable for her; though 116:138,22¡' ¢! Christmas-day, she could not go to+1 church. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 116:138,23¡' ¢! would have been miserable had his daughter 116:138,24¡' ¢! attempted it, and she was therefore safe from either 116:138,25¡' ¢! exciting or receiving unpleasant and most unsuitable 116:138,26¡' ¢! ideas. The ground covered with snow, and the atmosphere 116:138,27¡' ¢! in that+1 unsettled state between frost and thaw, which is 116:138,28¡' ¢! of all others the most unfriendly for exercise, every morning 116:138,29¡' ¢! beginning+1 in rain or snow, and every evening setting 116:138,30¡' ¢! in to freeze, she was for many days a most honourable 116:138,31¡' ¢! prisoner. No intercourse with Harriet ¡M¢ possible but by 116:138,32¡' ¢! note; no church for her on Sunday any more than on 116:138,33¡' ¢! Christmas-day; and no need to find excuses for =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ 116:138,34¡' ¢! absenting himself. 116:138,35¡' ¢! It was weather which might fairly confine every+body 116:138,36¡' ¢! at home; and though she hoped and believed him to be 116:138,37¡' ¢! really taking comfort in some society or other, it was very 116:138,38¡' ¢! pleasant to have her father so well satisfied with his being+1 116:139, 1¡' ¢! all alone in his own+1 house, too wise to stir out; and to 116:139, 2¡' ¢! hear him say to+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, whom no weather could 116:139, 3¡' ¢! keep entirely from them,^^ 116:139, 4¡P ¢! "Ah] =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, why do not you stay+1 at home 116:139, 5¡P ¢! like+1 poor =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢?" 116:139, 6¡' ¢! These days of confinement would have been, but for 116:139, 7¡' ¢! her private+1 perplexities, remarkably comfortable, as such 116:139, 8¡' ¢! seclusion exactly suited her brother, whose feelings must 116:139, 9¡' ¢! always be of great importance to+1 his companions; and he 116:139,10¡' ¢! had, besides, so thoroughly cleared off his ill-humour at 116:139,11¡' ¢! Randalls, that his amiableness never failed him during 116:139,12¡' ¢! the rest of his stay at Hartfield. He was always agreeable 116:139,13¡' ¢! and obliging, and speaking pleasantly of every+body. 116:139,14¡' ¢! But with all the hopes of cheerfulness, and all the present+2 116:139,15¡' ¢! comfort of delay, there was still such an evil hanging+1 over 116:139,16¡' ¢! her in the hour of explanation with Harriet ¡M¢, as made it 116:139,17¡' ¢! impossible for Emma ¡A¢ to be ever perfectly at ease. 117:140, 1¡' ¢! =Mr# ¡K¢ and =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢ were not detained long+1 117:140, 2¡' ¢! at Hartfield. The weather soon improved enough for 117:140, 3¡' ¢! those to move who must move; and =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 117:140, 4¡' ¢! having, as usual, tried to persuade his daughter to stay+1 117:140, 5¡' ¢! behind with all her children, was obliged to see the whole+1 117:140, 6¡' ¢! party set+1 off, and return+1 to+1 his lamentations over the 117:140, 7¡' ¢! destiny of poor Isabella ¡L¢;^^ which poor Isabella ¡L¢, passin **g 117:140, 8¡' ¢! her life with those she doated on, full of their merits, blind 117:140, 9¡' ¢! to+1 their faults, and always innocently busy, might have 117:140,10¡' ¢! been a model of right+1 feminine happiness. 117:140,11¡' ¢! The evening of the very day on which they went, 117:140,12¡' ¢! brought a note from =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ to+1 =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, a l **ong+1, 117:140,13¡' ¢! civil, ceremonious note, to say, with =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ best 117:140,14¡' ¢! compliments, 117:140,14¡H ¢! "that he was proposing to leave+1 Highbury 117:140,15¡H ¢! the following morning in his way to+1 Bath+1, where, in 117:140,16¡H ¢! compliance with the pressing entreaties of some friends, 117:140,17¡H ¢! he had engaged to spend a few weeks, and very much 117:140,18¡H ¢! regretted the impossibility he was under, from various 117:140,19¡H ¢! circumstances of weather and business, of taking a personal 117:140,20¡H ¢! leave of =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, of whose friendly civilities he 117:140,21¡H ¢! should ever retain a grateful sense^^ and had =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P **¢ 117:140,22¡H ¢! any commands, should be happy to attend to+1 117:140,23¡H ¢! them." 117:140,24¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was most agreeably surprized.^^ 117:140,24@A ! =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ 117:140,25@A ! absence just+1 at this time was the very thing to be desired. 117:140,26@A ! She admired him for contriving it, though not able to give 117:140,27@A ! him much credit for the manner in which it was announced. 117:140,28@A ! Resentment could not have been more plainly spoken 117:140,29@A ! than in a civility to+1 her father, from which she was so 117:140,30@A ! pointedly excluded. She had not even a share in his 117:140,31@A ! opening compliments.^^ Her name was not mentioned;^^ 117:140,32@A ! and there was so striking a change in all this, and such an 117:140,33@A ! ill-judged solemnity of leave+1-taking in his grateful acknowle **dgments, 117:141, 1@A ! as she thought+1, at first, could not escape+1 her father's sus **picion. 117:141, 2¡' ¢! It did however.^^ Her father was quite taken up with the 117:141, 3¡' ¢! surprize of so sudden a journey, and his fears that =Mr#+Elton **¡H¢ 117:141, 4¡' ¢! might never get safely to+1 the end of it, and saw 117:141, 5¡' ¢! nothing extraordinary in his language. It was a very 117:141, 6¡' ¢! useful note, for it supplied them with fresh matter for 117:141, 7¡' ¢! thought and conversation during the rest of their lonely 117:141, 8¡' ¢! evening. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ talked over his alarms, and 117:141, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was in spirits to persuade them away with all her 117:141,10¡' ¢! usual promptitude. 117:141,11¡' ¢! She now resolved to keep Harriet ¡M¢ no longer in the dark. 117:141,12¡' ¢! She had reason to believe her nearly recovered from her 117:141,13¡' ¢! cold, and it was desirable that she should have as much 117:141,14¡' ¢! time as possible for getting the better+1 of her other complain **t 117:141,15¡' ¢! before the gentleman's return. She went to+1 117:141,16¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ the very next day, to undergo 117:141,17¡' ¢! the necessary penance of communication; and a severe 117:141,18¡' ¢! one it was.^^ She had to destroy all the hopes which she 117:141,19¡' ¢! had been so industriously feeding^^ to appear in the 117:141,20¡' ¢! ungracious character of the one preferred^^ and acknowledge 117:141,21¡' ¢! herself grossly mistaken and mis-judging in all her 117:141,22¡' ¢! ideas on one subject, all her observations, all her convictions **, 117:141,23¡' ¢! all her prophesies for the last+1 six weeks. 117:141,24¡' ¢! The confession completely renewed her first shame^^ 117:141,25¡' ¢! and the sight of Harriet's ¡M¢ tears made her think that she 117:141,26¡' ¢! should never be in charity with herself again. 117:141,27¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ bore the intelligence very well^^ blaming 117:141,28¡' ¢! nobody^^ and in every+thing testifying such an ingenuousness 117:141,29¡' ¢! of disposition and lowly opinion of herself, as must 117:141,30¡' ¢! appear with particular advantage at that+1 moment to+1 her 117:141,31¡' ¢! friend. 117:141,32¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was in the humour to value+1 simplicity and 117:141,33¡' ¢! modesty to+1 the utmost; 117:141,33@A ! and all that+2 was amiable, all that+2 117:141,34@A ! ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet's ¡M¢ side, not her 117:141,35@A ! own+1. Harriet ¡M¢ did not consider herself as having any+thing 117:141,36@A ! to complain of. 117:141,36@H ! The affection of such a man as 117:141,37@H ! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ would have been too great a distinction.^^ She 117:142, 1@H ! never could have deserved him^^and nobody but so 117:142, 2@H ! partial and kind+1 a friend as =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ would have 117:142, 3@H ! thought+1 it possible. 117:142, 4¡' ¢! Her tears fell abundantly^^ but her grief was so truly 117:142, 5¡' ¢! artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable 117:142, 6¡' ¢! in Emma's ¡A¢ eyes^^ and she listened to+1 her and tried 117:142, 7¡' ¢! to console her with all her heart and understanding^^ 117:142, 8@A ! really for the time convinced that Harriet ¡M¢ was the superior 117:142, 9@A ! creature of the two^^ and that to resemble her would be 117:142,10@A ! more for her own+1 welfare and happiness than all that+2 117:142,11@A ! genius or intelligence could do. 117:142,12@A ! It was rather too late in the day to set+1 about being+1 simple **+1+1-minded 117:142,13@A ! and ignorant; but she left+1 her with every previous 117:142,14@A ! resolution confirmed of being+1 humble+1 and discreet, and 117:142,15@A ! repressing imagination all the rest of her life. Her second+2 117:142,16@A ! duty now, inferior only to+1 her father's claims, was to 117:142,17@A ! promote Harriet's ¡M¢ comfort, and endeavour+1 to prove her 117:142,18@A ! own+1 affection in some better+1 method than by match-making. 117:142,19¡' ¢! She got her to+1 Hartfield, and shewed her the 117:142,20¡' ¢! most unvarying kindness, striving to occupy and amuse 117:142,21¡' ¢! her, and by books and conversation, to drive+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 117:142,22¡' ¢! from her thoughts. 117:142,23¡' ¢! Time, she knew, must be allowed for this being+1 117:142,24¡' ¢! thoroughly done; and she could suppose herself but an 117:142,25¡' ¢! indifferent judge of such matters in general+1, and very 117:142,26¡' ¢! inadequate to sympathize in an attachment to+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 117:142,27¡' ¢! in particular; but it seemed to+1 her reasonable that at 117:142,28¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ age, and with the entire extinction of all hope, 117:142,29¡' ¢! such a progress might be made towards a state of composure 117:142,30¡' ¢! by the time of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ return, as to allow them 117:142,31¡' ¢! all to meet again in the common routine of acquaintance, 117:142,32¡' ¢! without any danger of betraying sentiments or increasing 117:142,33¡' ¢! them. 117:142,34¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ did think him all perfection, and maintain the 117:142,35¡' ¢! non-existence of any+body equal+2 to+1 him in person or goodnes **s 117:142,36¡' ¢! ^^ and did, in truth, prove herself more resolutely in 117:142,37¡' ¢! love than Emma ¡A¢ had foreseen; but yet it appeared to+1 her 117:142,38¡' ¢! so natural+1, so inevitable to strive against an inclination of 117:143, 1¡' ¢! that+1 sort ²unrequited², that she could not comprehend its 117:143, 2¡' ¢! continuing very long+1 in equal+2 force. 117:143, 3¡' ¢! If =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, on his return, made his own+1 indifference 117:143, 4¡' ¢! as evident and indubitable as she could not doubt+1 he would 117:143, 5¡' ¢! anxiously do, she could not imagine Harriet's ¡M¢ persisting 117:143, 6¡' ¢! to place+1 her happiness in the sight or the recollection of 117:143, 7¡' ¢! him. 117:143, 8¡' ¢! Their being+1 fixed, so absolutely fixed, in the same place, 117:143, 9¡' ¢! was bad for each, for all three. Not one of them had the 117:143,10¡' ¢! power of removal, or of effecting any material change of 117:143,11¡' ¢! society. They must encounter each other, and make the 117:143,12¡' ¢! best of it. 117:143,13¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was further unfortunate in the tone of her 117:143,14¡' ¢! companions at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢; =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ being+1 the 117:143,15¡' ¢! adoration of all the teachers and great girls in the school; 117:143,16¡' ¢! and it must be at Hartfield only that she could have any 117:143,17¡' ¢! chance of hearing him spoken of with cooling moderation 117:143,18¡' ¢! or repellant truth. Where the wound+1 had been given, there 117:143,19¡' ¢! must the cure be found if anywhere; and Emma ¡A¢ felt that, 117:143,20¡' ¢! till she saw her in the way of cure, there could be no true 117:143,21¡' ¢! peace for herself. 118:144, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ did not come. When the time 118:144, 2¡' ¢! proposed drew near, =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ fears were justified in 118:144, 3¡' ¢! the arrival of a letter of excuse. For the present, he could 118:144, 4¡' ¢! not be spared, to his 118:144, 4¡E ¢! "very great mortification and 118:144, 5¡E ¢! regret; but still he looked forward+1 with the hope of 118:144, 6¡E ¢! coming to+1 Randalls at no distant period." 118:144, 7¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was exceedingly disappointed^^ much 118:144, 8¡' ¢! more disappointed, in fact, than her husband, though her 118:144, 9¡' ¢! dependence on seeing the young man had been so much 118:144,10¡' ¢! more sober: but a sanguine temper, though for+ever 118:144,11¡' ¢! expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay+1 118:144,12¡' ¢! for its hopes by any proportionate depression. It soon 118:144,13¡' ¢! flies over the present+2 failure, and begins to hope+1 again. 118:144,14¡' ¢! For half an hour =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was surprized and sorry; 118:144,15¡' ¢! but then he began to perceive that Frank's ¡E¢ coming two or 118:144,16¡' ¢! three months later would be a much better+1 plan; better+1 118:144,17¡' ¢! time of year; better+1 weather; and that he would be 118:144,18¡' ¢! able, without any doubt, to stay+1 considerably longer with 118:144,19¡' ¢! them than if he had come sooner. 118:144,20¡' ¢! These feelings rapidly restored his comfort, while+2 118:144,21¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, of a more apprehensive disposition, foresaw 118:144,22¡' ¢! nothing but a repetition of excuses and delays; and after 118:144,23¡' ¢! all her concern for what her husband was to suffer, 118:144,24¡' ¢! suffered a great deal more herself. 118:144,25¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was not at this time in a state of spirits to care+1 118:144,26¡' ¢! really about =Mr#+Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ not coming, except as 118:144,27¡' ¢! a disappointment at Randalls. 118:144,27@A ! The acquaintance at 118:144,28@A ! present had no charm for her. She wanted, rather, to be 118:144,29@A ! quiet, and out of temptation; 118:144,29¡' ¢! but still, as it was desirable 118:144,30¡' ¢! that she should appear, in general+1, like+1 her usual self, sh **e 118:144,31¡' ¢! took care to express+1 as much interest in the circumstance, 118:144,32¡' ¢! and enter as warmly into =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ disapp **ointment, 118:144,33¡' ¢! as might naturally belong to+1 their friendship. 118:145, 1¡' ¢! She was the first to announce it to+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢; and 118:145, 2¡' ¢! exclaimed quite as much as was necessary, (or, being+1 118:145, 3¡' ¢! acting a part, perhaps rather more,) at the conduct of the 118:145, 4¡' ¢! Churchills ¡ZD2¢, in keeping him away. She then proceeded to 118:145, 5¡' ¢! say a good deal more than she felt, of 118:145, 5@A ! the advantage of 118:145, 6@A ! such an addition to+1 their confined society in Surry; the 118:145, 7@A ! pleasure of looking at some+body new; the gala-day to+1 118:145, 8@A ! Highbury entire, which the sight of him would have made; 118:145, 9¡' ¢! and ending with reflections on the Churchills ¡ZD2¢ again, foun **d 118:145,10¡' ¢! herself directly involved in a disagreement with =Mr#+Knightley ** ¡B¢; 118:145,11¡' ¢! and, to+1 her great amusement, perceived that 118:145,12¡' ¢! she was taking the other side of the question from her real 118:145,13¡' ¢! opinion, and making use of =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ arguments 118:145,14¡' ¢! against herself. 118:145,15¡B ¢! "The Churchills ¡ZD2¢ are very likely in fault," 118:145,15¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 118:145,16¡' ¢! coolly; 118:145,16¡B ¢! "but I dare+1 say he might come if he 118:145,17¡B ¢! would." 118:145,18¡A ¢! "I do not know why you should say so. He wishes+1 118:145,19¡A ¢! exceedingly to come; but his uncle and aunt will+1 not 118:145,20¡A ¢! spare him." 118:145,21¡B ¢! "I cannot believe that he has not the power of coming, 118:145,22¡B ¢! if he made a point of it. It is too unlikely, for me to 118:145,23¡B ¢! believe it without proof." 118:145,24¡A ¢! "How odd you are] What has =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ done, 118:145,25¡A ¢! to make you suppose him such an unnatural creature?" 118:145,26¡B ¢! "I am not supposing him at all an unnatural creature, 118:145,27¡B ¢! in suspecting that he may have learnt to be above his 118:145,28¡B ¢! connections, and to care+1 very little for any+thing but his 118:145,29¡B ¢! own+1 pleasure, from living with those who have always set+1 118:145,30¡B ¢! him the example of it. It is a great deal more natural+1 118:145,31¡B ¢! than one could wish+1, that a young man, brought up by 118:145,32¡B ¢! those who are proud, luxurious, and selfish, should be 118:145,33¡B ¢! proud, luxurious, and selfish too. If Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ had 118:145,34¡B ¢! wanted to see his father, he would have contrived it 118:145,35¡B ¢! between September and January. A man at his age^^ 118:145,36¡B ¢! what is he?^^ three or four-and-twenty^^ cannot be without 118:145,37¡B ¢! the means of doing as much as that+1. It is impossible." 118:145,38¡A ¢! "That's easily said, and easily felt by you, who have 118:146, 1¡A ¢! always been your own+1 master. You are the worst judge 118:146, 2¡A ¢! in the world, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, of the difficulties of depend **ence. 118:146, 3¡A ¢! You do not know what it is to have tempers to 118:146, 4¡A ¢! manage." 118:146, 5¡B ¢! "It is not to be conceived that a man of three or four-and-twen **ty 118:146, 6¡B ¢! should not have liberty of mind or limb to+1 118:146, 7¡B ¢! that+1 amount. He cannot want+1 money^^ he cannot want+1 118:146, 8¡B ¢! leisure. We know, on the contrary, that he has so much 118:146, 9¡B ¢! of both, that he is glad to get rid of them at the idlest 118:146,10¡B ¢! haunts in the kingdom. We hear of him for+ever at some 118:146,11¡B ¢! watering-place or other. A little while ago, he was at 118:146,12¡B ¢! Weymouth. This proves that he can leave+1 the Churchills ¡ZD2¢. **" 118:146,13¡A ¢! "Yes, sometimes he can." 118:146,14¡B ¢! "And those times are, whenever he thinks it worth his 118:146,15¡B ¢! while; whenever there is any temptation of pleasure." 118:146,16¡A ¢! "It is very unfair to judge+1 of any+body's conduct, 118:146,17¡A ¢! without an intimate+1 knowledge of their situation. Nobody, 118:146,18¡A ¢! who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what 118:146,19¡A ¢! the difficulties of any individual of that+1 family may be. 118:146,20¡A ¢! We ought to be acquainted with Enscombe, and with 118:146,21¡A ¢! =Mrs#+Churchill's ¡ZD1¢ temper, before we pretend to decide upo **n 118:146,22¡A ¢! what her nephew can do. He may, at times, be able to 118:146,23¡A ¢! do a great deal more than he can at others." 118:146,24¡B ¢! "There is one thing, Emma ¡A¢, which a man can always 118:146,25¡B ¢! do, if he chuses, and that+1 is, his duty; not by mano+euvring 118:146,26¡B ¢! and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. It is Frank+Church **ill's ¡E¢ 118:146,27¡B ¢! duty to pay+1 this attention to+1 his father. He 118:146,28¡B ¢! knows it to be so, by his promises and messages; but if 118:146,29¡B ¢! he wished to do it, it might be done. A man who felt 118:146,30¡B ¢! rightly would say at once, simply and resolutely, to+1 118:146,31¡B ¢! =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢^^ ""Every sacrifice of mere pleasure you **will+1 118:146,32¡B ¢! always find me ready to make to+1 your convenience; but 118:146,33¡B ¢! I must go and see my father immediately. I know he 118:146,34¡B ¢! would be hurt by my failing in such a mark of respect to+1 118:146,35¡B ¢! him on the present+2 occasion. I shall, therefore, set+1 off 118:146,36¡B ¢! to-morrow.""^^ If he would say so to+1 her at once, in the 118:146,37¡B ¢! tone of decision becoming a man, there would be no 118:146,38¡B ¢! opposition made to+1 his going." 118:147, 1¡A ¢! "No+1," 118:147, 1¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, laughing; 118:147, 1¡A ¢! "but perhaps there 118:147, 2¡A ¢! might be some made to+1 his coming back+1 again. Such 118:147, 3¡A ¢! language for a young man entirely dependent, to use+1]^^ 118:147, 4¡A ¢! Nobody but you, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, would imagine it possible. 118:147, 5¡A ¢! But you have not an idea of what is requisite in situations 118:147, 6¡A ¢! directly opposite to+1 your own+1. =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ to 118:147, 7¡A ¢! be making such a speech as that+1 to+1 the uncle and aunt, 118:147, 8¡A ¢! who have brought him up, and are to provide for him]^^ 118:147, 9¡A ¢! Standing up in the middle of the room, I suppose, and 118:147,10¡A ¢! speaking as loud as he could]^^ How can you imagine such 118:147,11¡A ¢! conduct practicable?" 118:147,12¡B ¢! "Depend upon it, Emma ¡A¢, a sensible+1 man would find 118:147,13¡B ¢! no difficulty in it. He would feel himself in the right; 118:147,14¡B ¢! and the declaration^^ made, of course+1, as a man of sense 118:147,15¡B ¢! would make it, in a proper manner^^ would do him more 118:147,16¡B ¢! good, raise him higher, fix his interest stronger with the 118:147,17¡B ¢! people he depended on, than all that+2 a line of shifts and 118:147,18¡B ¢! expedients can ever do. Respect would be added to+1 118:147,19¡B ¢! affection. They would feel that they could trust+1 him; 118:147,20¡B ¢! that the nephew, who had done rightly by his father, 118:147,21¡B ¢! would do rightly by them; for+1 they know, as well as he 118:147,22¡B ¢! does, as well as all the world must know, that he ought 118:147,23¡B ¢! to pay+1 this visit to+1 his father; and while+2 meanly exertin **g 118:147,24¡B ¢! their power to delay+1 it, are in their hearts not thinking 118:147,25¡B ¢! the better+1 of him for submitting to+1 their whims. Respect 118:147,26¡B ¢! for right+1 conduct is felt by every+body. If he would act+1 118:147,27¡B ¢! in this sort of manner, on principle, consistently, regularly, 118:147,28¡B ¢! their little minds would bend+1 to+1 his." 118:147,29¡A ¢! "I rather doubt+1 that+1. You are very fond of bending 118:147,30¡A ¢! little minds; but where little minds belong to+1 rich people 118:147,31¡A ¢! in authority, I think they have a knack of swelling out, 118:147,32¡A ¢! till they are quite as unmanageable as great ones. I can 118:147,33¡A ¢! imagine, that if you, as you are, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, were to b **e 118:147,34¡A ¢! transported and placed all at once in =Mr#+Frank+Churchill's ¡E **¢ 118:147,35¡A ¢! situation, you would be able to say and do just+1 what you 118:147,36¡A ¢! have been recommending for him; and it might have 118:147,37¡A ¢! a very good effect. The Churchills ¡ZD2¢ might not have a word 118:147,38¡A ¢! to say in return; but then, you would have no habits of 118:148, 1¡A ¢! early obedience and long+1 observance to break through. 118:148, 2¡A ¢! To+1 him who has, it might not be so easy to burst+1 forth 118:148, 3¡A ¢! at once into perfect+1 independence, and set+1 all their claims 118:148, 4¡A ¢! on his gratitude and regard at nought. He may have as 118:148, 5¡A ¢! strong a sense of what would be right+1, as you can have, 118:148, 6¡A ¢! without being+1 so equal+2 under particular circumstances 118:148, 7¡A ¢! to act+1 up to+1 it." 118:148, 8¡B ¢! "Then, it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed 118:148, 9¡B ¢! to produce equal+2 exertion, it could not be an equal+2 118:148,10¡B ¢! conviction." 118:148,11¡A ¢! "Oh] the difference of situation and habit] I wish+1 118:148,12¡A ¢! you would try to understand what an amiable young man 118:148,13¡A ¢! may be likely to feel in directly opposing those, whom as 118:148,14¡A ¢! child and boy he has been looking up to+1 all his life." 118:148,15¡B ¢! "Your amiable young man is a very weak young man, 118:148,16¡B ¢! if this be the first occasion of his carrying through a resolut **ion 118:148,17¡B ¢! to do right+1 against the will of others. It ought to 118:148,18¡B ¢! have been an habit with him by this time, of following his 118:148,19¡B ¢! duty, instead of consulting expediency. I can allow for 118:148,20¡B ¢! the fears of the child, but not of the man. As he became 118:148,21¡B ¢! rational, he ought to have roused himself and shaken off 118:148,22¡B ¢! all that+2 was unworthy in their authority. He ought to 118:148,23¡B ¢! have opposed the first attempt on their side to make him 118:148,24¡B ¢! slight+1 his father. Had he begun as he ought, there would 118:148,25¡B ¢! have been no difficulty now." 118:148,26¡A ¢! "We shall never agree about him," 118:148,26¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢; 118:148,26¡A ¢! "but 118:148,27¡A ¢! that+1 is nothing extraordinary. I have not the least idea 118:148,28¡A ¢! of his being+1 a weak young man: I feel sure that he is not. 118:148,29¡A ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ would not be blind to+1 folly, though in his ow **n+1 118:148,30¡A ¢! son; but he is very likely to have a more yielding, complying, 118:148,31¡A ¢! mild disposition than would suit+1 your notions of 118:148,32¡A ¢! man's perfection. I dare+1 say he has; and though it may 118:148,33¡A ¢! cut+1 him off from some advantages, it will+1 secure him 118:148,34¡A ¢! many others." 118:148,35¡B ¢! "Yes; all the advantages of sitting still+1 when he ought 118:148,36¡B ¢! to move, and of leading a life of mere idle pleasure, and 118:148,37¡B ¢! fancying himself extremely expert in finding excuses for 118:148,38¡B ¢! it. He can sit down and write a fine flourishing letter, full 118:149, 1¡B ¢! of professions and falsehoods, and persuade himself that 118:149, 2¡B ¢! he has hit upon the very best method in the world of 118:149, 3¡B ¢! preserving peace at home and preventing his father's 118:149, 4¡B ¢! having any right to complain. His letters disgust+1 118:149, 5¡B ¢! me." 118:149, 6¡A ¢! "Your feelings are singular. They seem to satisfy 118:149, 7¡A ¢! every+body else." 118:149, 8¡B ¢! "I suspect they do not satisfy =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. They 118:149, 9¡B ¢! hardly can satisfy a woman of her good sense and quick+1 118:149,10¡B ¢! feelings: standing in a mother's place, but without 118:149,11¡B ¢! a mother's affection to blind+1 her. It is on her account 118:149,12¡B ¢! that attention to+1 Randalls is doubly due+1, and she must 118:149,13¡B ¢! doubly feel the omission. Had she been a person of 118:149,14¡B ¢! consequence herself, he would have come I dare+1 say; and 118:149,15¡B ¢! it would not have signified whether he did or no. Can you 118:149,16¡B ¢! think your friend behind-hand in these sort of considerations? 118:149,17¡B ¢! Do you suppose she does not often say all this to+1 118:149,18¡B ¢! herself? No+1, Emma ¡A¢, your amiable young man can be 118:149,19¡B ¢! amiable only in French, not in English. He may be very 118:149,20¡B ¢! ""aimable,"" have very good manners, and be very agreeable; 118:149,21¡B ¢! but he can have no English delicacy towards the 118:149,22¡B ¢! feelings of other people: nothing really amiable about 118:149,23¡B ¢! him." 118:149,24¡A ¢! "You seem determined to think ill of him." 118:149,25¡B ¢! "Me]^^ not at all," 118:149,25¡' ¢! replied =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, rather 118:149,26¡' ¢! displeased; 118:149,26¡B ¢! "I do not want+1 to think ill of him. I should 118:149,27¡B ¢! be as ready to acknowledge his merits as any other man; 118:149,28¡B ¢! but I hear of none, except what are merely personal; that 118:149,29¡B ¢! he is well grown and good-looking, with smooth, plausible 118:149,30¡B ¢! manners." 118:149,31¡A ¢! "Well, if he have nothing else to recommend him, he 118:149,32¡A ¢! will+1 be a treasure at Highbury. We do not often look+1 118:149,33¡A ¢! upon fine young men, well-bred and agreeable. We must 118:149,34¡A ¢! not be nice and ask for all the virtues into the bargain. 118:149,35¡A ¢! Cannot you imagine, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, what a ²sensation+1² hi **s 118:149,36¡A ¢! coming will+1 produce? There will+1 be but one subject 118:149,37¡A ¢! throughout the parishes of Donwell and Highbury; but 118:149,38¡A ¢! one interest^^ one object of curiosity; it will+1 be all =Mr#+F **rank+Churchill ¡E¢; 118:150, 1¡A ¢! we shall think and speak of nobody 118:150, 2¡A ¢! else." 118:150, 3¡B ¢! "You will+1 excuse+1 my being+1 so much overpowered. If 118:150, 4¡B ¢! I find him conversible, I shall be glad of his acquaintance; 118:150, 5¡B ¢! but if he is only a chattering coxcomb, he will+1 not occupy 118:150, 6¡B ¢! much of my time or thoughts." 118:150, 7¡A ¢! "My idea of him is, that he can adapt his conversation 118:150, 8¡A ¢! to+1 the taste of every+body, and has the power as well as 118:150, 9¡A ¢! the wish of being+1 universally agreeable. To+1 you, he will+1 118:150,10¡A ¢! talk+1 of farming; to+1 me, of drawing or music; and so on 118:150,11¡A ¢! to+1 every+body, having that+1 general+1 information on all 118:150,12¡A ¢! subjects which will+1 enable him to follow the lead, or take 118:150,13¡A ¢! the lead, just+1 as propriety may require, and to speak 118:150,14¡A ¢! extremely well on each; that+1 is my idea of him." 118:150,15¡B ¢! "And mine+1," 118:150,15¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ warmly, 118:150,15¡B ¢! "is, that if 118:150,16¡B ¢! he turn+1 out any+thing like+1 it, he will+1 be the most insuff **erable 118:150,17¡B ¢! fellow breathing] What] at three-and-twenty to+1 118:150,18¡B ¢! be the king of his company^^ the great man^^ the practised 118:150,19¡B ¢! politician, who is to read every+body's character, and 118:150,20¡B ¢! make every+body's talents conduce to+1 the display of his 118:150,21¡B ¢! own+1 superiority; to be dispensing his flatteries around, 118:150,22¡B ¢! that he may make all appear like+1 fools compared with 118:150,23¡B ¢! himself] My dear Emma ¡A¢, your own+1 good sense could 118:150,24¡B ¢! not endure such a puppy when it came to+1 the point." 118:150,25¡A ¢! "I will+1 say no more about him," 118:150,25¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 118:150,25¡A ¢! "you 118:150,26¡A ¢! turn+1 every+thing to+1 evil. We are both prejudiced; you 118:150,27¡A ¢! against, I for him; and we have no chance of agreeing 118:150,28¡A ¢! till he is really here." 118:150,29¡B ¢! "Prejudiced] I am not prejudiced." 118:150,30¡A ¢! "But I am very much, and without being+1 at all 118:150,31¡A ¢! ashamed of it. My love for =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ gives **me 118:150,32¡A ¢! a decided+1 prejudice in his favour." 118:150,33¡B ¢! "He is a person I never think of from one month's end 118:150,34¡B ¢! to+1 another," 118:150,34¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, with a degree of vexation, 118:150,35¡' ¢! which made Emma ¡A¢ immediately talk+1 of something else, 118:150,36¡' ¢! though she could not comprehend why he should be 118:150,37¡' ¢! angry. 118:150,38@A ! To take a dislike to+1 a young man, only because he 118:151, 1@A ! appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was 118:151, 2@A ! unworthy the real liberality of mind which she was 118:151, 3@A ! always used+1 to acknowledge in him; for+1 with all the high 118:151, 4@A ! opinion of himself, which she had often laid to+1 his charge, 118:151, 5@A ! she had never before for a moment supposed it could 118:151, 6@A ! make him unjust to+1 the merit of another. 118:151, 7@A ! END OF Vol. I. 2 1:155, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ and Harriet ¡M¢ had been walking together one morning, 2 1:155, 2¡' ¢! and, in Emma's ¡A¢ opinion, been talking enough of =Mr#+Elton ¡ **H¢ 2 1:155, 3¡' ¢! for that+1 day. She could not think that Harriet's ¡M¢ solace 2 1:155, 4¡' ¢! or her own+1 sins required more; and she was therefore 2 1:155, 5¡' ¢! industriously getting rid of the subject as they returned;^^ 2 1:155, 6¡' ¢! but it burst+1 out again when she thought+1 she had succeeded, 2 1:155, 7¡' ¢! and after speaking some time of what the poor must suffer 2 1:155, 8¡' ¢! in winter, and receiving no other answer than a very 2 1:155, 9¡' ¢! plaintive^^ 2 1:155, 9¡M ¢! "=Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is so good to+1 the poor]" 2 1:155, 9¡' ¢! she found 2 1:155,10¡' ¢! something else must be done. 2 1:155,11¡' ¢! They were just+1 approaching the house where lived =Mrs# ¡C¢ 2 1:155,12¡' ¢! and =Miss+Bates ¡D¢. She determined to call+1 upon them and 2 1:155,13¡' ¢! seek safety in numbers. There was always sufficient reason 2 1:155,14¡' ¢! for such an attention; =Mrs# ¡C¢ and =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ loved to b **e 2 1:155,15¡' ¢! called on, and she knew she was considered by the very 2 1:155,16¡' ¢! few who presumed ever to see imperfection in her, as 2 1:155,17¡' ¢! rather negligent in that+1 respect, and as not contributing 2 1:155,18¡' ¢! what she ought to+1 the stock of their scanty comforts. 2 1:155,19¡' ¢! She had had many a hint from =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ and some 2 1:155,20¡' ¢! from her own+1 heart, as to+1 her deficiency^^ but none were 2 1:155,21¡' ¢! equal+2 to counteract the persuasion of its being+1 2 1:155,21@A ! very 2 1:155,22@A ! disagreeable,^^ a waste of time^^ tiresome women^^ and all 2 1:155,23@A ! the horror of being+1 in danger of falling in with the second+2 2 1:155,24@A ! rate and third rate of Highbury, who were calling on them 2 1:155,25@A ! for+ever, 2 1:155,25¡' ¢! and therefore she seldom went near them. But 2 1:155,26¡' ¢! now she made the sudden resolution of not passing their 2 1:155,27¡' ¢! door without going in^^ observing, as she proposed it to+1 2 1:155,28¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, that, 2 1:155,28@A ! as well as she could calculate, they were 2 1:155,29@A ! just+1 now quite safe from any letter from Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢. 2 1:155,30¡' ¢! The house belonged to+1 people in business. =Mrs# ¡C¢ and 2 1:155,31¡' ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ occupied the drawing-room floor; and there, 2 1:155,32¡' ¢! in the very moderate+sized apartment, which was every+thing 2 1:155,33¡' ¢! to+1 them, the visitors were most cordially and even 2 1:156, 1¡' ¢! gratefully welcomed; the quiet neat old lady, who with 2 1:156, 2¡' ¢! her knitting was seated in the warmest corner, wanting 2 1:156, 3¡' ¢! even to give up her place to+1 =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, and her 2 1:156, 4¡' ¢! more active, talking daughter, almost ready to overpower 2 1:156, 5¡' ¢! them with care and kindness, thanks for their visit, 2 1:156, 6¡' ¢! solicitude for their shoes, anxious inquiries after =Mr#+Woodho **use's ¡P¢ 2 1:156, 7¡' ¢! health, cheerful communications about her 2 1:156, 8¡' ¢! mother's, and sweet-cake from the beaufet^^ 2 1:156, 8@D ! "Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ 2 1:156, 9@D ! had just+1 been there, just+1 called in for ten minutes, and 2 1:156,10@D ! had been so good as to sit an hour with them, and ²she² had 2 1:156,11@D ! taken a piece of cake and been so kind+1 as to say she liked it 2 1:156,12@D ! very much; and therefore she hoped =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ and 2 1:156,13@D ! =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ would do them the favour to eat a piece too." 2 1:156,14¡' ¢! The mention of the Coles ¡F1¢ was sure to be followed by 2 1:156,15¡' ¢! that+1 of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. There was intimacy between them, 2 1:156,16¡' ¢! and =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ had heard from =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ since his going 2 1:156,17¡' ¢! away. Emma ¡A¢ knew what was coming; 2 1:156,17@A ! they must have 2 1:156,18@A ! the letter over again, and settle how long+1 he had been 2 1:156,19@A ! gone, and how much he was engaged in company, and 2 1:156,20@A ! what a favourite he was wherever he went, and how full 2 1:156,21@A ! the Master of the Ceremonies' ball+1 had been; 2 1:156,21¡' ¢! and she 2 1:156,22¡' ¢! went through it very well, with all the interest and all the 2 1:156,23¡' ¢! commendation that+2 could be requisite, and always putting 2 1:156,24¡' ¢! forward+1 to prevent Harriet's ¡M¢ being+1 obliged to say a wor **d. 2 1:156,25¡' ¢! This she had been prepared for when she entered the 2 1:156,26¡' ¢! house; but meant, having once talked him handsomely 2 1:156,27¡' ¢! over, to be no farther incommoded by any troublesome 2 1:156,28¡' ¢! topic, and to wander at large amongst all the Mistresses 2 1:156,29¡' ¢! and Misses of Highbury and their card-parties. She had 2 1:156,30¡' ¢! not been prepared to have Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ succeed =Mr#+Elton ¡ **H¢; 2 1:156,31¡' ¢! but he was actually hurried off by =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, she jumped 2 1:156,32¡' ¢! away from him at last+1+2 abruptly to+1 the Coles ¡F1¢, to ushe **r in 2 1:156,33¡' ¢! a letter from her niece. 2 1:156,34¡D ¢! "Oh] yes^^ =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, I understood^^ certainly as to+1 2 1:156,35¡D ¢! dancing^^ =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ was telling me that dancing at the 2 1:156,36¡D ¢! rooms at Bath+1 was^^^^ =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ was so kind+1 as to sit **some 2 1:156,37¡D ¢! time with us, talking of Jane ¡J¢; for as soon as she came in, 2 1:156,38¡D ¢! she began inquiring after her, Jane ¡J¢ is so very great 2 1:157, 1¡D ¢! a favourite there. Whenever she is with us, =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ 2 1:157, 2¡D ¢! does not know how to shew+1 her kindness enough; and 2 1:157, 3¡D ¢! I must say that Jane ¡J¢ deserves it as much as anybody can. 2 1:157, 4¡D ¢! And so she began inquiring after her directly, saying, 2 1:157, 5@G ! ""I know you cannot have heard from Jane ¡J¢ lately, because 2 1:157, 6@G ! it is not her time for writing;"" 2 1:157, 6¡D ¢! and when I immediately 2 1:157, 7¡D ¢! said, ""But indeed we have, we had a letter this very 2 1:157, 8¡D ¢! morning,"" I do not know that I ever saw anybody more 2 1:157, 9¡D ¢! surprized. 2 1:157, 9@G ! ""Have you, upon your honour]"" 2 1:157, 9¡D ¢! said she; 2 1:157,10@G ! "well, that+1 is quite unexpected. Do let me hear what 2 1:157,11@G ! she says." 2 1:157,12¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ politeness was at hand directly, to say, with 2 1:157,13¡' ¢! smiling interest^^ 2 1:157,14¡A ¢! "Have you heard from =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ so lately? I am 2 1:157,15¡A ¢! extremely happy. I hope+1 she is well?" 2 1:157,16¡D ¢! "Thank you. You are so kind+1]" 2 1:157,16¡' ¢! replied the happily 2 1:157,17¡' ¢! deceived aunt, while+2 eagerly hunting for the letter.^^ 2 1:157,17¡D ¢! "Oh] 2 1:157,18¡D ¢! here it is. I was sure it could not be far off; but I had 2 1:157,19¡D ¢! put my huswife upon it, you see, without being+1 aware, 2 1:157,20¡D ¢! and so it was quite hid, but I had it in my hand so very 2 1:157,21¡D ¢! lately that I was almost sure it must be on the table. I was 2 1:157,22¡D ¢! reading it to+1 =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢, and since she went away, I was 2 1:157,23¡D ¢! reading it again to+1 my mother, for+1 it is such a pleasure to **+1 2 1:157,24¡D ¢! her^^ a letter from Jane ¡J¢^^ that she can never hear it often 2 1:157,25¡D ¢! enough; so I knew it could not be far off, and here it is, 2 1:157,26¡D ¢! only just+1 under my huswife^^ and since you are so kind+1 as 2 1:157,27¡D ¢! to wish+1 to hear what she says;^^ but, first of all, I really 2 1:157,28¡D ¢! must, in justice to+1 Jane ¡J¢, apologise for her writing so sh **ort+1 2 1:157,29¡D ¢! a letter^^ only two pages you see^^ hardly two^^ and in 2 1:157,30¡D ¢! general+1 she fills the whole+1 paper and crosses half. My 2 1:157,31¡D ¢! mother often wonders+1 that I can make it out so well. 2 1:157,32¡D ¢! She often says, when the letter is first opened, 2 1:157,32@C ! "Well, 2 1:157,33@C ! Hetty ¡D¢, now I think you will+1 be put to+1 it to make out al **l 2 1:157,34@C ! that+1 chequer-work"^^ 2 1:157,34¡D ¢! don't you, ma'am?^^ And then I tell 2 1:157,35¡D ¢! her, I am sure she would contrive to make it out herself, 2 1:157,36¡D ¢! if she had nobody to do it for her^^ every word of it ^^ I am 2 1:157,37¡D ¢! sure she would pore over it till she had made out every 2 1:157,38¡D ¢! word. And, indeed, though my mother's eyes are not so 2 1:158, 1¡D ¢! good as they were, she can see amazingly well still, thank 2 1:158, 2¡D ¢! God] with the help of spectacles. It is such a blessing] 2 1:158, 3¡D ¢! My mother's are really very good indeed. Jane ¡J¢ often 2 1:158, 4¡D ¢! says, when she is here, 2 1:158, 4@J ! ""I am sure, grandmama, you must 2 1:158, 5@J ! have had very strong eyes to see as you do^^ and so much 2 1:158, 6@J ! fine work as you have done too]^^ I only wish+1 my eyes 2 1:158, 7@J ! may last+2 me as well."" 2 1:158, 8¡' ¢! All this spoken extremely fast obliged =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ to 2 1:158, 9¡' ¢! stop+1 for breath; and Emma ¡A¢ said something very civil 2 1:158,10¡' ¢! about the excellence of =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ handwriting. 2 1:158,11¡D ¢! "You are extremely kind+1," 2 1:158,11¡' ¢! replied =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ highly 2 1:158,12¡' ¢! gratified; 2 1:158,12¡D ¢! "you who are such a judge, and write so 2 1:158,13¡D ¢! beautifully yourself. I am sure there is nobody's praise 2 1:158,14¡D ¢! that+2 could give us so much pleasure as =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢. 2 1:158,15¡D ¢! My mother does not hear; she is a little deaf you know. 2 1:158,16¡D ¢! Ma'am," 2 1:158,16¡' ¢! addressing her, 2 1:158,16¡D ¢! "do you hear what =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ 2 1:158,17¡D ¢! is so obliging to say about Jane's ¡J¢ handwriting?" 2 1:158,18¡' ¢! And Emma ¡A¢ had the advantage of hearing her own+1 silly 2 1:158,19¡' ¢! compliment repeated twice over before the good old lady 2 1:158,20¡' ¢! could comprehend it. She was pondering, in the mean+while+2, 2 1:158,21¡' ¢! upon the possibility, without seeming very rude, 2 1:158,22¡' ¢! of making her escape from Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢ letter, and had 2 1:158,23¡' ¢! almost resolved on hurrying away directly under some 2 1:158,24¡' ¢! slight+2 excuse, when =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ turned to+1 her again and 2 1:158,25¡' ¢! seized her attention. 2 1:158,26¡D ¢! "My mother's deafness is very trifling you see^^ just+1 2 1:158,27¡D ¢! nothing at all. By only raising my voice, and saying 2 1:158,28¡D ¢! anything two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but 2 1:158,29¡D ¢! then she is used+1 to+1 my voice. But it is very remarkable 2 1:158,30¡D ¢! that she should always hear Jane ¡J¢ better+1 than she does me. 2 1:158,31¡D ¢! Jane ¡J¢ speaks so distinct] However, she will+1 not find her 2 1:158,32¡D ¢! grandmama at all deafer than she was two years ago; 2 1:158,33¡D ¢! which is saying a great deal at my mother's time of life^^ 2 1:158,34¡D ¢! and it really is full two years, you know, since she was 2 1:158,35¡D ¢! here. We never were so long+1 without seeing her before, 2 1:158,36¡D ¢! and as I was telling =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢, we shall hardly know how 2 1:158,37¡D ¢! to make enough of her now." 2 1:158,38¡A ¢! "Are you expecting =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ here soon?" 2 1:159, 1¡D ¢! "Oh, yes; next week." 2 1:159, 2¡A ¢! "Indeed]^^ That+1 must be a very great pleasure." 2 1:159, 3¡D ¢! "Thank you, You are very kind+1. Yes, next week. 2 1:159, 4¡D ¢! Every+body is so surprized; and every+body says the same 2 1:159, 5¡D ¢! obliging things. I am sure she will+1 be as happy to see her 2 1:159, 6¡D ¢! friends at Highbury, as they can be to see her. Yes, 2 1:159, 7¡D ¢! Friday or Saturday; she cannot say which, because 2 1:159, 8¡D ¢! Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢ will+1 be wanting the carriage himself on **e 2 1:159, 9¡D ¢! of those days. So very good of them to send her the whole+1 2 1:159,10¡D ¢! way] But they always do, you know. Oh, yes, Friday 2 1:159,11¡D ¢! or Saturday next. That+1 is what she writes about. That+1 2 1:159,12¡D ¢! is the reason of her writing out of rule, as we call+1 it; for+ **1 2 1:159,13¡D ¢! in the common course, we should not have heard from 2 1:159,14¡D ¢! her before next Tuesday or Wednesday." 2 1:159,15¡A ¢! "Yes, so I imagined. I was afraid there could be little 2 1:159,16¡A ¢! chance of my hearing any+thing of =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ to-day." 2 1:159,17¡D ¢! "So obliging of you] No+1, we should not have heard, 2 1:159,18¡D ¢! if it had not been for this particular circumstance, of her 2 1:159,19¡D ¢! being+1 to come here so soon. My mother is so delighted]^^ 2 1:159,20¡D ¢! for+1 she is to be three months with us at least. Three 2 1:159,21¡D ¢! months, she says so, positively, as I am going to have the 2 1:159,22¡D ¢! pleasure of reading to+1 you. The case is, you see, that the 2 1:159,23¡D ¢! Campbells ¡ZC2¢ are going to+1 Ireland. =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢ has p **ersuaded 2 1:159,24¡D ¢! her father and mother to come over and see her directly. 2 1:159,25¡D ¢! They had not intended to go over till the summer, but 2 1:159,26¡D ¢! she is so impatient to see them again^^ for+1 till she married, 2 1:159,27¡D ¢! last+1 October, she was never away from them so much as 2 1:159,28¡D ¢! a week, which must make it very strange to be in different 2 1:159,29¡D ¢! kingdoms, I was going to say, but however different 2 1:159,30¡D ¢! countries, and so she wrote a very urgent letter to+1 her 2 1:159,31¡D ¢! mother^^ or her father, I declare I do not know which it 2 1:159,32¡D ¢! was, but we shall see presently in Jane's ¡J¢ letter^^ wrote in 2 1:159,33¡D ¢! =Mr#+Dixon's ¡ZF¢ name as well as her own+1, to press+1 their c **oming 2 1:159,34¡D ¢! over directly, and they would give them the meeting in 2 1:159,35¡D ¢! Dublin, and take them back+1 to+1 their country-seat, Balycraig **, 2 1:159,36¡D ¢! a beautiful place, I fancy+1. Jane ¡J¢ has heard a great 2 1:159,37¡D ¢! deal of its beauty; from =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ I mean^^ I do not know 2 1:159,38¡D ¢! that she ever heard about it from any+body else; but it 2 1:160, 1¡D ¢! was very natural+1, you know, that he should like+2 to speak 2 1:160, 2¡D ¢! of his own+1 place while+2 he was paying his addresses^^ and 2 1:160, 3¡D ¢! as Jane ¡J¢ used+1 to be very often walking out with them^^ for **+1 2 1:160, 4¡D ¢! Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ were very particular abou **t 2 1:160, 5¡D ¢! their daughter's not walking out often with only =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF **¢, 2 1:160, 6¡D ¢! for which I do not at all blame+1 them; of course+1 she heard 2 1:160, 7¡D ¢! everything he might be telling =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ about his 2 1:160, 8¡D ¢! own+1 home in Ireland. And I think she wrote us word 2 1:160, 9¡D ¢! that he had shewn them some drawings of the place, views 2 1:160,10¡D ¢! that+2 he had taken himself. He is a most amiable, charming 2 1:160,11¡D ¢! young man, I believe. Jane ¡J¢ was quite longing to go 2 1:160,12¡D ¢! to+1 Ireland, from his account of things." 2 1:160,13¡' ¢! At this moment, an ingenious and animating suspicion 2 1:160,14¡' ¢! entering Emma's ¡A¢ brain with regard to+1 Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, th **is 2 1:160,15¡' ¢! charming =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, and the not going to+1 Ireland, she 2 1:160,16¡' ¢! said, with the insidious design of further discovery, 2 1:160,17¡A ¢! "You must feel it very fortunate that =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 1:160,18¡A ¢! should be allowed to come to+1 you at such a time. Considering 2 1:160,19¡A ¢! the very particular friendship between her and 2 1:160,20¡A ¢! =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢, you could hardly have expected her to be 2 1:160,21¡A ¢! excused from accompanying Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ **." 2 1:160,22¡D ¢! "Very true, very true, indeed. The very thing that+2 we 2 1:160,23¡D ¢! have always been rather afraid of; for+1 we should not have 2 1:160,24¡D ¢! liked to have her at such a distance from us, for months 2 1:160,25¡D ¢! together^^ not able to come if anything was to happen. 2 1:160,26¡D ¢! But you see, every+thing turns+1 out for the best. They 2 1:160,27¡D ¢! want+1 her (=Mr# ¡ZF¢ and =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢) excessively to com **e over 2 1:160,28¡D ¢! with Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢; quite depend upon i **t; 2 1:160,29¡D ¢! nothing can be more kind+1 or pressing than their ²joint² 2 1:160,30¡D ¢! invitation, Jane ¡J¢ says, as you will+1 hear presently; =Mr#+D **ixon ¡ZF¢ 2 1:160,31¡D ¢! does not seem in the least backward in any attention. 2 1:160,32¡D ¢! He is a most charming young man. Ever since the 2 1:160,33¡D ¢! service he rendered Jane ¡J¢ at Weymouth, when they were 2 1:160,34¡D ¢! out in that+1 party on the water, and she, by the sudden 2 1:160,35¡D ¢! whirling round+1 of something or other among the sails, 2 1:160,36¡D ¢! would have been dashed into the sea at once, and actually 2 1:160,37¡D ¢! was all but gone, if he had not, with the greatest presence 2 1:160,38¡D ¢! of mind, caught hold+1 of her habit^^ (I can never think of it 2 1:161, 1¡D ¢! without trembling])^^ But ever since we had the history 2 1:161, 2¡D ¢! of that+1 day, I have been so fond of =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢]" 2 1:161, 3¡A ¢! "But, in spite+1 of all her friend's urgency, and her own+1 2 1:161, 4¡A ¢! wish of seeing Ireland, =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ prefers devoting the 2 1:161, 5¡A ¢! time to+1 you and =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢?" 2 1:161, 6¡D ¢! "Yes^^ entirely her own+1 doing, entirely her own+1 choice; 2 1:161, 7¡D ¢! and Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ think she does quite **right+1, 2 1:161, 8¡D ¢! just+1 what they should recommend; and indeed they particularly 2 1:161, 9¡D ¢! ²wish+1² her to try her native+1 air, as she has not been 2 1:161,10¡D ¢! quite so well as usual lately." 2 1:161,11¡A ¢! "I am concerned to hear of it. I think they judge+1 wisely. 2 1:161,12¡A ¢! But =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢ must be very much disappointed. =Mrs#+Dix **on ¡ZF1¢, 2 1:161,13¡A ¢! I understand, has no remarkable degree of personal 2 1:161,14¡A ¢! beauty; is not, by any means, to be compared with 2 1:161,15¡A ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢." 2 1:161,16¡D ¢! "Oh] no+1. You are very obliging to say such things^^ 2 1:161,17¡D ¢! but certainly not. There is no comparison between them. 2 1:161,18¡D ¢! =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ always was absolutely plain^^ but extremel **y 2 1:161,19¡D ¢! elegant and amiable." 2 1:161,20¡A ¢! "Yes, that+1 of course+1." 2 1:161,21¡D ¢! "Jane ¡J¢ caught a bad cold, poor thing] so long+1 ago as 2 1:161,22¡D ¢! the 7th November, (as I am going to read to+1 you,) and 2 1:161,23¡D ¢! has never been well since. A long+1 time, is not it, for a cold 2 1:161,24¡D ¢! to hang upon her? She never mentioned it before, because 2 1:161,25¡D ¢! she would not alarm+1 us. Just+1 like+1 her] so considerate]^^ 2 1:161,26¡D ¢! But however, she is so far from well, that her kind+1 friends 2 1:161,27¡D ¢! the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ think she had better+1 come home, and try a **n 2 1:161,28¡D ¢! air that+2 always agrees with her; and they have no doubt 2 1:161,29¡D ¢! that three or four months at Highbury will+1 entirely cure+1 2 1:161,30¡D ¢! her^^ and it is certainly a great deal better+1 that she should 2 1:161,31¡D ¢! come here, than go to+1 Ireland, if she is unwell. Nobody 2 1:161,32¡D ¢! could nurse her, as we should do." 2 1:161,33¡A ¢! "It appears to+1 me the most desirable arrangement in 2 1:161,34¡A ¢! the world." 2 1:161,35¡D ¢! "And so she is to come to+1 us next Friday or Saturday, 2 1:161,36¡D ¢! and the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ leave+1 town in their way to+1 Holyhead 2 1:161,37¡D ¢! the Monday following^^ as you will+1 find from Jane's ¡J¢ lette **r. 2 1:161,38¡D ¢! So sudden]^^ You may guess+1, dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, what 2 1:162, 1¡D ¢! a flurry it has thrown me in] If it was not for the drawback 2 1:162, 2¡D ¢! of her illness^ but I am afraid we must expect to 2 1:162, 3¡D ¢! see her grown thin, and looking very poorly. I must tell 2 1:162, 4¡D ¢! you what an unlucky thing happened to+1 me, as to+1 that+1. 2 1:162, 5¡D ¢! I always make a point of reading Jane's ¡J¢ letters through to+ **1 2 1:162, 6¡D ¢! myself first, before I read them aloud to+1 my mother, you 2 1:162, 7¡D ¢! know, for fear of there being+1 any+thing in them to distress+1 2 1:162, 8¡D ¢! her. Jane ¡J¢ desired me to do it, so I always do: and so I 2 1:162, 9¡D ¢! began to-day with my usual caution; but no sooner did 2 1:162,10¡D ¢! I come to+1 the mention of her being+1 unwell, than I burst+1 2 1:162,11¡D ¢! out quite frightened with, ""Bless me] poor Jane ¡J¢ is ill]""^ **^ 2 1:162,12¡D ¢! which my mother, being+1 on the watch, heard distinctly, 2 1:162,13¡D ¢! and was sadly alarmed at. However, when I read on, I 2 1:162,14¡D ¢! found it was not near so bad as I fancied at first; and I 2 1:162,15¡D ¢! make so light+2 of it now to+1 her, that she does not think muc **h 2 1:162,16¡D ¢! about it. But I cannot imagine how I could be so off my 2 1:162,17¡D ¢! guard] If Jane ¡J¢ does not get well soon, we will+1 call+1 in 2 1:162,18¡D ¢! =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢. The expense shall not be thought+1 of; and 2 1:162,19¡D ¢! though he is so liberal, and so fond of Jane ¡J¢ that I dare+1 **say 2 1:162,20¡D ¢! he would not mean to charge+1 anything for attendance, we 2 1:162,21¡D ¢! could not suffer it to be so, you know. He has a wife and 2 1:162,22¡D ¢! family to maintain, and is not to be giving away his time. 2 1:162,23¡D ¢! Well, now I have just+1 given you a hint of what Jane ¡J¢ write **s 2 1:162,24¡D ¢! about, we will+1 turn+1 to+1 her letter, and I am sure she tell **s her 2 1:162,25¡D ¢! own+1 story a great deal better+1 than I can tell it for her." 2 1:162,26¡A ¢! "I am afraid we must be running away," 2 1:162,26¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 2 1:162,27¡' ¢! glancing at Harriet ¡M¢, and beginning+1 to rise+1^^ 2 1:162,27¡A ¢! "My father 2 1:162,28¡A ¢! will+1 be expecting us. I had no intention, I thought+1 I had 2 1:162,29¡A ¢! no power of staying more than five minutes, when I first 2 1:162,30¡A ¢! entered the house. I merely called, because I would not 2 1:162,31¡A ¢! pass the door without inquiring after =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢; but I 2 1:162,32¡A ¢! have been so pleasantly detained] Now, however, we 2 1:162,33¡A ¢! must wish+1 you and =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢ good morning." 2 1:162,34¡' ¢! And not all that+2 could be urged to detain her succeeded. 2 1:162,35¡' ¢! She regained the street^^ happy in this, that though much 2 1:162,36¡' ¢! had been forced on her against her will, though she had in 2 1:162,37¡' ¢! fact heard the whole+1 substance of Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢ letter, 2 1:162,38¡' ¢! she had been able to escape+1 the letter itself. 2 2:163, 1¡' ¢! Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ was an orphan, the only child of Mrs#+Bates's **¡C¢ 2 2:163, 2¡' ¢! youngest daughter. 2 2:163, 3¡' ¢! The marriage of Lieut#+Fairfax ¡J1¢, of the ^^^^ regiment of 2 2:163, 4¡' ¢! infantry, and =Miss+Jane+Bates ¡J2¢, had had its day of fame 2 2:163, 5¡' ¢! and pleasure, hope and interest; but nothing now remained 2 2:163, 6¡' ¢! of it, save+1 the melancholy+1 remembrance of him 2 2:163, 7¡' ¢! dying in action abroad^^ of his widow sinking under consumption 2 2:163, 8¡' ¢! and grief soon afterwards^^ and this girl. 2 2:163, 9¡' ¢! By birth she belonged to+1 Highbury: and when at three 2 2:163,10¡' ¢! years old, on losing her mother, she became the property, 2 2:163,11¡' ¢! the charge, the consolation, the fondling of her grandmother 2 2:163,12¡' ¢! and aunt, there had seemed every probability of 2 2:163,13¡' ¢! her being+1 permanently fixed there; of her being+1 taught 2 2:163,14¡' ¢! only what very limited means could command+1, and growing 2 2:163,15¡' ¢! up with no advantages of connection or improvement 2 2:163,16¡' ¢! to be engrafted on what nature had given her in a pleasing 2 2:163,17¡' ¢! person, good understanding, and warm+1-hearted, well+meaning 2 2:163,18¡' ¢! relations. 2 2:163,19¡' ¢! But the compassionate feelings of a friend of her father 2 2:163,20¡' ¢! gave a change to+1 her destiny. This was Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢, 2 2:163,21¡' ¢! who had very highly regarded Fairfax ¡J1¢, as an excellent 2 2:163,22¡' ¢! officer and most deserving young man; and farther, had 2 2:163,23¡' ¢! been indebted to+1 him for such attentions, during a severe 2 2:163,24¡' ¢! camp-fever, as he believed had saved his life. These were 2 2:163,25¡' ¢! claims which he did not learn to overlook, though some 2 2:163,26¡' ¢! years passed away from the death of poor Fairfax ¡J1¢, before 2 2:163,27¡' ¢! his own+1 return to+1 England put any+thing in his power. 2 2:163,28¡' ¢! When he did return+1, he sought out the child and took 2 2:163,29¡' ¢! notice of her. He was a married man, with only one living 2 2:163,30¡' ¢! child, a girl, about Jane's ¡J¢ age: and Jane ¡J¢ became their 2 2:163,31¡' ¢! guest, paying them long+1 visits and growing a favourite 2 2:163,32¡' ¢! with all; and, before she was nine years old, his daughter's 2 2:163,33¡' ¢! great fondness for her, and his own+1 wish of being+1 a real 2 2:164, 1¡' ¢! friend, united to produce an offer from Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢ 2 2:164, 2¡' ¢! of undertaking+1 the whole+1 charge of her education. It was 2 2:164, 3¡' ¢! accepted; and from that+1 period Jane ¡J¢ had belonged to+1 2 2:164, 4¡' ¢! Colonel+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ family, and had lived with them entirel **y, 2 2:164, 5¡' ¢! only visiting her grandmother from time to+1 time. 2 2:164, 6¡' ¢! The plan was that she should be brought up for educating 2 2:164, 7¡' ¢! others; the very few hundred pounds which she inherited 2 2:164, 8¡' ¢! from her father making independence impossible. 2 2:164, 9¡' ¢! To provide for her otherwise was out of Colonel+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ 2 2:164,10¡' ¢! power; for+1 though his income, by pay and appointments, 2 2:164,11¡' ¢! was handsome, his fortune was moderate and must be all 2 2:164,12¡' ¢! his daughter's; but, by giving her an education, he hoped 2 2:164,13¡' ¢! to be supplying the means of respectable subsistance hereafter. 2 2:164,15¡' ¢! Such was Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢ history. She had fallen into 2 2:164,16¡' ¢! good hands, known nothing but kindness from the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ **, 2 2:164,17¡' ¢! and been given an excellent education. Living constantly 2 2:164,18¡' ¢! with right+1-minded and well-informed people, her 2 2:164,19¡' ¢! heart and understanding had received every advantage of 2 2:164,20¡' ¢! discipline and culture; and Col#+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ residence 2 2:164,21¡' ¢! being+1 in London, every lighter talent had been done full 2 2:164,22¡' ¢! justice to+1, by the attendance of first-rate masters. Her 2 2:164,23¡' ¢! disposition and abilities were equally worthy of all that+2 2 2:164,24¡' ¢! friendship could do; and at eighteen or nineteen she was, 2 2:164,25¡' ¢! as far as such an early age can be qualified for the care of 2 2:164,26¡' ¢! children, fully competent to+1 the office of instruction 2 2:164,27¡' ¢! herself; but she was too much beloved to be parted 2 2:164,28¡' ¢! with. Neither father nor mother could promote, and the 2 2:164,29¡' ¢! daughter could not endure it. The evil day was put off. 2 2:164,30¡' ¢! It was easy to decide that she was still too young; and 2 2:164,31¡' ¢! Jane ¡J¢ remained with them, sharing, as another daughter, 2 2:164,32¡' ¢! in all the rational pleasures of an elegant society, and a 2 2:164,33¡' ¢! judicious mixture of home and amusement, with only the 2 2:164,34¡' ¢! drawback of the future, the sobering suggestions of her 2 2:164,35¡' ¢! own+1 good understanding to remind her that all this might 2 2:164,36¡' ¢! soon be over. 2 2:164,37¡' ¢! The affection of the whole+1 family, the warm+1 attachment 2 2:164,38¡' ¢! of =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ in particular, was the more honourable 2 2:165, 1¡' ¢! to+1 each party from the circumstance of Jane's ¡J¢ decided+1 2 2:165, 2¡' ¢! superiority both in beauty and acquirements. That 2 2:165, 3¡' ¢! nature had given it in feature could not be unseen by the 2 2:165, 4¡' ¢! young woman, nor could her higher powers of mind be 2 2:165, 5¡' ¢! unfelt by the parents. They continued together with unabated 2 2:165, 6¡' ¢! regard however, till the marriage of =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢, 2 2:165, 7¡' ¢! who by that+1 chance, that+1 luck which so often defies anticip **ation 2 2:165, 8¡' ¢! in matrimonial affairs, giving attraction to+1 what 2 2:165, 9¡' ¢! is moderate rather than to+1 what is superior, engaged 2 2:165,10¡' ¢! the affections of =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, a young man, rich and 2 2:165,11¡' ¢! agreeable, almost as soon as they were acquainted; 2 2:165,12¡' ¢! and was eligibly and happily settled, while+2 Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 2:165,13¡' ¢! had yet her bread to earn. 2 2:165,14¡' ¢! This event had very lately taken place; too lately for 2 2:165,15¡' ¢! any+thing to be yet attempted by her less fortunate 2 2:165,16¡' ¢! friend towards entering on her path of duty; though 2 2:165,17¡' ¢! she had now reached the age which her own+1 judgment 2 2:165,18¡' ¢! had fixed on for beginning. She had long+1 resolved that 2 2:165,19¡' ¢! one-and-twenty should be the period. With the fortitude 2 2:165,20¡' ¢! of a devoted noviciate, she had resolved at one-and-twenty 2 2:165,21¡' ¢! to complete+1 the sacrifice, and retire from all the 2 2:165,22¡' ¢! pleasures of life, of rational intercourse, equal+2 society, 2 2:165,23¡' ¢! peace and hope, to+1 penance and mortification for+ever. 2 2:165,24¡' ¢! The good sense of Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ could n **ot 2 2:165,25¡' ¢! oppose such a resolution, though their feelings did. As 2 2:165,26¡' ¢! long+1 as they lived, no exertions would be necessary, their 2 2:165,27¡' ¢! home might be her's for+ever; and for their own+1 comfort 2 2:165,28¡' ¢! they would have retained her wholly; but this would be 2 2:165,29¡' ¢! selfishness:^^ what must be at last+1+2, had better+1 be soon. 2 2:165,30¡' ¢! Perhaps they began to feel it might have been kinder 2 2:165,31¡' ¢! and wiser to have resisted the temptation of any delay, 2 2:165,32¡' ¢! and spared her from a taste of such enjoyments of ease 2 2:165,33¡' ¢! and leisure as must now be relinquished. Still, however, 2 2:165,34¡' ¢! affection was glad to catch at any reasonable excuse for 2 2:165,35¡' ¢! not hurrying on the wretched moment. She had never 2 2:165,36¡' ¢! been quite well since the time of their daughter's marriage; 2 2:165,37¡' ¢! and till she should have completely recovered her usual 2 2:165,38¡' ¢! strength, they must forbid her engaging in duties, which, 2 2:166, 1¡' ¢! so far from being+1 compatible with a weakened frame and 2 2:166, 2¡' ¢! varying spirits, seemed, under the most favourable circumstance **s, 2 2:166, 3¡' ¢! to require something more than human 2 2:166, 4¡' ¢! perfection of body and mind to be discharged with 2 2:166, 5¡' ¢! tolerable comfort. 2 2:166, 6¡' ¢! With regard to+1 her not accompanying them to+1 Ireland, 2 2:166, 7¡' ¢! her account to+1 her aunt contained nothing but truth, 2 2:166, 8¡' ¢! though there might be some truths not told. It was her 2 2:166, 9¡' ¢! own+1 choice to give the time of their absence to+1 Highbury; 2 2:166,10¡' ¢! to spend, perhaps, her last+1 months of perfect+1 liberty with 2 2:166,11¡' ¢! those kind+1 relations to+1 whom she was so very dear: 2 2:166,12¡' ¢! and the Campbells ¡ZC2¢, whatever might be their motive or 2 2:166,13¡' ¢! motives, whether single, or double, or treble, gave the 2 2:166,14¡' ¢! arrangement their ready sanction, and said, that they 2 2:166,15¡' ¢! depended more on a few months spent in her native+1 air, 2 2:166,16¡' ¢! for the recovery of her health, than on any+thing else. 2 2:166,17¡' ¢! Certain it was that she was to come; and that Highbury, 2 2:166,18¡' ¢! instead of welcoming that+1 perfect+1 novelty which had 2 2:166,19¡' ¢! been so long+1 promised it^^ =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢^^ must pu **t 2 2:166,20¡' ¢! up for the present with Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, who could bring 2 2:166,21¡' ¢! only the freshness of a two years absence. 2 2:166,22¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was sorry;^^ 2 2:166,22@A ! to have to pay+1 civilities to+1 a person 2 2:166,23@A ! she did not like+2 through three long+1 months]^^ to be 2 2:166,24@A ! always doing more than she wished, and less than she 2 2:166,25@A ! ought] 2 2:166,25¡' ¢! Why she did not like+2 Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ might be 2 2:166,26¡' ¢! a difficult question to answer+1; =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ had once 2 2:166,27¡' ¢! told her it was because she saw in her the really accomplished 2 2:166,28¡' ¢! young woman, which she wanted to be thought+1 2 2:166,29¡' ¢! herself; and though the accusation had been eagerly 2 2:166,30¡' ¢! refuted at the time, there were moments of self-examination 2 2:166,31¡' ¢! in which her conscience could not quite acquit her. 2 2:166,32¡' ¢! But 2 2:166,32@A ! "she could never get acquainted with her: she did 2 2:166,33@A ! not know how it was, but there was such coldness and 2 2:166,34@A ! reserve^^ such apparent indifference whether she pleased 2 2:166,35@A ! or not^^ and then, her aunt was such an eternal talker] 2 2:166,36@A ! ^^and she was made such a fuss with by every+body] 2 2:166,37@A ! ^^ and it had been always imagined that they were to be 2 2:166,38@A ! so intimate+1 ^^ because their ages were the same, every+body 2 2:167, 1@A ! had supposed they must be so fond of each other." 2 2:167, 2¡' ¢! These were her reasons^^ she had no better+1. 2 2:167, 3¡' ¢! It was a dislike so little just^^ every imputed fault was 2 2:167, 4¡' ¢! so magnified by fancy, that she never saw Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 2:167, 5¡' ¢! the first time after any considerable absence, without 2 2:167, 6¡' ¢! feeling+1 that she had injured her; and now, when the 2 2:167, 7¡' ¢! due+1 visit was paid, on her arrival, after a two years' 2 2:167, 8¡' ¢! interval, she was particularly struck with the very 2 2:167, 9¡' ¢! appearance and manners, which for those two whole+1 2 2:167,10¡' ¢! years she had been depreciating. 2 2:167,10@A ! Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ was very 2 2:167,11@A ! elegant, remarkably elegant; and she had herself the 2 2:167,12@A ! highest value for elegance. Her height was pretty, just+1 2 2:167,13@A ! such as almost everybody would think tall, and nobody 2 2:167,14@A ! could think very tall; her figure particularly graceful; 2 2:167,15@A ! her size a most becoming medium, between fat and thin, 2 2:167,16@A ! though a slight+2 appearance of ill-health seemed to point+1 2 2:167,17@A ! out the likeliest evil of the two. 2 2:167,17¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not but feel 2 2:167,18¡' ¢! all this; 2 2:167,18@A ! and then, her face^^ her features ^^ there was 2 2:167,19@A ! more beauty in them all together than she had remembered; 2 2:167,20@A ! it was not regular, but it was very pleasing 2 2:167,21@A ! beauty. Her eyes, a deep grey, with dark+1 eye-lashes and 2 2:167,22@A ! eye-brows, had never been denied their praise; but the 2 2:167,23@A ! skin, which she had been used+1 to cavil at, as wanting 2 2:167,24@A ! colour, had a clearness and delicacy which really needed 2 2:167,25@A ! no fuller bloom. It was a style of beauty, of which elegance 2 2:167,26@A ! was the reigning character, and as such, she must, 2 2:167,27@A ! in honour, by all her principles, admire it:^^ elegance, 2 2:167,28@A ! which, whether of person or of mind, she saw so little in 2 2:167,29@A ! Highbury. There, not to be vulgar, was distinction, and 2 2:167,30@A ! merit. 2 2:167,31¡' ¢! In short, she sat, during the first visit, looking at 2 2:167,32¡' ¢! Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ with twofold complacency; the sense of 2 2:167,33¡' ¢! pleasure and the sense of rendering justice, and was 2 2:167,34¡' ¢! determining that she would dislike+1 her no longer. 2 2:167,34@A ! When 2 2:167,35@A ! she took in her history, indeed, her situation, as well as 2 2:167,36@A ! her beauty; when she considered what all this elegance 2 2:167,37@A ! was destined to+1, what she was going to sink from, how 2 2:167,38@A ! she was going to live, it seemed impossible to feel any+thing 2 2:168, 1@A ! but compassion and respect; especially, if to+1 every 2 2:168, 2@A ! well-known particular entitling her to+1 interest, were added 2 2:168, 3@A ! the highly probable circumstance of an attachment to+1 2 2:168, 4@A ! =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, which she had so naturally started to+1 hersel **f. 2 2:168, 5@A ! In that+1 case, nothing could be more pitiable or more 2 2:168, 6@A ! honourable than the sacrifices she had resolved on. 2 2:168, 7@A ! Emma ¡A¢ was very willing now to acquit her of having 2 2:168, 8@A ! seduced =Mr#+Dixon's ¡ZF¢ affections from his wife, or of any+t **hing 2 2:168, 9@A ! mischievous which her imagination had suggested 2 2:168,10@A ! at first. If it were love, it might be simple+1+1, single, 2 2:168,11@A ! successless love on her side alone. She might have been 2 2:168,12@A ! unconsciously sucking in the sad poison, while+2 a sharer 2 2:168,13@A ! of his conversation with her friend; and from the best, 2 2:168,14@A ! the purest of motives, might now be denying herself this 2 2:168,15@A ! visit to+1 Ireland, and resolving to divide herself effectually 2 2:168,16@A ! from him and his connections by soon beginning+1 her 2 2:168,17@A ! career of laborious duty. 2 2:168,18¡' ¢! Upon the whole, Emma ¡A¢ left+1 her with such softened, 2 2:168,19¡' ¢! charitable feelings, as made her look+1 around in walking 2 2:168,20¡' ¢! home, and lament that Highbury afforded no young man 2 2:168,21¡' ¢! worthy of giving her independence; nobody that+2 she 2 2:168,22¡' ¢! could wish+1 to scheme+1 about for her. 2 2:168,23¡' ¢! These were charming feelings^^ but not lasting. Before 2 2:168,24¡' ¢! she had committed herself by any public+1 profession of 2 2:168,25¡' ¢! eternal friendship for Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, or done more towards 2 2:168,26¡' ¢! a recantation of past+1 prejudices and errors, than saying 2 2:168,27¡' ¢! to+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, 2 2:168,27¡A ¢! "She certainly is handsome; she is 2 2:168,28¡A ¢! better+1 than handsome]" 2 2:168,28¡' ¢! Jane ¡J¢ had spent an evening at 2 2:168,29¡' ¢! Hartfield with her grandmother and aunt, and every+thing 2 2:168,30¡' ¢! was relapsing much into its usual state. Former 2 2:168,31¡' ¢! provocations re-appeared. 2 2:168,31@A ! The aunt was as tiresome as 2 2:168,32@A ! ever; more tiresome, because anxiety for her health was 2 2:168,33@A ! now added to+1 admiration of her powers; and they had 2 2:168,34@A ! to listen to+1 the description of exactly how little bread 2 2:168,35@A ! and butter she ate for breakfast, and how small a slice of 2 2:168,36@A ! mutton for dinner, as well as to see exhibitions of new 2 2:168,37@A ! caps and new work-bags for her mother and herself; and 2 2:168,38@A ! Jane's ¡J¢ offences rose+1 again. 2 2:168,38¡' ¢! They had music; Emma ¡A¢ 2 2:169, 1¡' ¢! was obliged to play+1; and the thanks and praise which 2 2:169, 2¡' ¢! necessarily followed appeared to+1 her 2 2:169, 2@A ! an affectation of 2 2:169, 3@A ! candour, an air of greatness, meaning only to shew+1 off in 2 2:169, 4@A ! higher style her own+1 very superior performance. She 2 2:169, 5@A ! was, besides, which was the worst of all, so cold+1, so 2 2:169, 6@A ! cautious] There was no getting at her real opinion. 2 2:169, 7@A ! Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined 2 2:169, 8@A ! to hazard+1 nothing. She was disgustingly, was 2 2:169, 9@A ! suspiciously reserved. 2 2:169,10@A ! If any+thing could be more, where all was most, she 2 2:169,11@A ! was more reserved on the subject of Weymouth and the 2 2:169,12@A ! Dixons ¡ZF2¢ than any+thing. She seemed bent on giving no 2 2:169,13@A ! real insight into =Mr#+Dixon's ¡ZF¢ character, or her own+1 val **ue 2 2:169,14@A ! for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the 2 2:169,15@A ! match. It was all general+1 approbation and smoothness; 2 2:169,16@A ! nothing delineated or distinguished. It did her no 2 2:169,17@A ! service however. Her caution was thrown away. 2 2:169,17¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ 2 2:169,18¡' ¢! saw its artifice, and returned to+1 her first surmises. 2 2:169,18@A ! There 2 2:169,19@A ! probably ²was² something more to conceal than her own+1 2 2:169,20@A ! preference; =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, perhaps, had been very near 2 2:169,21@A ! changing one friend for the other, or been fixed only to+1 2 2:169,22@A ! =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢, for the sake of the future twelve thousan **d 2 2:169,23@A ! pounds. 2 2:169,24¡' ¢! The like+1 reserve prevailed on other topics. She and 2 2:169,25¡' ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ had been at Weymouth at the same 2 2:169,26¡' ¢! time. It was known that they were a little acquainted; 2 2:169,27¡' ¢! but not a syllable of real information could Emma ¡A¢ procure 2 2:169,28¡' ¢! as to+1 what he truly was. 2 2:169,28¡A ¢! "Was he handsome?"^^ 2 2:169,29@J ! "She believed he was reckoned a very fine young man." 2 2:169,30¡A ¢! "Was he agreeable?" ^^ 2 2:169,30@J ! "He was generally thought+1 so." 2 2:169,31¡A ¢! "Did he appear a sensible+1 young man; a young man of 2 2:169,32¡A ¢! information?"^^ 2 2:169,32@J ! "At a watering-place, or in a common 2 2:169,33@J ! London acquaintance, it was difficult to decide on such 2 2:169,34@J ! points. Manners were all that+2 could be safely judged of, 2 2:169,35@J ! under a much longer knowledge than they had yet had of 2 2:169,36@J ! =Mr#+Churchill ¡E¢. She believed every+body found his manners 2 2:169,37@J ! pleasing." 2 2:169,37¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not forgive her. 2 3:170, 1¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not forgive her;^^ but as neither provocation 2 3:170, 2¡' ¢! nor resentment were discerned by =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, who 2 3:170, 3¡' ¢! had been of the party, and had seen only proper attention 2 3:170, 4¡' ¢! and pleasing behaviour on each side, he was expressing 2 3:170, 5¡' ¢! the next morning, being+1 at Hartfield again on business 2 3:170, 6¡' ¢! with =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, his approbation of the whole; not 2 3:170, 7¡' ¢! so openly as he might have done had her father been out 2 3:170, 8¡' ¢! of the room, but speaking plain enough to be very 2 3:170, 9¡' ¢! intelligible to+1 Emma ¡A¢. He had been used+1 to think her 2 3:170,10¡' ¢! unjust to+1 Jane ¡J¢, and had now great pleasure in marking an 2 3:170,11¡' ¢! improvement. 2 3:170,12¡B ¢! "A very pleasant evening," 2 3:170,12¡' ¢! he began, as soon as 2 3:170,13¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had been talked into what was necessary, 2 3:170,14¡' ¢! told that he understood, and the papers swept away;^^ 2 3:170,15¡B ¢! "particularly pleasant. You and =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ gave us 2 3:170,16¡B ¢! some very good music. I do not know a more luxurious 2 3:170,17¡B ¢! state, sir, than sitting at one's ease to be entertained 2 3:170,18¡B ¢! a whole+1 evening by two such young women; sometimes 2 3:170,19¡B ¢! with music and sometimes with conversation. I am sure 2 3:170,20¡B ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ must have found the evening pleasant, 2 3:170,21¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢. You left+1 nothing undone. I was glad you made 2 3:170,22¡B ¢! her play+1 so much, for+1 having no instrument at her 2 3:170,23¡B ¢! grandmother's, it must have been a real indulgence." 2 3:170,24¡A ¢! "I am happy you approved," 2 3:170,24¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, smiling; 2 3:170,25¡A ¢! "but I hope+1 I am not often deficient in what is due+1 to+1 2 3:170,26¡A ¢! guests at Hartfield." 2 3:170,27¡P ¢! "No+1, my dear," 2 3:170,27¡' ¢! said her father instantly; 2 3:170,27¡P ¢! "²that+1² 2 3:170,28¡P ¢! I am sure you are not. There is nobody half so attentive 2 3:170,29¡P ¢! and civil as you are. If any+thing, you are too attentive. 2 3:170,30¡P ¢! The muffin last+1 night^^ if it had been handed round+1 once, 2 3:170,31¡P ¢! I think it would have been enough." 2 3:170,32¡B ¢! "No+1," 2 3:170,32¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, nearly at the same time; 2 3:170,33¡B ¢! "you are not often deficient; not often deficient either 2 3:171, 1¡B ¢! in manner or comprehension. I think you understand 2 3:171, 2¡B ¢! me, therefore." 2 3:171, 3¡' ¢! An arch+1 look expressed^^ 2 3:171, 3@A ! "I understand you well 2 3:171, 4@A ! enough;" 2 3:171, 4¡' ¢! but she said only, 2 3:171, 4¡A ¢! "=Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ is reserved." 2 3:171, 5¡B ¢! "I always told you she was^^ a little; but you will+1 2 3:171, 6¡B ¢! soon overcome all that+1 part of her reserve which ought 2 3:171, 7¡B ¢! to be overcome, all that+2 has its foundation in diffidence. 2 3:171, 8¡B ¢! What arises from discretion must be honoured." 2 3:171, 9¡A ¢! "You think her diffident. I do not see it." 2 3:171,10¡B ¢! "My dear Emma ¡A¢," 2 3:171,10¡' ¢! said he, moving from his chair into 2 3:171,11¡' ¢! one close+2 by her, 2 3:171,11¡B ¢! "you are not going to tell me, I hope+1, 2 3:171,12¡B ¢! that you had not a pleasant evening." 2 3:171,13¡A ¢! "Oh] no+1; I was pleased with my own+1 perseverance 2 3:171,14¡A ¢! in asking questions, and amused to think how little 2 3:171,15¡A ¢! information I obtained." 2 3:171,16¡B ¢! "I am disappointed," 2 3:171,16¡' ¢! was his only answer. 2 3:171,17¡P ¢! "I hope+1 every+body had a pleasant evening," 2 3:171,17¡' ¢! said 2 3:171,18¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, in his quiet way. 2 3:171,18¡P ¢! "I had. Once, I felt 2 3:171,19¡P ¢! the fire rather too much; but then I moved back+1 my chair 2 3:171,20¡P ¢! a little, a very little, and it did not disturb me. =Miss+Bates ** ¡D¢ 2 3:171,21¡P ¢! was very chatty and good-humoured, as she always 2 3:171,22¡P ¢! is, though she speaks rather too quick+1. However, she 2 3:171,23¡P ¢! is very agreeable, and =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢ too, in a different way. 2 3:171,24¡P ¢! I like+2 old friends; and =Miss+Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ is a very pret **ty 2 3:171,25¡P ¢! sort of young lady, a very pretty and a very well-behaved 2 3:171,26¡P ¢! young lady indeed. She must have found the evening 2 3:171,27¡P ¢! agreeable, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, because she had Emma ¡A¢." 2 3:171,28¡B ¢! "True, sir; and Emma ¡A¢, because she had =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢." 2 3:171,29¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ saw his anxiety, and wishing to appease it, at 2 3:171,30¡' ¢! least for the present, said, and with a sincerity which no+one 2 3:171,31¡' ¢! could question+1^^ 2 3:171,32¡A ¢! "She is a sort of elegant creature that+2 one cannot keep 2 3:171,33¡A ¢! one's eyes from. I am always watching her to admire; 2 3:171,34¡A ¢! and I do pity+1 her from my heart." 2 3:171,35¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ looked as if he were more gratified than 2 3:171,36¡' ¢! he cared to express+1; and before he could make any 2 3:171,37¡' ¢! reply, =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, whose thoughts were on the 2 3:171,38¡' ¢! Bates's ¡C1¢, said^^ 2 3:172, 1¡P ¢! "It is a great pity that their circumstances should be 2 3:172, 2¡P ¢! so confined] a great pity indeed] and I have often 2 3:172, 3¡P ¢! wished^^ but it is so little one can venture to do^^ small, 2 3:172, 4¡P ¢! trifling presents, of any+thing uncommon^^ Now we have 2 3:172, 5¡P ¢! killed a porker, and Emma ¡A¢ thinks of sending them a loin 2 3:172, 6¡P ¢! or a leg; it is very small and delicate^^ Hartfield pork is 2 3:172, 7¡P ¢! not like+1 any other pork^^ but still it is pork^^ and, my 2 3:172, 8¡P ¢! dear Emma ¡A¢, unless one could be sure of their making it 2 3:172, 9¡P ¢! into steaks, nicely fried, as our's are fried, without the 2 3:172,10¡P ¢! smallest grease, and not roast+1 it, for no stomach can bear 2 3:172,11¡P ¢! roast pork^^ I think we had better+1 send the leg^^ do not 2 3:172,12¡P ¢! you think so, my dear?" 2 3:172,13¡A ¢! "My dear papa, I sent the whole+1 hind-quarter. I knew 2 3:172,14¡A ¢! you would wish+1 it. There will+1 be the leg to be salted, 2 3:172,15¡A ¢! you know, which is so very nice, and the loin to be 2 3:172,16¡A ¢! dressed directly in any manner they like+2." 2 3:172,17¡P ¢! "That's right+1, my dear, very right+1. I had not thought+1 2 3:172,18¡P ¢! of it before, but that+1 was the best way. They must not 2 3:172,19¡P ¢! over-salt the leg; and then, if it is not over-salted, and 2 3:172,20¡P ¢! if it is very thoroughly boiled, just+1 as Serle ¡ZZN¢ boils ou **r's, 2 3:172,21¡P ¢! and eaten very moderately of, with a boiled turnip, and a 2 3:172,22¡P ¢! little carrot or parsnip, I do not consider it unwholesome." 2 3:172,23¡B ¢! "Emma ¡A¢," 2 3:172,23¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ presently, 2 3:172,23¡B ¢! "I have 2 3:172,24¡B ¢! a piece of news for you. You like+2 news^^ and I heard an 2 3:172,25¡B ¢! article in my way hither that+2 I think will+1 interest+1 you." 2 3:172,26¡A ¢! "News] Oh] yes, I always like+2 news. What is it?^^ 2 3:172,27¡A ¢! why do you smile+1 so?^^ where did you hear it?^^ at 2 3:172,28¡A ¢! Randalls?" 2 3:172,29¡' ¢! He had time only to say, 2 3:172,30¡B ¢! "No+1, not at Randalls; I have not been near Randalls," 2 3:172,31¡' ¢! when the door was thrown open+1, and =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ and 2 3:172,32¡' ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ walked into the room. Full of thanks, and 2 3:172,33¡' ¢! full of news, =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ knew not which to give quickest. 2 3:172,34¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ soon saw that he had lost his moment, 2 3:172,35¡' ¢! and that not another syllable of communication could 2 3:172,36¡' ¢! rest+1 with him. 2 3:172,37¡D ¢! "Oh] my dear sir, how are you this morning? My 2 3:172,38¡D ¢! dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢^^ I come quite overpowered. Such 2 3:173, 1¡D ¢! a beautiful hind-quarter of pork] You are too bountiful] 2 3:173, 2¡D ¢! Have you heard the news? =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is going to be 2 3:173, 3¡D ¢! married." 2 3:173, 4¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ had not had time even to think of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, 2 3:173, 5¡' ¢! and she was so completely surprized that she could not 2 3:173, 6¡' ¢! avoid a little start, and a little blush, at the sound. 2 3:173, 7¡B ¢! "There is my news:^^ I thought+1 it would interest+1 you," 2 3:173, 8¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, with a smile which implied a convictio **n 2 3:173, 9¡' ¢! of some part of what had passed between them. 2 3:173,10¡D ¢! "But where could ²you² hear it?" 2 3:173,10¡' ¢! cried =Miss+Bates ¡D¢. 2 3:173,11¡D ¢! "Where could you possibly hear it, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢? 2 3:173,12¡D ¢! For+1 it is not five minutes since I received =Mrs#+Cole's ¡G¢ 2 3:173,13¡D ¢! note^^ no+1, it cannot be more than five^^ or at least ten^^ 2 3:173,14¡D ¢! for+1 I had got my bonnet and spencer on, just+1 ready to 2 3:173,15¡D ¢! come out^^ I was only gone down to speak to+1 Patty ¡U¢ again 2 3:173,16¡D ¢! about the pork^^ Jane ¡J¢ was standing in the passage^^ 2 3:173,17¡D ¢! were not you, Jane ¡J¢?^^ for+1 my mother was so afraid that 2 3:173,18¡D ¢! we had not any salting-pan large enough. So I said 2 3:173,19¡D ¢! I would go down and see, and Jane ¡J¢ said, 2 3:173,19@J ! ""Shall I go down 2 3:173,20@J ! instead? for+1 I think you have a little cold, and Patty ¡U¢ 2 3:173,21@J ! has been washing the kitchen."" 2 3:173,21¡D ¢! ""Oh] my dear," said I^^ 2 3:173,22¡D ¢! well, and just+1 then came the note. A =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢^^ that **'s 2 3:173,23¡D ¢! all I know. A =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢ of Bath+1. But, =Mr#+Knightley **¡B¢, 2 3:173,24¡D ¢! how could you possibly have heard it? for+1 the very 2 3:173,25¡D ¢! moment =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ told =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ of it, she sat down an **d 2 3:173,26¡D ¢! wrote to+1 me. A =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢"^^ 2 3:173,27¡B ¢! "I was with =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ on business an hour and half 2 3:173,28¡B ¢! ago. He had just+1 read Elton's ¡H¢ letter as I was shewn in, 2 3:173,29¡B ¢! and handed it to+1 me directly." 2 3:173,30¡D ¢! "Well] that+1 is quite ^^^^ I suppose there never was 2 3:173,31¡D ¢! a piece of news more generally interesting. My dear sir, 2 3:173,32¡D ¢! you really are too bountiful. My mother desires her 2 3:173,33¡D ¢! very best compliments and regards, and a thousand 2 3:173,34¡D ¢! thanks, and says you really quite oppress her." 2 3:173,35¡P ¢! "We consider our Hartfield pork," 2 3:173,35¡' ¢! replied =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢^^ 2 3:173,36¡P ¢! "indeed it certainly is, so very superior to+1 all 2 3:173,37¡P ¢! other pork, that Emma ¡A¢ and I cannot have a greater 2 3:173,38¡P ¢! pleasure than"^^ 2 3:174, 1¡D ¢! "Oh] my dear sir, as my mother says, our friends are 2 3:174, 2¡D ¢! only too good to+1 us. If ever there were people who, 2 3:174, 3¡D ¢! without having great wealth themselves, had every+thing 2 3:174, 4¡D ¢! they could wish+1 for+2, I am sure it is us. We may well say 2 3:174, 5¡D ¢! that ""our lot is cast in a goodly heritage."" Well, =Mr#+Knigh **tley ¡B¢, 2 3:174, 6¡D ¢! and so you actually saw the letter; well"^^ 2 3:174, 7¡B ¢! "It was short+1, merely to announce^^ but cheerful, 2 3:174, 8¡B ¢! exulting, of course+1."^^ 2 3:174, 8¡' ¢! Here was a sly glance at Emma ¡A¢. 2 3:174, 9¡B ¢! "He had been so fortunate as to^^ I forget the precise 2 3:174,10¡B ¢! words^^ one has no business to remember them. The 2 3:174,11¡B ¢! information was, as you state+1, that he was going to be 2 3:174,12¡B ¢! married to+1 a =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢. By his style, I should 2 3:174,13¡B ¢! imagine it just+1 settled." 2 3:174,14¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ going to be married]" 2 3:174,14¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, as 2 3:174,15¡' ¢! soon as she could speak. 2 3:174,15¡A ¢! "He will+1 have everybody's 2 3:174,16¡A ¢! wishes for his happiness." 2 3:174,17¡P ¢! "He is very young to settle," 2 3:174,17¡' ¢! was =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ 2 3:174,18¡' ¢! observation. 2 3:174,18¡P ¢! "He had better+1 not be in a hurry. He 2 3:174,19¡P ¢! seemed to+1 me very well off as he was. We were always 2 3:174,20¡P ¢! glad to see him at Hartfield." 2 3:174,21¡D ¢! "A new neighbour for us all, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢]" 2 3:174,21¡' ¢! said 2 3:174,22¡' ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, joyfully; 2 3:174,22¡D ¢! "my mother is so pleased]^^ she 2 3:174,23¡D ¢! says she cannot bear to have the poor old Vicarage without 2 3:174,24¡D ¢! a mistress. This is great news, indeed. Jane ¡J¢, you have 2 3:174,25¡D ¢! never seen =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢]^^ no wonder that you have such 2 3:174,26¡D ¢! a curiosity to see him." 2 3:174,27¡' ¢! Jane's ¡J¢ curiosity did not appear of that+1 absorbing nature 2 3:174,28¡' ¢! as wholly to occupy her. 2 3:174,29¡J ¢! "No+1^^ I have never seen =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢," 2 3:174,29¡' ¢! she replied, 2 3:174,30¡' ¢! starting on this appeal; 2 3:174,30¡J ¢! "is he^^ is he a tall man?" 2 3:174,31¡A ¢! "Who shall answer+1 that+1 question?" 2 3:174,31¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢. 2 3:174,32¡A ¢! "My father would say ""yes,"" =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, ""no+1;"" and 2 3:174,33¡A ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ and I that he is just+1 the happy medium. 2 3:174,34¡A ¢! When you have been here a little longer, =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, 2 3:174,35¡A ¢! you will+1 understand that =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is the standard of 2 3:174,36¡A ¢! perfection in Highbury, both in person and mind." 2 3:174,37¡D ¢! "Very true, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, so she will+1. He is the 2 3:174,38¡D ¢! very best young man^^ But, my dear Jane ¡J¢, if you remember, 2 3:175, 1¡D ¢! I told you yesterday he was precisely the height of 2 3:175, 2¡D ¢! =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢. =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢,^^ I dare+1 say, an excellent 2 3:175, 3¡D ¢! young woman. His extreme+1 attention to+1 my mother^^ 2 3:175, 4¡D ¢! wanting her to sit in the vicarage-pew, that she might 2 3:175, 5¡D ¢! hear the better+1, for my mother is a little deaf, you know^^ 2 3:175, 6¡D ¢! it is not much, but she does not hear quite quick+1. Jane ¡J¢ 2 3:175, 7¡D ¢! says that Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢ is a little deaf. He fancied 2 3:175, 8¡D ¢! bathing might be good for it^^ the warm+1 bath^^ but she 2 3:175, 9¡D ¢! says it did him no lasting benefit. Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢, you 2 3:175,10¡D ¢! know, is quite our angel. And =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ seems a very 2 3:175,11¡D ¢! charming young man, quite worthy of him. It is such 2 3:175,12¡D ¢! a happiness when good people get together^^ and they 2 3:175,13¡D ¢! always do. Now, here will+1 be =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ and =Miss+Hawkins ** ¡I¢; 2 3:175,14¡D ¢! and there are the Coles ¡F1¢, such very good people; and the 2 3:175,15¡D ¢! Perrys ¡V2¢^^ I suppose there never was a happier or a better+1 2 3:175,16¡D ¢! couple than =Mr# ¡V¢ and =Mrs#+Perry ¡V1¢. I say, sir," 2 3:175,16¡' ¢! turning+1 to+1 2 3:175,17¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, 2 3:175,17¡D ¢! "I think there are few places with such 2 3:175,18¡D ¢! society as Highbury. I always say, we are quite blessed 2 3:175,19¡D ¢! in our neighbours.^^ My dear sir, if there is one thing my 2 3:175,20¡D ¢! mother loves better+1 than another, it is pork^^ a roast loin 2 3:175,21¡D ¢! of pork"^^ 2 3:175,22¡A ¢! "As to+1 who, or what =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢ is, or how long+1 he 2 3:175,23¡A ¢! has been acquainted with her," 2 3:175,23¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 2 3:175,23¡A ¢! "nothing 2 3:175,24¡A ¢! I suppose can be known. One feels that it cannot be 2 3:175,25¡A ¢! a very long+1 acquaintance. He has been gone only four 2 3:175,26¡A ¢! weeks." 2 3:175,27¡' ¢! Nobody had any information to give; and, after a few 2 3:175,28¡' ¢! more wonderings, Emma ¡A¢ said, 2 3:175,29¡A ¢! "You are silent, =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢^^ but I hope+1 you mean 2 3:175,30¡A ¢! to take an interest in this news. You, who have been 2 3:175,31¡A ¢! hearing and seeing so much of late on these subjects, who 2 3:175,32¡A ¢! must have been so deep in the business on =Miss+Campbell's ¡ZF1 **¢ 2 3:175,33¡A ¢! account^^ we shall not excuse+1 your being+1 indifferent 2 3:175,34¡A ¢! about =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ and =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢." 2 3:175,35¡J ¢! "When I have seen =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢," 2 3:175,35¡' ¢! replied Jane ¡J¢, 2 3:175,35¡J ¢! "I dare+1 2 3:175,36¡J ¢! say I shall be interested^^ but I believe it requires ²that+1² 2 3:175,37¡J ¢! with me. And as it is some months since =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ 2 3:175,38¡J ¢! married, the impression may be a little worn off." 2 3:176, 1¡D ¢! "Yes, he has been gone just+1 four weeks, as you observe, 2 3:176, 2¡D ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢," 2 3:176, 2¡' ¢! said =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, 2 3:176, 2¡D ¢! "four weeks yesterday. 2 3:176, 3¡D ¢! ^^ A =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢.^^ Well, I had always rather fancied 2 3:176, 4¡D ¢! it would be some young lady hereabouts; not that I ever 2 3:176, 5¡D ¢! ^^ =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ once whispered to+1 me^^ but I immediately 2 3:176, 6¡D ¢! said, ""No+1, =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ is a most worthy young man^^ 2 3:176, 7¡D ¢! but""^^ In short, I do not think I am particularly 2 3:176, 8¡D ¢! quick+1 at those sort of discoveries. I do not pretend to+1 it. 2 3:176, 9¡D ¢! What is before me, I see. At the same time, nobody 2 3:176,10¡D ¢! could wonder+1 if =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ should have aspired^^^ 2 3:176,11¡D ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ lets me chatter on, so good-humouredly. 2 3:176,12¡D ¢! She knows I would not offend for the world. How does 2 3:176,13¡D ¢! =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ do? She seems quite recovered now. Have 2 3:176,14¡D ¢! you heard from =Mrs#+John+Knightley ¡L¢ lately? Oh] those 2 3:176,15¡D ¢! dear little children. Jane ¡J¢, do you know I always fancy+1 2 3:176,16¡D ¢! =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ like+1 =Mr#+John+Knightley ¡K¢? I mean in perso **n 2 3:176,17¡D ¢! ^^ tall, and with that+1 sort of look^^ and not very talkative. **" 2 3:176,18¡J ¢! "Quite wrong+1, my dear aunt; there is no likeness 2 3:176,19¡J ¢! at all." 2 3:176,20¡D ¢! "Very odd] but one never does form+1 a just idea of 2 3:176,21¡D ¢! any+body beforehand. One takes up a notion, and runs 2 3:176,22¡D ¢! away with it. =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, you say, is not, strictly speaki **ng, 2 3:176,23¡D ¢! handsome." 2 3:176,24¡J ¢! "Handsome] Oh] no+1^^ far from it^^ certainly plain. 2 3:176,25¡J ¢! I told you he was plain." 2 3:176,26¡D ¢! "My dear, you said that =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ would not 2 3:176,27¡D ¢! allow him to be plain, and that you yourself^^" 2 3:176,28¡J ¢! "Oh] as for me, my judgment is worth nothing. 2 3:176,29¡J ¢! Where I have a regard, I always think a person well-looking. 2 3:176,30¡J ¢! But I gave what I believed the general+1 opinion, 2 3:176,31¡J ¢! when I called him plain." 2 3:176,32¡D ¢! "Well, my dear Jane ¡J¢, I believe we must be running 2 3:176,33¡D ¢! away. The weather does not look+1 well, and grandmamma 2 3:176,34¡D ¢! will+1 be uneasy. You are too obliging, my dear =Miss+Woodhouse ** ¡A¢; 2 3:176,35¡D ¢! but we really must take leave. This has 2 3:176,36¡D ¢! been a most agreeable piece of news indeed. I shall just+1 2 3:176,37¡D ¢! go round+1 by =Mrs#+Cole's ¡G¢; but I shall not stop+1 three 2 3:176,38¡D ¢! minutes: and, Jane ¡J¢, you had better+1 go home directly^^ 2 3:177, 1¡D ¢! I would not have you out in a shower]^^ We think she is 2 3:177, 2¡D ¢! the better+1 for Highbury already. Thank you, we do 2 3:177, 3¡D ¢! indeed. I shall not attempt+1 calling on =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, f **or+1 2 3:177, 4¡D ¢! I really do not think she cares+1 for any+thing but ²boiled² 2 3:177, 5¡D ¢! pork: when we dress+1 the leg it will+1 be another thing. 2 3:177, 6¡D ¢! Good morning to+1 you, my dear sir. Oh] =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ 2 3:177, 7¡D ¢! is coming too. Well, that+1 is so very]^^ I am sure if Jane ¡J¢ 2 3:177, 8¡D ¢! is tired, you will+1 be so kind+1 as to give her your arm.^^ 2 3:177, 9¡D ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢.^^ Good morning to+1 you. **" 2 3:177,10¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, alone with her father had half her attention 2 3:177,11¡' ¢! wanted by him, while+2 he lamented that young people 2 3:177,12¡' ¢! would be in such a hurry to marry^^ and to marry 2 3:177,13¡' ¢! strangers too^^ and the other half she could give to+1 her 2 3:177,14¡' ¢! own+1 view of the subject. 2 3:177,14@A ! It was to+1 herself an amusing 2 3:177,15@A ! and a very welcome+2 piece of news, as proving that =Mr#+Elton **¡H¢ 2 3:177,16@A ! could not have suffered long+1; but she was sorry 2 3:177,17@A ! for Harriet ¡M¢: Harriet ¡M¢ must feel it^^ and all that+2 she **could 2 3:177,18@A ! hope+1 was, by giving the first information herself, to save 2 3:177,19@A ! her from hearing it abruptly from others. It was now 2 3:177,20@A ! about the time that+2 she was likely to call+1. If she were to 2 3:177,21@A ! meet =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ in her way]^^ 2 3:177,21¡' ¢! and upon its beginning+1 to 2 3:177,22¡' ¢! rain+1, Emma ¡A¢ was obliged to expect that the weather would 2 3:177,23¡' ¢! be detaining her at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢, and that the intelli **gence 2 3:177,24¡' ¢! would undoubtedly rush upon her without 2 3:177,25¡' ¢! preparation. 2 3:177,26¡' ¢! The shower was heavy, but short+1; and it had not been 2 3:177,27¡' ¢! over five minutes, when in came Harriet ¡M¢, with just+1 the 2 3:177,28¡' ¢! heated, agitated look which hurrying thither with a full 2 3:177,29¡' ¢! heart was likely to give; and the 2 3:177,29¡M ¢! "Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, 2 3:177,30¡M ¢! what do you think has happened]" 2 3:177,30¡' ¢! which instantly 2 3:177,31¡' ¢! burst+1 forth, had all the evidence of corresponding perturbati **on. 2 3:177,32¡' ¢! As the blow was given, Emma ¡A¢ felt that she 2 3:177,33¡' ¢! could not now shew+1 greater kindness than in listening; 2 3:177,34¡' ¢! and Harriet ¡M¢, unchecked, ran eagerly through what she 2 3:177,35¡' ¢! had to tell. 2 3:177,35@M ! "She had set+1 out from =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ half 2 3:177,36@M ! an hour ago^^ she had been afraid it would rain+1^^ she had 2 3:177,37@M ! been afraid it would pour down every moment^^ but she 2 3:177,38@M ! thought+1 she might get to+1 Hartfield first^^ she had hurried 2 3:178, 1@M ! on as fast as possible; but then, as she was passing by 2 3:178, 2@M ! the house where a young woman was making up a gown 2 3:178, 3@M ! for her, she thought+1 she would just+1 step+1 in and see how 2 3:178, 4@M ! it went on; and though she did not seem to stay+1 half 2 3:178, 5@M ! a moment there, soon after she came out it began to rain+1, 2 3:178, 6@M ! and she did not know what to do; so she ran on directly, 2 3:178, 7@M ! as fast as she could, and took shelter at Ford's ¡Q1¢."^^ 2 3:178, 8¡' ¢! Ford's ¡Q1¢ was the principal+1 woollen-draper, linen-draper, a **nd 2 3:178, 9¡' ¢! haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and 2 3:178,10¡' ¢! fashion in the place.^^ 2 3:178,10¡M ¢! "And so, there she had set+1, without 2 3:178,11¡M ¢! an idea of any+thing in the world, full ten minutes, 2 3:178,12¡M ¢! perhaps^^ when, all of a sudden+1, who should come in^^ to 2 3:178,13¡M ¢! be sure it was so very odd]^^ but they always dealt at 2 3:178,14¡M ¢! Ford's ¡Q1¢^^ who should come in, but Elizabeth+Martin ¡S3¢ and 2 3:178,15¡M ¢! her brother]^^ Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢] only think. I 2 3:178,16¡M ¢! thought+1 I should have fainted. I did not know what to do. 2 3:178,17¡M ¢! I was sitting near the door^^ Elizabeth ¡S3¢ saw me directly; 2 3:178,18¡M ¢! but he did not; he was busy with the umbrella. I am 2 3:178,19¡M ¢! sure she saw me, but she looked away directly, and took 2 3:178,20¡M ¢! no notice; and they both went to+1 quite the farther end 2 3:178,21¡M ¢! of the shop; and I kept sitting near the door]^^ Oh] 2 3:178,22¡M ¢! dear+2; I was so miserable] I am sure I must have been 2 3:178,23¡M ¢! as white as my gown. I could not go away you know, 2 3:178,24¡M ¢! because of the rain; but I did so wish+1 myself any+where 2 3:178,25¡M ¢! in the world but there.^^ Oh] dear+2, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢^^ 2 3:178,26¡M ¢! well, at last+1+2, I fancy+1, he looked round+1 and saw me; for 2 3:178,27¡M ¢! instead of going on with their buyings, they began 2 3:178,28¡M ¢! whispering to+1 one another. I am sure they were talking 2 3:178,29¡M ¢! of me; and I could not help+1 thinking that he was persuading 2 3:178,30¡M ¢! her to speak to+1 me^^ (do you think he was, 2 3:178,31¡M ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢?)^^ for+1 presently she came forward+1^^ 2 3:178,32¡M ¢! came quite up to+1 me, and asked me how I did, and seemed 2 3:178,33¡M ¢! ready to shake+1 hands, if I would. She did not do any of 2 3:178,34¡M ¢! it in the same way that+2 she used+1; I could see she was 2 3:178,35¡M ¢! altered; but, however, she seemed to ²try² to be very 2 3:178,36¡M ¢! friendly, and we shook hands, and stood talking some 2 3:178,37¡M ¢! time; but I know no more what I said^^ I was in such 2 3:178,38¡M ¢! a tremble]^^ I remember she said she was sorry we never 2 3:179, 1¡M ¢! met now; which I thought+1 almost too kind+1] Dear, 2 3:179, 2¡M ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, I was absolutely miserable] By that+1 2 3:179, 3¡M ¢! time, it was beginning+1 to hold+1 up, and I was determined 2 3:179, 4¡M ¢! that nothing should stop+1 me from getting away^^ and 2 3:179, 5¡M ¢! then^^ only think]^^ I found he was coming up towards 2 3:179, 6¡M ¢! me too^ slowly you know, and as if he did not quite 2 3:179, 7¡M ¢! know what to do; and so he came and spoke, and 2 3:179, 8¡M ¢! I answered^^ and I stood for a minute+1, feeling+1 dreadfully, 2 3:179, 9¡M ¢! you know, one can't tell how; and then I took courage, 2 3:179,10¡M ¢! and said it did not rain+1, and I must go; and so off I set+1; 2 3:179,11¡M ¢! and I had not got three yards from the door, when he 2 3:179,12¡M ¢! came after me, only to say, if I was going to+1 Hartfield, he 2 3:179,13¡M ¢! thought+1 I had much better+1 go round+1 by =Mr#+Cole's ¡F¢ sta **bles, 2 3:179,14¡M ¢! for+1 I should find the near way quite floated by this rain. 2 3:179,15¡M ¢! Oh] dear+2, I thought+1 it would have been the death of me] 2 3:179,16¡M ¢! So I said, I was very much obliged to+1 him: you know 2 3:179,17¡M ¢! I could not do less; and then he went back+1 to+1 Elizabeth ¡S3 **¢, 2 3:179,18¡M ¢! and I came round+1 by the stables^^ I believe I did^^ but 2 3:179,19¡M ¢! I hardly knew where I was, or any+thing about it. Oh] 2 3:179,20¡M ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, I would rather done any+thing than 2 3:179,21¡M ¢! have had it happen: and yet, you know, there was a sort 2 3:179,22¡M ¢! of satisfaction in seeing him behave so pleasantly and so 2 3:179,23¡M ¢! kindly. And Elizabeth ¡S3¢, too] Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, do 2 3:179,24¡M ¢! talk+1 to+1 me and make me comfortable again." 2 3:179,25¡' ¢! Very sincerely did Emma ¡A¢ wish+1 to do so; but it was not 2 3:179,26¡' ¢! immediately in her power. She was obliged to stop+1 and 2 3:179,27¡' ¢! think. She was not thoroughly comfortable herself. 2 3:179,28@A ! The young man's conduct, and his sister's, seemed the 2 3:179,29@A ! result of real feeling, and she could not but pity+1 them. 2 3:179,30@A ! As Harriet ¡M¢ described it, there had been an interesting 2 3:179,31@A ! mixture of wounded affection and genuine delicacy in 2 3:179,32@A ! their behaviour. But she had believed them to be well+meaning, 2 3:179,33@A ! worthy people before; and what difference did 2 3:179,34@A ! this make in the evils of the connection? It was folly to 2 3:179,35@A ! be disturbed by it. Of course+1, he must be sorry to lose 2 3:179,36@A ! her^^ they must be all sorry. Ambition, as well as love, 2 3:179,37@A ! had probably been mortified. They might all have hoped 2 3:179,38@A ! to rise+1 by Harriet's ¡M¢ acquaintance: and besides, what was 2 3:180, 1@A ! the value of Harriet's ¡M¢ description?^^ so easily pleased^^ s **o 2 3:180, 2@A ! little discerning;^^ what signified her praise? 2 3:180, 3¡' ¢! She exerted herself; and did try to make her comfortable, 2 3:180, 4¡' ¢! by considering all that+2 had passed as a mere 2 3:180, 5¡' ¢! trifle, and quite unworthy of being+1 dwelt on. 2 3:180, 6¡A ¢! "It might be distressing, for the moment," 2 3:180, 6¡' ¢! said she; 2 3:180, 7¡A ¢! "but you seem to have behaved extremely well; and 2 3:180, 8¡A ¢! it is over^^ and may never^^ can never, as a first meeting, 2 3:180, 9¡A ¢! occur again, and therefore you need+1 not think about it." 2 3:180,10¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ said, 2 3:180,10¡M ¢! "very true;" 2 3:180,10¡' ¢! and she 2 3:180,10¡M ¢! "would not think 2 3:180,11¡M ¢! about it;" 2 3:180,11¡' ¢! but still she talked of it^^ still she could talk+1 2 3:180,12¡' ¢! of nothing else; and Emma ¡A¢, at last+1+2, in order+2 to put t **he 2 3:180,13¡' ¢! Martins ¡S1¢ out of her head, was obliged to hurry+1 on the new **s, 2 3:180,14¡' ¢! which she had meant to give with so much tender caution; 2 3:180,15@A ! hardly knowing herself whether to rejoice or be angry, 2 3:180,16@A ! ashamed or only amused, at such a state of mind in poor 2 3:180,17@A ! Harriet ¡M¢^^ such a conclusion of =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ importance 2 3:180,18@A ! with her] 2 3:180,19@A ! =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ rights, however, gradually revived. Though 2 3:180,20@A ! she did not feel the first intelligence as she might have 2 3:180,21@A ! done the day before, or an hour before, its interest soon 2 3:180,22@A ! increased; and before their first conversation was over, 2 3:180,23@A ! she had talked herself into all the sensations of curiosity, 2 3:180,24@A ! wonder and regret, pain and pleasure, as to+1 this fortunate 2 3:180,25@A ! =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢, which could conduce to place+1 the Martins ¡ **S1¢ 2 3:180,26@A ! under proper subordination in her fancy. 2 3:180,27¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ learned to be rather glad that there had been 2 3:180,28¡' ¢! such a meeting. 2 3:180,28@A ! It had been serviceable in deadening 2 3:180,29@A ! the first shock, without retaining any influence to alarm+1. 2 3:180,30@A ! As Harriet ¡M¢ now lived, the Martins ¡S1¢ could not get at her **, 2 3:180,31@A ! without seeking her, where hitherto they had wanted 2 3:180,32@A ! either the courage or the condescension to seek her; for+1 2 3:180,33@A ! since her refusal of the brother, the sisters had never been 2 3:180,34@A ! at Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢; and a twelvemonth might pass without 2 3:180,35@A ! their being+1 thrown together again, with any necessity, 2 3:180,36@A ! or even any power of speech. 2 4:181, 1¡' ¢! Human nature is so well disposed towards those who 2 4:181, 2¡' ¢! are in interesting situations, that a young person, who 2 4:181, 3¡' ¢! either marries or dies, is sure of being+1 kindly spoken of. 2 4:181, 4¡' ¢! A week had not passed since =Miss+Hawkins's ¡I¢ name was 2 4:181, 5¡' ¢! first mentioned in Highbury, before she was, by some 2 4:181, 6¡' ¢! means or other, discovered to have every recommendation 2 4:181, 7¡' ¢! of person and mind; to be handsome, elegant, highly 2 4:181, 8¡' ¢! accomplished, and perfectly amiable: and when =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ 2 4:181, 9¡' ¢! himself arrived to triumph+1 in his happy prospects, and 2 4:181,10¡' ¢! circulate the fame of her merits, there was very little 2 4:181,11¡' ¢! more for him to do, than to tell her Christian name, and 2 4:181,12¡' ¢! say whose music she principally played. 2 4:181,13¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ returned, a very happy man. He had gone 2 4:181,14¡' ¢! away rejected and mortified^^ disappointed in a very 2 4:181,15¡' ¢! sanguine hope, after a series of what had appeared to+1 him 2 4:181,16¡' ¢! strong encouragement; and not only losing the right+1 2 4:181,17¡' ¢! lady, but finding himself debased to+1 the level of a very 2 4:181,18¡' ¢! wrong+1 one. He had gone away deeply offended^^ he came 2 4:181,19¡' ¢! back+1 engaged to+1 another^^ and to+1 another as superior, 2 4:181,20¡' ¢! of course+1, to+1 the first, as under such circumstances what 2 4:181,21¡' ¢! is gained always is to+1 what is lost. He came back+1 gay 2 4:181,22¡' ¢! and self-satisfied, eager and busy, caring nothing for 2 4:181,23¡' ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, and defying =Miss+Smith ¡M¢. 2 4:181,24¡' ¢! The charming Augusta+Hawkins ¡I¢, in addition to+1 all the 2 4:181,25¡' ¢! usual advantages of perfect+1 beauty and merit, was in 2 4:181,26¡' ¢! possession of an independent fortune, of so many thousands 2 4:181,27¡' ¢! as would always be called ten; a point of some 2 4:181,28¡' ¢! dignity, as well as some convenience: the story told well; 2 4:181,29¡' ¢! he had not thrown himself away^^ he had gained a woman 2 4:181,30¡' ¢! of 10+000²l²# or thereabouts; and he had gained her with 2 4:181,31¡' ¢! such delightful rapidity^^ the first hour of introduction 2 4:181,32¡' ¢! had been so very soon followed by distinguishing notice; 2 4:181,33¡' ¢! the history which he had to give =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ of the rise and 2 4:182, 1¡' ¢! progress of the affair was so glorious^^ the steps so quick+1, 2 4:182, 2¡' ¢! from the accidental rencontre, to+1 the dinner at =Mr#+Green's **¡X1¢, 2 4:182, 3¡' ¢! and the party at =Mrs#+Brown's ¡X2¢^^ smiles and blushes rising 2 4:182, 4¡' ¢! in importance^^ with consciousness and agitation richly 2 4:182, 5¡' ¢! scattered^^ the lady had been so easily impressed^^ so 2 4:182, 6¡' ¢! sweetly disposed^^ had in short, to use+1 a most intelligible 2 4:182, 7¡' ¢! phrase, been so very ready to have him, that vanity and 2 4:182, 8¡' ¢! prudence were equally contented. 2 4:182, 9¡' ¢! He had caught both substance and shadow^^ both 2 4:182,10¡' ¢! fortune and affection, and was just+1 the happy man he 2 4:182,11¡' ¢! ought to be; talking only of himself and his own+1 concerns^^ 2 4:182,12¡' ¢! expecting to be congratulated^^ ready to be 2 4:182,13¡' ¢! laughed at^^ and, with cordial+1, fearless smiles, now addressi **ng 2 4:182,14¡' ¢! all the young ladies of the place, to+1 whom, a few 2 4:182,15¡' ¢! weeks ago, he would have been more cautiously gallant. 2 4:182,16¡' ¢! The wedding was no distant event, as the parties had 2 4:182,17¡' ¢! only themselves to please, and nothing but the necessary 2 4:182,18¡' ¢! preparations to wait for+2; and when he set+1 out for Bath+1 2 4:182,19¡' ¢! again, there was a general+1 expectation, which a certain 2 4:182,20¡' ¢! glance of =Mrs#+Cole's ¡G¢ did not seem to contradict, that 2 4:182,21¡' ¢! when he next entered Highbury he would bring his bride. 2 4:182,22¡' ¢! During his present+2 short+1 stay, Emma ¡A¢ had barely seen 2 4:182,23¡' ¢! him; but just+1 enough to feel that the first meeting was 2 4:182,24¡' ¢! over, and to give her the impression of his not being+1 2 4:182,25¡' ¢! improved by the mixture of pique and pretension, now 2 4:182,26¡' ¢! spread over his air. She was, in fact, beginning+1 very much 2 4:182,27¡' ¢! to wonder+1 that she had ever thought+1 him pleasing at all; 2 4:182,28¡' ¢! and his sight was so inseparably connected with some 2 4:182,29¡' ¢! very disagreeable feelings, that except in a moral light, 2 4:182,30¡' ¢! as a penance, a lesson, a source of profitable humiliation 2 4:182,31¡' ¢! to+1 her own+1 mind, she would have been thankful to be 2 4:182,32¡' ¢! assured of never seeing him again. She wished him very 2 4:182,33¡' ¢! well; but he gave her pain, and his welfare twenty miles 2 4:182,34¡' ¢! off would administer most satisfaction. 2 4:182,35@A ! The pain of his continued residence in Highbury, however, 2 4:182,36@A ! must certainly be lessened by his marriage. Many 2 4:182,37@A ! vain solicitudes would be prevented^^ many awkwardnesses 2 4:182,38@A ! smoothed by it. A ²=Mrs#+Elton² ¡I¢ would be an excuse 2 4:183, 1@A ! for any change of intercourse; former intimacy might 2 4:183, 2@A ! sink without remark. It would be almost beginning+1 their 2 4:183, 3@A ! life of civility again. 2 4:183, 4¡' ¢! Of the lady, individually, Emma ¡A¢ thought+1 very little. 2 4:183, 5@A ! She was good enough for =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, no doubt; accomplished 2 4:183, 6@A ! enough for Highbury^^ handsome enough^^ to look+1 2 4:183, 7@A ! plain, probably, by Harriet's ¡M¢ side. 2 4:183, 7¡' ¢! As to+1 connection, 2 4:183, 8¡' ¢! there Emma ¡A¢ was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after 2 4:183, 9¡' ¢! all his own+1 vaunted claims and disdain of Harriet ¡M¢, he had 2 4:183,10¡' ¢! done nothing. On that+1 article, truth seemed attainable. 2 4:183,11@A ! ²What² she was, must be uncertain; but ²who² she was, 2 4:183,12@A ! might be found out; and setting aside the 10+000²l²# it did 2 4:183,13@A ! not appear that she was at all Harriet's ¡M¢ superior. She 2 4:183,14@A ! brought no name, no blood, no alliance. =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢ 2 4:183,15@A ! was the youngest of the two daughters of a Bristol^^ 2 4:183,16@A ! merchant, of course+1, he must be called; but, as the 2 4:183,17@A ! whole of the profits of his mercantile life appeared so very 2 4:183,18@A ! moderate, it was not unfair to guess+1 the dignity of his 2 4:183,19@A ! line of trade had been very moderate also. Part of every 2 4:183,20@A ! winter she had been used+1 to spend in Bath+1; but Bristol 2 4:183,21@A ! was her home, the very heart of Bristol; for+1 though the 2 4:183,22@A ! father and mother had died some years ago, an uncle remained^^ 2 4:183,23@A ! in the law line^^ nothing more distinctly honourable 2 4:183,24@A ! was hazarded of him, than that he was in the law 2 4:183,25@A ! line; and with him the daughter had lived. Emma ¡A¢ 2 4:183,26@A ! guessed him to be the drudge of some attorney, and too 2 4:183,27@A ! stupid to rise+1. And all the grandeur of the connection 2 4:183,28@A ! seemed dependent on the elder sister, who was ²very well² 2 4:183,29@A ! ²married², to+1 a gentleman in a ²great way², near Bristol, 2 4:183,30@A ! who kept two carriages] That+1 was the wind-up of the 2 4:183,31@A ! history; that+1 was the glory of =Miss+Hawkins ¡I¢. 2 4:183,32@A ! Could she but have given Harriet ¡M¢ her feelings about it 2 4:183,33@A ! all] She had talked her into love; but alas] she was 2 4:183,34@A ! not so easily to be talked out of it. The charm of an object 2 4:183,35@A ! to occupy the many vacancies of Harriet's ¡M¢ mind was not 2 4:183,36@A ! to be talked away. He might be superseded by another; 2 4:183,37@A ! he certainly would indeed; nothing could be clearer; 2 4:183,38@A ! even a Robert+Martin ¡S¢ would have been sufficient; but 2 4:184, 1@A ! nothing else, she feared, would cure+1 her. Harriet ¡M¢ was one 2 4:184, 2@A ! of those, who, having once begun, would be always in 2 4:184, 3@A ! love. And now, poor girl] she was considerably worse 2 4:184, 4@A ! from this re-appearance of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢. She was always 2 4:184, 5@A ! having a glimpse of him somewhere or other. 2 4:184, 5¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ 2 4:184, 6¡' ¢! saw him only once; but two or three times every day 2 4:184, 7¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was sure ²just+1² to meet with him, or ²just+1² to **miss 2 4:184, 8¡' ¢! him, ²just+1² to hear his voice, or see his shoulder, ²just+1² **to 2 4:184, 9¡' ¢! have something occur to preserve him in her fancy, in 2 4:184,10¡' ¢! all the favouring warmth of surprize and conjecture. 2 4:184,11¡' ¢! She was, moreover, perpetually hearing about him; for+1, 2 4:184,12¡' ¢! excepting when at Hartfield, she was always among those 2 4:184,13¡' ¢! who saw no fault in =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, and found nothing so 2 4:184,14¡' ¢! interesting as the discussion of his concerns; and every 2 4:184,15¡' ¢! report, therefore, every guess^^ all that+2 had already 2 4:184,16¡' ¢! occurred, all that+2 might occur in the arrangement of his 2 4:184,17¡' ¢! affairs, comprehending income, servants, and furniture, 2 4:184,18¡' ¢! was continually in agitation around her. Her regard was 2 4:184,19¡' ¢! receiving strength by invariable praise of him, and her 2 4:184,20¡' ¢! regrets kept alive, and feelings irritated by ceaseless repetit **ions 2 4:184,21¡' ¢! of =Miss+Hawkins's ¡I¢ happiness, and continual 2 4:184,22¡' ¢! observation of, how much he seemed attached]^^ his air 2 4:184,23¡' ¢! as he walked by the house^^ the very sitting of his hat, 2 4:184,24¡' ¢! being+1 all in proof of how much he was in love] 2 4:184,25¡' ¢! Had it been allowable entertainment, had there been 2 4:184,26¡' ¢! no pain to+1 her friend, or reproach to+1 herself, in the 2 4:184,27¡' ¢! waverings of Harriet's ¡M¢ mind, Emma ¡A¢ would have been 2 4:184,28¡' ¢! amused by its variations. Sometimes =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ predominated **, 2 4:184,29¡' ¢! sometimes the Martins ¡S1¢; and each was occasionally 2 4:184,30¡' ¢! useful as a check to+1 the other. =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ 2 4:184,31¡' ¢! engagement had been the cure of the agitation of meeting 2 4:184,32¡' ¢! =Mr#+Martin ¡S¢. The unhappiness produced by the knowledge 2 4:184,33¡' ¢! of that+1 engagement had been a little put aside by 2 4:184,34¡' ¢! Elizabeth+Martin's ¡S3¢ calling at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢ a few **days 2 4:184,35¡' ¢! afterwards. Harriet ¡M¢ had not been at home; but a note 2 4:184,36¡' ¢! had been prepared and left+1 for her, written in the very 2 4:184,37¡' ¢! style to touch+1; a small mixture of reproach, with a great 2 4:184,38¡' ¢! deal of kindness; and till =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ himself appeared, 2 4:185, 1¡' ¢! she had been much occupied by it, continually pondering 2 4:185, 2¡' ¢! over what could be done in return, and wishing to do more 2 4:185, 3¡' ¢! than she dared to confess. But =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, in person, had 2 4:185, 4¡' ¢! driven away all such cares. While+2 he staid, the Martins ¡S1¢ 2 4:185, 5¡' ¢! were forgotten; and on the very morning of his setting 2 4:185, 6¡' ¢! off for Bath+1 again, Emma ¡A¢, to dissipate some of the distre **ss 2 4:185, 7¡' ¢! it occasioned, judged it best for her to return+1 Elizabeth+Mar **tin's ¡S3¢ 2 4:185, 8¡' ¢! visit. 2 4:185, 9@A ! How that+1 visit was to be acknowledged^^ what would 2 4:185,10@A ! be necessary^^ and what might be safest, had been a point 2 4:185,11@A ! of some doubtful consideration. Absolute neglect of the 2 4:185,12@A ! mother and sisters, when invited to come, would be 2 4:185,13@A ! ingratitude. It must not be: and yet the danger of 2 4:185,14@A ! a renewal of the acquaintance]^^ 2 4:185,15@A ! After much thinking, she could determine on nothing 2 4:185,16@A ! better+1, than Harriet's ¡M¢ returning the visit; but in a way 2 4:185,17@A ! that+2, if they had understanding, should convince them 2 4:185,18@A ! that it was to be only a formal acquaintance. She meant 2 4:185,19@A ! to take her in the carriage, leave+1 her at the Abbey+Mill, 2 4:185,20@A ! while+2 she drove a little farther, and call+1 for her again so 2 4:185,21@A ! soon, as to allow no time for insidious applications or 2 4:185,22@A ! dangerous recurrences to+1 the past+1, and give the most 2 4:185,23@A ! decided+1 proof of what degree of intimacy was chosen for 2 4:185,24@A ! the future. 2 4:185,25@A ! She could think of nothing better+1: and though there 2 4:185,26@A ! was something in it which her own+1 heart could not approve^^ 2 4:185,27@A ! something of ingratitude, merely glossed over^^ 2 4:185,28@A ! it must be done, or what would become of Harriet ¡M¢? 2 5:186, 1¡' ¢! Small heart had Harriet ¡M¢ for visiting. Only half an 2 5:186, 2¡' ¢! hour before her friend called for her at =Mrs#+Goddard's ¡ZZD¢, 2 5:186, 3¡' ¢! her evil stars had led her to+1 the very spot where, at that+1 2 5:186, 4¡' ¢! moment, a trunk, directed to+1 ²The+Rev#+Philip+Elton² ²¡H¢², 2 5:186, 5¡' ¢! ²White-Hart², ²Bath+1², was to be seen under the operation of 2 5:186, 6¡' ¢! being+1 lifted into the butcher's cart, which was to convey 2 5:186, 7¡' ¢! it to+1 where the coaches past; and every+thing in this 2 5:186, 8¡' ¢! world, excepting that+1 trunk and the direction, was consequent **ly 2 5:186, 9¡' ¢! a blank. 2 5:186,10¡' ¢! She went, however; and when they reached the farm, 2 5:186,11¡' ¢! and she was to be put down, at the end of the broad, neat 2 5:186,12¡' ¢! gravel-walk, which led between espalier apple-trees to+1 the 2 5:186,13¡' ¢! front door, the sight of every+thing which had given her 2 5:186,14¡' ¢! so much pleasure the autumn before, was beginning+1 to 2 5:186,15¡' ¢! revive a little local agitation; and when they parted, 2 5:186,16¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ observed her to be looking around with a sort of 2 5:186,17¡' ¢! fearful curiosity, which determined her not to allow the 2 5:186,18¡' ¢! visit to exceed the proposed quarter of an hour. She 2 5:186,19¡' ¢! went on herself, to give that+1 portion of time to+1 an old 2 5:186,20¡' ¢! servant who was married, and settled in Donwell. 2 5:186,21¡' ¢! The quarter of an hour brought her punctually to+1 the 2 5:186,22¡' ¢! white gate again; and =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ receiving her summons, 2 5:186,23¡' ¢! was with her without delay, and unattended by any 2 5:186,24¡' ¢! alarming young man. She came solitarily down+1 the gravel 2 5:186,25¡' ¢! walk^^ a =Miss+Martin ¡S3¢ just+1 appearing at the door, and 2 5:186,26¡' ¢! parting with her seemingly with ceremonious civility. 2 5:186,27¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ could not very soon give an intelligent account. 2 5:186,28¡' ¢! She was feeling+1 too much; but at last+1+2 Emma ¡A¢ collected 2 5:186,29¡' ¢! from her enough to understand the sort of meeting, and 2 5:186,30¡' ¢! the sort of pain it was creating. She had seen only 2 5:186,31¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Martin ¡S2¢ and the two girls. They had received her 2 5:186,32¡' ¢! doubtingly, if not coolly; and nothing beyond the 2 5:186,33¡' ¢! merest common-place had been talked almost all the time 2 5:187, 1¡' ¢! ^^ till just+1 at last+1+2, when =Mrs#+Martin's ¡S2¢ saying, al **l of 2 5:187, 2¡' ¢! a sudden+1, that she thought+1 =Miss+Smith ¡M¢ was grown, had 2 5:187, 3¡' ¢! brought on a more interesting subject, and a warmer 2 5:187, 4¡' ¢! manner. In that+1 very room she had been measured last+1 2 5:187, 5¡' ¢! September, with her two friends. There were the pencilled 2 5:187, 6¡' ¢! marks and memorandums on the wainscot by 2 5:187, 7¡' ¢! the window. ²He² had done it. They all seemed to remember 2 5:187, 8¡' ¢! the day, the hour, the party, the occasion^^ to 2 5:187, 9¡' ¢! feel the same consciousness, the same regrets^^ to be 2 5:187,10¡' ¢! ready to return+1 to+1 the same good understanding; and 2 5:187,11¡' ¢! they were just+1 growing again like+1 themselves, (Harriet ¡M¢, 2 5:187,12¡' ¢! as Emma ¡A¢ must suspect, as ready as the best of them to 2 5:187,13¡' ¢! be cordial+1 and happy,) when the carriage re-appeared, 2 5:187,14¡' ¢! and all was over. The style of the visit, and the shortness 2 5:187,15¡' ¢! of it, were then felt to be decisive. Fourteen minutes 2 5:187,16¡' ¢! to be given to+1 those with whom she had thankfully passed 2 5:187,17¡' ¢! six weeks not six months ago]^^ Emma ¡A¢ could not but 2 5:187,18¡' ¢! picture+1 it all, and feel how justly they might resent, how 2 5:187,19¡' ¢! naturally Harriet ¡M¢ must suffer. 2 5:187,19@A ! It was a bad business. 2 5:187,20@A ! She would have given a great deal, or endured a great 2 5:187,21@A ! deal, to have had the Martins ¡S1¢ in a higher rank of life. 2 5:187,22@A ! They were so deserving, that a ²little² higher should have 2 5:187,23@A ! been enough: but as it was, how could she have done 2 5:187,24@A ! otherwise?^^ Impossible]^^ She could not repent. They 2 5:187,25@A ! must be separated; but there was a great deal of pain 2 5:187,26@A ! in the process^^ so much to+1 herself at this time, that she 2 5:187,27@A ! soon felt the necessity of a little consolation, and resolved 2 5:187,28@A ! on going home by way of Randalls to procure it. Her 2 5:187,29@A ! mind was quite sick of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ and the Martins ¡S1¢. The 2 5:187,30@A ! refreshment of Randalls was absolutely necessary. 2 5:187,31¡' ¢! It was a good scheme; but on driving to+1 the door they 2 5:187,32¡' ¢! heard that neither "master nor mistress was at home;" 2 5:187,33¡' ¢! they had both been out some time; the man believed 2 5:187,34¡' ¢! they were gone to+1 Hartfield. 2 5:187,35¡A ¢! "This is too bad," 2 5:187,35¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, as they turned away. 2 5:187,36¡A ¢! "And now we shall just+1 miss them; too provoking] 2 5:187,37¡A ¢! ^^ I do not know when I have been so disappointed." 2 5:187,38¡' ¢! And she leaned back+1 in the corner, to indulge her murmurs, 2 5:188, 1¡' ¢! or to reason+1 them away; probably a little of both^^ such 2 5:188, 2¡' ¢! being+1 the commonest process of a not ill-disposed mind. 2 5:188, 3¡' ¢! Presently the carriage stopt; she looked up; it was stopt 2 5:188, 4¡' ¢! by =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, who were standing to speak to **+1 2 5:188, 5¡' ¢! her. There was instant+1 pleasure in the sight of them, and 2 5:188, 6¡' ¢! still greater pleasure was conveyed in sound^^ for =Mr#+Weston **¡N¢ 2 5:188, 7¡' ¢! immediately accosted her with, 2 5:188, 8¡N ¢! "How d'ye do?^^ how d'ye do?^^ We have been sitting 2 5:188, 9¡N ¢! with your father^^ glad to see him so well. Frank ¡E¢ comes 2 5:188,10¡N ¢! to-morrow^^ I had a letter this morning^^ we see him 2 5:188,11¡N ¢! to-morrow by dinner time to+1 a certainty^^ he is at Oxford 2 5:188,12¡N ¢! to-day, and he comes for a whole+1 fortnight; I knew it 2 5:188,13¡N ¢! would be so. If he had come at Christmas he could not 2 5:188,14¡N ¢! have staid three days; I was always glad he did not 2 5:188,15¡N ¢! come at Christmas; now we are going to have just+1 the 2 5:188,16¡N ¢! right+1 weather for him, fine, dry, settled weather. We 2 5:188,17¡N ¢! shall enjoy him completely; every+thing has turned out 2 5:188,18¡N ¢! exactly as we could wish+1." 2 5:188,19¡' ¢! There was no resisting such news, no possibility of 2 5:188,20¡' ¢! avoiding the influence of such a happy face as =Mr#+Weston's ¡N **¢, 2 5:188,21¡' ¢! confirmed as it all was by the words and the countenance 2 5:188,22¡' ¢! of his wife, fewer and quieter, but not less to+1 the purpose. 2 5:188,23¡' ¢! To know that ²she² thought+1 his coming certain was enough 2 5:188,24¡' ¢! to make Emma ¡A¢ consider it so, and sincerely did she 2 5:188,25¡' ¢! rejoice in their joy. 2 5:188,25@A ! It was a most delightful re-animation 2 5:188,26@A ! of exhausted spirits. The worn-out past+1 was sunk in the 2 5:188,27@A ! freshness of what was coming; and in the rapidity of 2 5:188,28@A ! half a moment's thought, she hoped =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ would 2 5:188,29@A ! now be talked of no more. 2 5:188,30¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ gave her the history of the engagements 2 5:188,31¡' ¢! at Enscombe, which allowed his son to answer+1 for having 2 5:188,32¡' ¢! an entire fortnight at his command, as well as the route 2 5:188,33¡' ¢! and the method of his journey; and she listened, and 2 5:188,34¡' ¢! smiled, and congratulated. 2 5:188,35¡N ¢! "I shall soon bring him over to+1 Hartfield," 2 5:188,35¡' ¢! said he, at 2 5:188,36¡' ¢! the conclusion. 2 5:188,37¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could imagine she saw a touch of the arm at 2 5:188,38¡' ¢! this speech, from his wife. 2 5:189, 1¡O ¢! "We had better+1 move on, =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢," 2 5:189, 1¡' ¢! said she, 2 5:189, 1¡O ¢! "we 2 5:189, 2¡O ¢! are detaining the girls." 2 5:189, 3¡N ¢! "Well, well, I am ready;"^^+1 2 5:189, 3¡' ¢! and turning+1 again to+1 2 5:189, 4¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, 2 5:189, 4¡N ¢! "but you must not be expecting such a ²very² fine 2 5:189, 5¡N ¢! young man; you have only had ²my² account you know; 2 5:189, 6¡N ¢! I dare+1 say he is really nothing extraordinary:"^^ 2 5:189, 6¡' ¢! though 2 5:189, 7¡' ¢! his own+1 sparkling eyes at the moment were speaking 2 5:189, 8¡' ¢! a very different conviction. 2 5:189, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could look+1 perfectly unconscious and innocent, 2 5:189,10¡' ¢! and answer+1 in a manner that+2 appropriated nothing. 2 5:189,11¡O ¢! "Think of me to-morrow, my dear Emma ¡A¢, about four 2 5:189,12¡O ¢! o'clock," 2 5:189,12¡' ¢! was =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ parting injunction; spoken 2 5:189,13¡' ¢! with some anxiety, and meant only for her. 2 5:189,14¡N ¢! "Four o'clock]^^ depend upon it he will+1 be here by 2 5:189,15¡N ¢! three," 2 5:189,15¡' ¢! was =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ quick+1 amendment; and so 2 5:189,16¡' ¢! ended a most satisfactory meeting. Emma's ¡A¢ spirits were 2 5:189,17¡' ¢! mounted quite up to+1 happiness; 2 5:189,17@A ! every+thing wore a different 2 5:189,18@A ! air; James ¡ZI¢ and his horses seemed not half so 2 5:189,19@A ! sluggish as before. When she looked at the hedges, she 2 5:189,20@A ! thought+1 the elder at least must soon be coming out; and 2 5:189,21@A ! when she turned round+1 to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, she saw something 2 5:189,22@A ! like+1 a look of spring, a tender smile even there. 2 5:189,23¡M ¢! "Will+1 =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ pass through Bath+1 as well 2 5:189,24¡M ¢! as Oxford?"^^ 2 5:189,24¡' ¢! was a question, however, which did not 2 5:189,25¡' ¢! augur much. 2 5:189,26¡' ¢! But neither geography nor tranquillity could come all 2 5:189,27¡' ¢! at once, and Emma ¡A¢ was now in a humour to resolve that 2 5:189,28¡' ¢! they should both come in time. 2 5:189,29¡' ¢! The morning of the interesting day arrived, and 2 5:189,30¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ faithful pupil did not forget either at ten, 2 5:189,31¡' ¢! or eleven, or twelve o'clock, that she was to think of her 2 5:189,32¡' ¢! at four. 2 5:189,33@A ! "My dear, dear, anxious friend,"^^ 2 5:189,33¡' ¢! said she, in mental 2 5:189,34¡' ¢! soliloquy, while+2 walking down+stairs from her own+1 room, 2 5:189,35@A ! "always over-careful of every+body's comfort but your 2 5:189,36@A ! own+1; I see you now in all your little fidgets, going again 2 5:189,37@A ! and again into his room, to be sure that all is right+1." 2 5:189,38¡' ¢! The clock struck twelve as she passed through the hall. 2 5:190, 1@A ! "'Tis twelve, I shall not forget to think of you four 2 5:190, 2@A ! hours hence; and by this time to-morrow, perhaps, 2 5:190, 3@A ! or a little later, I may be thinking of the possibility 2 5:190, 4@A ! of their all calling here. I am sure they will+1 bring him 2 5:190, 5@A ! soon." 2 5:190, 6¡' ¢! She opened the parlour door, and saw two gentlemen 2 5:190, 7¡' ¢! sitting with her father^^ =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ and his son. They 2 5:190, 8¡' ¢! had been arrived only a few minutes, and =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 2 5:190, 9¡' ¢! had scarcely finished his explanation of Frank's ¡E¢ being+1 a 2 5:190,10¡' ¢! day before his time, and her father was yet in the midst 2 5:190,11¡' ¢! of his very civil welcome and congratulations, when she 2 5:190,12¡' ¢! appeared, to have her share of surprize, introduction, and 2 5:190,13¡' ¢! pleasure. 2 5:190,14@A ! The Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ so long+1 talked of, so high in 2 5:190,15@A ! interest, was actually before her^^ he was presented to+1 2 5:190,16@A ! her, and she did not think too much had been said in his 2 5:190,17@A ! praise; he was a ²very² good+looking young man; height, 2 5:190,18@A ! air, address, all were unexceptionable, and his countenance 2 5:190,19@A ! had a great deal of the spirit and liveliness of his 2 5:190,20@A ! father's; he looked quick+1 and sensible+1. 2 5:190,20¡' ¢! She felt immediately 2 5:190,21¡' ¢! that she should like+2 him; and there was a well-bred 2 5:190,22¡' ¢! ease of manner, and a readiness to talk+1, which 2 5:190,23¡' ¢! convinced her that he came intending to be acquainted 2 5:190,24¡' ¢! with her, and that acquainted they soon must be. 2 5:190,25¡' ¢! He had reached Randalls the evening before. She was 2 5:190,26¡' ¢! pleased with the eagerness to arrive which had made 2 5:190,27¡' ¢! him alter his plan, and travel earlier, later, and quicker, 2 5:190,28¡' ¢! that he might gain+1 half a day. 2 5:190,29¡N ¢! "I told you yesterday," 2 5:190,29¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ with exultation, 2 5:190,30¡N ¢! "I told you all that he would be here before the 2 5:190,31¡N ¢! time named. I remembered what I used+1 to do myself. 2 5:190,32¡N ¢! One cannot creep upon a journey; one cannot help+1 2 5:190,33¡N ¢! getting on faster than one has planned; and the pleasure 2 5:190,34¡N ¢! of coming in upon one's friends before the look+1-out 2 5:190,35¡N ¢! begins, is worth a great deal more than any little exertion 2 5:190,36¡N ¢! it needs." 2 5:190,37¡E ¢! "It is a great pleasure where one can indulge in it," 2 5:190,38¡' ¢! said the young man, 2 5:190,38¡E ¢! "though there are not many houses 2 5:191, 1¡E ¢! that+2 I should presume on so far; but in coming ²home² 2 5:191, 2¡E ¢! I felt I might do any+thing." 2 5:191, 3¡' ¢! The word ²home² made his father look+1 on him with fresh 2 5:191, 4¡' ¢! complacency. Emma ¡A¢ was directly sure that he knew 2 5:191, 5¡' ¢! how to make himself agreeable; the conviction was 2 5:191, 6¡' ¢! strengthened by what followed. He was very much 2 5:191, 7¡' ¢! pleased with Randalls, thought+1 it a most admirably 2 5:191, 8¡' ¢! arranged house, would hardly allow it even to be very 2 5:191, 9¡' ¢! small, admired the situation, the walk to+1 Highbury, 2 5:191,10¡' ¢! Highbury itself, Hartfield still more, and professed himself 2 5:191,11¡' ¢! to have always felt the sort of interest in the country 2 5:191,12¡' ¢! which none but one's ²own+1² country gives, and the greatest 2 5:191,13¡' ¢! curiosity to visit+1 it. That he should never have been 2 5:191,14¡' ¢! able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciousl **y 2 5:191,15¡' ¢! through Emma's ¡A¢ brain; 2 5:191,15@A ! but still if it were a 2 5:191,16@A ! falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled. 2 5:191,17@A ! His manner had no air of study or exaggeration. He did 2 5:191,18@A ! really look+1 and speak as if in a state of no common enjoyment **. 2 5:191,20@A ! Their subjects in general+1 were such as belong to+1 an 2 5:191,21@A ! opening acquaintance. 2 5:191,21¡' ¢! On his side were the inquiries, 2 5:191,22¡' ¢! ^^ 2 5:191,22¡E ¢! "Was she a horse-woman?^^ Pleasant rides?^^ Pleasant 2 5:191,23¡E ¢! walks?^^ Had they a large neighbourhood?^^ Highbury, 2 5:191,24¡E ¢! perhaps, afforded society enough?^^ There were several 2 5:191,25¡E ¢! very pretty houses in and about it.^^ Balls^^ had they 2 5:191,26¡E ¢! balls?^^ Was it a musical society?" 2 5:191,27@A ! But when satisfied on all these points, and their acquaintance 2 5:191,28@A ! proportionably advanced, he contrived to find 2 5:191,29@A ! an opportunity, while+2 their two fathers were engaged 2 5:191,30@A ! with each other, of introducing his mother-in-law, and 2 5:191,31@A ! speaking of her with so much handsome praise, so much 2 5:191,32@A ! warm+1 admiration, so much gratitude for the happiness 2 5:191,33@A ! she secured to+1 his father, and her very kind+1 reception of 2 5:191,34@A ! himself, as was an additional proof of his knowing how to 2 5:191,35@A ! please^^ and of his certainly thinking it worth+while+2 to 2 5:191,36@A ! try to please her. He did not advance a word of praise 2 5:191,37@A ! beyond what she knew to be thoroughly deserved by 2 5:191,38@A ! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢; but undoubtedly he could know very little 2 5:192, 1@A ! of the matter. He understood what would be welcome+2; 2 5:192, 2@A ! he could be sure of little else. 2 5:192, 2¡E ¢! "His father's marriage," 2 5:192, 3¡' ¢! he said, 2 5:192, 3¡E ¢! "had been the wisest measure, every friend must 2 5:192, 4¡E ¢! rejoice in it; and the family from whom he had received 2 5:192, 5¡E ¢! such a blessing must be ever considered as having conferred 2 5:192, 6¡E ¢! the highest obligation on him." 2 5:192, 7@A ! He got as near as he could to+1 thanking her for =Miss+Taylor's ** ¡O¢ 2 5:192, 8@A ! merits, without seeming quite to forget that in 2 5:192, 9@A ! the common course of things it was to be rather supposed 2 5:192,10@A ! that =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ had formed =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ characte **r, 2 5:192,11@A ! than =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ =Miss+Taylor's ¡O¢. And at last+1+2, a **s if 2 5:192,12@A ! resolved to qualify his opinion completely for travelling 2 5:192,13@A ! round+1 to+1 its object, he wound it all up with astonishment 2 5:192,14@A ! at the youth and beauty of her person. 2 5:192,15¡E ¢! "Elegant, agreeable manners, I was prepared for+1," 2 5:192,16¡' ¢! said he, 2 5:192,16¡E ¢! "but I confess that, considering every+thing, 2 5:192,17¡E ¢! I had not expected more than a very tolerably well-looking 2 5:192,18¡E ¢! woman of a certain age; I did not know that 2 5:192,19¡E ¢! I was to find a pretty young woman in =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢." 2 5:192,20¡A ¢! "You cannot see too much perfection in =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 2 5:192,21¡A ¢! for my feelings," 2 5:192,21¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢; 2 5:192,21¡A ¢! "were you to guess+1 her 2 5:192,22¡A ¢! to be ²eighteen², I should listen with pleasure; but ²she² 2 5:192,23¡A ¢! would be ready to quarrel+1 with you for using such words. 2 5:192,24¡A ¢! Don't let her imagine that you have spoken of her as 2 5:192,25¡A ¢! a pretty young woman." 2 5:192,26¡E ¢! "I hope+1 I should know better+1," 2 5:192,26¡' ¢! he replied; 2 5:192,26¡E ¢! "no+1, 2 5:192,27¡E ¢! depend upon it, 2 5:192,27¡' ¢! (with a gallant bow,) 2 5:192,27¡E ¢! that in addressing 2 5:192,28¡E ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ I should understand whom I might praise+1 2 5:192,29¡E ¢! without any danger of being+1 thought+1 extravagant in my 2 5:192,30¡E ¢! terms." 2 5:192,31¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ wondered whether the same suspicion of what 2 5:192,32¡' ¢! might be expected from their knowing each other, which 2 5:192,33¡' ¢! had taken strong possession of her mind, had ever crossed 2 5:192,34¡' ¢! his; and whether his compliments were to be considered 2 5:192,35¡' ¢! as marks of acquiescence, or proofs of defiance. 2 5:192,35@A ! She must 2 5:192,36@A ! see more of him to understand his ways; at present she 2 5:192,37@A ! only felt they were agreeable. 2 5:192,38@A ! She had no doubt of what =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ was often 2 5:193, 1@A ! thinking about. His quick+1 eye she detected again and 2 5:193, 2@A ! again glancing towards them with a happy expression; 2 5:193, 3@A ! and even, when he might have determined not to look+1, 2 5:193, 4@A ! she was confident that he was often listening. 2 5:193, 5@A ! Her own+1 father's perfect+1 exemption from any thought 2 5:193, 6@A ! of the kind, the entire deficiency in him of all such sort 2 5:193, 7@A ! of penetration or suspicion, was a most comfortable circumstanc **e. 2 5:193, 8@A ! Happily he was not farther from approving 2 5:193, 9@A ! matrimony than from foreseeing it. ^^ Though always 2 5:193,10@A ! objecting to+1 every marriage that+2 was arranged, he never 2 5:193,11@A ! suffered beforehand from the apprehension of any; it 2 5:193,12@A ! seemed as if he could not think so ill of any two persons' 2 5:193,13@A ! understanding as to suppose they meant to marry till 2 5:193,14@A ! it were proved against them. She blessed the favouring 2 5:193,15@A ! blindness. He could now, without the drawback of a 2 5:193,16@A ! single unpleasant surmise, without a glance forward+1 at 2 5:193,17@A ! any possible treachery in his guest, give way to+1 all his 2 5:193,18@A ! natural+1 kind+1-hearted civility in solicitous inquiries after 2 5:193,19@P ! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ accommodation on his journey, 2 5:193,20@P ! through the sad evils of sleeping two nights on the road, 2 5:193,21@P ! and express+1 very genuine unmixed anxiety to know that 2 5:193,22@P ! he had certainly escaped catching cold ^^ which, however, 2 5:193,23@P ! he could not allow him to feel quite assured of himself till 2 5:193,24@P ! after another night. 2 5:193,25¡' ¢! A reasonable visit paid, =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ began to move.^^ 2 5:193,26@N ! "He must be going. He had business at the Crown about 2 5:193,27@N ! his hay, and a great many errands for =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ at 2 5:193,28@N ! Ford's ¡Q1¢; but he need+1 not hurry+1 any+body else." 2 5:193,28¡' ¢! His son, 2 5:193,29¡' ¢! too well bred to hear the hint, rose+1 immediately also, 2 5:193,30¡' ¢! saying, 2 5:193,31¡E ¢! "As you are going farther on business, sir, I will+1 take 2 5:193,32¡E ¢! the opportunity of paying a visit, which must be paid 2 5:193,33¡E ¢! some day or other, and therefore may as well be paid 2 5:193,34¡E ¢! now. I have the honour of being+1 acquainted with a 2 5:193,35¡E ¢! neighbour of yours, 2 5:193,35¡' ¢! (turning+1 to+1 Emma ¡A¢,) 2 5:193,35¡E ¢! a lady residing in 2 5:193,36¡E ¢! or near Highbury; a family of the name of Fairfax ¡J1¢. 2 5:193,37¡E ¢! I shall have no difficulty, I suppose, in finding the house; 2 5:193,38¡E ¢! though Fairfax ¡J1¢, I believe, is not the proper name ^^ I 2 5:194, 1¡E ¢! should rather say Barnes ¡X3¢, or Bates ¡C1¢. Do you know any 2 5:194, 2¡E ¢! family of that+1 name?" 2 5:194, 3¡N ¢! "To be sure we do," 2 5:194, 3¡' ¢! cried his father; 2 5:194, 3¡N ¢! "=Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢ ^^ 2 5:194, 4¡N ¢! we passed her house ^^ I saw =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ at the window. 2 5:194, 5¡N ¢! True, true, you are acquainted with =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢; 2 5:194, 6¡N ¢! I remember you knew her at Weymouth, and a fine girl 2 5:194, 7¡N ¢! she is. Call+1 upon her, by all means." 2 5:194, 8¡E ¢! "There is no necessity for my calling this morning," 2 5:194, 9¡' ¢! said the young man; 2 5:194, 9¡E ¢! "another day would do as well; but 2 5:194,10¡E ¢! there was that+1 degree of acquaintance at Weymouth 2 5:194,11¡E ¢! which"^^ 2 5:194,12¡N ¢! "Oh] go to-day, go to-day. Do not defer it. What 2 5:194,13¡N ¢! is right+1 to be done cannot be done too soon. And, besides, 2 5:194,14¡N ¢! I must give you a hint, Frank ¡E¢; any want of attention to+1 2 5:194,15¡N ¢! her ²here² should be carefully avoided. You saw her with 2 5:194,16¡N ¢! the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ when she was the equal of every+body she 2 5:194,17¡N ¢! mixed with, but here she is with a poor old grandmother, 2 5:194,18¡N ¢! who has barely enough to live on. If you do not call+1 early 2 5:194,19¡N ¢! it will+1 be a slight." 2 5:194,20@A ! The son looked convinced. 2 5:194,21¡A ¢! "I have heard her speak of the acquaintance," 2 5:194,21¡' ¢! said 2 5:194,22¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, 2 5:194,22¡A ¢! "she is a very elegant young woman." 2 5:194,23@A ! He agreed to+1 it, but with so quiet a 2 5:194,23¡E ¢! "Yes," 2 5:194,23@A ! as inclined 2 5:194,24@A ! her almost to doubt+1 his real concurrence; and yet there 2 5:194,25@A ! must be a very distinct sort of elegance for the fashionable 2 5:194,26@A ! world, if Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ could be thought+1 only ordinarily 2 5:194,27@A ! gifted with it. 2 5:194,28¡A ¢! "If you were never particularly struck by her manners 2 5:194,29¡A ¢! before," 2 5:194,29¡' ¢! said she, 2 5:194,29¡A ¢! "I think you will+1 to-day. You will+1 2 5:194,30¡A ¢! see her to+1 advantage; see her and hear her^^ no+1, I am 2 5:194,31¡A ¢! afraid you will+1 not hear her at all, for+1 she has an aunt 2 5:194,32¡A ¢! who never holds her tongue." 2 5:194,33¡P ¢! "You are acquainted with =Miss+Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, sir, are 2 5:194,34¡P ¢! you?" 2 5:194,34¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, always the last+1+2 to make 2 5:194,35¡' ¢! his way in conversation; 2 5:194,35¡P ¢! "then give me leave+1 to assure 2 5:194,36¡P ¢! you that you will+1 find her a very agreeable young lady. 2 5:194,37¡P ¢! She is staying here on a visit to+1 her grandmamma and 2 5:194,38¡P ¢! aunt, very worthy people; I have known them all my 2 5:195, 1¡P ¢! life. They will+1 be extremely glad to see you, I am sure, 2 5:195, 2¡P ¢! and one of my servants shall go with you to shew+1 you the 2 5:195, 3¡P ¢! way." 2 5:195, 4¡E ¢! "My dear sir, upon no account in the world; my 2 5:195, 5¡E ¢! father can direct me." 2 5:195, 6¡P ¢! "But your father is not going so far; he is only going 2 5:195, 7¡P ¢! to+1 the Crown, quite on the other side of the street, and 2 5:195, 8¡P ¢! there are a great many houses; you might be very much 2 5:195, 9¡P ¢! at a loss, and it is a very dirty walk, unless you keep on 2 5:195,10¡P ¢! the foot-path; but my coachman can tell you where you 2 5:195,11¡P ¢! had best cross the street." 2 5:195,12¡' ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ still declined it, looking as serious+ **1 2 5:195,13¡' ¢! as he could, and his father gave his hearty support+1 by 2 5:195,14¡' ¢! calling out, 2 5:195,14¡N ¢! "My good friend, this is quite unnecessary; 2 5:195,15¡N ¢! Frank ¡E¢ knows a puddle of water when he sees it, and as 2 5:195,16¡N ¢! to+1 =Mrs#+Bates's ¡C¢, he may get there from the Crown in 2 5:195,17¡N ¢! a hop, step and jump." 2 5:195,18¡' ¢! They were permitted to go alone; and with a cordial+1 2 5:195,19¡' ¢! nod from one, and a graceful bow from the other, the two 2 5:195,20¡' ¢! gentlemen took leave. Emma ¡A¢ remained very well pleased 2 5:195,21¡' ¢! with this beginning of the acquaintance, and could now 2 5:195,22¡' ¢! engage to think of them all at Randalls any hour of the 2 5:195,23¡' ¢! day, with full confidence in their comfort. 2 6:196, 1¡' ¢! The next morning brought =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ again. 2 6:196, 2¡' ¢! He came with =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, to+1 whom and to+1 Highbury he 2 6:196, 3¡' ¢! seemed to take very cordially. He had been sitting with 2 6:196, 4¡' ¢! her, it appeared, most companionably at home, till her 2 6:196, 5¡' ¢! usual hour of exercise; and on being+1 desired to chuse 2 6:196, 6¡' ¢! their walk, immediately fixed on Highbury.^^ 2 6:196, 6@E ! "He did 2 6:196, 7@E ! not doubt+1 there being+1 very pleasant walks in every directio **n, 2 6:196, 8@E ! but if left+1 to+1 him, he should always chuse the same. 2 6:196, 9@E ! Highbury, that+1 airy, cheerful, happy-looking Highbury, 2 6:196,10@E ! would be his constant attraction."^^ 2 6:196,10¡' ¢! Highbury, with 2 6:196,11¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, stood for Hartfield; and she trusted to+1 its 2 6:196,12¡' ¢! bearing the same construction with him. They walked 2 6:196,13¡' ¢! thither directly. 2 6:196,14¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ had hardly expected them: for =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, who 2 6:196,15¡' ¢! had called in for half a minute+1, in order+2 to hear that his 2 6:196,16¡' ¢! son was very handsome, knew nothing of their plans; 2 6:196,17¡' ¢! and it was an agreeable surprize to+1 her, therefore, to 2 6:196,18¡' ¢! perceive them walking up to+1 the house together, arm in 2 6:196,19¡' ¢! arm. She was wanting to see him again, and especially 2 6:196,20¡' ¢! to see him in company with =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, upon his behaviour 2 6:196,21¡' ¢! to+1 whom her opinion of him was to depend. 2 6:196,21@A ! If 2 6:196,22@A ! he were deficient there, nothing should make amends for 2 6:196,23@A ! it. But on seeing them together, she became perfectly 2 6:196,24@A ! satisfied. It was not merely in fine words or hyperbolical 2 6:196,25@A ! compliment that he paid his duty; nothing could be more 2 6:196,26@A ! proper or pleasing than his whole+1 manner to+1 her^^ nothing 2 6:196,27@A ! could more agreeably denote his wish of considering her 2 6:196,28@A ! as a friend and securing her affection. 2 6:196,28¡' ¢! And there was time 2 6:196,29¡' ¢! enough for Emma ¡A¢ to form+1 a reasonable judgment, as 2 6:196,30¡' ¢! their visit included all the rest of the morning. They 2 6:196,31¡' ¢! were all three walking about together for an hour or two 2 6:196,32¡' ¢! ^^ first round+1 the shrubberies of Hartfield, and afterwards 2 6:196,33¡' ¢! in Highbury. He was delighted with every+thing; 2 6:197, 1¡' ¢! admired Hartfield sufficiently for =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ ear; 2 6:197, 2¡' ¢! and when their going farther was resolved on, confessed 2 6:197, 3¡' ¢! his wish to be made acquainted with the whole+1 village, 2 6:197, 4¡' ¢! and found matter of commendation and interest much 2 6:197, 5¡' ¢! oftener than Emma ¡A¢ could have supposed. 2 6:197, 6¡' ¢! Some of the objects of his curiosity spoke very amiable 2 6:197, 7¡' ¢! feelings. He begged to be shewn the house which his 2 6:197, 8¡' ¢! father had lived in so long+1, and which had been the home 2 6:197, 9¡' ¢! of his father's father; and on recollecting that an old 2 6:197,10¡' ¢! woman who had nursed him was still living, walked in 2 6:197,11¡' ¢! quest of her cottage from one end of the street to+1 the 2 6:197,12¡' ¢! other; and though in some points of pursuit or observation 2 6:197,13¡' ¢! there was no positive merit, they shewed, altogether, 2 6:197,14¡' ¢! a good-will+1 towards Highbury in general+1, which must be 2 6:197,15¡' ¢! very like+1 a merit to+1 those he was with. 2 6:197,16¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ watched and decided, that with such feelings as 2 6:197,17¡' ¢! were now shewn, 2 6:197,17@A ! it could not be fairly supposed that he 2 6:197,18@A ! had been ever voluntarily absenting himself; that he had 2 6:197,19@A ! not been acting a part, or making a parade of insincere 2 6:197,20@A ! professions; and that =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ certainly had not 2 6:197,21@A ! done him justice. 2 6:197,22¡' ¢! Their first pause was at the Crown+Inn, an inconsiderable 2 6:197,23¡' ¢! house, though the principal+1 one of the sort, where a couple 2 6:197,24¡' ¢! of pair of post-horses were kept, more for the convenience 2 6:197,25¡' ¢! of the neighbourhood than from any run on the road; and 2 6:197,26¡' ¢! his companions had not expected to be detained by any 2 6:197,27¡' ¢! interest excited there; but in passing it they gave the 2 6:197,28¡' ¢! history of the large room visibly added; it had been 2 6:197,29¡' ¢! built many years ago for a ball+1-room, and while+2 the neighbo **urhood 2 6:197,30¡' ¢! had been in a particularly populous, dancing+1 2 6:197,31¡' ¢! state, had been occasionally used as such;^^ but such 2 6:197,32¡' ¢! brilliant days had long+1 passed away, and now the highest 2 6:197,33¡' ¢! purpose for which it was ever wanted was to accommodate 2 6:197,34¡' ¢! a whist+club established among the gentlemen and half-gentlemen 2 6:197,35¡' ¢! of the place. He was immediately interested. 2 6:197,36¡' ¢! Its character as a ball+1-room caught him; and instead of 2 6:197,37¡' ¢! passing on, he stopt for several minutes at the two superior 2 6:197,38¡' ¢! sashed windows which were open+1, to look+1 in and contemplate 2 6:198, 1¡' ¢! its capabilities, and lament that its original purpose 2 6:198, 2¡' ¢! should have ceased. He saw no fault in the room, he 2 6:198, 3¡' ¢! would acknowledge none which they suggested. 2 6:198, 3@E ! No+1, it 2 6:198, 4@E ! was long+1 enough, broad enough, handsome enough. It 2 6:198, 5@E ! would hold+1 the very number for comfort. They ought to 2 6:198, 6@E ! have balls there at least every fortnight through the 2 6:198, 7@E ! winter. Why had not =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ revived the former 2 6:198, 8@E ! good old days of the room?^^ She who could do any+thing 2 6:198, 9@E ! in Highbury] 2 6:198, 9¡' ¢! The want of proper families in the place, 2 6:198,10¡' ¢! and the conviction that none beyond the place and its 2 6:198,11¡' ¢! immediate environs could be tempted to attend, were 2 6:198,12¡' ¢! mentioned; but he was not satisfied. He could not be 2 6:198,13¡' ¢! persuaded that so many good-looking houses as he saw 2 6:198,14¡' ¢! around him, could not furnish numbers enough for such 2 6:198,15¡' ¢! a meeting; and even when particulars were given and 2 6:198,16¡' ¢! families described, he was still unwilling to admit that the 2 6:198,17¡' ¢! inconvenience of such a mixture would be any+thing, or 2 6:198,18¡' ¢! that there would be the smallest difficulty in every+body's 2 6:198,19¡' ¢! returning into their proper place the next morning. He 2 6:198,20¡' ¢! argued like+1 a young man very much bent on dancing; and 2 6:198,21¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was rather surprized to see the constitution of the 2 6:198,22¡' ¢! Weston ¡N1¢ prevail so decidedly against the habits of the 2 6:198,23¡' ¢! Churchills ¡ZD2¢. 2 6:198,23@A ! He seemed to have all the life and spirit, 2 6:198,24@A ! cheerful feelings, and social inclinations of his father, and 2 6:198,25@A ! nothing of the pride or reserve of Enscombe. Of pride, 2 6:198,26@A ! indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference 2 6:198,27@A ! to+1 a confusion of rank, bordered too much on 2 6:198,28@A ! inelegance of mind. He could be no judge, however, of 2 6:198,29@A ! the evil he was holding cheap. It was but an effusion of 2 6:198,30@A ! lively spirits. 2 6:198,31¡' ¢! At last+1+2 he was persuaded to move on from the front of 2 6:198,32¡' ¢! the Crown; and being+1 now almost facing the house where 2 6:198,33¡' ¢! the Bateses ¡C1¢ lodged, Emma ¡A¢ recollected his intended visi **t 2 6:198,34¡' ¢! the day before, and asked him if he had paid it. 2 6:198,35¡E ¢! "Yes, oh] yes^^ 2 6:198,35¡' ¢! he replied; 2 6:198,35¡E ¢! I was just+1 going to 2 6:198,36¡E ¢! mention+1 it. A very successful visit:^^ I saw all the three 2 6:198,37¡E ¢! ladies; and felt very much obliged to+1 you for your preparator **y 2 6:198,38¡E ¢! hint. If the talking aunt had taken me quite 2 6:199, 1¡E ¢! by surprize, it must have been the death of me. As it 2 6:199, 2¡E ¢! was, I was only betrayed into paying a most unreasonable 2 6:199, 3¡E ¢! visit. Ten minutes would have been all that+2 was necessary, 2 6:199, 4¡E ¢! perhaps all that+2 was proper; and I had told my father I 2 6:199, 5¡E ¢! should certainly be at home before him ^^ but there was 2 6:199, 6¡E ¢! no getting away, no pause; and, to+1 my utter astonishment, 2 6:199, 7¡E ¢! I found, when he (finding me no+where else) joined me 2 6:199, 8¡E ¢! there at last+1+2, that I had been actually sitting with them 2 6:199, 9¡E ¢! very nearly three quarters of an hour. The good lady had 2 6:199,10¡E ¢! not given me the possibility of escape before." 2 6:199,11¡A ¢! "And how did you think =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ looking?" 2 6:199,12¡E ¢! "Ill, very ill ^^ that+1 is, if a young lady can ever be 2 6:199,13¡E ¢! allowed to look+1 ill. But the expression is hardly admissible, 2 6:199,14¡E ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, is it? Ladies can never look+1 ill. And, 2 6:199,15¡E ¢! seriously, =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ is naturally so pale, as almost 2 6:199,16¡E ¢! always to give the appearance of ill+health.^^ A most 2 6:199,17¡E ¢! deplorable want of complexion." 2 6:199,18¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ would not agree to+1 this, and began a warm+1 2 6:199,19¡' ¢! defence of =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ complexion. 2 6:199,19¡A ¢! "It was certainly 2 6:199,20¡A ¢! never brilliant, but she would not allow it to have a sickly 2 6:199,21¡A ¢! hue in general+1; and there was a softness and delicacy in 2 6:199,22¡A ¢! her skin which gave peculiar elegance to+1 the character of 2 6:199,23¡A ¢! her face." 2 6:199,23¡' ¢! He listened with all due+1 deference; acknowledged 2 6:199,24¡' ¢! that 2 6:199,24@E ! he had heard many people say the same^^ but 2 6:199,25@E ! yet he must confess, that to+1 him nothing could make 2 6:199,26@E ! amends for the want of the fine glow of health. Where 2 6:199,27@E ! features were indifferent, a fine complexion gave beauty 2 6:199,28@E ! to+1 them all; and where they were good, the effect was^^ 2 6:199,29@E ! fortunately he need+1 not attempt+1 to describe what the 2 6:199,30@E ! effect was. 2 6:199,31¡A ¢! "Well," 2 6:199,31¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 2 6:199,31¡A ¢! "there is no disputing about 2 6:199,32¡A ¢! taste.^^ At least you admire her except her complexion." 2 6:199,33¡' ¢! He shook his head and laughed.^^ 2 6:199,33¡E ¢! "I cannot separate 2 6:199,34¡E ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ and her complexion." 2 6:199,35¡A ¢! "Did you see her often at Weymouth? Were you 2 6:199,36¡A ¢! often in the same society?" 2 6:199,37¡' ¢! At this moment they were approaching Ford's ¡Q1¢, and he 2 6:199,38¡' ¢! hastily exclaimed, 2 6:199,38¡E ¢! "Ha] this must be the very shop 2 6:200, 1¡E ¢! that+2 every+body attends every day of their lives, as my 2 6:200, 2¡E ¢! father informs me. He comes to+1 Highbury himself, he 2 6:200, 3¡E ¢! says, six days out of the seven, and has always business 2 6:200, 4¡E ¢! at Ford's ¡Q1¢. If it be not inconvenient to+1 you, pray let us 2 6:200, 5¡E ¢! go in, that I may prove myself to belong to+1 the place, to be 2 6:200, 6¡E ¢! a true citizen of Highbury. I must buy something at 2 6:200, 7¡E ¢! Ford's ¡Q1¢. It will+1 be taking out my freedom.^^ I dare+1 say 2 6:200, 8¡E ¢! they sell gloves." 2 6:200, 9¡A ¢! "Oh] yes, gloves and every+thing. I do admire your 2 6:200,10¡A ¢! patriotism. You will+1 be adored in Highbury. You were 2 6:200,11¡A ¢! very popular before you came, because you were =Mr#+Weston's ¡N **¢ 2 6:200,12¡A ¢! son^^ but lay out half-a-guinea at Ford's ¡Q1¢, and 2 6:200,13¡A ¢! your popularity will+1 stand+1 upon your own+1 virtues." 2 6:200,14¡' ¢! They went in; and while+2 the sleek, well-tied parcels of 2 6:200,15¡' ¢! "Men's+Beavers" and "York+Tan" were bringing down 2 6:200,16¡' ¢! and displaying on the counter, he said^^ 2 6:200,16¡E ¢! "But I beg your 2 6:200,17¡E ¢! pardon, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, you were speaking to+1 me, you 2 6:200,18¡E ¢! were saying something at the very moment of this burst 2 6:200,19¡E ¢! of my ²amor+patria+e². Do not let me lose it. I assure you 2 6:200,20¡E ¢! the utmost stretch of public+1 fame would not make me 2 6:200,21¡E ¢! amends for the loss of any happiness in private+1 life." 2 6:200,22¡A ¢! "I merely asked, whether you had known much of 2 6:200,23¡A ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ and her party at Weymouth." 2 6:200,24¡E ¢! "And now that+2 I understand your question, I must 2 6:200,25¡E ¢! pronounce it to be a very unfair one. It is always the 2 6:200,26¡E ¢! lady's right to decide on the degree of acquaintance. 2 6:200,27¡E ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ must already have given her account.^^ I 2 6:200,28¡E ¢! shall not commit myself by claiming more than she may 2 6:200,29¡E ¢! chuse to allow." 2 6:200,30¡A ¢! "Upon my word] you answer+1 as discreetly as she could 2 6:200,31¡A ¢! do herself. But her account of every+thing leaves so much 2 6:200,32¡A ¢! to be guessed, she is so very reserved, so very unwilling to 2 6:200,33¡A ¢! give the least information about any+body, that I really 2 6:200,34¡A ¢! think you may say what you like+2 of your acquaintance 2 6:200,35¡A ¢! with her." 2 6:200,36¡E ¢! "May I indeed?^^ Then I will+1 speak the truth, and 2 6:200,37¡E ¢! nothing suits me so well. I met her frequently at Weymouth. 2 6:200,38¡E ¢! I had known the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ a little in town; and 2 6:201, 1¡E ¢! at Weymouth we were very much in the same set. Col#+Campbell ¡Z **C¢ 2 6:201, 2¡E ¢! is a very agreeable man, and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ a 2 6:201, 3¡E ¢! friendly, warm+1-hearted woman. I like+2 them all." 2 6:201, 4¡A ¢! "You know =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ situation in life, I conclude; 2 6:201, 5¡A ¢! what she is destined to be." 2 6:201, 6¡E ¢! "Yes^^ 2 6:201, 6¡' ¢! (rather hesitatingly) 2 6:201, 6¡E ¢! ^^ "I believe I do." 2 6:201, 7¡O ¢! "You get upon delicate subjects, Emma ¡A¢," 2 6:201, 7¡' ¢! said =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 2 6:201, 8¡' ¢! smiling, 2 6:201, 8¡O ¢! "remember that I am here.^^ =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ 2 6:201, 9¡O ¢! hardly knows what to say when you speak of 2 6:201,10¡O ¢! =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ situation in life. I will+1 move a little 2 6:201,11¡O ¢! farther off." 2 6:201,12¡A ¢! "I certainly do forget to think of ²her²," 2 6:201,12¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 2 6:201,13¡A ¢! "as having ever been any+thing but my friend and my 2 6:201,14¡A ¢! dearest friend." 2 6:201,15@A ! He looked as if he fully understood and honoured such 2 6:201,16@A ! a sentiment. 2 6:201,17¡' ¢! When the gloves were bought and they had quitted the 2 6:201,18¡' ¢! shop again, 2 6:201,18¡E ¢! "Did you ever hear the young lady we were 2 6:201,19¡E ¢! speaking of, play+1?" 2 6:201,19¡' ¢! said Frank+Churchill ¡E¢. 2 6:201,20¡A ¢! "Ever hear her]" 2 6:201,20¡' ¢! repeated Emma ¡A¢. 2 6:201,20¡A ¢! "You forget how 2 6:201,21¡A ¢! much she belongs to+1 Highbury. I have heard her every 2 6:201,22¡A ¢! year of our lives since we both began. She plays+1 charmingly." 2 6:201,24¡E ¢! "You think so, do you?^^ I wanted the opinion of some+one 2 6:201,25¡E ¢! who could really judge+1. She appeared to+1 me to play+1 2 6:201,26¡E ¢! well, that+1 is, with considerable taste, but I know nothing 2 6:201,27¡E ¢! of the matter myself.^^ I am excessively fond of music, but 2 6:201,28¡E ¢! without the smallest skill or right of judging of any+body's 2 6:201,29¡E ¢! performance.^^ I have been used+1 to hear her's admired; 2 6:201,30¡E ¢! and I remember one proof of her being+1 thought+1 to play+1 2 6:201,31¡E ¢! well:^^ a man, a very musical man, and in love with 2 6:201,32¡E ¢! another woman ^^ engaged to+1 her ^^ on the point of marriage 2 6:201,33¡E ¢! ^^ would yet never ask that+1 other woman to sit down to+1 2 6:201,34¡E ¢! the instrument, if the lady in question could sit down 2 6:201,35¡E ¢! instead^^ never seemed to like+2 to hear one if he could hear 2 6:201,36¡E ¢! the other. That+1 I thought+1, in a man of known musical 2 6:201,37¡E ¢! talent, was some proof." 2 6:201,38¡A ¢! "Proof, indeed]" 2 6:201,38¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, highly amused.^^ 2 6:202, 1¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ is very musical, is he? We shall know more 2 6:202, 2¡A ¢! about them all, in half an hour, from you, than =Miss+Fairfax ¡ **J¢ 2 6:202, 3¡A ¢! would have vouchsafed in half a year." 2 6:202, 4¡E ¢! "Yes, =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ and =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ were the persons **; 2 6:202, 5¡E ¢! and I thought+1 it a very strong proof." 2 6:202, 6¡A ¢! "Certainly^^ very strong it was; to own the truth, a 2 6:202, 7¡A ¢! great deal stronger than, if ²I² had been =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢, 2 6:202, 8¡A ¢! would have been at all agreeable to+1 me. I could not 2 6:202, 9¡A ¢! excuse+1 a man's having more music than love^^ more ear 2 6:202,10¡A ¢! than eye^^ a more acute sensibility to+1 fine sounds than to+1 2 6:202,11¡A ¢! my feelings. How did =Miss+Campbell ¡ZF1¢ appear to like+2 it?" 2 6:202,12¡E ¢! "It was her very particular friend, you know." 2 6:202,13¡A ¢! "Poor comfort]" 2 6:202,13¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, laughing. 2 6:202,13¡A ¢! "One would 2 6:202,14¡A ¢! rather have a stranger preferred than one's very particular 2 6:202,15¡A ¢! friend^^ with a stranger it might not recur again^^ but 2 6:202,16¡A ¢! the misery of having a very particular friend always at 2 6:202,17¡A ¢! hand, to do every+thing better+1 than one does oneself]^^ 2 6:202,18¡A ¢! Poor =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢] Well, I am glad she is gone to settle i **n 2 6:202,19¡A ¢! Ireland." 2 6:202,20¡E ¢! "You are right+1. It was not very flattering to+1 =Miss+Campbel **l ¡ZF1¢; 2 6:202,21¡E ¢! but she really did not seem to feel it." 2 6:202,22¡A ¢! "So much the better+1^^ or so much the worse:^^ I do not 2 6:202,23¡A ¢! know which. But, be it sweetness or be it stupidity in her 2 6:202,24¡A ¢! ^^ quickness of friendship, or dulness of feeling^^ there was 2 6:202,25¡A ¢! one person, I think, who must have felt it: =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 6:202,26¡A ¢! herself. ²She² must have felt the improper and dangerous 2 6:202,27¡A ¢! distinction." 2 6:202,28¡E ¢! "As to+1 that+1^^ I do not^^" 2 6:202,29¡A ¢! "Oh] do not imagine that I expect an account of 2 6:202,30¡A ¢! =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ sensations from you, or from any+body else. 2 6:202,31¡A ¢! They are known to+1 no human being, I guess+1, but herself. 2 6:202,32¡A ¢! But if she continued to play+1 whenever she was asked by 2 6:202,33¡A ¢! =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢, one may guess+1 what one chuses." 2 6:202,34¡E ¢! "There appeared such a perfectly good understanding 2 6:202,35¡E ¢! among them all^^" 2 6:202,35¡' ¢! he began rather quickly, but checking 2 6:202,36¡' ¢! himself, added, 2 6:202,36¡E ¢! "however, it is impossible for me to 2 6:202,37¡E ¢! say on what terms they really were^^ how it might all be 2 6:202,38¡E ¢! behind the scenes. I can only say that there was smoothness 2 6:203, 1¡E ¢! outwardly. But you, who have known =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 6:203, 2¡E ¢! from a child, must be a better+1 judge of her character, and 2 6:203, 3¡E ¢! of how she is likely to conduct+1 herself in critical situation **s, 2 6:203, 4¡E ¢! than I can be." 2 6:203, 5¡A ¢! "I have known her from a child, undoubtedly; we 2 6:203, 6¡A ¢! have been children and women together; and it is 2 6:203, 7¡A ¢! natural+1 to suppose that we should be intimate+1.^^ that we 2 6:203, 8¡A ¢! should have taken to+1 each other whenever she visited her 2 6:203, 9¡A ¢! friends. But we never did. I hardly know how it has 2 6:203,10¡A ¢! happened; a little, perhaps, from that+1 wickedness on my 2 6:203,11¡A ¢! side which was prone to take disgust towards a girl so 2 6:203,12¡A ¢! idolized and so cried up as she always was, by her aunt and 2 6:203,13¡A ¢! grandmother, and all their set. And then, her reserve^^ 2 6:203,14¡A ¢! I never could attach myself to+1 any+one so completely 2 6:203,15¡A ¢! reserved." 2 6:203,16¡E ¢! "It is a most repulsive quality, indeed," 2 6:203,16¡' ¢! said he. 2 6:203,17¡E ¢! "Oftentimes very convenient, no doubt, but never pleasing. 2 6:203,18¡E ¢! There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot 2 6:203,19¡E ¢! love+1 a reserved person." 2 6:203,20¡A ¢! "Not till the reserve ceases towards oneself; and then 2 6:203,21¡A ¢! the attraction may be the greater. But I must be more in 2 6:203,22¡A ¢! want of a friend, or an agreeable companion, than I have 2 6:203,23¡A ¢! yet been, to take the trouble of conquering any+body's 2 6:203,24¡A ¢! reserve to procure one. Intimacy between =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ 2 6:203,25¡A ¢! and me is quite out of the question. I have no reason to 2 6:203,26¡A ¢! think ill of her^^ not the least^^ except that such extreme+1 2 6:203,27¡A ¢! and perpetual cautiousness of word and manner, such a 2 6:203,28¡A ¢! dread of giving a distinct idea about any+body, is apt to 2 6:203,29¡A ¢! suggest suspicions of there being+1 something to conceal." 2 6:203,30@A ! He perfectly agreed with her: 2 6:203,30¡' ¢! and after walking together 2 6:203,31¡' ¢! so long+1, and thinking so much alike, Emma ¡A¢ felt 2 6:203,32¡' ¢! herself so well acquainted with him, that 2 6:203,32@A ! she could hardly 2 6:203,33@A ! believe it to be only their second+2 meeting. He was not 2 6:203,34@A ! exactly what she had expected; less of the man of the 2 6:203,35@A ! world in some of his notions, less of the spoiled child of 2 6:203,36@A ! fortune, therefore better+1 than she had expected. His 2 6:203,37@A ! ideas seemed more moderate^^ his feeling warmer. 2 6:203,37¡' ¢! She 2 6:203,38¡' ¢! was particularly struck by his manner of considering 2 6:204, 1¡' ¢! =Mr#+Elton's ¡H¢ house, which, as well as the church, he would 2 6:204, 2¡' ¢! go and look+1 at, and would not join them in finding much 2 6:204, 3¡' ¢! fault with. 2 6:204, 3@E ! No+1, he could not believe it a bad house; not 2 6:204, 4@E ! such a house as a man was to be pitied for having. If it 2 6:204, 5@E ! were to be shared with the woman he loved, he could not 2 6:204, 6@E ! think any man to be pitied for having that+1 house. There 2 6:204, 7@E ! must be ample room in it for every real comfort. The man 2 6:204, 8@E ! must be a blockhead who wanted more. 2 6:204, 9¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ laughed, and said 2 6:204, 9@O ! he did not know what he 2 6:204,10@O ! was talking about. Used+1 only to+1 a large house himself 2 6:204,11@O ! and without ever thinking how many advantages and 2 6:204,12@O ! accommodations were attached to+1 its size, he could be 2 6:204,13@O ! no judge of the privations inevitably belonging to+1 a small 2 6:204,14@O ! one. 2 6:204,14¡' ¢! But Emma ¡A¢, in her own+1 mind, determined that 2 6:204,14@A ! he 2 6:204,15@A ! ²did² know what he was talking about, and that he shewed 2 6:204,16@A ! a very amiable inclination to settle early in life, and to 2 6:204,17@A ! marry, from worthy motives. He might not be aware of 2 6:204,18@A ! the inroads on domestic+1 peace to be occasioned by no 2 6:204,19@A ! housekeeper's room, or a bad butler's pantry, but no 2 6:204,20@A ! doubt he did perfectly feel that Enscombe could not make 2 6:204,21@A ! him happy, and that whenever he were attached, he would 2 6:204,22@A ! willingly give up much of wealth to be allowed an early 2 6:204,23@A ! establishment. 2 7:205, 1¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ very good opinion of Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ was a 2 7:205, 2¡' ¢! little shaken the following day, by hearing that he was 2 7:205, 3¡' ¢! gone off to+1 London, merely to have his hair cut+1. A sudden 2 7:205, 4¡' ¢! freak seemed to have seized him at breakfast, and he had 2 7:205, 5¡' ¢! sent for a chaise and set+1 off, intending to return+1 to+1 din **ner, 2 7:205, 6¡' ¢! but with no more important view that+2 appeared than 2 7:205, 7¡' ¢! having his hair cut+1. 2 7:205, 7@A ! There was certainly no harm in his 2 7:205, 8@A ! travelling sixteen miles twice over on such an errand; 2 7:205, 9@A ! but there was an air of foppery and nonsense in it which 2 7:205,10@A ! she could not approve. It did not accord with the rationality 2 7:205,11@A ! of plan, the moderation in expense, or even the unselfish 2 7:205,12@A ! warmth of heart which she had believed herself to 2 7:205,13@A ! discern in him yesterday. Vanity, extravagance, love 2 7:205,14@A ! of change, restlessness of temper, which must be doing 2 7:205,15@A ! something, good or bad; heedlessness as to+1 the pleasure 2 7:205,16@A ! of his father and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, indifference as to+1 how hi **s 2 7:205,17@A ! conduct might appear in general+1; he became liable to+1 all 2 7:205,18@A ! these charges. His father only called him a coxcomb, and 2 7:205,19@A ! thought+1 it a very good story; but that =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ did 2 7:205,20@A ! not like+2 it, was clear+1 enough, by her passing it over as 2 7:205,21@A ! quickly as possible, and making no other comment than 2 7:205,22@A ! that 2 7:205,22¡O ¢! "all young people would have their little whims." 2 7:205,23¡' ¢! With the exception of this little blot, Emma ¡A¢ found that 2 7:205,24¡' ¢! his visit hitherto had given her friend only good ideas of 2 7:205,25¡' ¢! him. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was very ready to say 2 7:205,25@O ! how attentive 2 7:205,26@O ! and pleasant a companion he made himself^^ how much 2 7:205,27@O ! she saw to like+2 in his disposition altogether. He appeared 2 7:205,28@O ! to have a very open+1 temper^^ certainly a very cheerful and 2 7:205,29@O ! lively one; she could observe nothing wrong+1 in his 2 7:205,30@O ! notions, a great deal decidedly right+1; he spoke of his 2 7:205,31@O ! uncle with warm+1 regard, was fond of talking of him^^ said 2 7:205,32@O ! he would be the best man in the world if he were left+1 to+1 2 7:206, 1@O ! himself; and though there was no being+1 attached to+1 the 2 7:206, 2@O ! aunt, he acknowledged her kindness with gratitude, and 2 7:206, 3@O ! seemed to mean always to speak of her with respect. 2 7:206, 3@A ! This 2 7:206, 4@A ! was all very promising; and, but for such an unfortunate 2 7:206, 5@A ! fancy for having his hair cut+1, there was nothing to denote 2 7:206, 6@A ! him unworthy of the distinguished honour which her 2 7:206, 7@A ! imagination had given him; the honour, if not of being+1 2 7:206, 8@A ! really in love with her, of being+1 at least very near it, and 2 7:206, 9@A ! saved only by her own+1 indifference^^ (for still her resolutio **n 2 7:206,10@A ! held of never marrying)^^ the honour, in short, of 2 7:206,11@A ! being+1 marked out for her by all their joint acquaintance. 2 7:206,12@A ! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, on his side, added a virtue to+1 the account 2 7:206,13@A ! which must have some weight. He gave her to understand 2 7:206,14@A ! that 2 7:206,14@N ! Frank ¡E¢ admired her extremely^^ thought+1 her very 2 7:206,15@N ! beautiful and very charming; 2 7:206,15@A ! and with so much to be 2 7:206,16@A ! said for him altogether, she found she must not judge+1 him 2 7:206,17@A ! harshly. As =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ observed, 2 7:206,17¡O ¢! "all young people 2 7:206,18¡O ¢! would have their little whims." 2 7:206,19¡' ¢! There was one person among his new acquaintance in 2 7:206,20¡' ¢! Surry, not so leniently disposed. In general+1 he was judged, 2 7:206,21¡' ¢! throughout the parishes of Donwell and Highbury, with 2 7:206,22¡' ¢! great candour; liberal allowances were made for the little 2 7:206,23¡' ¢! excesses of such a handsome young man^^ one who smiled 2 7:206,24¡' ¢! so often and bowed so well; but there was one spirit 2 7:206,25¡' ¢! among them not to be softened, from its power of censure, 2 7:206,26¡' ¢! by bows or smiles^^ =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. The circumstance was 2 7:206,27¡' ¢! told him at Hartfield; for the moment, he was silent; but 2 7:206,28¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ heard him almost immediately afterwards say to+1 2 7:206,29¡' ¢! himself, over a newspaper he held in his hand, 2 7:206,29¡B ¢! "Hum] 2 7:206,30¡B ¢! just+1 the trifling, silly fellow I took him for+2." 2 7:206,30¡' ¢! She had 2 7:206,31¡' ¢! half a mind to resent; but an instant's observation convinced 2 7:206,32¡' ¢! her that it was really said only to relieve his own+1 2 7:206,33¡' ¢! feelings, and not meant to provoke; and therefore she 2 7:206,34¡' ¢! let it pass. 2 7:206,35¡' ¢! Although in one instance the bearers of not good tidings, 2 7:206,36¡' ¢! =Mr# ¡N¢ and =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ visit this morning was in anoth **er 2 7:206,37¡' ¢! respect particularly opportune. Something occurred while+2 2 7:206,38¡' ¢! they were at Hartfield, to make Emma ¡A¢ want+1 their advice; 2 7:207, 1¡' ¢! and, which was still more lucky, she wanted exactly the 2 7:207, 2¡' ¢! advice they gave. 2 7:207, 3¡' ¢! This was the occurrence:^^ The Coles ¡F1¢ had been settled 2 7:207, 4¡' ¢! some years in Highbury, and were very good sort of people 2 7:207, 5¡' ¢! ^^ friendly, liberal, and unpretending; but, on the other 2 7:207, 6¡' ¢! hand, they were of low origin, in trade, and only moderately 2 7:207, 7¡' ¢! genteel. On their first coming into the country, 2 7:207, 8¡' ¢! they had lived in proportion to+1 their income, quietly, 2 7:207, 9¡' ¢! keeping little company, and that+1 little unexpensively; 2 7:207,10¡' ¢! but the last+1 year or two had brought them a considerable 2 7:207,11¡' ¢! increase of means^^ the house in town had yielded greater 2 7:207,12¡' ¢! profits, and fortune in general+1 had smiled on them. With 2 7:207,13¡' ¢! their wealth, their views increased; their want of a larger 2 7:207,14¡' ¢! house, their inclination for more company. They added 2 7:207,15¡' ¢! to+1 their house, to+1 their number of servants, to+1 their exp **enses 2 7:207,16¡' ¢! of every sort; and by this time were, in fortune 2 7:207,17¡' ¢! and style of living, second+2 only to+1 the family at Hartfield **. 2 7:207,18¡' ¢! Their love of society, and their new dining-room, prepared 2 7:207,19¡' ¢! every+body for their keeping dinner-company; and a few 2 7:207,20¡' ¢! parties, chiefly among the single men, had already taken 2 7:207,21¡' ¢! place. The regular and best families Emma ¡A¢ could hardly 2 7:207,22¡' ¢! suppose they would presume to invite^^ neither Donwell, 2 7:207,23¡' ¢! nor Hartfield, nor Randalls. 2 7:207,23@A ! Nothing should tempt ²her² 2 7:207,24@A ! to go, if they did; and she regretted that her father's 2 7:207,25@A ! known habits would be giving her refusal less meaning 2 7:207,26@A ! than she could wish+1. The Coles ¡F1¢ were very respectable in 2 7:207,27@A ! their way, but they ought to be taught that it was not 2 7:207,28@A ! for them to arrange the terms on which the superior 2 7:207,29@A ! families would visit+1 them. This lesson, she very much 2 7:207,30@A ! feared, they would receive only from herself; she had 2 7:207,31@A ! little hope of =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, none of =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. 2 7:207,32¡' ¢! But she had made up her mind how to meet this presumption 2 7:207,33¡' ¢! so many weeks before it appeared, that when 2 7:207,34¡' ¢! the insult came at last+1+2, it found her very differently 2 7:207,35¡' ¢! affected. Donwell and Randalls had received their invitation, 2 7:207,36¡' ¢! and none had come for her father and herself; 2 7:207,37¡' ¢! and =Mrs#+Weston's ¡O¢ accounting for it with 2 7:207,37¡O ¢! "I suppose 2 7:207,38¡O ¢! they will+1 not take the liberty with you; they know you 2 7:208, 1¡O ¢! do not dine out," 2 7:208, 1¡' ¢! was not quite sufficient. She felt that 2 7:208, 2@A ! she should like+2 to have had the power of refusal; and 2 7:208, 3@A ! afterwards, as the idea of the party to be assembled there, 2 7:208, 4@A ! consisting precisely of those whose society was dearest to+1 2 7:208, 5@A ! her, occurred again and again, she did not know that she 2 7:208, 6@A ! might not have been tempted to accept. Harriet ¡M¢ was 2 7:208, 7@A ! to be there in the evening, and the Bateses ¡C1¢. They had 2 7:208, 8@A ! been speaking of it as they walked about Highbury the 2 7:208, 9@A ! day before, and Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ had most earnestly 2 7:208,10@A ! lamented her absence. 2 7:208,10@E ! Might not the evening end+1 in a 2 7:208,11@E ! dance? 2 7:208,11@A ! had been a question of his. 2 7:208,11¡' ¢! The bare possibility 2 7:208,12¡' ¢! of it acted as a further irritation on her spirits; and her 2 7:208,13¡' ¢! being+1 left+1 in solitary grandeur, even supposing the omissio **n 2 7:208,14¡' ¢! to be intended as a compliment, was but poor comfort. 2 7:208,15¡' ¢! It was the arrival of this very invitation while+2 the 2 7:208,16¡' ¢! Westons ¡N1¢ were at Hartfield, which made their presence 2 7:208,17¡' ¢! so acceptable; for+1 though her first remark, on reading it, 2 7:208,18¡' ¢! was that 2 7:208,18¡A ¢! "of course+1 it must be declined," 2 7:208,18¡' ¢! she so very 2 7:208,19¡' ¢! soon proceeded to ask them what they advised her to do, 2 7:208,20¡' ¢! that their advice for her going was most prompt+1 and 2 7:208,21¡' ¢! successful. 2 7:208,22¡' ¢! She owned that, 2 7:208,22@A ! considering every+thing, she was not 2 7:208,23@A ! absolutely without inclination for the party. The Coles ¡F1¢ 2 7:208,24@A ! expressed themselves so properly^^ there was so much real 2 7:208,25@A ! attention in the manner of it^^ so much consideration for 2 7:208,26@A ! her father. 2 7:208,26@F1 ! "They would have solicited the honour 2 7:208,27@F1 ! earlier, but had been waiting the arrival of a folding-screen 2 7:208,28@F1 ! from London, which they hoped might keep 2 7:208,29@F1 ! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ from any draught of air, and therefore 2 7:208,30@F1 ! induce him the more readily to give them the honour of 2 7:208,31@F1 ! his company." 2 7:208,31¡' ¢! Upon the whole, she was very persuadable; 2 7:208,32¡' ¢! and it being+1 briefly settled among themselves how 2 7:208,33¡' ¢! it might be done without neglecting his comfort^^ how 2 7:208,34¡' ¢! certainly =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢, if not =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢, might be ** depended 2 7:208,35¡' ¢! on for bearing him company^^ =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ 2 7:208,36¡' ¢! was to be talked into an acquiescence of his daughter's 2 7:208,37¡' ¢! going out to+1 dinner on a day now near at hand, and 2 7:208,38¡' ¢! spending the whole+1 evening away from him. As for ²his² 2 7:209, 1¡' ¢! going, Emma ¡A¢ did not wish+1 him to think it possible; the 2 7:209, 2¡' ¢! hours would be too late, and the party too numerous. 2 7:209, 3¡' ¢! He was soon pretty+1 well resigned. 2 7:209, 4¡P ¢! "I am not fond of dinner-visiting," 2 7:209, 4¡' ¢! said he^^ 2 7:209, 4¡P ¢! "I never 2 7:209, 5¡P ¢! was. No more is Emma ¡A¢. Late hours do not agree with 2 7:209, 6¡P ¢! us. I am sorry =Mr# ¡F¢ and =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ should have done it. 2 7:209, 7¡P ¢! I think it would be much better+1 if they would come in 2 7:209, 8¡P ¢! one afternoon next summer, and take their tea with us 2 7:209, 9¡P ¢! ^^ take us in their afternoon walk; which they might do, 2 7:209,10¡P ¢! as our hours are so reasonable, and yet get home without 2 7:209,11¡P ¢! being+1 out in the damp of the evening. The dews of 2 7:209,12¡P ¢! a summer evening are what I would not expose any+body 2 7:209,13¡P ¢! to+1. However, as they are so very desirous to have dear 2 7:209,14¡P ¢! Emma ¡A¢ dine with them, and as you will+1 both be there, 2 7:209,15¡P ¢! and =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ too, to take care of her, I cannot wish+ **1 2 7:209,16¡P ¢! to prevent it, provided+1 the weather be what it ought, 2 7:209,17¡P ¢! neither damp+1, nor cold+1, nor windy." 2 7:209,17¡' ¢! Then turning+1 to+1 2 7:209,18¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, with a look of gentle reproach^^ 2 7:209,18¡P ¢! "Ah] 2 7:209,19¡P ¢! =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢, if you had not married, you would have staid 2 7:209,20¡P ¢! at home with me." 2 7:209,21¡N ¢! "Well, sir," 2 7:209,21¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, 2 7:209,21¡N ¢! "as I took =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ 2 7:209,22¡N ¢! away, it is incumbent on me to supply+1 her place, if I can; 2 7:209,23¡N ¢! and I will+1 step+1 to+1 =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ in a moment, if yo **u 2 7:209,24¡N ¢! wish+1 it." 2 7:209,25¡' ¢! But the idea of any+thing to be done in a ²moment², was 2 7:209,26¡' ¢! increasing, not lessening =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ agitation. 2 7:209,27¡' ¢! The ladies knew better+1 how to allay it. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 2 7:209,28¡' ¢! must be quiet, and every+thing deliberately arranged. 2 7:209,29¡' ¢! With this treatment, =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ was soon composed 2 7:209,30¡' ¢! enough for talking as usual. 2 7:209,30@P ! "He should be happy 2 7:209,31@P ! to see =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢. He had a great regard for =Mrs#+God **dard ¡ZZD¢; 2 7:209,32@P ! and Emma ¡A¢ should write a line, and invite her. 2 7:209,33@P ! James ¡ZI¢ could take the note. But first of all, there must 2 7:209,34@P ! be an answer written to+1 =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢." 2 7:209,35¡P ¢! "You will+1 make my excuses, my dear, as civilly as 2 7:209,36¡P ¢! possible. You will+1 say that I am quite an invalid, and 2 7:209,37¡P ¢! go no+where, and therefore must decline their obliging 2 7:209,38¡P ¢! invitation; beginning+1 with my ²compliments², of course+1. 2 7:210, 1¡P ¢! But you will+1 do every+thing right+1. I need+1 not tell you 2 7:210, 2¡P ¢! what is to be done. We must remember to let James ¡ZI¢ 2 7:210, 3¡P ¢! know that the carriage will+1 be wanted on Tuesday. 2 7:210, 4¡P ¢! I shall have no fears for you with him. We have never 2 7:210, 5¡P ¢! been there above once since the new approach was made; 2 7:210, 6¡P ¢! but still I have no doubt that James ¡ZI¢ will+1 take you very 2 7:210, 7¡P ¢! safely. And when you get there, you must tell him at 2 7:210, 8¡P ¢! what time you would have him come for you again; and 2 7:210, 9¡P ¢! you had better+1 name+1 an early hour. You will+1 not like+2 2 7:210,10¡P ¢! staying late. You will+1 get very tired when tea is over." 2 7:210,11¡A ¢! "But you would not wish+1 me to come away before I am 2 7:210,12¡A ¢! tired, papa?" 2 7:210,13¡P ¢! "Oh] no+1, my love; but you will+1 soon be tired. There 2 7:210,14¡P ¢! will+1 be a great many people talking at once. You will+1 2 7:210,15¡P ¢! not like+2 the noise." 2 7:210,16¡N ¢! "But, my dear sir," 2 7:210,16¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, 2 7:210,16¡N ¢! "if Emma ¡A¢ 2 7:210,17¡N ¢! comes away early, it will+1 be breaking up the party." 2 7:210,18¡P ¢! "And no great harm if it does," 2 7:210,18¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢. 2 7:210,19¡P ¢! "The sooner every party breaks up, the better+1." 2 7:210,20¡N ¢! "But you do not consider how it may appear to+1 the 2 7:210,21¡N ¢! Coles ¡F1¢. Emma's ¡A¢ going away directly after tea might be 2 7:210,22¡N ¢! giving offence. They are good-natured people, and think 2 7:210,23¡N ¢! little of their own+1 claims; but still they must feel that 2 7:210,24¡N ¢! any+body's hurrying away is no great compliment; and 2 7:210,25¡N ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ doing it would be more thought+1 of 2 7:210,26¡N ¢! than any other person's in the room. You would not 2 7:210,27¡N ¢! wish+1 to disappoint and mortify the Coles ¡F1¢, I am sure, sir **; 2 7:210,28¡N ¢! friendly, good sort of people as ever lived, and who have 2 7:210,29¡N ¢! been your neighbours these ²ten² years." 2 7:210,30¡P ¢! "No+1, upon no account in the world. =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, 2 7:210,31¡P ¢! I am much obliged to+1 you for reminding me. I should 2 7:210,32¡P ¢! be extremely sorry to be giving them any pain. I know 2 7:210,33¡P ¢! what worthy people they are. Perry ¡V¢ tells me that 2 7:210,34¡P ¢! =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ never touches malt liquor. You would not think 2 7:210,35¡P ¢! it to look+1 at him, but he is bilious^^ =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ is very **bilious. 2 7:210,36¡P ¢! No+1, I would not be the means of giving them any pain. 2 7:210,37¡P ¢! My dear Emma ¡A¢, we must consider this. I am sure, rather 2 7:210,38¡P ¢! than run+1 the risk of hurting =Mr# ¡F¢ and =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢, you ** would 2 7:211, 1¡P ¢! stay+1 a little longer than you might wish+1. You will+1 not 2 7:211, 2¡P ¢! regard+1 being+1 tired. You will+1 be perfectly safe, you know, 2 7:211, 3¡P ¢! among your friends." 2 7:211, 4¡A ¢! "Oh, yes, papa. I have no fears at all for myself; 2 7:211, 5¡A ¢! and I should have no scruples of staying as late as =Mrs#+Westo **n ¡O¢, 2 7:211, 6¡A ¢! but on your account. I am only afraid of your 2 7:211, 7¡A ¢! sitting up for me. I am not afraid of your not being+1 2 7:211, 8¡A ¢! exceedingly comfortable with =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢. She loves 2 7:211, 9¡A ¢! piquet, you know; but when she is gone home, I am 2 7:211,10¡A ¢! afraid you will+1 be sitting up by yourself, instead of going 2 7:211,11¡A ¢! to+1 bed at your usual time^^ and the idea of that+1 would 2 7:211,12¡A ¢! entirely destroy my comfort. You must promise+1 me not 2 7:211,13¡A ¢! to sit up." 2 7:211,14¡' ¢! He did, on the condition of some promises on her side: 2 7:211,15¡' ¢! such as that, if she came home cold+1, she would be sure to 2 7:211,16¡' ¢! warm herself thoroughly; if hungry, that she would take 2 7:211,17¡' ¢! something to eat; that her own+1 maid should sit up for 2 7:211,18¡' ¢! her; and that Serle ¡ZZN¢ and the butler should see that every+ **thing 2 7:211,19¡' ¢! were safe in the house, as usual. 2 8:212, 1¡' ¢! Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ came back+1 again; and if he kept 2 8:212, 2¡' ¢! his father's dinner waiting, it was not known at Hartfield; 2 8:212, 3¡' ¢! for =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was too anxious for his being+1 2 8:212, 4¡' ¢! a favourite with =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, to betray any imperfection 2 8:212, 5¡' ¢! which could be concealed. 2 8:212, 6¡' ¢! He came back+1, had had his hair cut+1, and laughed at 2 8:212, 7¡' ¢! himself with a very good grace, but without seeming 2 8:212, 8¡' ¢! really at all ashamed of what he had done. He had no 2 8:212, 9¡' ¢! reason to wish+1 his hair longer, to conceal any confusion 2 8:212,10¡' ¢! of face; no reason to wish+1 the money unspent, to improve 2 8:212,11¡' ¢! his spirits. He was quite as undaunted and as lively as 2 8:212,12¡' ¢! ever; and after seeing him, Emma ¡A¢ thus moralized to+1 2 8:212,13¡' ¢! herself:^^ 2 8:212,14@A ! "I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certainly 2 8:212,15@A ! silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by 2 8:212,16@A ! sensible+1 people in an impudent way. Wickedness is 2 8:212,17@A ! always wickedness, but folly is not always folly,^^ It 2 8:212,18@A ! depends upon the character of those who handle it. 2 8:212,19@A ! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, he is ²not² a trifling, silly young man. If 2 8:212,20@A ! he were, he would have done this differently. He would 2 8:212,21@A ! either have gloried in the achievement, or been ashamed 2 8:212,22@A ! of it. There would have been either the ostentation of 2 8:212,23@A ! a coxcomb, or the evasions of a mind too weak to defend 2 8:212,24@A ! its own+1 vanities.^^ No+1, I am perfectly sure that he is not 2 8:212,25@A ! trifling or silly." 2 8:212,26@A ! With Tuesday came the agreeable prospect of seeing 2 8:212,27@A ! him again, and for a longer time than hitherto; of 2 8:212,28@A ! judging of his general+1 manners, and by inference, of the 2 8:212,29@A ! meaning of his manners towards herself; of guessing how 2 8:212,30@A ! soon it might be necessary for her to throw coldness into 2 8:212,31@A ! her air; and of fancying what the observations of all 2 8:212,32@A ! those might be, who were now seeing them together for 2 8:212,33@A ! the first time. 2 8:213, 1@A ! She meant to be very happy, in spite+1 of the scene being+1 2 8:213, 2@A ! laid at =Mr#+Cole's ¡F¢; and without being+1 able to forget tha **t 2 8:213, 3@A ! among the failings of =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢, even in the days of his 2 8:213, 4@A ! favour, none had disturbed her more than his propensity 2 8:213, 5@A ! to dine with =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢. 2 8:213, 6@A ! Her father's comfort was amply secured, =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢ as 2 8:213, 7@A ! well as =Mrs#+Goddard ¡ZZD¢ being+1 able to come; and her last+ **1 2 8:213, 8@A ! pleasing duty, before she left+1 the house, was to pay+1 her 2 8:213, 9@A ! respects to+1 them as they sat together after dinner; and 2 8:213,10@A ! while+2 her father was fondly noticing the beauty of her 2 8:213,11@A ! dress, to make the two ladies all the amends in her power, 2 8:213,12@A ! by helping them to+1 large slices of cake and full glasses of 2 8:213,13@A ! wine, for whatever unwilling self-denial his care of their 2 8:213,14@A ! constitution might have obliged them to practise during 2 8:213,15@A ! the meal.^^ She had provided a plentiful dinner for them; 2 8:213,16@A ! she wished she could know that they had been allowed 2 8:213,17@A ! to eat it. 2 8:213,18@A ! She followed another carriage to+1 =Mr#+Cole's ¡F¢ door; and 2 8:213,19@A ! was pleased to see that it was =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢; 2 8:213,19¡' ¢! for 2 8:213,20¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ keeping no horses, having little spare+1 2 8:213,21¡' ¢! money and a great deal of health, activity, and independence, 2 8:213,22¡' ¢! was too apt, in Emma's ¡A¢ opinion, to get about as 2 8:213,23¡' ¢! he could, and not use+1 his carriage so often as became the 2 8:213,24¡' ¢! owner of Donwell+Abbey. She had an opportunity now 2 8:213,25¡' ¢! of speaking her approbation while+2 warm+1 from her heart, 2 8:213,26¡' ¢! for he stopped to hand+1 her out. 2 8:213,27¡A ¢! "This is coming as you should do," 2 8:213,27¡' ¢! said she, 2 8:213,27¡A ¢! "like+1 2 8:213,28¡A ¢! a gentleman.^^ I am quite glad to see you." 2 8:213,29¡' ¢! He thanked her, observing, 2 8:213,29¡B ¢! "How lucky that we should 2 8:213,30¡B ¢! arrive at the same moment] for+1, if we had met first in 2 8:213,31¡B ¢! the drawing-room, I doubt+1 whether you would have 2 8:213,32¡B ¢! discerned me to be more of a gentleman than usual.^^ 2 8:213,33¡B ¢! You might not have distinguished how I came, by my 2 8:213,34¡B ¢! look or manner." 2 8:213,35¡A ¢! "Yes I should, I am sure I should. There is always 2 8:213,36¡A ¢! a look of consciousness or bustle when people come in 2 8:213,37¡A ¢! a way which they know to be beneath them. You think 2 8:213,38¡A ¢! you carry it off very well, I dare+1 say, but with you it 2 8:214, 1¡A ¢! is a sort of bravado, an air of affected unconcern; I 2 8:214, 2¡A ¢! always observe it whenever I meet you under those 2 8:214, 3¡A ¢! circumstances. ²Now² you have nothing to try for+2. You 2 8:214, 4¡A ¢! are not afraid of being+1 supposed ashamed. You are not 2 8:214, 5¡A ¢! striving to look+1 taller than any+body else. ²Now² I shall 2 8:214, 6¡A ¢! really be very happy to walk+1 into the same room with 2 8:214, 7¡A ¢! you." 2 8:214, 8¡B ¢! "Nonsensical girl]" 2 8:214, 8¡' ¢! was his reply, but not at all in 2 8:214, 9¡' ¢! anger. 2 8:214,10¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ had as much reason to be satisfied with the rest 2 8:214,11¡' ¢! of the party as with =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. She was received 2 8:214,12¡' ¢! with a cordial+1 respect which could not but please, and 2 8:214,13¡' ¢! given all the consequence she could wish+1 for+2. When the 2 8:214,14¡' ¢! Westons ¡N1¢ arrived, their kindest looks of love, the stronges **t 2 8:214,15¡' ¢! of admiration were for her, from both husband and wife; 2 8:214,16¡' ¢! the son approached her with a cheerful eagerness which 2 8:214,17¡' ¢! marked her as his peculiar object, and at dinner she found 2 8:214,18¡' ¢! him seated by her^^ and, as she firmly believed, not 2 8:214,19¡' ¢! without some dexterity on his side. 2 8:214,20¡' ¢! The party was rather large, as it included one other 2 8:214,21¡' ¢! family, a proper unobjectionable country family, whom 2 8:214,22¡' ¢! the Coles ¡F1¢ had the advantage of naming among their 2 8:214,23¡' ¢! acquaintance, and the male part of =Mr#Cox's ¡ZE¢ family, the 2 8:214,24¡' ¢! lawyer of Highbury. The less worthy females were to 2 8:214,25¡' ¢! come in the evening, with =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, a **nd 2 8:214,26¡' ¢! =Miss+Smith ¡M¢; but already, at dinner, they were too 2 8:214,27¡' ¢! numerous for any subject of conversation to be general+1; 2 8:214,28¡' ¢! and while+2 politics and =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ were talked over, Emma **¡A¢ 2 8:214,29¡' ¢! could fairly surrender+1 all her attention to+1 the pleasantnes **s 2 8:214,30¡' ¢! of her neighbour. The first remote sound to+1 which she 2 8:214,31¡' ¢! felt herself obliged to attend, was the name of Jane+Fairfax ¡J **¢. 2 8:214,32¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ seemed to be relating something of 2 8:214,33¡' ¢! her that+2 was expected to be very interesting. She 2 8:214,34¡' ¢! listened, and found it well worth listening to+1. That+1 very 2 8:214,35¡' ¢! dear part of Emma ¡A¢, her fancy, received an amusing supply. 2 8:214,36¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ was telling that she had been calling on =Miss+B **ates ¡D¢, 2 8:214,37¡' ¢! and as soon as she entered the room had been 2 8:214,38¡' ¢! struck by the sight of a pianoforte<^^ a very elegant+looking 2 8:215, 1¡' ¢! instrument^^ not a grand, but a large-sized square 2 8:215, 2¡' ¢! pianoforte<; and the substance of the story, the end of 2 8:215, 3¡' ¢! all the dialogue which ensued of surprize, and inquiry, and 2 8:215, 4¡' ¢! congratulations on her side, and explanations on =Miss+Bates's **¡D¢, 2 8:215, 5¡' ¢! was, that this pianoforte< had arrived from 2 8:215, 6¡' ¢! Broadwood's ¡Z1¢ the day before, to+1 the great astonishment 2 8:215, 7¡' ¢! of both aunt and niece^^ entirely unexpected; that at 2 8:215, 8¡' ¢! first, by =Miss+Bates's ¡D¢ account, Jane ¡J¢ herself was quite ** at 2 8:215, 9¡' ¢! a loss, quite bewildered to think who could possibly have 2 8:215,10¡' ¢! ordered it^^ but now, they were both perfectly satisfied 2 8:215,11¡' ¢! that it could be from only one quarter+1;^^ of course+1 it 2 8:215,12¡' ¢! must be from Col#+Campbell ¡ZC¢. 2 8:215,13¡G ¢! "One can suppose nothing else," 2 8:215,13¡' ¢! added =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢, 2 8:215,14¡G ¢! "and I was only surprized that there could ever have 2 8:215,15¡G ¢! been a doubt. But Jane ¡J¢, it seems, had a letter from them 2 8:215,16¡G ¢! very lately, and not a word was said about it. She knows 2 8:215,17¡G ¢! their ways best; but I should not consider their silence 2 8:215,18¡G ¢! as any reason for their not meaning to make the present. 2 8:215,19¡G ¢! They might chuse to surprize+1 her." 2 8:215,20¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ had many to agree with her; every+body 2 8:215,21¡' ¢! who spoke on the subject was equally convinced that it 2 8:215,22¡' ¢! must come from Col#+Campbell ¡ZC¢, and equally rejoiced that 2 8:215,23¡' ¢! such a present had been made; and there were enough 2 8:215,24¡' ¢! ready to speak to allow Emma ¡A¢ to think her own+1 way, and 2 8:215,25¡' ¢! still listen to+1 =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢. 2 8:215,26¡G ¢! "I declare, I do not know when I have heard any+thing 2 8:215,27¡G ¢! that+2 has given me more satisfaction]^^ It always has 2 8:215,28¡G ¢! quite hurt me that Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, who plays+1 so delightfull **y, 2 8:215,29¡G ¢! should not have an instrument. It seemed quite 2 8:215,30¡G ¢! a shame, especially considering how many houses there 2 8:215,31¡G ¢! are where fine instruments are absolutely thrown away. 2 8:215,32¡G ¢! This is like+1 giving ourselves a slap, to be sure] and it was 2 8:215,33¡G ¢! but yesterday I was telling =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢, I really was ashamed 2 8:215,34¡G ¢! to look+1 at our new grand pianoforte< in the drawing-room, 2 8:215,35¡G ¢! while+2 I do not know one note from another, and our little 2 8:215,36¡G ¢! girls, who are but just+1 beginning+1, perhaps may never 2 8:215,37¡G ¢! make any+thing of it; and there is poor Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, 2 8:215,38¡G ¢! who is mistress of music, has not any+thing of the nature 2 8:216, 1¡G ¢! of an instrument, not even the pitifullest old spinnet in 2 8:216, 2¡G ¢! the world, to amuse herself with.^^ I was saying this to+1 2 8:216, 3¡G ¢! =Mr#+Cole ¡F¢ but yesterday, and he quite agreed with me; 2 8:216, 4¡G ¢! only he is so particularly fond of music that he could not 2 8:216, 5¡G ¢! help+1 indulging himself in the purchase, hoping that some 2 8:216, 6¡G ¢! of our good neighbours might be so obliging occasionally 2 8:216, 7¡G ¢! to put it to+1 a better+1 use than we can; and that+1 really is 2 8:216, 8¡G ¢! the reason why the instrument was bought^^ or else I am 2 8:216, 9¡G ¢! sure we ought to be ashamed of it.^^ We are in great hopes 2 8:216,10¡G ¢! that =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ may be prevailed with to try it this 2 8:216,11¡G ¢! evening." 2 8:216,12¡' ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ made the proper acquiescence; and 2 8:216,13¡' ¢! finding that nothing more was to be entrapped from any 2 8:216,14¡' ¢! communication of =Mrs#+Cole's ¡G¢, turned to+1 Frank+Churchill **¡E¢. 2 8:216,15¡A ¢! "Why do you smile+1?" 2 8:216,15¡' ¢! said she. 2 8:216,16¡E ¢! "Nay, why do you?" 2 8:216,17¡A ¢! "Me]^^ I suppose I smile+1 for pleasure at Col#+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ 2 8:216,18¡A ¢! being+1 so rich and so liberal.^^ It is a handsome 2 8:216,19¡A ¢! present." 2 8:216,20¡E ¢! "Very." 2 8:216,21¡A ¢! "I rather wonder+1 that it was never made before." 2 8:216,22¡E ¢! "Perhaps =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ has never been staying here so 2 8:216,23¡E ¢! long+1 before." 2 8:216,24¡A ¢! "Or that he did not give her the use of their own+1 2 8:216,25¡A ¢! instrument^^ which must now be shut up in London, 2 8:216,26¡A ¢! untouched by any+body." 2 8:216,27¡E ¢! "That+1 is a grand pianoforte<, and he might think it too 2 8:216,28¡E ¢! large for =Mrs#+Bates's ¡C¢ house." 2 8:216,29¡A ¢! "You may ²say² what you chuse^^ but your countenance 2 8:216,30¡A ¢! testifies that your ²thoughts² on this subject are very much 2 8:216,31¡A ¢! like+1 mine+1." 2 8:216,32¡E ¢! "I do not know. I rather believe you are giving me 2 8:216,33¡E ¢! more credit for acuteness than I deserve. I smile+1 because 2 8:216,34¡E ¢! you smile+1, and shall probably suspect whatever I find you 2 8:216,35¡E ¢! suspect; but at present I do not see what there is to 2 8:216,36¡E ¢! question+1. If Col#+Campbell ¡ZC¢ is not the person, who can 2 8:216,37¡E ¢! be?" 2 8:216,38¡A ¢! "What do you say to+1 =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢?" 2 8:217, 1¡E ¢! "=Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢] very true indeed. I had not thought+1 2 8:217, 2¡E ¢! of =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢. She must know as well as her father, how 2 8:217, 3¡E ¢! acceptable an instrument would be; and perhaps the 2 8:217, 4¡E ¢! mode of it, the mystery, the surprize, is more like+1 a young 2 8:217, 5¡E ¢! woman's scheme than an elderly man's. It is =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢ 2 8:217, 6¡E ¢! I dare+1 say. I told you that your suspicions would guide+1 2 8:217, 7¡E ¢! mine+1." 2 8:217, 8¡A ¢! "If so, you must extend your suspicions and comprehend 2 8:217, 9¡A ¢! ²=Mr#²+Dixon ¡ZF¢ in them." 2 8:217,10¡E ¢! "=Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢.^^ Very well. Yes, I immediately perceive 2 8:217,11¡E ¢! that it must be the joint present of =Mr# ¡ZF¢ and =Mrs#+Dixon **¡ZF1¢. 2 8:217,12¡E ¢! We were speaking the other day, you know, of his being+1 2 8:217,13¡E ¢! so warm+1 an admirer of her performance." 2 8:217,14¡A ¢! "Yes, and what you told me on that+1 head, confirmed 2 8:217,15¡A ¢! an idea which I had entertained before.^^ I do not mean 2 8:217,16¡A ¢! to reflect upon the good intentions of either =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ 2 8:217,17¡A ¢! or =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, but I cannot help+1 suspecting either tha **t, 2 8:217,18¡A ¢! after making his proposals to+1 her friend, he had the 2 8:217,19¡A ¢! misfortune to fall in love with ²her², or that he became 2 8:217,20¡A ¢! conscious of a little attachment on her side. One might 2 8:217,21¡A ¢! guess+1 twenty things without guessing exactly the right; 2 8:217,22¡A ¢! but I am sure there must be a particular cause for her 2 8:217,23¡A ¢! chusing to come to+1 Highbury instead of going with the 2 8:217,24¡A ¢! Campbells ¡ZC2¢ to+1 Ireland. Here, she must be leading a life 2 8:217,25¡A ¢! of privation and penance; there it would have been all 2 8:217,26¡A ¢! enjoyment. As to+1 the pretence of trying her native+1 air, 2 8:217,27¡A ¢! I look+1 upon that+1 as a mere excuse.^^ In the summer it 2 8:217,28¡A ¢! might have passed; but what can any+body's native+1 air 2 8:217,29¡A ¢! do for them in the months of January, February, and 2 8:217,30¡A ¢! March? Good fires and carriages would be much more 2 8:217,31¡A ¢! to+1 the purpose in most cases of delicate health, and I dare+1 2 8:217,32¡A ¢! say in her's. I do not require you to adopt all my suspicions, 2 8:217,33¡A ¢! though you make so noble a profession of doing 2 8:217,34¡A ¢! it, but I honestly tell you what they are." 2 8:217,35¡E ¢! "And, upon my word, they have an air of great probability. 2 8:217,36¡E ¢! =Mr#+Dixon's ¡ZF¢ preference of her music to+1 her friend's, 2 8:217,37¡E ¢! I can answer+1 for being+1 very decided+1." 2 8:217,38¡A ¢! "And then, he saved her life. Did you ever hear of 2 8:218, 1¡A ¢! that+1?^^ A water-party; and by some accident she was 2 8:218, 2¡A ¢! falling overboard. He caught her." 2 8:218, 3¡E ¢! "He did. I was there^^ one of the party." 2 8:218, 4¡A ¢! "Were you really?^^ Well]^^ But you observed nothing 2 8:218, 5¡A ¢! of course+1, for+1 it seems to be a new idea to+1 you.^^ 2 8:218, 6¡A ¢! If I had been there, I think I should have made some 2 8:218, 7¡A ¢! discoveries." 2 8:218, 8¡E ¢! "I dare+1 say you would; but I, simple+1+1 I, saw nothing 2 8:218, 9¡E ¢! but the fact, that =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ was nearly dashed from 2 8:218,10¡E ¢! the vessel and that =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ caught her.^^ It was the 2 8:218,11¡E ¢! work of a moment. And though the consequent shock 2 8:218,12¡E ¢! and alarm was very great and much more durable^^ 2 8:218,13¡E ¢! indeed I believe it was half an hour before any of us were 2 8:218,14¡E ¢! comfortable again^^ yet that+1 was too general+1 a sensation 2 8:218,15¡E ¢! for any+thing of peculiar anxiety to be observable. I do 2 8:218,16¡E ¢! not mean to say, however, that you might not have 2 8:218,17¡E ¢! made discoveries." 2 8:218,18¡' ¢! The conversation was here interrupted. They were 2 8:218,19¡' ¢! called on to share+1 in the awkwardness of a rather long+1 2 8:218,20¡' ¢! interval between the courses, and obliged to be as formal 2 8:218,21¡' ¢! and as orderly as the others; but when the table was 2 8:218,22¡' ¢! again safely covered, when every corner dish was placed 2 8:218,23¡' ¢! exactly right+1, and occupation and ease were generally 2 8:218,24¡' ¢! restored, Emma ¡A¢ said, 2 8:218,25¡A ¢! "The arrival of this pianoforte< is decisive with me. 2 8:218,26¡A ¢! I wanted to know a little more, and this tells me quite 2 8:218,27¡A ¢! enough. Depend upon it, we shall soon hear that it is 2 8:218,28¡A ¢! a present from =Mr# ¡ZF¢ and =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢." 2 8:218,29¡E ¢! "And if the Dixons ¡ZF2¢ should absolutely deny all knowledge 2 8:218,30¡E ¢! of it we must conclude it to come from the Campbells ¡ZC2¢." 2 8:218,32¡A ¢! "No+1, I am sure it is not from the Campbells ¡ZC2¢ =Miss+Fairf **ax ¡J¢ 2 8:218,33¡A ¢! knows it is not from the Campbells ¡ZC2¢, or they would 2 8:218,34¡A ¢! have been guessed at first. She would not have been 2 8:218,35¡A ¢! puzzled, had she dared fix on them. I may not have 2 8:218,36¡A ¢! convinced you perhaps, but I am perfectly convinced 2 8:218,37¡A ¢! myself that =Mr#+Dixon ¡ZF¢ is a principal in the business." 2 8:218,38¡E ¢! "Indeed you injure me if you suppose me unconvinced. 2 8:219, 1¡E ¢! Your reasonings carry my judgment along with 2 8:219, 2¡E ¢! them entirely. At first, while+2 I supposed you satisfied 2 8:219, 3¡E ¢! that Col#+Campbell ¡ZC¢ was the giver, I saw it only as paterna **l 2 8:219, 4¡E ¢! kindness, and thought+1 it the most natural+1 thing in the 2 8:219, 5¡E ¢! world. But when you mentioned =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢, I felt how 2 8:219, 6¡E ¢! much more probable that it should be the tribute of 2 8:219, 7¡E ¢! warm+1 female friendship. And now I can see it in no 2 8:219, 8¡E ¢! other light than as an offering of love." 2 8:219, 9@A ! There was no occasion to press+1 the matter farther. 2 8:219,10@A ! The conviction seemed real; he looked as if he felt it. 2 8:219,11¡' ¢! She said no more, other subjects took their turn; and 2 8:219,12¡' ¢! the rest of the dinner passed away; the dessert succeeded, 2 8:219,13¡' ¢! the children came in, and were talked to+1 and admired 2 8:219,14¡' ¢! amid the usual rate of conversation; a few clever things 2 8:219,15¡' ¢! said, a few downright silly, but by much the larger proportion 2 8:219,16¡' ¢! neither the one nor the other^^ nothing worse 2 8:219,17¡' ¢! than every+day remarks, dull repetitions, old news, and 2 8:219,18¡' ¢! heavy jokes. 2 8:219,19¡' ¢! The ladies had not been long+1 in the drawing-room, 2 8:219,20¡' ¢! before the other ladies, in their different divisions, arrived. 2 8:219,21¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ watched the entre-te´te; but she was glad to see it.^^ 3 6:360,29@A ! There had been a time when he would have scorned her 3 6:360,30@A ! as a companion, and turned from her with little ceremony. 3 6:360,31@A ! Now they seemed in pleasant conversation. 3 6:360,31¡' ¢! There had been 3 6:360,32¡' ¢! a time also when Emma ¡A¢ would have been sorry to see 3 6:360,33¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ in a spot so favourable for the Abbey-Mill+Farm; 3 6:360,34¡' ¢! but now she feared it not. 3 6:360,34@A ! It might be safely viewed with 3 6:360,35@A ! all its appendages of prosperity and beauty, its rich 3 6:360,36@A ! pastures, spreading flocks, orchard in blossom, and light+1 3 6:360,37@A ! column of smoke ascending.^^ 3 6:360,37¡' ¢! She joined them at the wall, 3 6:360,38¡' ¢! and found them more engaged in talking than in looking 3 6:361, 1¡' ¢! around. He was giving Harriet ¡M¢ information as to+1 modes 3 6:361, 2¡' ¢! of agriculture, &c# and Emma ¡A¢ received a smile which 3 6:361, 3¡' ¢! seemed to say, 3 6:361, 3@B ! "These are my own+1 concerns. I have 3 6:361, 4@B ! a right to talk+1 on such subjects, without being+1 suspected 3 6:361, 5@B ! of introducing Robert+Martin ¡S¢."^^ 3 6:361, 5¡' ¢! She did not suspect him. 3 6:361, 6@A ! It was too old a story.^^ Robert+Martin ¡S¢ had probably 3 6:361, 7@A ! ceased to think of Harriet ¡M¢.^^ 3 6:361, 7¡' ¢! They took a few turns together 3 6:361, 8¡' ¢! along the walk.^^ The shade was most refreshing, and 3 6:361, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ found it the pleasantest part of the day. 3 6:361,10¡' ¢! The next remove was to+1 the house; they must all go in 3 6:361,11¡' ¢! and eat;^^ and they were all seated and busy, and still 3 6:361,12¡' ¢! Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ did not come. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ looked, and 3 6:361,13¡' ¢! looked in vain. His father would not own himself uneasy, 3 6:361,14¡' ¢! and laughed at her fears; but she could not be cured of 3 6:361,15¡' ¢! wishing that he would part+1 with his black mare. He had 3 6:361,16¡' ¢! expressed himself as to+1 coming, with more than common 3 6:361,17¡' ¢! certainty. 3 6:361,17¡E ¢! "His aunt was so much better+1, that he had not 3 6:361,18¡E ¢! a doubt of getting over to+1 them."^^ 3 6:361,18¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Churchill's ¡ZD1¢ state, 3 6:361,19¡' ¢! however, as many were ready to remind her, was liable to+1 3 6:361,20¡' ¢! such sudden variation as might disappoint her nephew in 3 6:361,21¡' ¢! the most reasonable dependence^^ and =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was 3 6:361,22¡' ¢! at last+1+2 persuaded to believe, or to say, that it must be by 3 6:361,23¡' ¢! some attack of =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢ that he was prevented 3 6:361,24¡' ¢! coming.^^ Emma ¡A¢ looked at Harriet ¡M¢ while+2 the point was 3 6:361,25¡' ¢! under consideration; 3 6:361,25@A ! she behaved very well, and betrayed 3 6:361,26@A ! no emotion. 3 6:361,27¡' ¢! The cold+1 repast was over, and the party were to go out 3 6:361,28¡' ¢! once more to see what had not yet been seen, the old 3 6:361,29¡' ¢! Abbey fish-ponds; perhaps get as far as the clover, which 3 6:361,30¡' ¢! was to be begun cutting on the morrow, or, at any rate, 3 6:361,31¡' ¢! have the pleasure of being+1 hot, and growing cool+1 again.^^ 3 6:361,32¡' ¢! =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢, who had already taken his little round in 3 6:361,33¡' ¢! the highest part of the gardens, where no damps from the 3 6:361,34¡' ¢! river were imagined even by him, stirred no more; and 3 6:361,35¡' ¢! his daughter resolved to remain with him, that =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 3 6:361,36¡' ¢! might be persuaded away by her husband to+1 the exercise 3 6:361,37¡' ¢! and variety which her spirits seemed to need+1. 3 6:361,38¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ had done all in his power for =Mr#+Woodhouse **'s ¡P¢ 3 6:362, 1¡' ¢! entertainment. Books of engravings, drawers of 3 6:362, 2¡' ¢! medals, cameos, corals, shells, and every other family 3 6:362, 3¡' ¢! collection within his cabinets, had been prepared for his 3 6:362, 4¡' ¢! old friend, to while+1 away the morning; and the kindness 3 6:362, 5¡' ¢! had perfectly answered. =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢ had been 3 6:362, 6¡' ¢! exceedingly well amused. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ had been showing 3 6:362, 7¡' ¢! them all to+1 him, and now he would show+1 them all to+1 3 6:362, 8¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢;^^ fortunate in having no other resemblance to+1 3 6:362, 9¡' ¢! a child, than in a total want of taste for what he 3 6:362,10¡' ¢! saw, for he was slow, constant, and methodical.^^ Before 3 6:362,11¡' ¢! this second+2 looking over was begun, however, Emma ¡A¢ 3 6:362,12¡' ¢! walked into the hall for the sake of a few moments' free 3 6:362,13¡' ¢! observation of the entrance and ground-plot of the house^^ 3 6:362,14¡' ¢! and was hardly there, when Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ appeared, coming 3 6:362,15¡' ¢! quickly in from the garden, and with a look of escape.^^ 3 6:362,16¡' ¢! Little expecting to meet =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ so soon, there 3 6:362,17¡' ¢! was a start at first; but =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ was the very pers **on 3 6:362,18¡' ¢! she was in quest of. 3 6:362,19¡J ¢! "Will+1 you be so kind+1," 3 6:362,19¡' ¢! said she, 3 6:362,19¡J ¢! "when I am missed, as 3 6:362,20¡J ¢! to say that I am gone home?^^ I am going this moment.^^ 3 6:362,21¡J ¢! My aunt is not aware how late it is, nor how long+1 we have 3 6:362,22¡J ¢! been absent^^ but I am sure we shall be wanted, and I am 3 6:362,23¡J ¢! determined to go directly.^^ I have said nothing about it 3 6:362,24¡J ¢! to+1 any+body. It would only be giving trouble and distress. 3 6:362,25¡J ¢! Some are gone to+1 the ponds, and some to+1 the lime+walk. 3 6:362,26¡J ¢! Till they all come in I shall not be missed; and when they 3 6:362,27¡J ¢! do, will+1 you have the goodness to say that I am gone?" 3 6:362,28¡A ¢! "Certainly, if you wish+1 it;^^ but you are not going to 3 6:362,29¡A ¢! walk+1 to+1 Highbury alone?" 3 6:362,30¡J ¢! "Yes^^ what should hurt me?^^ I walk+1 fast. I shall be 3 6:362,31¡J ¢! at home in twenty minutes." 3 6:362,32¡A ¢! "But it is too far, indeed it is, to be walking quite 3 6:362,33¡A ¢! alone. Let my father's servant go with you.^^ Let me order+1 3 6:362,34¡A ¢! the carriage. It can be round+1 in five minutes." 3 6:362,35¡J ¢! "Thank you, thank you^^ but on no account.^^ I would 3 6:362,36¡J ¢! rather walk+1.^^ And for ²me² to be afraid of walking alone]^^ 3 6:362,37¡J ¢! I, who may so soon have to guard+1 others]" 3 6:362,38¡' ¢! She spoke with great agitation; and Emma ¡A¢ very 3 6:363, 1¡' ¢! feelingly replied, 3 6:363, 1¡A ¢! "That+1 can be no reason for your being+1 3 6:363, 2¡A ¢! exposed to+1 danger now. I must order+1 the carriage. 3 6:363, 3¡A ¢! The heat even would be danger.^^ You are fatigued 3 6:363, 4¡A ¢! already." 3 6:363, 5¡J ¢! "I am"^^ 3 6:363, 5¡' ¢! she answered^^ 3 6:363, 5¡J ¢! "I am fatigued; but it is not 3 6:363, 6¡J ¢! the sort of fatigue^^ quick+1 walking will+1 refresh me.^^ =Mis **s+Woodhouse ¡A¢, 3 6:363, 7¡J ¢! we all know at times what it is to be wearied 3 6:363, 8¡J ¢! in spirits. Mine+1, I confess, are exhausted. The greatest 3 6:363, 9¡J ¢! kindness you can show+1 me, will+1 be to let me have my own+1 3 6:363,10¡J ¢! way, and only say that I am gone when it is necessary." 3 6:363,11¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ had not another word to oppose. She saw it all; 3 6:363,12¡' ¢! and entering into her feelings, promoted her quitting the 3 6:363,13¡' ¢! house immediately, and watched her safely off with the 3 6:363,14¡' ¢! zeal of a friend. 3 6:363,14@A ! Her parting look was grateful^^ and her 3 6:363,15@A ! parting words, 3 6:363,15¡J ¢! "Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, the comfort of 3 6:363,16¡J ¢! being+1 sometimes alone]"^^ 3 6:363,16@A ! seemed to burst+1 from an over-charged 3 6:363,17@A ! heart, and to describe somewhat of the continual 3 6:363,18@A ! endurance to be practised by her, even towards some of 3 6:363,19@A ! those who loved her best. 3 6:363,20¡A ¢! "Such a home, indeed] such an aunt]" 3 6:363,20¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 3 6:363,21¡' ¢! as she turned back+1 into the hall again. 3 6:363,21¡A ¢! "I do pity+1 you. 3 6:363,22¡A ¢! And the more sensibility you betray of their just horrors, 3 6:363,23¡A ¢! the more I shall like+2 you." 3 6:363,24¡' ¢! Jane ¡J¢ had not been gone a quarter of an hour, and they 3 6:363,25¡' ¢! had only accomplished some views of St#+Mark's+Place, 3 6:363,26¡' ¢! Venice, when Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ entered the room. Emma ¡A¢ 3 6:363,27¡' ¢! had not been thinking of him, she had forgotten to think 3 6:363,28¡' ¢! of him^^ but she was very glad to see him. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ 3 6:363,29¡' ¢! would be at ease. The black mare was blameless; ²they² 3 6:363,30¡' ¢! were right+1 who had named =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢ as the cause. 3 6:363,31@E ! He had been detained by a temporary increase of illness 3 6:363,32@E ! in her; a nervous seizure, which had lasted some hours^^ 3 6:363,33@E ! and he had quite given up every thought of coming, till 3 6:363,34@E ! very late;^^ and had he known how hot a ride he should 3 6:363,35@E ! have, and how late, with all his hurry, he must be, he 3 6:363,36@E ! believed he should not have come at all. The heat was 3 6:363,37@E ! excessive; he had never suffered any+thing like+1 it^^ almost 3 6:363,38@E ! wished he had staid at home^^ nothing killed him like+1 3 6:364, 1@E ! heat^^ he could bear any degree of cold, &c# but heat was 3 6:364, 2@E ! intolerable^^ 3 6:364, 2¡' ¢! and he sat down, at the greatest possible 3 6:364, 3¡' ¢! distance from the slight+2 remains of =Mr#+Woodhouse's ¡P¢ fire **, 3 6:364, 4¡' ¢! looking very deplorable. 3 6:364, 5¡A ¢! "You will+1 soon be cooler, if you sit still+1," 3 6:364, 5¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢. 3 6:364, 6¡E ¢! "As soon as I am cooler I shall go back+1 again. I could 3 6:364, 7¡E ¢! very ill be spared^^ but such a point had been made of my 3 6:364, 8¡E ¢! coming] You will+1 all be going soon I suppose; the whole+1 3 6:364, 9¡E ¢! party breaking up. I met ²one² as I came^^ Madness in such 3 6:364,10¡E ¢! weather]^^ absolute madness]" 3 6:364,11¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ listened, and looked, and soon perceived that 3 6:364,12@A ! Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ state might be best defined by the 3 6:364,13@A ! expressive phrase of being+1 out of humour. Some people 3 6:364,14@A ! were always cross+1 when they were hot. Such might be 3 6:364,15@A ! his constitution; 3 6:364,15¡' ¢! and as she knew that eating and drinking 3 6:364,16¡' ¢! were often the cure of such incidental complaints, she 3 6:364,17¡' ¢! recommended his taking some refreshment; he would 3 6:364,18¡' ¢! find abundance of every+thing in the dining-room^^ and 3 6:364,19¡' ¢! she humanely pointed out the door. 3 6:364,20¡E ¢! "No+1^^ he should not eat. He was not hungry; it would 3 6:364,21¡E ¢! only make him hotter." 3 6:364,21¡' ¢! In two minutes, however, he 3 6:364,22¡' ¢! relented in his own+1 favour; and muttering something 3 6:364,23¡' ¢! about spruce+beer, walked off. Emma ¡A¢ returned all her 3 6:364,24¡' ¢! attention to+1 her father, saying in secret^^ 3 6:364,25¡A ¢! "I am glad I have done being+1 in love with him. I should 3 6:364,26¡A ¢! not like+2 a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot 3 6:364,27¡A ¢! morning. Harriet's ¡M¢ sweet easy temper will+1 not mind+1 it." 3 6:364,28¡' ¢! He was gone long+1 enough to have had a very comfortable 3 6:364,29¡' ¢! meal, and came back+1 all the better+1^^ grown quite cool+1^^ 3 6:364,30¡' ¢! and, with good manners, like+1 himself^^ able to draw a chair 3 6:364,31¡' ¢! close+2 to+1 them, take an interest in their employment; and 3 6:364,32¡' ¢! regret+1, in a reasonable way, that he should be so late. He 3 6:364,33¡' ¢! was not in his best spirits, but seemed trying to improve 3 6:364,34¡' ¢! them; and, at last+1+2, made himself talk+1 nonsense very 3 6:364,35¡' ¢! agreeably. They were looking over views of Swisserland. 3 6:364,36¡E ¢! "As soon as my aunt gets well, I shall go abroad," 3 6:364,36¡' ¢! said 3 6:364,37¡' ¢! he. 3 6:364,37¡E ¢! "I shall never be easy till I have seen some of these 3 6:364,38¡E ¢! places. You will+1 have my sketches, some time or other, 3 6:365, 1¡E ¢! to look+1 at^^ or my tour to read^^ or my poem. I shall do 3 6:365, 2¡E ¢! something to expose myself." 3 6:365, 3¡A ¢! "That+1 may be^^ but not by sketches in Swisserland. 3 6:365, 4¡A ¢! You will+1 never go to+1 Swisserland. Your uncle and aunt 3 6:365, 5¡A ¢! will+1 never allow you to leave+1 England." 3 6:365, 6¡E ¢! "They may be induced to go too. A warm+1 climate may 3 6:365, 7¡E ¢! be prescribed for her. I have more than half an expectation 3 6:365, 8¡E ¢! of our all going abroad. I assure you I have. I feel 3 6:365, 9¡E ¢! a strong persuasion, this morning, that I shall soon be 3 6:365,10¡E ¢! abroad. I ought to travel. I am tired of doing nothing. 3 6:365,11¡E ¢! I want+1 a change. I am serious+1, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, whateve **r 3 6:365,12¡E ¢! your penetrating eyes may fancy+1^^ I am sick of 3 6:365,13¡E ¢! England^^ and would leave+1 it to-morrow, if I could." 3 6:365,14¡A ¢! "You are sick of prosperity and indulgence. Cannot 3 6:365,15¡A ¢! you invent a few hardships for yourself, and be contented 3 6:365,16¡A ¢! to stay+1?" 3 6:365,17¡E ¢! "²I² sick of prosperity and indulgence]^^ You are quite 3 6:365,18¡E ¢! mistaken. I do not look+1 upon myself as either prosperous 3 6:365,19¡E ¢! or indulged. I am thwarted in every+thing material. I do 3 6:365,20¡E ¢! not consider myself at all a fortunate person." 3 6:365,21¡A ¢! "You are not quite so miserable, though, as when you 3 6:365,22¡A ¢! first came. Go and eat and drink a little more, and you 3 6:365,23¡A ¢! will+1 do very well. Another slice of cold+1 meat, another 3 6:365,24¡A ¢! draught of Madeira and water, will+1 make you nearly on 3 6:365,25¡A ¢! a par with the rest of us." 3 6:365,26¡E ¢! "No+1^^ I shall not stir. I shall sit by you. You are my 3 6:365,27¡E ¢! best cure." 3 6:365,28¡A ¢! "We are going to+1 Box+Hill to-morrow;^^ you will+1 join 3 6:365,29¡A ¢! us. It is not Swisserland, but it will+1 be something for 3 6:365,30¡A ¢! a young man so much in want of a change. You will+1 stay+1, 3 6:365,31¡A ¢! and go with us?" 3 6:365,32¡E ¢! "No+1, certainly not; I shall go home in the cool of the 3 6:365,33¡E ¢! evening." 3 6:365,34¡A ¢! "But you may come again in the cool of to-morrow 3 6:365,35¡A ¢! morning." 3 6:365,36¡E ¢! "No+1^^ It will+1 not be worth+while+2. If I come, I shall be 3 6:365,37¡E ¢! cross+1." 3 6:365,38¡A ¢! "Then pray stay+1 at Richmond." 3 6:366, 1¡E ¢! "But if I do, I shall be crosser still. I can never bear 3 6:366, 2¡E ¢! to think of you all there without me." 3 6:366, 3¡A ¢! "These are difficulties which you must settle for 3 6:366, 4¡A ¢! yourself. Choose your own+1 degree of crossness. I shall 3 6:366, 5¡A ¢! press+1 you no more." 3 6:366, 6¡' ¢! The rest of the party were now returning, and all were 3 6:366, 7¡' ¢! soon collected. With some there was great joy at the 3 6:366, 8¡' ¢! sight of Frank+Churchill ¡E¢; others took it very composedly; 3 6:366, 9¡' ¢! but there was a very general+1 distress and disturbance on 3 6:366,10¡' ¢! =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ disappearance being+1 explained. That+1 it **was 3 6:366,11¡' ¢! time for every+body to go, concluded the subject; and 3 6:366,12¡' ¢! with a short+1 final arrangement for the next day's scheme, 3 6:366,13¡' ¢! they parted. Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ little inclination to exclud **e 3 6:366,14¡' ¢! himself increased so much, that his last+1 words to+1 Emma ¡A¢ 3 6:366,15¡' ¢! were, 3 6:366,16¡E ¢! "Well;^^ if ²you² wish+1 me to stay+1, and join the party, 3 6:366,17¡E ¢! I will+1." 3 6:366,18¡' ¢! She smiled her acceptance; and nothing less than 3 6:366,19¡' ¢! a summons from Richmond was to take him back+1 before 3 6:366,20¡' ¢! the following evening. 3 7:367, 1¡' ¢! They had a very fine day for Box+Hill; and all the 3 7:367, 2¡' ¢! other outward circumstances of arrangement, accommodation, 3 7:367, 3¡' ¢! and punctuality, were in favour of a pleasant party. 3 7:367, 4¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ directed the whole, officiating safely between 3 7:367, 5¡' ¢! Hartfield and the vicarage, and every+body was in good 3 7:367, 6¡' ¢! time. Emma ¡A¢ and Harriet ¡M¢ went together; =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ a **nd 3 7:367, 7¡' ¢! her niece, with the Eltons ¡H1¢; the gentlemen on horseback. 3 7:367, 8¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ remained with =Mr#+Woodhouse ¡P¢. Nothing 3 7:367, 9¡' ¢! was wanting but to be happy when they got there. Seven 3 7:367,10¡' ¢! miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and 3 7:367,11¡' ¢! every+body had a burst of admiration on first arriving; 3 7:367,12¡' ¢! but in the general+1 amount of the day there was deficiency. 3 7:367,13¡' ¢! There was a languor, a want of spirits, a want of union, 3 7:367,14¡' ¢! which could not be got over. They separated too much 3 7:367,15¡' ¢! into parties. The Eltons ¡H1¢ walked together; =Mr#+Knightley ¡ **B¢ 3 7:367,16¡' ¢! took charge of =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ and Jane ¡J¢; and Emma ¡A¢ and 3 7:367,17¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ belonged to+1 Frank+Churchill ¡E¢. And =Mr#+Weston **¡N¢ 3 7:367,18¡' ¢! tried, in vain, to make them harmonize better+1. It seemed 3 7:367,19¡' ¢! at first an accidental division, but it never materially 3 7:367,20¡' ¢! varied. =Mr# ¡H¢ and =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢, indeed, showed no unwilli **ngness 3 7:367,21¡' ¢! to mix, and be as agreeable as they could: but during 3 7:367,22¡' ¢! the two whole+1 hours that+2 were spent on the hill, there 3 7:367,23¡' ¢! seemed a principle of separation, between the other 3 7:367,24¡' ¢! parties, too strong for any fine prospects, or any cold+1 3 7:367,25¡' ¢! collation, or any cheerful =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, to remove+1. 3 7:367,26¡' ¢! At first it was downright dulness to+1 Emma ¡A¢. 3 7:367,26@A ! She had 3 7:367,27@A ! never seen Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ so silent and stupid. He said 3 7:367,28@A ! nothing worth hearing^^ looked without seeing^^ admired 3 7:367,29@A ! without intelligence^^ listened without knowing what she 3 7:367,30@A ! said. While+2 he was so dull, it was no wonder that Harriet ¡M¢ 3 7:367,31@A ! should be dull likewise, and they were both insufferable. 3 7:367,32@A ! When they all sat down it was better+1; to+1 her taste 3 7:367,33@A ! a great deal better+1, for Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ grew talkative 3 7:368, 1@A ! and gay, making her his first object. Every distinguishing 3 7:368, 2@A ! attention that+2 could be paid, was paid to+1 her. To amuse 3 7:368, 3@A ! her, and be agreeable in her eyes, seemed all that+2 he cared 3 7:368, 4@A ! for^^ 3 7:368, 4¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢, glad to be enlivened, not sorry to be 3 7:368, 5¡' ¢! flattered, was gay and easy too, and gave him all the 3 7:368, 6¡' ¢! friendly encouragement, the admission to be gallant, 3 7:368, 7¡' ¢! which she had ever given in the first and most animating 3 7:368, 8¡' ¢! period of their acquaintance; but which now, in her own+1 3 7:368, 9¡' ¢! estimation, meant nothing, though in the judgment of 3 7:368,10¡' ¢! most people looking on it must have had such an appearance 3 7:368,11¡' ¢! as no English word but flirtation could very well 3 7:368,12¡' ¢! describe. 3 7:368,12@A ! "=Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ and =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ 3 7:368,13@A ! flirted together excessively." They were laying themselves 3 7:368,14@A ! open+1 to+1 that+1 very phrase^^ and to+1 having it sent off in 3 7:368,15@A ! a letter to+1 Maple+Grove by one lady, to+1 Ireland by another. 3 7:368,16¡' ¢! Not that Emma ¡A¢ was gay and thoughtless from any real 3 7:368,17¡' ¢! felicity; it was rather because she felt less happy than 3 7:368,18¡' ¢! she had expected. She laughed because she was disappointed; 3 7:368,19¡' ¢! and though she liked him for his attentions, and 3 7:368,20¡' ¢! thought+1 them all, whether in friendship, admiration, or 3 7:368,21¡' ¢! playfulness, extremely judicious, they were not winning 3 7:368,22¡' ¢! back+1 her heart. She still intended him for her friend. 3 7:368,23¡E ¢! "How much I am obliged to+1 you," 3 7:368,23¡' ¢! said he, 3 7:368,23¡E ¢! "for telling 3 7:368,24¡E ¢! me to come to+day]^^ If it had not been for you, I should 3 7:368,25¡E ¢! certainly have lost all the happiness of this party. I had 3 7:368,26¡E ¢! quite determined to go away again." 3 7:368,27¡A ¢! "Yes, you were very cross+1; and I do not know what 3 7:368,28¡A ¢! about, except that you were too late for the best strawberries. 3 7:368,29¡A ¢! I was a kinder friend than you deserved. But 3 7:368,30¡A ¢! you were humble+1. You begged hard to be commanded 3 7:368,31¡A ¢! to come." 3 7:368,32¡E ¢! "Don't say I was cross+1. I was fatigued. The heat 3 7:368,33¡E ¢! overcame me." 3 7:368,34¡A ¢! "It is hotter to-day." 3 7:368,35¡E ¢! "Not to+1 my feelings. I am perfectly comfortable 3 7:368,36¡E ¢! to-day." 3 7:368,37¡A ¢! "You are comfortable because you are under command." 3 7:368,38¡E ¢! "Your command?^^ Yes." 3 7:369, 1¡A ¢! "Perhaps I intended you to say so, but I meant self-command. 3 7:369, 2¡A ¢! You had, somehow or other, broken bounds 3 7:369, 3¡A ¢! yesterday, and run+1 away from your own+1 management; 3 7:369, 4¡A ¢! but to-day you are got back+1 again^^ and as I cannot be 3 7:369, 5¡A ¢! always with you, it is best to believe your temper under 3 7:369, 6¡A ¢! your own+1 command rather than mine+1." 3 7:369, 7¡E ¢! "It comes to+1 the same thing. I can have no self-command 3 7:369, 8¡E ¢! without a motive. You order+1 me, whether you 3 7:369, 9¡E ¢! speak or not. And you can be always with me. You are 3 7:369,10¡E ¢! always with me." 3 7:369,11¡A ¢! "Dating from three o'clock yesterday. My perpetual 3 7:369,12¡A ¢! influence could not begin earlier, or you would not have 3 7:369,13¡A ¢! been so much out of humour before." 3 7:369,14¡E ¢! "Three o'clock yesterday] That+1 is your date. I 3 7:369,15¡E ¢! thought+1 I had seen you first in February." 3 7:369,16¡A ¢! "Your gallantry is really unanswerable. But 3 7:369,16¡' ¢! (lowering 3 7:369,17¡' ¢! her voice)^^ 3 7:369,17¡A ¢! nobody speaks except ourselves, and it is 3 7:369,18¡A ¢! rather too much to be talking nonsense for the entertainment 3 7:369,19¡A ¢! of seven silent people." 3 7:369,20¡E ¢! "I say nothing of which I am ashamed," 3 7:369,20¡' ¢! replied he, 3 7:369,21¡' ¢! with lively impudence. 3 7:369,21¡E ¢! "I saw you first in February. 3 7:369,22¡E ¢! Let every+body on the Hill hear me if they can. Let my 3 7:369,23¡E ¢! accents swell to+1 Mickleham on one side, and Dorking on 3 7:369,24¡E ¢! the other. I saw you first in February." 3 7:369,24¡' ¢! And then 3 7:369,25¡' ¢! whispering^^ 3 7:369,25¡E ¢! "Our companions are excessively stupid. 3 7:369,26¡E ¢! What shall we do to rouse them? Any nonsense will+1 3 7:369,27¡E ¢! serve. They ²shall² talk+1. Ladies and gentlemen, I am 3 7:369,28¡E ¢! ordered by =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ (who, wherever she is, presides, **) 3 7:369,29¡E ¢! to say, that she desires to know what you are all 3 7:369,30¡E ¢! thinking of." 3 7:369,31¡' ¢! Some laughed, and answered good-humouredly. =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ 3 7:369,32¡' ¢! said a great deal; =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ swelled at the idea of 3 7:369,33¡' ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ presiding; =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ answer 3 7:369,34¡' ¢! was the most distinct. 3 7:369,35¡B ¢! "Is =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ sure that she would like+2 to hear 3 7:369,36¡B ¢! what we are all thinking of?" 3 7:369,37¡A ¢! "Oh] no+1, no+1"^^ 3 7:369,37¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, laughing as carelessly 3 7:369,38¡' ¢! as she could^^ 3 7:369,38¡A ¢! "Upon no account in the world. It is the 3 7:370, 1¡A ¢! very last+1 thing I would stand+1 the brunt of just+1 now. Let 3 7:370, 2¡A ¢! me hear any+thing rather than what you are all thinking of. 3 7:370, 3¡A ¢! I will+1 not say quite all. There are one or two, perhaps, 3 7:370, 4¡' ¢! (glancing at =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ and Harriet ¡M¢,) 3 7:370, 4¡A ¢! whose thoughts 3 7:370, 5¡A ¢! I might not be afraid of knowing." 3 7:370, 6¡I ¢! "It is a sort of thing," 3 7:370, 6¡' ¢! cried =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ emphatically, 3 7:370, 7¡I ¢! "which ²I² should not have thought+1 myself privileged to 3 7:370, 8¡I ¢! inquire into. Though, perhaps, as the ²Chaperon² of the 3 7:370, 9¡I ¢! party^^ ²I² never was in any circle^^ exploring parties^^ 3 7:370,10¡I ¢! young ladies^^ married women^^" 3 7:370,11¡' ¢! Her mutterings were chiefly to+1 her husband; and he 3 7:370,12¡' ¢! murmured, in reply, 3 7:370,13¡H ¢! "Very true, my love, very true. Exactly so, indeed^^ 3 7:370,14¡H ¢! quite unheard of^^ but some ladies say any+thing. Better+1 3 7:370,15¡H ¢! pass it off as a joke. Every+body knows what is due+1 to+1 3 7:370,16¡H ¢! ²you²." 3 7:370,17¡E ¢! "It will+1 not do," 3 7:370,17¡' ¢! whispered Frank ¡E¢ to+1 Emma ¡A¢, 3 7:370,17¡E ¢! "they 3 7:370,18¡E ¢! are most of them affronted. I will+1 attack+1 them with more 3 7:370,19¡E ¢! address. Ladies and gentlemen^^ I am ordered by =Miss+Woodhouse ** ¡A¢ 3 7:370,20¡E ¢! to say, that she waves her right of knowing 3 7:370,21¡E ¢! exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only requires 3 7:370,22¡E ¢! something very entertaining from each of you, in a general+1 3 7:370,23¡E ¢! way. Here are seven of you, besides myself, (who, she is 3 7:370,24¡E ¢! pleased to say, am very entertaining already,) and she 3 7:370,25¡E ¢! only demands+1 from each of you either one thing very 3 7:370,26¡E ¢! clever, be it prose or verse, original or repeated^^ or two 3 7:370,27¡E ¢! things moderately clever^^ or three things very dull indeed, 3 7:370,28¡E ¢! and she engages to laugh+1 heartily at them all." 3 7:370,29¡D ¢! "Oh] very well," 3 7:370,29¡' ¢! exclaimed =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, 3 7:370,29¡D ¢! "then I need+1 3 7:370,30¡D ¢! not be uneasy. ""Three things very dull indeed."" That+1 3 7:370,31¡D ¢! will+1 just+1 do for me, you know. I shall be sure to say three 3 7:370,32¡D ¢! dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth, shan't I?^^ 3 7:370,33¡' ¢! (looking round+1 with the most good-humoured dependence 3 7:370,34¡' ¢! on every+body's assent)^^ 3 7:370,34¡D ¢! Do not you all think I shall?" 3 7:370,35¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not resist. 3 7:370,36¡A ¢! "Ah] ma'am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon+1 3 7:370,37¡A ¢! me^^ but you will+1 be limited as to+1 number^^ only three at 3 7:370,38¡A ¢! once." 3 7:371, 1¡' ¢! Miss+Bates ¡D¢, deceived by the mock ceremony of her 3 7:371, 2¡' ¢! manner, did not immediately catch her meaning; but, 3 7:371, 3¡' ¢! when it burst+1 on her, it could not anger+1, though a slight+2 3 7:371, 4¡' ¢! blush showed that it could pain+1 her. 3 7:371, 5¡D ¢! "Ah]^^ well^ to be sure. Yes, I see what she means+1, 3 7:371, 6¡' ¢! (turning+1 to+1 =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢,) 3 7:371, 6¡D ¢! and I will+1 try to hold+1 my 3 7:371, 7¡D ¢! tongue. I must make myself very disagreeable, or she 3 7:371, 8¡D ¢! would not have said such a thing to+1 an old friend." 3 7:371, 9¡N ¢! "I like+2 your plan," 3 7:371, 9¡' ¢! cried =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. 3 7:371, 9¡N ¢! "Agreed, 3 7:371,10¡N ¢! agreed. I will+1 do my best. I am making a conundrum. 3 7:371,11¡N ¢! How will+1 a conundrum reckon?" 3 7:371,12¡E ¢! "Low, I am afraid, sir, very low," 3 7:371,12¡' ¢! answered his son;^^ 3 7:371,13¡E ¢! "but we shall be indulgent^^ especially to+1 any+one who 3 7:371,14¡E ¢! leads the way." 3 7:371,15¡A ¢! "No+1, no+1," 3 7:371,15¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 3 7:371,15¡A ¢! "it will+1 not reckon low. A 3 7:371,16¡A ¢! conundrum of =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ shall clear him and his next 3 7:371,17¡A ¢! neighbour. Come, sir, pray let me hear it." 3 7:371,18¡N ¢! "I doubt+1 it's being+1 very clever myself," 3 7:371,18¡' ¢! said =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢. 3 7:371,19¡N ¢! "It is too much a matter of fact, but here it is.^^ What 3 7:371,20¡N ¢! two letters of the alphabet are there, that+2 express+1 3 7:371,21¡N ¢! perfection?" 3 7:371,22¡A ¢! "What two letters]^^ express+1 perfection] I am sure 3 7:371,23¡A ¢! I do not know." 3 7:371,24¡N ¢! "Ah] you will+1 never guess+1. You, 3 7:371,24¡' ¢! (to+1 Emma ¡A¢), 3 7:371,24¡N ¢! I am 3 7:371,25¡N ¢! certain, will+1 never guess+1.^^ I will+1 tell you.^^ M# and A# **^^ 3 7:371,26¡N ¢! Em-ma ¡A¢.^^ Do you understand?" 3 7:371,27¡' ¢! Understanding and gratification came together. It 3 7:371,28¡' ¢! might be a very indifferent piece of wit; but Emma ¡A¢ found 3 7:371,29¡' ¢! a great deal to laugh+1 at and enjoy in it^^ and so did Frank ¡ **E¢ 3 7:371,30¡' ¢! and Harriet ¡M¢.^^ It did not seem to touch+1 the rest of the 3 7:371,31¡' ¢! party equally; some looked very stupid about it, and 3 7:371,32¡' ¢! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ gravely said, 3 7:371,33¡B ¢! "This explains the sort of clever thing that+2 is wanted, 3 7:371,34¡B ¢! and =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ has done very well for himself; but he 3 7:371,35¡B ¢! must have knocked up every+body else. ²Perfection² should 3 7:371,36¡B ¢! not have come quite so soon." 3 7:371,37¡I ¢! "Oh] for myself, I protest I must be excused," 3 7:371,37¡' ¢! said 3 7:371,38¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢; 3 7:371,38¡I ¢! "²I² really cannot attempt+1^^ I am not at all 3 7:372, 1¡I ¢! fond of the sort of thing. I had an acrostic once sent to+1 3 7:372, 2¡I ¢! me upon my own+1 name, which I was not at all pleased 3 7:372, 3¡I ¢! with. I knew who it came from. An abominable puppy]^^ 3 7:372, 4¡I ¢! You know who I mean^^ 3 7:372, 4¡' ¢! (nodding to+1 her husband). 3 7:372, 4¡I ¢! These 3 7:372, 5¡I ¢! kind of things are very well at Christmas, when one is 3 7:372, 6¡I ¢! sitting round+1 the fire; but quite out of place, in my 3 7:372, 7¡I ¢! opinion, when one is exploring about the country in summer. 3 7:372, 8¡I ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ must excuse+1 me. I am not one of those 3 7:372, 9¡I ¢! who have witty things at every+body's service.I do not 3 7:372,10¡I ¢! pretend to be a wit+1. I have a great deal of vivacity in my 3 7:372,11¡I ¢! own+1 way, but I really must be allowed to judge+1 when to 3 7:372,12¡I ¢! speak and when to hold+1 my tongue. Pass us, if you please, 3 7:372,13¡I ¢! =Mr#+Churchill ¡E¢. Pass =Mr#+E# ¡H¢, Knightley ¡B¢, Jane ¡J¢ a **nd myself. 3 7:372,14¡I ¢! We have nothing clever to say^^ not one of us." 3 7:372,15¡H ¢! "Yes, yes, pray pass ²me²," 3 7:372,15¡' ¢! added her husband, with 3 7:372,16¡' ¢! a sort of sneering consciousness; 3 7:372,16¡H ¢! "²I² have nothing to say 3 7:372,17¡H ¢! that+2 can entertain =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, or any other young 3 7:372,18¡H ¢! lady. An old married man^^ quite good for nothing. 3 7:372,19¡H ¢! Shall we walk+1, Augusta ¡I¢?" 3 7:372,20¡I ¢! "With all my heart. I am really tired of exploring so 3 7:372,21¡I ¢! long+1 on one spot. Come, Jane ¡J¢, take my other arm." 3 7:372,22¡' ¢! Jane ¡J¢ declined it, however, and the husband and wife 3 7:372,23¡' ¢! walked off. 3 7:372,23¡E ¢! "Happy couple]" 3 7:372,23¡' ¢! said Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, as 3 7:372,24¡' ¢! soon as they were out of hearing:^^ 3 7:372,24¡E ¢! "How well they suit+1 3 7:372,25¡E ¢! one another]^^ Very lucky^^ marrying as they did, upon 3 7:372,26¡E ¢! an acquaintance formed only in a public+1 place]^^ They 3 7:372,27¡E ¢! only knew each other, I think, a few weeks in Bath+1] 3 7:372,28¡E ¢! Peculiarly lucky]^^ for+1 as to+1 any real knowledge of a perso **n's 3 7:372,29¡E ¢! disposition that+2 Bath+1, or any public+1 place, can give^^ 3 7:372,30¡E ¢! it is all nothing; there can be no knowledge. It is only 3 7:372,31¡E ¢! by seeing women in their own+1 homes, among their own+1 3 7:372,32¡E ¢! set, just+1 as they always are, that you can form+1 any just 3 7:372,33¡E ¢! judgment. Short+1 of that+1, it is all guess and luck^^ and 3 7:372,34¡E ¢! will+1 generally be ill-luck. How many a man has committed 3 7:372,35¡E ¢! himself on a short+1 acquaintance, and rued it all the rest 3 7:372,36¡E ¢! of his life]" 3 7:372,37¡' ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, who had seldom spoken before, except 3 7:372,38¡' ¢! among her own+1 confederates, spoke now. 3 7:373, 1¡J ¢! "Such things do occur, undoubtedly." ^^ 3 7:373, 1¡' ¢! She was stopped 3 7:373, 2¡' ¢! by a cough. Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ turned towards her to 3 7:373, 3¡' ¢! listen. 3 7:373, 4¡E ¢! "You were speaking," 3 7:373, 4¡' ¢! said he, gravely. She recovered 3 7:373, 5¡' ¢! her voice. 3 7:373, 6¡J ¢! "I was only going to observe, that though such unfortunate 3 7:373, 7¡J ¢! circumstances do sometimes occur both to+1 men 3 7:373, 8¡J ¢! and women, I cannot imagine them to be very frequent. 3 7:373, 9¡J ¢! A hasty and imprudent attachment may arise^^ but there 3 7:373,10¡J ¢! is generally time to recover from it afterwards. I would 3 7:373,11¡J ¢! be understood to mean, that it can be only weak, irresolute 3 7:373,12¡J ¢! characters, (whose happiness must be always at the mercy 3 7:373,13¡J ¢! of chance,) who will+1 suffer an unfortunate acquaintance 3 7:373,14¡J ¢! to be an inconvenience, an oppression for+ever." 3 7:373,15¡' ¢! He made no answer; merely looked, and bowed in 3 7:373,16¡' ¢! submission; and soon afterwards said, in a lively tone, 3 7:373,17¡E ¢! "Well, I have so little confidence in my own+1 judgment, 3 7:373,18¡E ¢! that whenever I marry, I hope+1 somebody will+1 choose my 3 7:373,19¡E ¢! wife for me. Will+1 you? 3 7:373,19¡' ¢! (turning+1 to+1 Emma ¡A¢.) 3 7:373,19¡E ¢! Will+1 you 3 7:373,20¡E ¢! choose a wife for me?^^ I am sure I should like+2 any+body 3 7:373,21¡E ¢! fixed on by you. You provide for the family, you know, 3 7:373,22¡' ¢! (with a smile at his father). 3 7:373,22¡E ¢! Find somebody for me. I am 3 7:373,23¡E ¢! in no hurry. Adopt her, educate her." 3 7:373,24¡A ¢! "And make her like+1 myself." 3 7:373,25¡E ¢! "By all means, if you can." 3 7:373,26¡A ¢! "Very well. I undertake the commission. You shall 3 7:373,27¡A ¢! have a charming wife." 3 7:373,28¡E ¢! "She must be very lively, and have hazle eyes. I care+1 3 7:373,29¡E ¢! for nothing else. I shall go abroad for a couple of years^^ 3 7:373,30¡E ¢! and when I return+1, I shall come to+1 you for my wife. 3 7:373,31¡E ¢! Remember." 3 7:373,32¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was in no danger of forgetting. It was a commission 3 7:373,33¡' ¢! to touch+1 every favourite feeling. 3 7:373,33@A ! Would not 3 7:373,34@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ be the very creature described?^^ Hazle eyes 3 7:373,35@A ! excepted, two years more might make her all that+2 he 3 7:373,36@A ! wished. He might even have Harriet ¡M¢ in his thoughts at 3 7:373,37@A ! the moment; who could say? Referring the education 3 7:373,38@A ! to+1 her seemed to imply it. 3 7:374, 1¡J ¢! "Now, ma'am," 3 7:374, 1¡' ¢! said Jane ¡J¢ to+1 her aunt, 3 7:374, 1¡J ¢! "shall we join 3 7:374, 2¡J ¢! =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢?" 3 7:374, 3¡D ¢! "If you please, my dear. With all my heart. I am 3 7:374, 4¡D ¢! quite ready. I was ready to have gone with her, but this 3 7:374, 5¡D ¢! will+1 do just+1 as well. We shall soon overtake her. There 3 7:374, 6¡D ¢! she is^^ no+1, that's somebody else. That's one of the ladies 3 7:374, 7¡D ¢! in the Irish car party, not at all like+1 her.^^ Well, I declar **e^^" 3 7:374, 8¡' ¢! They walked off, followed in half a minute+1 by =Mr#+Knightley **¡B¢. 3 7:374, 9¡' ¢! =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, his son, Emma ¡A¢, and Harriet ¡M¢, 3 7:374,10¡' ¢! only remained; and the young man's spirits now rose+1 to+1 3 7:374,11¡' ¢! a pitch almost unpleasant. Even Emma ¡A¢ grew tired at last+1+2 3 7:374,12¡' ¢! of flattery and merriment, 3 7:374,12@A ! and wished herself rather walking 3 7:374,13@A ! quietly about with any of the others, or sitting almost 3 7:374,14@A ! alone, and quite unattended to+1, in tranquil observation of 3 7:374,15@A ! the beautiful views beneath her. The appearance of the 3 7:374,16@A ! servants looking out for them to give notice of the carriages 3 7:374,17@A ! was a joyful sight; and even the bustle of collecting and 3 7:374,18@A ! preparing to depart, and the solicitude of =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ to 3 7:374,19@A ! have ²her² carriage first, were gladly endured, in the prospect 3 7:374,20@A ! of the quiet drive home which was to close+1 the very 3 7:374,21@A ! questionable enjoyments of this day of pleasure. Such 3 7:374,22@A ! another scheme, composed of so many ill-assorted people, 3 7:374,23@A ! she hoped never to be betrayed into again. 3 7:374,24¡' ¢! While+2 waiting for the carriage, she found =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ 3 7:374,25¡' ¢! by her side. 3 7:374,25@A ! He looked around, as if to see that no+one 3 7:374,26@A ! were near, and then said, 3 7:374,27¡B ¢! "Emma ¡A¢, I must once more speak to+1 you as I have been 3 7:374,28¡B ¢! used+1 to do: a privilege rather endured than allowed, 3 7:374,29¡B ¢! perhaps, but I must still use+1 it. I cannot see you acting 3 7:374,30¡B ¢! wrong+1, without a remonstrance. How could you be so 3 7:374,31¡B ¢! unfeeling to+1 =Miss+Bates ¡D¢? How could you be so insolent 3 7:374,32¡B ¢! in your wit to+1 a woman of her character, age, and situation?^ **^ 3 7:374,33¡B ¢! Emma ¡A¢, I had not thought+1 it possible." 3 7:374,34¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ recollected, blushed, was sorry, but tried to 3 7:374,35¡' ¢! laugh+1 it off. 3 7:374,36¡A ¢! "Nay, how could I help+1 saying what I did?^^ Nobody 3 7:374,37¡A ¢! could have helped it. It was not so very bad. I dare+1 say 3 7:374,38¡A ¢! she did not understand me." 3 7:375, 1¡B ¢! "I assure you she did. She felt your full meaning. 3 7:375, 2¡B ¢! She has talked of it since. I wish+1 you could have heard how 3 7:375, 3¡B ¢! she talked of it^^ with what candour and generosity. I wish+1 3 7:375, 4¡B ¢! you could have heard her honouring your forbearance, in 3 7:375, 5¡B ¢! being+1 able to pay+1 her such attentions, as she was for+ever 3 7:375, 6¡B ¢! receiving from yourself and your father, when her society 3 7:375, 7¡B ¢! must be so irksome." 3 7:375, 8¡A ¢! "Oh]" 3 7:375, 8¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 3 7:375, 8¡A ¢! "I know there is not a better+1 3 7:375, 9¡A ¢! creature in the world: but you must allow, that what is 3 7:375,10¡A ¢! good and what is ridiculous are most unfortunately 3 7:375,11¡A ¢! blended in her." 3 7:375,12¡B ¢! "They are blended," 3 7:375,12¡' ¢! said he, 3 7:375,12¡B ¢! "I acknowledge; and, 3 7:375,13¡B ¢! were she prosperous, I could allow much for the occasional 3 7:375,14¡B ¢! prevalence of the ridiculous over the good. Were she 3 7:375,15¡B ¢! a woman of fortune, I would leave+1 every harmless absurdity 3 7:375,16¡B ¢! to take its chance, I would not quarrel+1 with you for any 3 7:375,17¡B ¢! liberties of manner. Were she your equal in situation^^ 3 7:375,18¡B ¢! but, Emma ¡A¢, consider how far this is from being+1 the case. 3 7:375,19¡B ¢! She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts she was 3 7:375,20¡B ¢! born to+1; and, if she live to+1 old age, must probably sink 3 7:375,21¡B ¢! more. Her situation should secure your compassion. 3 7:375,22¡B ¢! It was badly done, indeed]^^ You, whom she had known 3 7:375,23¡B ¢! from an infant, whom she had seen grow up from a period 3 7:375,24¡B ¢! when her notice was an honour, to have you now, in 3 7:375,25¡B ¢! thoughtless spirits, and the pride of the moment, laugh+1 3 7:375,26¡B ¢! at her, humble her^^ and before her niece, too^^ and before 3 7:375,27¡B ¢! others, many of whom (certainly ²some²,) would be entirely 3 7:375,28¡B ¢! guided by ²your² treatment of her.^^ This is not pleasant to+1 3 7:375,29¡B ¢! you, Emma ¡A¢^^ and it is very far from pleasant to+1 me; but 3 7:375,30¡B ¢! I must, I will+1,^^ I will+1 tell you truths while+2 I can, sat **isfied 3 7:375,31¡B ¢! with proving myself your friend by very faithful counsel, 3 7:375,32¡B ¢! and trusting that you will+1 some time or other do me greater 3 7:375,33¡B ¢! justice than you can do now." 3 7:375,34¡' ¢! While+2 they talked, they were advancing towards the 3 7:375,35¡' ¢! carriage; it was ready; and, before she could speak again, 3 7:375,36¡' ¢! he had handed her in. He had misinterpreted the feelings 3 7:375,37¡' ¢! which had kept her face averted, and her tongue motionless. 3 7:375,38¡' ¢! They were combined only of anger against herself, 3 7:376, 1¡' ¢! mortification, and deep concern. She had not been able 3 7:376, 2¡' ¢! to speak; and, on entering the carriage, sunk back+1 for 3 7:376, 3¡' ¢! a moment overcome^^ then reproaching herself for having 3 7:376, 4¡' ¢! taken no leave, making no acknowledgement, parting in 3 7:376, 5¡' ¢! apparent sullenness, she looked out with voice and hand 3 7:376, 6¡' ¢! eager to show+1 a difference; but it was just+1 too late. He 3 7:376, 7¡' ¢! had turned away, and the horses were in motion. She 3 7:376, 8¡' ¢! continued to look+1 back+1, but in vain; and soon, with what 3 7:376, 9¡' ¢! appeared unusual speed, they were half way down+1 the 3 7:376,10¡' ¢! hill, and every+thing left+1 far behind. She was vexed 3 7:376,11¡' ¢! beyond what could have been expressed^^ almost beyond 3 7:376,12¡' ¢! what she could conceal. Never had she felt so agitated, 3 7:376,13¡' ¢! mortified, grieved, at any circumstance in her life. She 3 7:376,14¡' ¢! was most forcibly struck. The truth of his representation 3 7:376,15¡' ¢! there was no denying. She felt it at her heart. 3 7:376,15@A ! How could 3 7:376,16@A ! she have been so brutal, so cruel to+1 =Miss+Bates ¡D¢]^^ How 3 7:376,17@A ! could she have exposed herself to+1 such ill opinion in any 3 7:376,18@A ! one she valued] And how suffer him to leave+1 her without 3 7:376,19@A ! saying one word of gratitude, of concurrence, of common 3 7:376,20@A ! kindness] 3 7:376,21¡' ¢! Time did not compose her. As she reflected more, she 3 7:376,22¡' ¢! seemed but to feel it more. She never had been so 3 7:376,23¡' ¢! depressed. 3 7:376,23@A ! Happily it was not necessary to speak. There 3 7:376,24@A ! was only Harriet ¡M¢, who seemed not in spirits herself, fagged **, 3 7:376,25@A ! and very willing to be silent; 3 7:376,25¡' ¢! and Emma ¡A¢ felt the tears 3 7:376,26¡' ¢! running down+1 her cheeks almost all the way home, without 3 7:376,27¡' ¢! being+1 at any trouble to check+1 them, extraordinary as they 3 7:376,28¡' ¢! were. 3 8:377, 1¡' ¢! The wretchedness of a scheme to+1 Box+Hill was in 3 8:377, 2¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ thoughts all the evening. 3 8:377, 2@A ! How it might be 3 8:377, 3@A ! considered by the rest of the party, she could not tell. 3 8:377, 4@A ! They, in their different homes, and their different ways, 3 8:377, 5@A ! might be looking back+1 on it with pleasure; but in her view 3 8:377, 6@A ! it was a morning more completely misspent, more totally 3 8:377, 7@A ! bare of rational satisfaction at the time, and more to be 3 8:377, 8@A ! abhorred in recollection, than any she had ever passed. 3 8:377, 9@A ! A whole+1 evening of back+1-gammon with her father, was 3 8:377,10@A ! felicity to+1 it. ²There², indeed, lay+1 real pleasure, for+1 t **here 3 8:377,11@A ! she was giving up the sweetest hours of the twenty-four to+1 3 8:377,12@A ! his comfort; and feeling+1 that, unmerited as might be the 3 8:377,13@A ! degree of his fond affection and confiding esteem, she could 3 8:377,14@A ! not, in her general+1 conduct, be open+1 to+1 any severe reproa **ch. 3 8:377,15@A ! As a daughter, she hoped she was not without a heart. 3 8:377,16@A ! She hoped no+one could have said to+1 her, "How could 3 8:377,17@A ! you be so unfeeling to+1 your father?^^ I must, I will+1 tell 3 8:377,18@A ! you truths while+2 I can." =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ should never again^^ 3 8:377,19@A ! no+1, never] If attention, in future, could do away the 3 8:377,20@A ! past+1, she might hope+1 to be forgiven. She had been often 3 8:377,21@A ! remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more 3 8:377,22@A ! in thought than fact; scornful, ungracious. But it 3 8:377,23@A ! should be so no more. 3 8:377,23¡' ¢! In the warmth of true contrition, 3 8:377,24@A ! she would call+1 upon her the very next morning, and it 3 8:377,25@A ! should be the beginning, on her side, of a regular, equal+2, 3 8:377,26@A ! kindly intercourse. 3 8:377,27¡' ¢! She was just+1 as determined when the morrow came, 3 8:377,28¡' ¢! and went early, that nothing might prevent her. 3 8:377,28@A ! It was 3 8:377,29@A ! not unlikely, 3 8:377,29¡' ¢! she thought+1, 3 8:377,29@A ! that she might see =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ 3 8:377,30@A ! in her way; or, perhaps, he might come in while+2 she were 3 8:377,31@A ! paying her visit. She had no objection. She would not 3 8:377,32@A ! be ashamed of the appearance of the penitence, so justly 3 8:378, 1@A ! and truly hers. Her eyes were towards Donwell as she 3 8:378, 2@A ! walked, but she saw him not. 3 8:378, 3¡U ¢! "The ladies were all at home." 3 8:378, 3¡' ¢! She had never rejoiced 3 8:378, 4¡' ¢! at the sound before, nor ever before entered the 3 8:378, 5¡' ¢! passage, nor walked up the stairs, with any wish of giving 3 8:378, 6¡' ¢! pleasure, but in conferring obligation, or of deriving it, 3 8:378, 7¡' ¢! except in subsequent ridicule. 3 8:378, 8@A ! There was a bustle on her approach; a good deal of 3 8:378, 9@A ! moving and talking. She heard =Miss+Bates's ¡D¢ voice, some+thi **ng 3 8:378,10@A ! was to be done in a hurry; the maid looked frightened 3 8:378,11@A ! and awkward; 3 8:378,11@U ! hoped she would be pleased to wait a 3 8:378,12@U ! moment, 3 8:378,12@A ! and then ushered her in too soon. The aunt and 3 8:378,13@A ! niece seemed both escaping into the adjoining room. Jane ¡J¢ 3 8:378,14@A ! she had a distinct glimpse of, looking extremely ill; and, 3 8:378,15@A ! before the door had shut them out, she heard =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ 3 8:378,16@A ! saying, 3 8:378,16¡D ¢! "Well, my dear, I shall ²say² you are laid down 3 8:378,17¡D ¢! upon the bed, and I am sure you are ill enough." 3 8:378,18@A ! Poor old =Mrs#+Bates ¡C¢, civil and humble+1 as usual, looked 3 8:378,19@A ! as if she did not quite understand what was going on. 3 8:378,20¡C ¢! "I am afraid Jane ¡J¢ is not very well," 3 8:378,20¡' ¢! said she, 3 8:378,20¡C ¢! "but 3 8:378,21¡C ¢! I do not know; they ²tell² me she is well. I dare+1 say my 3 8:378,22¡C ¢! daughter will+1 be here presently, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢. I hope+ **1 3 8:378,23¡C ¢! you find a chair. I wish+1 Hetty ¡D¢ had not gone. I am very 3 8:378,24¡C ¢! little able^^ Have you a chair, ma'am? Do you sit where 3 8:378,25¡C ¢! you like+2? I am sure she will+1 be here presently." 3 8:378,26¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ seriously hoped she would. She had a moment's 3 8:378,27¡' ¢! fear of =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ keeping away from her. But =Miss+Bates **¡D¢ 3 8:378,28¡' ¢! soon came^^ 3 8:378,28¡D ¢! "Very happy and obliged"^^ 3 8:378,28¡' ¢! but Emma's ¡A¢ 3 8:378,29¡' ¢! conscience told her that 3 8:378,29@A ! there was not the same cheerful 3 8:378,30@A ! volubility as before^^ less ease of look and manner. A very 3 8:378,31@A ! friendly inquiry after =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, she hoped, might lead **+1 3 8:378,32@A ! the way to+1 a return of old feelings. The touch seemed 3 8:378,33@A ! immediate. 3 8:378,34¡D ¢! "Ah] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, how kind+1 you are]^^ I suppose 3 8:378,35¡D ¢! you have heard^^ and are come to give us joy. This does 3 8:378,36¡D ¢! not seem much like+1 joy, indeed, in me^^ 3 8:378,36¡' ¢! (twinkling away 3 8:378,37¡' ¢! a tear or two)^^ 3 8:378,37¡D ¢! but it will+1 be very trying for us to part+1 3 8:378,38¡D ¢! with her, after having had her so long+1, and she has 3 8:379, 1¡D ¢! a dreadful headach just+1 now, writing all the morning:^^ 3 8:379, 2¡D ¢! such long+1 letters, you know, to be written to+1 Colonel+Campb **ell ¡ZC¢, 3 8:379, 3¡D ¢! and =Mrs#+Dixon ¡ZF1¢. ""My dear,"" said I, ""you will+1 3 8:379, 4¡D ¢! blind+1 yourself""^^ for tears were in her eyes perpetually. 3 8:379, 5¡D ¢! One cannot wonder+1, one cannot wonder+1. It is a great 3 8:379, 6¡D ¢! change; and though she is amazingly fortunate^^ such 3 8:379, 7¡D ¢! a situation, I suppose, as no young woman before ever 3 8:379, 8¡D ¢! met with on first going out^^ do not think us ungrateful, 3 8:379, 9¡D ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, for such surprising good fortune^^ 3 8:379, 9¡' ¢! (again 3 8:379,10¡' ¢! dispersing her tears)^^ 3 8:379,10¡D ¢! but, poor dear soul] if you were to 3 8:379,11¡D ¢! see what a headach she has. When one is in great pain, 3 8:379,12¡D ¢! you know one cannot feel any blessing quite as it may 3 8:379,13¡D ¢! deserve. She is as low as possible. To look+1 at her, 3 8:379,14¡D ¢! nobody would think how delighted and happy she is to 3 8:379,15¡D ¢! have secured such a situation. You will+1 excuse+1 her not 3 8:379,16¡D ¢! coming to+1 you^^ she is not able^^ she is gone into her own+1 3 8:379,17¡D ¢! room^^ I want+1 her to lie+1 down upon the bed. ""My dear,"" 3 8:379,18¡D ¢! said I, ""I shall say you are laid down upon the bed:"" but, 3 8:379,19¡D ¢! however, she is not; she is walking about the room. 3 8:379,20¡D ¢! But, now that+2 she has written her letters, she says she 3 8:379,21¡D ¢! shall soon be well. She will+1 be extremely sorry to miss 3 8:379,22¡D ¢! seeing you, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, but your kindness will+1 3 8:379,23¡D ¢! excuse+1 her. You were kept waiting at the door^^ I was 3 8:379,24¡D ¢! quite ashamed^^ but somehow there was a little bustle^^ 3 8:379,25¡D ¢! for+1 it so happened that we had not heard the knock, and 3 8:379,26¡D ¢! till you were on the stairs, we did not know any+body was 3 8:379,27¡D ¢! coming. ""It is only =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢,"" said I, ""depend upon it **. 3 8:379,28¡D ¢! Nobody else would come so early."" 3 8:379,28@J ! "Well,"" 3 8:379,28¡D ¢! said she, 3 8:379,28@J ! ""it 3 8:379,29@J ! must be borne some time or other, and it may as well be 3 8:379,30@J ! now."" 3 8:379,30¡D ¢! But then Patty ¡U¢ came in, and said it was you. 3 8:379,31¡D ¢! ""Oh]"" said I, ""it is =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢: I am sure you 3 8:379,32¡D ¢! will+1 like+2 to see her.""^^ 3 8:379,32@J ! ""I can see nobody,"" 3 8:379,32¡D ¢! said she; and 3 8:379,33¡D ¢! up she got, and would go away; and that+1 was what made 3 8:379,34¡D ¢! us keep you waiting^^ and extremely sorry and ashamed 3 8:379,35¡D ¢! we were. ""If you must go, my dear,"" said I, ""you must, 3 8:379,36¡D ¢! and I will+1 say you are laid down upon the bed."" " 3 8:379,37¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was most sincerely interested. Her heart had been 3 8:379,38¡' ¢! long+1 growing kinder towards Jane ¡J¢; and this picture of her 3 8:380, 1¡' ¢! present+2 sufferings acted as a cure of every former ungenerous 3 8:380, 2¡' ¢! suspicion, and left+1 her nothing but pity; and the remembrance 3 8:380, 3¡' ¢! of the less just and less gentle sensations of the 3 8:380, 4¡' ¢! past+1, obliged her to admit that Jane ¡J¢ might very naturally 3 8:380, 5¡' ¢! resolve on seeing =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ or any other steady friend, 3 8:380, 6¡' ¢! when she might not bear to see herself. She spoke as she 3 8:380, 7¡' ¢! felt, with earnest regret and solicitude^^ 3 8:380, 7@A ! sincerely wishing 3 8:380, 8@A ! that the circumstances which she collected from =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ 3 8:380, 9@A ! to be now actually determined on, might be as much for 3 8:380,10@A ! =Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ advantage and comfort as possible. 3 8:380,10¡A ¢! "It 3 8:380,11¡A ¢! must be a severe trial to+1 them all. She had understood 3 8:380,12¡A ¢! it was to be delayed till Colonel+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ return." 3 8:380,13¡D ¢! "So very kind+1]" 3 8:380,13¡' ¢! replied =Miss+Bates ¡D¢. 3 8:380,13¡D ¢! "But you are 3 8:380,14¡D ¢! always kind+1." 3 8:380,15@A ! There was no bearing such an 3 8:380,15¡D ¢! "always;" 3 8:380,15@A ! and to break 3 8:380,16@A ! through her dreadful gratitude, 3 8:380,16¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ made the direct+1 3 8:380,17¡' ¢! inquiry of^^ 3 8:380,18¡A ¢! "Where^^ may I ask?^^ is =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ going?" 3 8:380,19¡D ¢! "To+1 a =Mrs#+Smallridge ¡ZM1¢^^ charming woman^^ most 3 8:380,20¡D ¢! superior^^ to have the charge of her three little girls^^ 3 8:380,21¡D ¢! delightful children. Impossible that any situation could 3 8:380,22¡D ¢! be more replete with comfort; if we except, perhaps, 3 8:380,23¡D ¢! =Mrs#+Suckling's ¡W1¢ own+1 family, and =Mrs#+Bragge's ¡ZB1¢; b **ut 3 8:380,24¡D ¢! =Mrs#+Smallridge ¡ZM1¢ is intimate+1 with both. and in the very 3 8:380,25¡D ¢! same neighbourhood:^^ lives+1 only four miles from Maple+Grove. 3 8:380,26¡D ¢! Jane ¡J¢ will+1 be only four miles from Maple+Grove." 3 8:380,27¡A ¢! "=Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢, I suppose, has been the person to+1 whom 3 8:380,28¡A ¢! =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ owes^^" 3 8:380,29¡D ¢! "Yes, our good =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢. The most indefatigable, 3 8:380,30¡D ¢! true friend. She would not take a denial. She would not 3 8:380,31¡D ¢! let Jane ¡J¢ say ""No+1;"" for+1 when Jane ¡J¢ first heard of i **t, (it 3 8:380,32¡D ¢! was the day before yesterday, the very morning we were at 3 8:380,33¡D ¢! Donwell,) when Jane ¡J¢ first heard of it, she was quite 3 8:380,34¡D ¢! decided against accepting the offer, and for the reasons 3 8:380,35¡D ¢! you mention+1; exactly as you say, she had made up her 3 8:380,36¡D ¢! mind to close+1 with nothing till Colonel+Campbell's ¡ZC¢ retur **n, 3 8:380,37¡D ¢! and nothing should induce her to enter into any engagement 3 8:380,38¡D ¢! at present^^ and so she told =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ over and over 3 8:381, 1¡D ¢! again^^ and I am sure I had no more idea that she would 3 8:381, 2¡D ¢! change+1 her mind]^^ but that+1 good =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢, whose jud **gement 3 8:381, 3¡D ¢! never fails her, saw farther than I did. It is not 3 8:381, 4¡D ¢! every+body that+2 would have stood out in such a kind+1 way 3 8:381, 5¡D ¢! as she did, and refuse to take Jane's ¡J¢ answer; but she 3 8:381, 6¡D ¢! positively declared she would ²not² write any such denial 3 8:381, 7¡D ¢! yesterday, as Jane ¡J¢ wished her; she would wait ^^ and, 3 8:381, 8¡D ¢! sure enough, yesterday evening it was all settled that 3 8:381, 9¡D ¢! Jane ¡J¢ should go. Quite a surprise to+1 me] I had not the 3 8:381,10¡D ¢! least idea]^^ Jane ¡J¢ took =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ aside, and told her ** at 3 8:381,11¡D ¢! once, that upon thinking over the advantages of =Mrs#+Suckling' **s ¡W1¢ 3 8:381,12¡D ¢! situation, she had come to+1 the resolution of 3 8:381,13¡D ¢! accepting it.^^ I did not know a word of it till it was all 3 8:381,14¡D ¢! settled." 3 8:381,15¡A ¢! "You spent the evening with =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢?" 3 8:381,16¡D ¢! "Yes, all of us; =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ would have us come. It 3 8:381,17¡D ¢! was settled so, upon the hill, while+2 we were walking about 3 8:381,18¡D ¢! with =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢. 3 8:381,18@I ! ""You ²must² ²all² spend your evening 3 8:381,19@I ! with us,"" 3 8:381,19¡D ¢! said she^^ 3 8:381,19@I ! ""I positively must have you ²all² 3 8:381,20@I ! come."" " 3 8:381,21¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ was there too, was he?" 3 8:381,22¡D ¢! "No+1, not =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢; he declined it from the first; 3 8:381,23¡D ¢! and though I thought+1 he would come, because =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ 3 8:381,24¡D ¢! declared she would not let him off, he did not;^^ but my 3 8:381,25¡D ¢! mother, and Jane ¡J¢, and I, were all there, and a very agreeab **le 3 8:381,26¡D ¢! evening we had. Such kind+1 friends, you know, =Miss+Woodhouse **¡A¢, 3 8:381,27¡D ¢! one must always find agreeable, though every+body 3 8:381,28¡D ¢! seemed rather fagged after the morning's party. 3 8:381,29¡D ¢! Even pleasure, you know, is fatiguing^^ and I cannot say 3 8:381,30¡D ¢! that any of them seemed very much to have enjoyed it. 3 8:381,31¡D ¢! However, ²I² shall always think it a very pleasant party, 3 8:381,32¡D ¢! and feel extremely obliged to+1 the kind+1 friends who included 3 8:381,33¡D ¢! me in it." 3 8:381,34¡A ¢! "=Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, I suppose, though you were not aware 3 8:381,35¡A ¢! of it, had been making up her mind the whole+1 day." 3 8:381,36¡D ¢! "I dare+1 say she had." 3 8:381,37¡A ¢! "Whenever the time may come, it must be unwelcome 3 8:381,38¡A ¢! to+1 her and all her friends^^ but I hope+1 her engagement will **+1 3 8:382, 1¡A ¢! have every alleviation that+2 is possible^^ I mean, as to+1 the 3 8:382, 2¡A ¢! character and manners of the family." 3 8:382, 3¡D ¢! "Thank you, dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢. Yes, indeed, 3 8:382, 4¡D ¢! there is every+thing in the world that+2 can make her happy 3 8:382, 5¡D ¢! in it. Except the Sucklings ¡W2¢ and Bragges ¡ZB2¢, there is no **t 3 8:382, 6¡D ¢! such another nursery establishment, so liberal and elegant, 3 8:382, 7¡D ¢! in all =Mrs#+Elton's ¡I¢ acquaintance. =Mrs#+Smallridge ¡ZM1¢, **a most 3 8:382, 8¡D ¢! delightful woman]^^ A style of living almost equal+2 to+1 3 8:382, 9¡D ¢! Maple+Grove^^ and as to+1 the children, except the little 3 8:382,10¡D ¢! Sucklings ¡W2¢ and little Bragges ¡ZB3¢, there are not such ele **gant 3 8:382,11¡D ¢! sweet children any+where. Jane ¡J¢ will+1 be treated with such 3 8:382,12¡D ¢! regard and kindness]^^ It will+1 be nothing but pleasure, 3 8:382,13¡D ¢! a life of pleasure.^^ And her salary]^^ I really cannot venture 3 8:382,14¡D ¢! to name+1 her salary to+1 you, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢. Even 3 8:382,15¡D ¢! you, used+1 as you are to+1 great sums, would hardly believe 3 8:382,16¡D ¢! that so much could be given to+1 a young person like+1 Jane ¡J¢ **." 3 8:382,17¡A ¢! "Ah] madam," 3 8:382,17¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 3 8:382,17¡A ¢! "if other children are at 3 8:382,18¡A ¢! all like+1 what I remember to have been myself, I should 3 8:382,19¡A ¢! think five times the amount of what I have ever yet heard 3 8:382,20¡A ¢! named as a salary on such occasions, dearly+1 earned." 3 8:382,21¡D ¢! "You are so noble in your ideas]" 3 8:382,22¡A ¢! "And when is =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ to leave+1 you?" 3 8:382,23¡D ¢! "Very soon, very soon indeed; that's the worst of it. 3 8:382,24¡D ¢! Within a fortnight. =Mrs#+Smallridge ¡ZM1¢ is in a great hurry. 3 8:382,25¡D ¢! My poor mother does not know how to bear it. So then, 3 8:382,26¡D ¢! I try to put it out of her thoughts, and say, Come ma'am, 3 8:382,27¡D ¢! do not let us think about it any more." 3 8:382,28¡A ¢! "Her friends must all be sorry to lose her; and will+1 not 3 8:382,29¡A ¢! Colonel ¡ZC¢ and =Mrs#+Campbell ¡ZC1¢ be sorry to find that she ** has 3 8:382,30¡A ¢! engaged herself before their return?" 3 8:382,31¡D ¢! "Yes; Jane ¡J¢ says she is sure they will+1; but yet, this 3 8:382,32¡D ¢! is such a situation as she cannot feel herself justified in 3 8:382,33¡D ¢! declining. I was so astonished when she first told me 3 8:382,34¡D ¢! what she had been saying to+1 =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢, and when 3 8:382,35¡D ¢! =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ at the same moment came congratulating me 3 8:382,36¡D ¢! upon it] It was before tea^^ stay+1^^ no+1, it could not be 3 8:382,37¡D ¢! before tea, because we were just+1 going to+1 cards^^ and yet 3 8:382,38¡D ¢! it was before tea, because I remember thinking^^ Oh] no+1 3 8:383, 1¡D ¢! now I recollect, now I have it; something happened 3 8:383, 2¡D ¢! before tea, but not that+1. =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ was called out of th **e 3 8:383, 3¡D ¢! room before tea, old John+Abdy's ¡ZA¢ son wanted to speak 3 8:383, 4¡D ¢! with him. Poor old John ¡ZA¢, I have a great regard for him; 3 8:383, 5¡D ¢! he was clerk to+1 my poor father twenty-seven years; and 3 8:383, 6¡D ¢! now, poor old man, he is bed-ridden, and very poorly with 3 8:383, 7¡D ¢! the rheumatic gout in his joints^^ I must go and see him 3 8:383, 8¡D ¢! to-day; and so will+1 Jane ¡J¢, I am sure, if she gets out at a **ll. 3 8:383, 9¡D ¢! And poor John's ¡ZA¢ son came to talk+1 to+1 =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ abo **ut relief 3 8:383,10¡D ¢! from the parish: he is very well to do himself, you know, 3 8:383,11¡D ¢! being+1 head+man at the Crown, ostler, and every+thing of 3 8:383,12¡D ¢! that+1 sort, but still he cannot keep his father without some 3 8:383,13¡D ¢! help; so, when =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ came back+1, he told us what 3 8:383,14¡D ¢! John ¡ZA1¢ ostler had been telling him, and then it came out 3 8:383,15¡D ¢! about the chaise having been sent to+1 Randall's to take 3 8:383,16¡D ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ to+1 Richmond. That+1 was what 3 8:383,17¡D ¢! happened before tea. It was after tea that Jane ¡J¢ spoke to+1 3 8:383,18¡D ¢! =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢." 3 8:383,19¡' ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ would hardly give Emma ¡A¢ time to say how 3 8:383,20¡' ¢! perfectly new this circumstance was to+1 her; but as without 3 8:383,21¡' ¢! supposing it possible that she could be ignorant of any 3 8:383,22¡' ¢! of the particulars of =Mr#+Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ going, she 3 8:383,23¡' ¢! proceeded to give them all, it was of no consequence. 3 8:383,24¡' ¢! What =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ had learnt from the ostler on the 3 8:383,25¡' ¢! subject, being+1 the accumulation of the ostler's own+1 knowled **ge, 3 8:383,26¡' ¢! and the knowledge of the servants at Randall's, 3 8:383,27¡' ¢! was, that a messenger had come over from Richmond soon 3 8:383,28¡' ¢! after the return of the party from Box+Hill^^ which 3 8:383,29¡' ¢! messenger, however, had been no more than was expected; 3 8:383,30¡' ¢! and that =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ had sent his nephew a few lines, 3 8:383,31¡' ¢! containing, upon the whole, a tolerable account of =Mrs#+Church **ill ¡ZD1¢, 3 8:383,32¡' ¢! and only wishing him not to delay+1 coming back+1 3 8:383,33¡' ¢! beyond the next morning early; but that =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E **¢ 3 8:383,34¡' ¢! having resolved to go home directly, without 3 8:383,35¡' ¢! waiting at all, and his horse seeming to have got a cold, 3 8:383,36¡' ¢! Tom ¡ZZQ¢ had been sent off immediately for the Crown chaise, 3 8:383,37¡' ¢! and the ostler had stood out and seen it pass by, the boy 3 8:383,38¡' ¢! going a good pace, and driving very steady. 3 8:384, 1@A ! There was nothing in all this either to astonish or 3 8:384, 2@A ! interest+1, 3 8:384, 2¡' ¢! and it caught Emma's ¡A¢ attention only as it united 3 8:384, 3¡' ¢! with the subject which already engaged her mind. The 3 8:384, 4¡' ¢! contrast between =Mrs#+Churchill's ¡ZD1¢ importance in the worl **d, 3 8:384, 5¡' ¢! and Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢, struck her; 3 8:384, 5@A ! one was every+thing, the 3 8:384, 6@A ! other nothing^^ 3 8:384, 6¡' ¢! and she sat musing on the difference of 3 8:384, 7¡' ¢! woman's destiny, and quite unconscious on what her eyes 3 8:384, 8¡' ¢! were fixed, till roused by =Miss+Bates's ¡D¢ saying, 3 8:384, 9¡D ¢! "Ay, I see what you are thinking of, the piano+forte<. 3 8:384,10¡D ¢! What is to become of that+1?^^ Very true. Poor dear Jane ¡J¢ 3 8:384,11¡D ¢! was talking of it just+1 now.^^ 3 8:384,11@J ! ""You must go,"" 3 8:384,11¡D ¢! said she. 3 8:384,12@J ! ""You and I must part+1. You will+1 have no business here.^^ 3 8:384,13@J ! Let it stay+1, however,"" 3 8:384,13¡D ¢! said she; 3 8:384,13@J ! ""give it house-room till 3 8:384,14@J ! Colonel+Campbell ¡ZC¢ comes back+1. I shall talk+1 about it to+ **1 3 8:384,15@J ! him; he will+1 settle for me; he will+1 help+1 me out of all my 3 8:384,16@J ! difficulties.""^^ 3 8:384,16¡D ¢! And to+1 this day, I do believe, she knows not 3 8:384,17¡D ¢! whether it was his present or his daughter's." 3 8:384,18¡' ¢! Now Emma ¡A¢ was obliged to think of the piano+forte<; 3 8:384,19¡' ¢! and the remembrance of all her former fanciful and unfair 3 8:384,20¡' ¢! conjectures was so little pleasing, that she soon allowed 3 8:384,21¡' ¢! herself to believe her visit had been long+1 enough; and, 3 8:384,22¡' ¢! with a repetition of every+thing that+2 she could venture to 3 8:384,23¡' ¢! say of the good wishes which she really felt, took leave+1. 3 9:385, 1¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ pensive meditations, as she walked home, were 3 9:385, 2¡' ¢! not interrupted; but on entering the parlour, she found 3 9:385, 3¡' ¢! those who must rouse her. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ and Harriet ¡M¢ 3 9:385, 4¡' ¢! had arrived during her absence, and were sitting with her 3 9:385, 5¡' ¢! father.^^ =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ immediately got up, and in 3 9:385, 6¡' ¢! a manner decidedly graver than usual, said, 3 9:385, 7¡B ¢! "I would not go away without seeing you, but I have 3 9:385, 8¡B ¢! no time to spare, and therefore must now be gone directly. 3 9:385, 9¡B ¢! I am going to+1 London, to spend a few days with John ¡K¢ and 3 9:385,10¡B ¢! Isabella ¡L¢. Have you any+thing to send or say, besides the 3 9:385,11¡B ¢! ""love,"" which nobody carries?" 3 9:385,12¡A ¢! "Nothing at all. But is not this a sudden scheme?" 3 9:385,13¡B ¢! "Yes^^ rather^^ I have been thinking of it some little 3 9:385,14¡B ¢! time." 3 9:385,15¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was sure he had not forgiven her; 3 9:385,15@A ! he looked 3 9:385,16@A ! unlike himself. Time, however, she thought+1, would tell him 3 9:385,17@A ! that they ought to be friends again. 3 9:385,17¡' ¢! While+2 he stood, as 3 9:385,18¡' ¢! if meaning to go, but not going^^ her father began his 3 9:385,19¡' ¢! inquiries. 3 9:385,20¡P ¢! "Well, my dear, and did you get there safely?^^ And 3 9:385,21¡P ¢! how did you find my worthy old friend and her daughter? 3 9:385,22¡P ¢! ^^ I dare+1 say they must have been very much obliged to+1 3 9:385,23¡P ¢! you for coming. Dear Emma ¡A¢ has been to call+1 on =Mrs# ¡C¢ a **nd 3 9:385,24¡P ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, as I told you before. She **is 3 9:385,25¡P ¢! always so attentive to+1 them]" 3 9:385,26¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ colour was heightened by this unjust praise; 3 9:385,27¡' ¢! and with a smile, and shake of the head, which spoke much, 3 9:385,28¡' ¢! she looked at =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢.^^ 3 9:385,28@A ! It seemed as if there were 3 9:385,29@A ! an instantaneous impression in her favour, as if his eyes 3 9:385,30@A ! received the truth from her's, and all that+2 had passed of 3 9:385,31@A ! good in her feelings were at once caught and honoured.^^ 3 9:385,32@A ! He looked at her with a glow of regard. She was warmly 3 9:385,33@A ! gratified^^ and in another moment still more so, by a little 3 9:386, 1@A ! movement of more than common friendliness on his part.^^ 3 9:386, 2@A ! He took her hand;^^ whether she had not herself made the 3 9:386, 3@A ! first motion, she could not say^^ she might, perhaps, have 3 9:386, 4@A ! rather offered it^^ but he took her hand, pressed it, and 3 9:386, 5@A ! certainly was on the point of carrying it to+1 his lips^^ when, 3 9:386, 6@A ! from some fancy or other, he suddenly let it go.^^ Why he 3 9:386, 7@A ! should feel such a scruple, why he should change+1 his mind 3 9:386, 8@A ! when it was all but done, she could not perceive.^^ He would 3 9:386, 9@A ! have judged better+1, she thought+1, if he had not stopped.^^ T **he 3 9:386,10@A ! intention, however, was indubitable; and whether it was 3 9:386,11@A ! that his manners had in general+1 so little gallantry, or 3 9:386,12@A ! however else it happened, but she thought+1 nothing 3 9:386,13@A ! became him more.^^ It was with him, of so simple+1+1, yet so 3 9:386,14@A ! dignified a nature.^^ She could not but recall the attempt 3 9:386,15@A ! with great satisfaction. It spoke such perfect+1 amity.^^ He 3 9:386,16@A ! left+1 them immediately afterwards^^ gone in a moment. 3 9:386,17@A ! He always moved with the alertness of a mind which could 3 9:386,18@A ! neither be undecided nor dilatory, but now he seemed more 3 9:386,19@A ! sudden than usual in his disappearance. 3 9:386,20@A ! Emma ¡A¢ could not regret+1 her having gone to+1 =Miss+Bates ¡D **¢, 3 9:386,21@A ! but she wished she had left+1 her ten minutes earlier;^^ it 3 9:386,22@A ! would have been a great pleasure to talk+1 over Jane+Fairfax's **¡J¢ 3 9:386,23@A ! situation with =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢.^^ Neither would she 3 9:386,24@A ! regret+1 that he should be going to+1 Brunswick+Square, for+1 3 9:386,25@A ! she knew how much his visit would be enjoyed^^ but it 3 9:386,26@A ! might have happened at a better+1 time^^ and to have had 3 9:386,27@A ! longer notice of it, would have been pleasanter.^^ They 3 9:386,28@A ! parted thorough friends, however; she could not be 3 9:386,29@A ! deceived as to+1 the meaning of his countenance, and his 3 9:386,30@A ! unfinished gallantry;^^ it was all done to assure her that 3 9:386,31@A ! she had fully recovered his good opinion.^^ He had been 3 9:386,32@A ! sitting with them half an hour, she found. It was a pity 3 9:386,33@A ! that she had not come back+1 earlier] 3 9:386,34¡' ¢! In the hope of diverting her father's thoughts from the 3 9:386,35¡' ¢! disagreeableness of =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ going to+1 London; and 3 9:386,36¡' ¢! going so suddenly; and going on horseback, which she 3 9:386,37¡' ¢! knew would be all very bad; Emma ¡A¢ communicated her 3 9:386,38¡' ¢! news of Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, and her dependence on the effect 3 9:387, 1¡' ¢! was justified; it supplied a very useful check,^^ interested, 3 9:387, 2¡' ¢! without disturbing him. He had long+1 made up his mind 3 9:387, 3¡' ¢! to+1 Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢ going out as governess, and could talk+ **1 3 9:387, 4¡' ¢! of it cheerfully, but =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ going to+1 London ha **d 3 9:387, 5¡' ¢! been an unexpected blow. 3 9:387, 6¡P ¢! "I am very glad indeed, my dear, to hear she is to be so 3 9:387, 7¡P ¢! comfortably settled. =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢ is very good-natured and 3 9:387, 8¡P ¢! agreeable, and I dare+1 say her acquaintance are just+1 what 3 9:387, 9¡P ¢! they ought to be. I hope+1 it is a dry situation, and that her 3 9:387,10¡P ¢! health will+1 be taken good care of. It ought to be a first 3 9:387,11¡P ¢! object, as I am sure poor =Miss+Taylor's ¡O¢ always was with me **. 3 9:387,12¡P ¢! You know, my dear, she is going to be to+1 this new lady 3 9:387,13¡P ¢! what =Miss+Taylor ¡O¢ was to+1 us. And I hope+1 she will+1 be b **etter+1 3 9:387,14¡P ¢! off in one respect, and not be induced to go away after it 3 9:387,15¡P ¢! has been her home so long+1." 3 9:387,16¡' ¢! The following day brought news from Richmond to 3 9:387,17¡' ¢! throw every+thing else into the back+1-ground. An express 3 9:387,18¡' ¢! arrived at Randall's to announce the death of =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ **ZD1¢] 3 9:387,19¡' ¢! Though her nephew had had no particular reason to 3 9:387,20¡' ¢! hasten back+1 on her account, she had not lived above six-and-t **hirty 3 9:387,21¡' ¢! hours after his return. A sudden seizure of 3 9:387,22¡' ¢! a different nature from any+thing foreboded by her general+1 3 9:387,23¡' ¢! state, had carried her off after a short+1 struggle. The great 3 9:387,24¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢ was no more. 3 9:387,25¡' ¢! It was felt as such things must be felt. Every+body had 3 9:387,26¡' ¢! a degree of gravity and sorrow; tenderness towards the 3 9:387,27¡' ¢! departed, solicitude for the surviving friends; and, in 3 9:387,28¡' ¢! a reasonable time, curiosity to know where she would be 3 9:387,29¡' ¢! buried. Goldsmith ¡Z1¢ tells us, that when lovely woman 3 9:387,30¡' ¢! stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die+1; and when 3 9:387,31¡' ¢! she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended 3 9:387,32¡' ¢! as a clearer of ill-fame. =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢, after 3 9:387,33¡' ¢! being+1 disliked at least twenty-five years, was now spoken 3 9:387,34¡' ¢! of with compassionate allowances. In one point she was 3 9:387,35¡' ¢! fully justified. She had never been admitted before to be 3 9:387,36¡' ¢! seriously ill. The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, 3 9:387,37¡' ¢! and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints. 3 9:387,38¡Y3 ¢! "Poor =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢] no doubt she had been suffering 3 9:388, 1¡Y3 ¢! a great deal: more than any+body had ever supposed^^ 3 9:388, 2¡Y3 ¢! and continual pain would try the temper. It was a sad 3 9:388, 3¡Y3 ¢! event^^ a great shock^^ with all her faults, what would 3 9:388, 4¡Y3 ¢! =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ do without her? =Mr#+Churchill's ¡ZD¢ loss **would 3 9:388, 5¡Y3 ¢! be dreadful indeed. =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ would never get over it **." 3 9:388, 6¡' ¢! ^^ Even =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ shook his head, and looked solemn, 3 9:388, 7¡' ¢! and said, 3 9:388, 7¡N ¢! "Ah] poor woman, who would have thought+1 3 9:388, 8¡N ¢! it]" 3 9:388, 8¡' ¢! and resolved, that his mourning should be as handsome 3 9:388, 9¡' ¢! as possible; and his wife sat sighing and moralizing 3 9:388,10¡' ¢! over her broad hems with a commiseration and good sense, 3 9:388,11¡' ¢! true and steady. How it would affect Frank ¡E¢ was among 3 9:388,12¡' ¢! the earliest thoughts of both. It was also a very early 3 9:388,13¡' ¢! speculation with Emma ¡A¢. 3 9:388,13@A ! The character of =Mrs#+Churchill ¡ZD1¢, 3 9:388,14@A ! the grief of her husband^^ 3 9:388,14¡' ¢! her mind glanced over them both 3 9:388,15¡' ¢! with awe and compassion^^ and then rested with lightened 3 9:388,16¡' ¢! feelings on 3 9:388,16@A ! how Frank ¡E¢ might be affected by the event, how 3 9:388,17@A ! benefited, how freed. She saw in a moment all the possible 3 9:388,18@A ! good. Now, an attachment to+1 Harriet+Smith ¡M¢ would have 3 9:388,19@A ! nothing to encounter. =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢, independent of his 3 9:388,20@A ! wife, was feared by nobody; an easy, guidable man, to 3 9:388,21@A ! be persuaded into any+thing by his nephew. All that+2 3 9:388,22@A ! remained to be wished was, that the nephew should form+1 3 9:388,23@A ! the attachment, as, with all her good+will+1 in the cause, 3 9:388,24@A ! Emma ¡A¢ could feel no certainty of its being+1 already formed. 3 9:388,25@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ behaved extremely well on the occasion, with 3 9:388,26@A ! great self-command. Whatever she might feel of brighter 3 9:388,27@A ! hope, she betrayed nothing. 3 9:388,27¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ was gratified, to 3 9:388,28¡' ¢! observe such a proof in her of strengthened character, and 3 9:388,29¡' ¢! refrained from any allusion that+2 might endanger its 3 9:388,30¡' ¢! maintenance. They spoke, therefore, of =Mrs#+Churchill's ¡ZD1¢ 3 9:388,31¡' ¢! death with mutual forbearance. 3 9:388,32¡' ¢! Short+1 letters from Frank ¡E¢ were received at Randall's, 3 9:388,33¡' ¢! communicating all that+2 was immediately important of 3 9:388,34¡' ¢! their state and plans. 3 9:388,34@E ! =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ was better+1 than could 3 9:388,35@E ! be expected; and their first removal, on the departure of 3 9:388,36@E ! the funeral for Yorkshire, was to be to+1 the house of a very 3 9:388,37@E ! old friend in Windsor, to+1 whom =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ had been 3 9:388,38@E ! promising a visit the last+1 ten years. 3 9:388,38@A ! At present, there was 3 9:389, 1@A ! nothing to be done for Harriet ¡M¢; good wishes for the future 3 9:389, 2@A ! were all that+2 could yet be possible on Emma's ¡A¢ side. 3 9:389, 3¡' ¢! It was a more pressing concern to show+1 attention to+1 3 9:389, 4¡' ¢! Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, whose prospects were closing, while+2 Harriet **'s ¡M¢ 3 9:389, 5¡' ¢! opened, and whose engagements now allowed of no delay 3 9:389, 6¡' ¢! in any+one at Highbury, who wished to show+1 her kindness 3 9:389, 7¡' ¢! ^^ and with Emma ¡A¢ it was grown into a first wish. She had 3 9:389, 8¡' ¢! scarcely a stronger regret than for her past+1 coldness; and 3 9:389, 9¡' ¢! the person, whom she had been so many months neglecting, 3 9:389,10¡' ¢! was now the very one on whom she would have lavished 3 9:389,11¡' ¢! every distinction of regard or sympathy. She wanted to 3 9:389,12¡' ¢! be of use to+1 her; wanted to show+1 a value for her society, 3 9:389,13¡' ¢! and testify respect and consideration. She resolved to 3 9:389,14¡' ¢! prevail on her to spend a day at Hartfield. A note was 3 9:389,15¡' ¢! written to urge it. The invitation was refused, and by 3 9:389,16¡' ¢! a verbal message. 3 9:389,16¡J ¢! "Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ was not well enough to 3 9:389,17¡J ¢! write;" 3 9:389,17¡' ¢! and when =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ called at Hartfield, the same 3 9:389,18¡' ¢! morning, it appeared that 3 9:389,18@V ! she was so much indisposed as 3 9:389,19@V ! to have been visited, though against her own+1 consent, by 3 9:389,20@V ! himself, and that she was suffering under severe headachs, 3 9:389,21@V ! and a nervous fever to+1 a degree, which made him doubt the 3 9:389,22@V ! possibility of her going to+1 =Mrs#+Smallridge's ¡ZM1¢ at the t **ime 3 9:389,23@V ! proposed. Her health seemed for the moment completely 3 9:389,24@V ! deranged^^ appetite quite gone^^ and though there were 3 9:389,25@V ! no absolutely alarming symptoms, nothing touching the 3 9:389,26@V ! pulmonary complaint, which was the standing apprehension 3 9:389,27@V ! of the family, =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ was uneasy about her. He 3 9:389,28@V ! thought+1 she had undertaken more than she was equal+2 to+1, 3 9:389,29@V ! and that she felt it so herself, though she would not own it. 3 9:389,30@V ! Her spirits seemed overcome. Her present+2 home, he could 3 9:389,31@V ! not but observe, was unfavourable to+1 a nervous disorder: 3 9:389,32@V ! ^^ confined always to+1 one room;^^ he could have wished 3 9:389,33@V ! it otherwise^^ and her good aunt, though his very old 3 9:389,34@V ! friend, he must acknowledge to be not the best companion 3 9:389,35@V ! for an invalid of that+1 description. Her care and attention 3 9:389,36@V ! could not be questioned; they were, in fact, only too 3 9:389,37@V ! great. He very much feared that =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ derived 3 9:389,38@V ! more evil than good from them. 3 9:389,38¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ listened with the 3 9:390, 1¡' ¢! warmest concern; grieved for her more and more, and 3 9:390, 2¡' ¢! looked around eager to discover some way of being+1 useful. 3 9:390, 3@A ! To take her^^ be it only an hour or two^^ from her aunt, to 3 9:390, 4@A ! give her change of air and scene, and quiet rational conversati **on, 3 9:390, 5@A ! even for an hour or two, might do her good; 3 9:390, 6¡' ¢! and the following morning she wrote again to say, in the 3 9:390, 7¡' ¢! most feeling+2 language she could command+1, that she would 3 9:390, 8¡' ¢! call+1 for her in the carriage at any hour that+2 Jane ¡J¢ woul **d 3 9:390, 9¡' ¢! name+1^^ mentioning that she had =Mr#+Perry's ¡V¢ decided+1 3 9:390,10¡' ¢! opinion, in favour of such exercise for his patient. The 3 9:390,11¡' ¢! answer was only in this short+1 note: 3 9:390,12¡J ¢! "=Miss+Fairfax's ¡J¢ compliments and thanks, but is quite 3 9:390,13¡J ¢! unequal to+1 any exercise." 3 9:390,14¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ felt that her own+1 note had deserved something 3 9:390,15¡' ¢! better+1; but it was impossible to quarrel+1 with words, whose 3 9:390,16¡' ¢! tremulous inequality showed indisposition so plainly, and 3 9:390,17¡' ¢! she thought+1 only of how she might best counteract this 3 9:390,18¡' ¢! unwillingness to be seen or assisted. In spite+1 of the 3 9:390,19¡' ¢! answer, therefore, she ordered the carriage, and drove 3 9:390,20¡' ¢! to+1 =Mrs#+Bates's ¡C¢, in the hope that Jane ¡J¢ would be indu **ced 3 9:390,21¡' ¢! to join her^^ but it would not do;^^ =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ came to+1 3 9:390,22¡' ¢! the carriage door, all gratitude, and agreeing with her 3 9:390,23¡' ¢! most earnestly in thinking an airing might be of the 3 9:390,24¡' ¢! greatest service^^ and every+thing that+2 message could do 3 9:390,25¡' ¢! was tried^^ but all in vain. =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ was obliged to 3 9:390,26¡' ¢! return+1 without success; Jane ¡J¢ was quite unpersuadable; 3 9:390,27¡' ¢! the mere proposal of going out seemed to make her worse. 3 9:390,28¡' ¢! ^^ Emma ¡A¢ wished she could have seen her, and tried her 3 9:390,29¡' ¢! own+1 powers; but, almost before she could hint+1 the wish, 3 9:390,30¡' ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ made it appear that she had promised her niece 3 9:390,31¡' ¢! on no account to let =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢ in. 3 9:390,31¡D ¢! "Indeed, the 3 9:390,32¡D ¢! truth was, that poor dear Jane ¡J¢ could not bear to see 3 9:390,33¡D ¢! anybody^^ anybody at all^^ =Mrs#+Elton ¡I¢, indeed, could not 3 9:390,34¡D ¢! be denied^^ and =Mrs#+Cole ¡G¢ had made such a point^^ and 3 9:390,35¡D ¢! =Mrs#+Perry ¡V1¢ had said so much^^ but, except them, Jane ¡J¢ 3 9:390,36¡D ¢! would really see nobody." 3 9:390,37¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ did not want+1 to be classed with the =Mrs#+Eltons ¡I¢ **, 3 9:390,38¡' ¢! the =Mrs#+Perrys ¡V1¢, and the =Mrs#+Coles ¡G¢, who would force **+1 3 9:391, 1¡' ¢! themselves anywhere; neither could she feel any right of 3 9:391, 2¡' ¢! preference herself^^ she submitted, therefore, and only 3 9:391, 3¡' ¢! questioned =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ farther as to+1 her niece's appetite 3 9:391, 4¡' ¢! and diet, which she longed to be able to assist. On that+1 3 9:391, 5¡' ¢! subject poor =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ was very unhappy, and very 3 9:391, 6¡' ¢! communicative; 3 9:391, 6@D ! Jane ¡J¢ would hardly eat any+thing:^^ =Mr#+Perry ¡V¢ 3 9:391, 7@D ! recommended nourishing food; but every+thing 3 9:391, 8@D ! they could command+1 (and never had anybody such good 3 9:391, 9@D ! neighbours) was distasteful. 3 9:391,10¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢, on reaching home, called the housekeeper directly, 3 9:391,11¡' ¢! to+1 an examination of her stores; and some arrow-root 3 9:391,12¡' ¢! of very superior quality was speedily despatched to+1 3 9:391,13¡' ¢! =Miss+Bates ¡D¢ with a most friendly note. In half an hour 3 9:391,14¡' ¢! the arrow-root was returned, with a thousand thanks 3 9:391,15¡' ¢! from =Miss+Bates ¡D¢, but 3 9:391,15¡D ¢! "dear Jane ¡J¢ would not be satisfied 3 9:391,16¡D ¢! without its being+1 sent back+1; it was a thing she could not 3 9:391,17¡D ¢! take^^ and, moreover, she insisted on her saying, that she 3 9:391,18¡D ¢! was not at all in want of any+thing." 3 9:391,19¡' ¢! When Emma ¡A¢ afterwards heard that Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ had 3 9:391,20¡' ¢! been seen wandering about the meadows, at some distance 3 9:391,21¡' ¢! from Highbury, on the afternoon of the very day on which 3 9:391,22¡' ¢! she had, under the plea of being+1 unequal to+1 any exercise, 3 9:391,23¡' ¢! so peremptorily refused to go out with her in the carriage, 3 9:391,24@A ! she could have no doubt^^ putting every+thing together^^ 3 9:391,25@A ! that Jane ¡J¢ was resolved to receive no kindness from ²her². 3 9:391,26@A ! She was sorry, very sorry. Her heart was grieved for 3 9:391,27@A ! a state which seemed but the more pitiable from this 3 9:391,28@A ! sort of irritation of spirits, inconsistency of action, and 3 9:391,29@A ! inequality of powers; and it mortified her that she was 3 9:391,30@A ! given so little credit for proper feeling, or esteemed so littl **e 3 9:391,31@A ! worthy as a friend: but she had the consolation of knowing 3 9:391,32@A ! that her intentions were good, and of being+1 able to say 3 9:391,33@A ! to+1 herself, that could =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ have been privy to+ **1 all 3 9:391,34@A ! her attempts of assisting Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, could he even 3 9:391,35@A ! have seen into her heart, he would not, on this occasion, 3 9:391,36@A ! have found any+thing to reprove. 310:392, 1¡' ¢! One morning about ten days after =Mrs#+Churchill's ¡ZD1¢ 310:392, 2¡' ¢! decease, Emma ¡A¢ was called down+stairs to+1 =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, 310:392, 3¡' ¢! who 310:392, 3¡N ¢! "could not stay+1 five minutes, and wanted particularly 310:392, 4¡N ¢! to speak with her."^^ 310:392, 4¡' ¢! He met her at the parlour door, and 310:392, 5¡' ¢! hardly asking her how she did, in the natural+1 key of his 310:392, 6¡' ¢! voice, sunk it immediately, to say, unheard by her father, 310:392, 7¡N ¢! "Can you come to+1 Randall's at any time this morning? 310:392, 8¡N ¢! ^^ Do, if it be possible. =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ wants+1 to see you. 310:392, 9¡N ¢! She must see you." 310:392,10¡A ¢! "Is she unwell?" 310:392,11¡N ¢! "No+1, no+1, not at all^^ only a little agitated. She would 310:392,12¡N ¢! have ordered the carriage, and come to+1 you, but she must 310:392,13¡N ¢! see you ²alone², and that+1 you know^^ 310:392,13¡' ¢! (nodding towards her 310:392,14¡' ¢! father) 310:392,14¡N ¢! ^^ Humph]^^ Can you come?" 310:392,15¡A ¢! "Certainly. This moment, if you please. It is impossible 310:392,16¡A ¢! to refuse what you ask in such a way. But what can 310:392,17¡A ¢! be the matter]^^ Is she really not ill?" 310:392,18¡N ¢! "Depend upon me^^ but ask no more questions. You 310:392,19¡N ¢! will+1 know it all in time. The most unaccountable business] 310:392,20¡N ¢! But hush, hush]" 310:392,21¡' ¢! To guess+1 what all this meant, was impossible even for 310:392,22¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢. 310:392,22@A ! Something really important seemed announced 310:392,23@A ! by his looks; 310:392,23¡' ¢! but, as her friend was well, she endeavoured 310:392,24¡' ¢! not to be uneasy, and settling it with her father, that she 310:392,25¡' ¢! would take her walk now, she and =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ were soon 310:392,26¡' ¢! out of the house together and on their way at a quick+1 310:392,27¡' ¢! pace for Randall's. 310:392,28¡A ¢! "Now," 310:392,28¡' ¢! ^^ said Emma ¡A¢, when they were fairly beyond 310:392,29¡' ¢! the sweep+gates,^^ 310:392,29¡A ¢! "now =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, do let me know 310:392,30¡A ¢! what has happened." 310:392,31¡N ¢! "No+1, no+1," 310:392,31¡' ¢! ^^ he gravely replied.^^ 310:392,31¡N ¢! "Don't ask me. 310:392,32¡N ¢! I promised my wife to leave+1 it all to+1 her. She will+1 break 310:393, 1¡N ¢! it to+1 you better+1 than I can. Do not be impatient, Emma ¡A¢; 310:393, 2¡N ¢! it will+1 all come out too soon." 310:393, 3¡A ¢! "Break it to+1 me," 310:393, 3¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, standing still+1 with 310:393, 4¡' ¢! terror.^^ 310:393, 4¡A ¢! "Good God]^^ =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, tell me at once.^^ 310:393, 5¡A ¢! Something has happened in Brunswick+Square. I know 310:393, 6¡A ¢! it has. Tell me, I charge+1 you tell me this moment what 310:393, 7¡A ¢! it is." 310:393, 8¡N ¢! "No+1, indeed you are mistaken."^^ 310:393, 9¡A ¢! "=Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ do not trifle+1 with me.^^ Consider how 310:393,10¡A ¢! many of my dearest friends are now in Brunswick+Square. 310:393,11¡A ¢! Which of them is it?^^ I charge+1 you by all that+2 is sacred, 310:393,12¡A ¢! not to attempt+1 concealment." 310:393,13¡N ¢! "Upon my word, Emma ¡A¢."^^ 310:393,14¡A ¢! "Your word]^^ why not your honour]^^ why not say 310:393,15¡A ¢! upon your honour, that it has nothing to do with any of 310:393,16¡A ¢! them? Good Heavens]^^ What can be to be ²broke² to+1 me, 310:393,17¡A ¢! that+2 does not relate to+1 one of that family?" 310:393,18¡N ¢! "Upon my honour," 310:393,18¡' ¢! said he very seriously, 310:393,18¡N ¢! "it does 310:393,19¡N ¢! not. It is not in the smallest degree connected with any 310:393,20¡N ¢! human being of the name of Knightley ¡K1¢." 310:393,21¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ courage returned, and she walked on. 310:393,22¡N ¢! "I was wrong+1," 310:393,22¡' ¢! he continued, 310:393,22¡N ¢! "in talking of its being+1 310:393,23¡N ¢! ²broke² to+1 you. I should not have used the expression. In 310:393,24¡N ¢! fact, it does not concern+1 you^^ it concerns+1 only myself,^^ 310:393,25¡N ¢! that+1 is, we hope+1.^^ Humph] ^^ In short, my dear Emma ¡A¢, 310:393,26¡N ¢! there is no occasion to be so uneasy about it. I don't say 310:393,27¡N ¢! that it is not a disagreeable business^ but things might 310:393,28¡N ¢! be much worse.^^ If we walk+1 fast, we shall soon be at 310:393,29¡N ¢! Randall's." 310:393,30¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ found that she must wait; and now it required 310:393,31¡' ¢! little effort. She asked no more questions therefore, 310:393,32¡' ¢! merely employed her own+1 fancy, and that+1 soon pointed 310:393,33¡' ¢! out to+1 her 310:393,33@A ! the probability of its being+1 some money concern 310:393,34@A ! ^^ something just+1 come to+1 light, of a disagreeable nature 310:393,35@A ! in the circumstances of the family,^^ something which the 310:393,36@A ! late event at Richmond had brought forward+1. 310:393,36¡' ¢! Her fancy 310:393,37¡' ¢! was very active. 310:393,37@A ! Half a dozen natural+1 children, perhaps^^ 310:393,38@A ! and poor Frank ¡E¢ cut+1 off]^^ This, though very undesirable, 310:394, 1@A ! would be no matter of agony to+1 her. 310:394, 1¡' ¢! It inspired little 310:394, 2¡' ¢! more than an animating curiosity. 310:394, 3¡A ¢! "Who is that+1 gentleman on horseback?" 310:394, 3¡' ¢! said she, 310:394, 4¡' ¢! as they proceeded^^ speaking more to assist =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ 310:394, 5¡' ¢! in keeping his secret, than with any other view. 310:394, 6¡N ¢! "I do not know.^^ One of the Otways ¡ZK6¢.^^ Not Frank ¡E¢;^^ 310:394, 7¡N ¢! it is not Frank ¡E¢, I assure you. You will+1 not see him. He 310:394, 8¡N ¢! is half way to+1 Windsor by this time." 310:394, 9¡A ¢! "Has your son been with you, then?" 310:394,10¡N ¢! "Oh] yes^^ did not you know?^^ Well, well, never 310:394,11¡N ¢! mind+1." 310:394,12¡' ¢! For a moment he was silent; and then added, in a tone 310:394,13¡' ¢! much more guarded and demure, 310:394,14¡N ¢! "Yes, Frank ¡E¢ came over this morning, just+1 to ask us 310:394,15¡N ¢! how we did." 310:394,16¡' ¢! They hurried on, and were speedily at Randall's.^^ 310:394,17¡N ¢! "Well, my dear," 310:394,17¡' ¢! said he, as they entered the room^^ 310:394,18¡N ¢! "I have brought her, and now I hope+1 you will+1 soon be 310:394,19¡N ¢! better+1. I shall leave+1 you together. There is no use in 310:394,20¡N ¢! delay. I shall not be far off, if you want+1 me." 310:394,20¡' ¢! ^^ And 310:394,21¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ distinctly heard him add, in a lower+1 tone, before 310:394,22¡' ¢! he quitted the room,^^ 310:394,22¡N ¢! "I have been as good as my word. 310:394,23¡N ¢! She has not the least idea." 310:394,24¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ was looking so ill, and had an air of so 310:394,25¡' ¢! much perturbation, that Emma's ¡A¢ uneasiness increased; 310:394,26¡' ¢! and the moment they were alone, she eagerly said, 310:394,27¡A ¢! "What is it my dear friend? Something of a very 310:394,28¡A ¢! unpleasant nature, I find, has occurred;^^ do let me know 310:394,29¡A ¢! directly what it is. I have been walking all this way in 310:394,30¡A ¢! complete suspense. We both abhor suspense. Do not let 310:394,31¡A ¢! mine+1 continue longer. It will+1 do you good to speak of your 310:394,32¡A ¢! distress, whatever it may be." 310:394,33¡O ¢! "Have you indeed no idea?" 310:394,33¡' ¢! said =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ in 310:394,34¡' ¢! a trembling voice. 310:394,34¡O ¢! "Cannot you, my dear Emma ¡A¢^^ 310:394,35¡O ¢! cannot you form+1 a guess as to+1 what you are to hear?" 310:394,36¡A ¢! "So far as that it relates to+1 =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, I do 310:394,37¡A ¢! guess+1." 310:394,38¡O ¢! "You are right+1. It does relate to+1 him, and I will+1 tell 310:395, 1¡O ¢! you directly;" 310:395, 1¡' ¢! (resuming her work, and seeming resolved 310:395, 2¡' ¢! against looking up.) 310:395, 2¡O ¢! "He has been here this very morning, 310:395, 3¡O ¢! on a most extraordinary errand. It is impossible to 310:395, 4¡O ¢! express+1 our surprise. He came to speak to+1 his father on 310:395, 5¡O ¢! a subject,^^ to announce an attachment^^" 310:395, 6¡' ¢! She stopped to breathe. Emma ¡A¢ thought+1 first of herself, 310:395, 7¡' ¢! and then of Harriet ¡M¢. 310:395, 8¡O ¢! "More than an attachment, indeed," 310:395, 8¡' ¢! resumed =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢; 310:395, 9¡O ¢! "an engagement^^ a positive engagement.^^ 310:395,10¡O ¢! What will+1 you say, Emma ¡A¢^^ what will+1 anybody say, when 310:395,11¡O ¢! it is known that Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ and =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢ are 310:395,12¡O ¢! engaged;^^ nay, that they have been long+1 engaged]" 310:395,13¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ even jumped with surprise;^^ and, horror-struck, 310:395,14¡' ¢! exclaimed, 310:395,15¡A ¢! "Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢]^^ Good God] You are not serious+1? 310:395,16¡A ¢! You do not mean it?" 310:395,17¡O ¢! "You may well be amazed," 310:395,17¡' ¢! returned =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢, 310:395,18¡' ¢! still averting her eyes, and talking on with eagerness, that 310:395,19¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ might have time to recover^^ 310:395,19¡O ¢! "You may well be 310:395,20¡O ¢! amazed. But it is even so. There has been a solemn 310:395,21¡O ¢! engagement between them ever since October^^ formed 310:395,22¡O ¢! at Weymouth, and kept a secret from everybody. Not 310:395,23¡O ¢! a creature knowing it but themselves^^ neither the Campbells ¡Z **C2¢, 310:395,24¡O ¢! nor her family, nor his.^^ It is so wonderful, that 310:395,25¡O ¢! though perfectly convinced of the fact, it is yet almost 310:395,26¡O ¢! incredible to+1 myself. I can hardly believe it.^^ I thought+1 310:395,27¡O ¢! I knew him." 310:395,28¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ scarcely heard what was said.^^ Her mind was 310:395,29¡' ¢! divided between two ideas^^ her own+1 former conversations 310:395,30¡' ¢! with him about =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢; and poor Harriet ¡M¢;^^ 310:395,31¡' ¢! and for some time she could only exclaim, and require 310:395,32¡' ¢! confirmation, repeated confirmation. 310:395,33¡A ¢! "Well," 310:395,33¡' ¢! said she at last+1+2, trying to recover herself; 310:395,33¡A ¢! "this 310:395,34¡A ¢! is a circumstance which I must think of at least half a day, 310:395,35¡A ¢! before I can at all comprehend it. What]^^ engaged 310:395,36¡A ¢! to+1 her all the winter^^ before either of them came to+1 310:395,37¡A ¢! Highbury?" 310:395,38¡O ¢! "Engaged since October,^^ secretly engaged.^^ It has 310:396, 1¡O ¢! hurt me, Emma ¡A¢, very much. It has hurt his father 310:396, 2¡O ¢! equally. ²Some² ²part² of his conduct we cannot excuse+1." 310:396, 3¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ pondered a moment, and then replied, 310:396, 3¡A ¢! "I will+1 310:396, 4¡A ¢! not pretend ²not² to understand you; and to give you all 310:396, 5¡A ¢! the relief in my power, be assured that no such effect has 310:396, 6¡A ¢! followed his attentions to+1 me, as you are apprehensive 310:396, 7¡A ¢! of." 310:396, 8¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ looked up, afraid to believe; but Emma's ¡A¢ 310:396, 9¡' ¢! countenance was as steady as her words. 310:396,10¡A ¢! "That you may have less difficulty in believing this 310:396,11¡A ¢! boast, of my present+2 perfect+1 indifference," 310:396,11¡' ¢! she continued, 310:396,12¡A ¢! "I will+1 farther tell you, that there was a period in the 310:396,13¡A ¢! early part of our acquaintance, when I did like+2 him, when 310:396,14¡A ¢! I was very much disposed to be attached to+1 him^^ nay, 310:396,15¡A ¢! was attached^^ and how it came to cease, is perhaps the 310:396,16¡A ¢! wonder. Fortunately, however, it did cease.I have really 310:396,17¡A ¢! for some time past+1, for at least these three months, cared 310:396,18¡A ¢! nothing about him. You may believe me, =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. 310:396,19¡A ¢! This is the simple+1+1 truth." 310:396,20¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ kissed her with tears of joy; and when 310:396,21¡' ¢! she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation 310:396,22¡' ¢! had done her more good than any+thing else in the 310:396,23¡' ¢! world could do. 310:396,24¡O ¢! "=Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ will+1 be almost as much relieved as myself," 310:396,25¡' ¢! said she. 310:396,25¡O ¢! "On this point we have been wretched. It was 310:396,26¡O ¢! our darling wish that you might be attached to+1 each 310:396,27¡O ¢! other^^ and we were persuaded that it was so.^^ Imagine 310:396,28¡O ¢! what we have been feeling+1 on your account." 310:396,29¡A ¢! "I have escaped; and that I should escape+1, may be 310:396,30¡A ¢! a matter of grateful wonder to+1 you and myself. But this 310:396,31¡A ¢! does not acquit ²him², =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢; and I must say, that 310:396,32¡A ¢! I think him greatly to blame. What right had he to come 310:396,33¡A ¢! among us with affection and faith engaged, and with 310:396,34¡A ¢! manners so ²very² disengaged? What right had he to 310:396,35¡A ¢! endeavour+1 to please, as he certainly did^^ to distinguish 310:396,36¡A ¢! any+one young woman with persevering attention, as he 310:396,37¡A ¢! certainly did^^ while+2 he really belonged to+1 another?^^ 310:396,38¡A ¢! How could he tell what mischief he might be doing?^^How 310:397, 1¡A ¢! could he tell that he might not be making me in love with 310:397, 2¡A ¢! him?^^ very wrong+1, very wrong+1 indeed." 310:397, 3¡O ¢! "From something that+2 he said, my dear Emma ¡A¢, I rather 310:397, 4¡O ¢! imagine^^" 310:397, 5¡A ¢! "And how could ²she² bear such behaviour] Composure 310:397, 6¡A ¢! with a witness] to look+1 on, while+2 repeated attentions 310:397, 7¡A ¢! were offering to+1 another woman, before her face, and not 310:397, 8¡A ¢! resent it.^^ That+1 is a degree of placidity, which I can 310:397, 9¡A ¢! neither comprehend nor respect+1." 310:397,10¡O ¢! "There were misunderstandings between them, Emma ¡A¢; 310:397,11¡O ¢! he said so expressly. He had not time to enter into much 310:397,12¡O ¢! explanation. He was here only a quarter of an hour, and 310:397,13¡O ¢! in a state of agitation which did not allow the full use even 310:397,14¡O ¢! of the time he could stay+1^^ but that there had been misunders **tandings 310:397,15¡O ¢! he decidedly said. The present+2 crisis, 310:397,16¡O ¢! indeed, seemed to be brought on by them; and those 310:397,17¡O ¢! misunderstandings might very possibly arise from the 310:397,18¡O ¢! impropriety of his conduct." 310:397,19¡A ¢! "Impropriety] Oh] =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢^^ it is too calm 310:397,20¡A ¢! a censure. Much, much beyond impropriety]^^ It has 310:397,21¡A ¢! sunk him, I cannot say how it has sunk him in my opinion. 310:397,22¡A ¢! So unlike what a man should be]^^ None of that+1 upright 310:397,23¡A ¢! integrity, that+1 strict adherence to+1 truth and principle, 310:397,24¡A ¢! that+1 disdain of trick and littleness, which a man should 310:397,25¡A ¢! display+1 in every transaction of his life." 310:397,26¡O ¢! "Nay, dear Emma ¡A¢, now I must take his part; for+1 310:397,27¡O ¢! though he has been wrong+1 in this instance, I have known 310:397,28¡O ¢! him long+1 enough to answer+1 for his having many, very 310:397,29¡O ¢! many, good qualities; and^^" 310:397,30¡A ¢! "Good God]" 310:397,30¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, not attending to+1 her.^^ 310:397,31¡A ¢! "=Mrs#+Smallridge ¡ZM1¢, too] Jane ¡J¢ actually on the point of 310:397,32¡A ¢! going as governess] What could he mean by such horrible 310:397,33¡A ¢! indelicacy? To suffer her to engage herself^^ to suffer her 310:397,34¡A ¢! even to think of such a measure]" 310:397,35¡O ¢! "He knew nothing about it, Emma ¡A¢. On this article 310:397,36¡O ¢! I can fully acquit him. It was a private+1 resolution of her's, 310:397,37¡O ¢! not communicated to+1 him^^ or at least not communicated 310:397,38¡O ¢! in a way to carry conviction.^^ Till yesterday, I know he 310:398, 1¡O ¢! said he was in the dark as to+1 her plans. They burst+1 on 310:398, 2¡O ¢! him, I do not know how, but by some letter or message^^ 310:398, 3¡O ¢! and it was the discovery of what she was doing, of this 310:398, 4¡O ¢! very project of her's, which determined him to come 310:398, 5¡O ¢! forward+1 at once, own it all to+1 his uncle, throw himself on 310:398, 6¡O ¢! his kindness, and, in short, put an end to+1 the miserable 310:398, 7¡O ¢! state of concealment that+2 had been carrying on so long+1." 310:398, 8¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ began to listen better+1. 310:398, 9¡O ¢! "I am to hear from him soon," 310:398, 9¡' ¢! continued =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. 310:398,10¡O ¢! "He told me at parting, that he should soon write; and 310:398,11¡O ¢! he spoke in a manner which seemed to promise+1 me many 310:398,12¡O ¢! particulars that+2 could not be given now. Let us wait, 310:398,13¡O ¢! therefore, for this letter. It may bring many extenuations. 310:398,14¡O ¢! It may make many things intelligible and excusable which 310:398,15¡O ¢! now are not to be understood. Don't let us be severe, 310:398,16¡O ¢! don't let us be in a hurry to condemn him. Let us have 310:398,17¡O ¢! patience. I must love+1 him; and now that I am satisfied 310:398,18¡O ¢! on one point, the one material point, I am sincerely 310:398,19¡O ¢! anxious for its all turning+1 out well, and ready to hope+1 tha **t 310:398,20¡O ¢! it may. They must both have suffered a great deal under 310:398,21¡O ¢! such a system of secresy and concealment." 310:398,22¡A ¢! "²His² sufferings," 310:398,22¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢ drily, 310:398,22¡A ¢! "do not appear 310:398,23¡A ¢! to have done him much harm. Well, and how did =Mr#+Churchill ¡Z **D¢ 310:398,24¡A ¢! take it?" 310:398,25¡O ¢! "Most favourably for his nephew^^ gave his consent 310:398,26¡O ¢! with scarcely a difficulty. Conceive what the events of 310:398,27¡O ¢! a week have done in that+1 family] While+2 poor =Mrs#+Churchill ** ¡ZD1¢ 310:398,28¡O ¢! lived, I suppose there could not have been 310:398,29¡O ¢! a hope, a chance, a possibility;^^ but scarcely are her 310:398,30¡O ¢! remains at rest+2 in the family vault, than her husband is 310:398,31¡O ¢! persuaded to act+1 exactly opposite to+1 what she would have 310:398,32¡O ¢! required. What a blessing it is, when undue influence 310:398,33¡O ¢! does not survive the grave]^^ He gave his consent with 310:398,34¡O ¢! very little persuasion." 310:398,35@A ! "Ah]" 310:398,35¡' ¢! thought+1 Emma ¡A¢, 310:398,35@A ! "he would have done as much 310:398,36@A ! for Harriet ¡M¢." 310:398,37¡O ¢! "This was settled last+1 night, and Frank ¡E¢ was off with the 310:398,38¡O ¢! light this morning. He stopped at Highbury, at the 310:399, 1¡O ¢! Bates's ¡C1¢, I fancy+1, some time^^ and then came on hither; 310:399, 2¡O ¢! but was in such a hurry to get back+1 to+1 his uncle, to+1 whom 310:399, 3¡O ¢! he is just+1 now more necessary than ever, that, as I tell you, 310:399, 4¡O ¢! he could stay+1 with us but a quarter of an hour.^^ He was 310:399, 5¡O ¢! very much agitated^^ very much, indeed^^ to+1 a degree 310:399, 6¡O ¢! that+2 made him appear quite a different creature from any+thin **g 310:399, 7¡O ¢! I had ever seen him before.^^ In addition to+1 all the rest, 310:399, 8¡O ¢! there had been the shock of finding her so very unwell, 310:399, 9¡O ¢! which he had had no previous suspicion of^^ and there was 310:399,10¡O ¢! every appearance of his having been feeling+1 a great deal." 310:399,11¡A ¢! "And do you really believe the affair to have been 310:399,12¡A ¢! carrying on with such perfect+1 secresy?^^ The Campbells ¡ZC2¢, 310:399,13¡A ¢! the Dixons ¡ZF2¢, did none of them know of the engagement?" 310:399,14¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could not speak the name of Dixon ¡ZF¢ without a littl **e 310:399,15¡' ¢! blush. 310:399,16¡O ¢! "None; not one. He positively said that it had been 310:399,17¡O ¢! known to+1 no being in the world but their two selves." 310:399,18¡A ¢! "Well," 310:399,18¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 310:399,18¡A ¢! "I suppose we shall gradually 310:399,19¡A ¢! grow reconciled to+1 the idea, and I wish+1 them very happy. 310:399,20¡A ¢! But I shall always think it a very abominable sort of 310:399,21¡A ¢! proceeding. What has it been but a system of hypocrisy 310:399,22¡A ¢! and deceit,^^ espionage, and treachery?^^ To come among 310:399,23¡A ¢! us with professions of openness and simplicity; and such 310:399,24¡A ¢! a league in secret to judge+1 us all]^^ Here have we been, the 310:399,25¡A ¢! whole+1 winter and spring, completely duped, fancying 310:399,26¡A ¢! ourselves all on an equal+2 footing of truth and honour, with 310:399,27¡A ¢! two people in the midst of us who may have been carrying 310:399,28¡A ¢! round+1, comparing and sitting in judgment on sentiments 310:399,29¡A ¢! and words that+2 were never meant for both to hear.^^ They 310:399,30¡A ¢! must take the consequence, if they have heard each other 310:399,31¡A ¢! spoken of in a way not perfectly agreeable]" 310:399,32¡O ¢! "I am quite easy on that+1 head," 310:399,32¡' ¢! replied =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢. 310:399,33¡O ¢! "I am very sure that I never said any+thing of either to+1 310:399,34¡O ¢! the other, which both might not have heard." 310:399,35¡A ¢! "You are in luck.^^ Your only blunder was confined to+1 310:399,36¡A ¢! my ear, when you imagined a certain friend of our's in love 310:399,37¡A ¢! with the lady." 310:399,38¡O ¢! "True. But as I have always had a thoroughly good 310:400, 1¡O ¢! opinion of =Miss+Fairfax ¡J¢, I never could, under any blunder, 310:400, 2¡O ¢! have spoken ill of her; and as to+1 speaking ill of him, 310:400, 3¡O ¢! there I have been safe." 310:400, 4¡' ¢! At this moment =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ appeared at a little distance 310:400, 5¡' ¢! from the window, evidently on the watch. His wife gave 310:400, 6¡' ¢! him a look which invited him in; and, while+2 he was 310:400, 7¡' ¢! coming round+1, added, 310:400, 7¡O ¢! "Now, dearest Emma ¡A¢, let me 310:400, 8¡O ¢! intreat you to say and look+1 every+thing that+2 may set+1 his 310:400, 9¡O ¢! heart at ease, and incline him to be satisfied with the 310:400,10¡O ¢! match. Let us make the best of it^^ and, indeed, almost 310:400,11¡O ¢! every+thing may be fairly said in her favour. It is not 310:400,12¡O ¢! a connexion to gratify; but if =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ does not fee **l 310:400,13¡O ¢! that+1, why should we? and it may be a very fortunate 310:400,14¡O ¢! circumstance for him, for Frank ¡E¢, I mean, that he should 310:400,15¡O ¢! have attached himself to+1 a girl of such steadiness of 310:400,16¡O ¢! character and good judgment as I have always given her 310:400,17¡O ¢! credit for^^ and still am disposed to give her credit for, in 310:400,18¡O ¢! spite+1 of this one great deviation from the strict rule of 310:400,19¡O ¢! right. And how much may be said in her situation for 310:400,20¡O ¢! even that+1 error]" 310:400,21¡A ¢! "Much indeed]" 310:400,21¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, feelingly. 310:400,21¡A ¢! "If a 310:400,22¡A ¢! woman can ever be excused for thinking only of herself, it is 310:400,23¡A ¢! in a situation like+1 Jane+Fairfax's ¡J¢.^^ Of such, one may al **most 310:400,24¡A ¢! say, that ""the world is not their's, nor the world's law."" " 310:400,25¡' ¢! She met =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ on his entrance, with a smiling 310:400,26¡' ¢! countenance, exclaiming, 310:400,27¡A ¢! "A very pretty trick you have been playing me, upon 310:400,28¡A ¢! my word] This was a device, I suppose, to sport+1 with my 310:400,29¡A ¢! curiosity, and exercise+1 my talent of guessing. But you 310:400,30¡A ¢! really frightened me. I thought+1 you had lost half your 310:400,31¡A ¢! property, at least. And here, instead of its being+1 a matter 310:400,32¡A ¢! of condolence, it turns+1 out to be one of congratulation.^^ 310:400,33¡A ¢! I congratulate you, =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢, with all my heart, on the 310:400,34¡A ¢! prospect of having one of the most lovely and accomplished 310:400,35¡A ¢! young women in England for your daughter." 310:400,36¡' ¢! A glance or two between him and his wife, convinced 310:400,37¡' ¢! him that all was as right+1 as this speech proclaimed; and 310:400,38¡' ¢! its happy effect on his spirits was immediate. His air and 310:401, 1¡' ¢! voice recovered their usual briskness: he shook her 310:401, 2¡' ¢! heartily and gratefully by the hand, and entered on the 310:401, 3¡' ¢! subject in a manner to prove, that he now only wanted 310:401, 4¡' ¢! time and persuasion to think the engagement no very bad 310:401, 5¡' ¢! thing. His companions suggested only what could palliate 310:401, 6¡' ¢! imprudence, or smooth objections; and by the time they 310:401, 7¡' ¢! had talked it all over together, and he had talked it all 310:401, 8¡' ¢! over again with Emma ¡A¢, in their walk back+1 to+1 Hartfield, **he 310:401, 9¡' ¢! was become perfectly reconciled, and not far from thinking 310:401,10¡' ¢! it the very best thing that+2 Frank ¡E¢ could possibly have don **e. 311:402, 1@A ! "Harriet ¡M¢, poor Harriet ¡M¢]" ^^ 311:402, 1¡' ¢! Those were the words; 311:402, 2¡' ¢! in them lay+1 the tormenting ideas which Emma ¡A¢ could not 311:402, 3¡' ¢! get rid of, and which constituted the real misery of the 311:402, 4¡' ¢! business to+1 her. 311:402, 4@A ! Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ had behaved very ill 311:402, 5@A ! by herself^^ very ill in many ways,^^ but it was not so 311:402, 6@A ! much ²his² behaviour as her ²own+1², which made her so angry 311:402, 7@A ! with him. It was the scrape which he had drawn her into 311:402, 8@A ! on Harriet's ¡M¢ account, that+2 gave the deepest hue to+1 his 311:402, 9@A ! offence.^^ Poor Harriet ¡M¢] to be a second+2 time the dupe of 311:402,10@A ! her misconceptions and flattery. =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ had 311:402,11@A ! spoken prophetically, when he once said, 311:402,11¡B ¢! "Emma ¡A¢, you 311:402,12¡B ¢! have been no friend to+1 Harriet+Smith ¡M¢." 311:402,12@A ! ^^ She was afraid 311:402,13@A ! she had done her nothing but disservice.^^ It was true that 311:402,14@A ! she had not to charge+1 herself, in this instance as in the 311:402,15@A ! former, with being+1 the sole and original author of the 311:402,16@A ! mischief; with having suggested such feelings as might 311:402,17@A ! otherwise never have entered Harriet's ¡M¢ imagination; for+1 311:402,18@A ! Harriet ¡M¢ had acknowledged her admiration and preference 311:402,19@A ! of Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ before she had ever given her a hint on 311:402,20@A ! the subject; but she felt completely guilty of having 311:402,21@A ! encouraged what she might have repressed. She might 311:402,22@A ! have prevented the indulgence and increase of such 311:402,23@A ! sentiments. Her influence would have been enough. And 311:402,24@A ! now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented 311:402,25@A ! them.^^ She felt that she had been risking her 311:402,26@A ! friend's happiness on most insufficient grounds. Common 311:402,27@A ! sense would have directed her to tell Harriet ¡M¢, that she 311:402,28@A ! must not allow herself to think of him, and that there were 311:402,29@A ! five hundred chances to+1 one against his ever caring for 311:402,30@A ! her.^^ 311:402,30¡A ¢! "But, with common sense," 311:402,30¡' ¢! she added, 311:402,30¡A ¢! "I am 311:402,31¡A ¢! afraid I have had little to do." 311:402,32@A ! She was extremely angry with herself. If she could 311:403, 1@A ! not have been angry with Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ too, it would 311:403, 2@A ! have been dreadful.^^ As for Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, she might at 311:403, 3@A ! least relieve her feelings from any present+2 solicitude on her 311:403, 4@A ! account. Harriet ¡M¢ would be anxiety enough; she need+1 no 311:403, 5@A ! longer be unhappy about Jane ¡J¢, whose troubles and whose 311:403, 6@A ! ill+health having, of course+1, the same origin, must be 311:403, 7@A ! equally under cure.^^ Her days of insignificance and evil 311:403, 8@A ! were over.^^ She would soon be well, and happy, and 311:403, 9@A ! prosperous.^^ 311:403, 9¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ could now imagine why her own+1 311:403,10¡' ¢! attentions had been slighted. 311:403,10@A ! This discovery laid many 311:403,11@A ! smaller matters open+1. No doubt it had been from jealousy. 311:403,12@A ! ^^ In Jane's ¡J¢ eyes she had been a rival; and well might 311:403,13@A ! any+thing she could offer+1 of assistance or regard be 311:403,14@A ! repulsed. An airing in the Hartfield carriage would have 311:403,15@A ! been the rack, and arrow-root from the Hartfield store-room 311:403,16@A ! must have been poison. She understood it all; 311:403,16¡' ¢! and 311:403,17¡' ¢! as far as her mind could disengage itself from the injustice 311:403,18¡' ¢! and selfishness of angry feelings, she acknowledged that 311:403,19@A ! Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ would have neither elevation nor happiness 311:403,20@A ! beyond her desert. But poor Harriet ¡M¢ was such an engrossing 311:403,21@A ! charge] There was little sympathy to be spared for 311:403,22@A ! any+body else. Emma ¡A¢ was sadly fearful that this second+2 311:403,23@A ! disappointment would be more severe than the first. 311:403,24@A ! Considering the very superior claims of the object, it 311:403,25@A ! ought; and judging by its apparently stronger effect on 311:403,26@A ! Harriet's ¡M¢ mind, producing reserve and self-command, it 311:403,27@A ! would.^^ She must communicate the painful truth, 311:403,28@A ! however, and as soon as possible. An injunction of 311:403,29@A ! secresy had been among =Mr#+Weston's ¡N¢ parting words. 311:403,30¡N ¢! "For the present, the whole+1 affair was to be completely 311:403,31¡N ¢! a secret. =Mr#+Churchill ¡ZD¢ had made a point of it, as a toke **n 311:403,32¡N ¢! of respect to+1 the wife he had so very recently lost; and 311:403,33¡N ¢! everybody admitted it to be no more than due+1 decorum."^^ 311:403,34¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ had promised; 311:403,34@A ! but still Harriet ¡M¢ must be excepted. 311:403,35@A ! It was her superior duty. 311:403,36¡' ¢! In spite+1 of her vexation, she could not help+1 feeling+1 it 311:403,37¡' ¢! almost ridiculous, that she should have the very same 311:403,38¡' ¢! distressing and delicate office to perform by Harriet ¡M¢, whic **h 311:404, 1¡' ¢! =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ had just+1 gone through by herself. 311:404, 1@A ! The 311:404, 2@A ! intelligence, which had been so anxiously announced to+1 311:404, 3@A ! her, she was now to be anxiously announcing to+1 another. 311:404, 4¡' ¢! Her heart beat quick+1 on hearing Harriet's ¡M¢ footstep and 311:404, 5¡' ¢! voice; 311:404, 5@A ! so, she supposed, had poor =Mrs#+Weston ¡O¢ felt when 311:404, 6@A ! ²she² was approaching Randall's. Could the event of the 311:404, 7@A ! disclosure bear an equal+2 resemblance]^^ But of that+1, 311:404, 8@A ! unfortunately, there could be no chance. 311:404, 9¡M ¢! "Well, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢]" 311:404, 9¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢, coming 311:404,10¡' ¢! eagerly into the room^^ 311:404,10¡M ¢! "is not this the oddest news that+2 311:404,11¡M ¢! ever was?" 311:404,12¡A ¢! "What news do you mean?" 311:404,12¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢, unable 311:404,13¡' ¢! to guess+1, by look or voice, whether Harriet ¡M¢ could indeed 311:404,14¡' ¢! have received any hint. 311:404,15¡M ¢! "About Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢. Did you ever hear any+thing 311:404,16¡M ¢! so strange? Oh]^^ you need+1 not be afraid of owning it 311:404,17¡M ¢! to+1 me, for =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ has told me himself. I met him 311:404,18¡M ¢! just+1 now. He told me it was to be a great secret; and, 311:404,19¡M ¢! therefore, I should not think of mentioning it to+1 any+body 311:404,20¡M ¢! but you, but he said you knew it." 311:404,21¡A ¢! "What did =Mr#+Weston ¡N¢ tell you?"^^ 311:404,21¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, still 311:404,22¡' ¢! perplexed. 311:404,23¡M ¢! "Oh] he told me all about it; that Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢ and 311:404,24¡M ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ are to be married, and that they have 311:404,25¡M ¢! been privately engaged to+1 one another this long+1 while. 311:404,26¡M ¢! How very odd]" 311:404,27@A ! It was, indeed, so odd; 311:404,27¡' ¢! Harriet's ¡M¢ behaviour was so 311:404,28¡' ¢! extremely odd, that Emma ¡A¢ did not know how to understand 311:404,29¡' ¢! it. 311:404,29@A ! Her character appeared absolutely changed. 311:404,30@A ! She seemed to propose showing no agitation, or disappointment, 311:404,31@A ! or peculiar concern in the discovery. 311:404,31¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ looked 311:404,32¡' ¢! at her, quite unable to speak. 311:404,33¡M ¢! "Had you any idea," 311:404,33¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢, 311:404,33¡M ¢! "of his being+1 in 311:404,34¡M ¢! love with her?^^ You, perhaps, might.^^ You 311:404,34¡' ¢! (blushing as 311:404,35¡' ¢! she spoke) 311:404,35¡M ¢! who can see into everybody's heart; but 311:404,36¡M ¢! nobody else^^" 311:404,37¡A ¢! "Upon my word," 311:404,37¡' ¢! said Emma ¡A¢, 311:404,37¡A ¢! "I begin to doubt+1 my 311:404,38¡A ¢! having any such talent. Can you seriously ask me, Harriet ¡M¢, 311:405, 1¡A ¢! whether I imagined him attached to+1 another woman at 311:405, 2¡A ¢! the very time that+2 I was^^ tacitly, if not openly^^ encouragi **ng 311:405, 3¡A ¢! you to give way to+1 your own+1 feelings?^^ I never 311:405, 4¡A ¢! had the slightest suspicion, till within the last+1 hour, of 311:405, 5¡A ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill's ¡E¢ having the least regard for Jane+Fai **rfax ¡J¢. 311:405, 6¡A ¢! You may be very sure that if I had, I should 311:405, 7¡A ¢! have cautioned you accordingly." 311:405, 8¡M ¢! "Me]" 311:405, 8¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢, colouring, and astonished. 311:405, 9¡M ¢! "Why should you caution+1 me?^^ You do not think I care+1 311:405,10¡M ¢! about =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢." 311:405,11¡A ¢! "I am delighted to hear you speak so stoutly on the 311:405,12¡A ¢! subject," 311:405,12¡' ¢! replied Emma ¡A¢, smiling; 311:405,12¡A ¢! "but you do not mean 311:405,13¡A ¢! to deny that there was a time^^ and not very distant either 311:405,14¡A ¢! ^^ when you gave me reason to understand that you did 311:405,15¡A ¢! care+1 about him?" 311:405,16¡M ¢! "Him]^^ never, never. Dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, how 311:405,17¡M ¢! could you so mistake+1 me?" 311:405,17¡' ¢! turning+1 away distressed. 311:405,18¡A ¢! "Harriet ¡M¢]" 311:405,18¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, after a moment's pause^^ 311:405,19¡A ¢! "What do you mean?^^ Good Heaven] what do you 311:405,20¡A ¢! mean?^^ Mistake+1 you]^^ Am I to suppose then?^^" 311:405,21¡' ¢! She could not speak another word.^^ Her voice was 311:405,22¡' ¢! lost; and she sat down, waiting in great terror till Harriet ¡M **¢ 311:405,23¡' ¢! should answer+1. 311:405,24¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, who was standing at some distance, and with 311:405,25¡' ¢! face turned from her, did not immediately say any+thing; 311:405,26¡' ¢! and when she did speak, it was in a voice nearly as agitated 311:405,27¡' ¢! as Emma's ¡A¢. 311:405,28¡M ¢! "I should not have thought+1 it possible," 311:405,28¡' ¢! she began, 311:405,29¡M ¢! "that you could have misunderstood me] I know we 311:405,30¡M ¢! agreed never to name+1 him^^ but considering how infinitely 311:405,31¡M ¢! superior he is to+1 every+body else, I should not have 311:405,32¡M ¢! thought+1 it possible that I could be supposed to mean any 311:405,33¡M ¢! other person. =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, indeed] I do not 311:405,34¡M ¢! know who would ever look+1 at him in the company of the 311:405,35¡M ¢! other. I hope+1 I have a better+1 taste than to think of 311:405,36¡M ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢, who is like+1 nobody by his side. And 311:405,37¡M ¢! that you should have been so mistaken, is amazing]^^ I am 311:405,38¡M ¢! sure, but for believing that you entirely approved and 311:406, 1¡M ¢! meant to encourage me in my attachment, I should have 311:406, 2¡M ¢! considered it at first too great a presumption almost, to 311:406, 3¡M ¢! dare+1 to think of him. At first, if you had not told me that 311:406, 4¡M ¢! more wonderful things had happened; that there had 311:406, 5¡M ¢! been matches of greater disparity (those were your very 311:406, 6¡M ¢! words);^^ I should not have dared to give way to^^ 311:406, 7¡M ¢! I should not have thought+1 it possible^^ But if ²you², who 311:406, 8¡M ¢! had been always acquainted with him^^" 311:406, 9¡A ¢! "Harriet ¡M¢]" 311:406, 9¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, collecting herself resolutely^^ 311:406,10¡A ¢! "Let us understand each other now, without the possibility 311:406,11¡A ¢! of farther mistake. Are you speaking of ^^ =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢?" 311:406,13¡M ¢! "To be sure I am. I never could have an idea of any+body 311:406,14¡M ¢! else^^ and so I thought+1 you knew. When we talked 311:406,15¡M ¢! about him, it was clear+1 as possible." 311:406,16¡A ¢! "Not quite," 311:406,16¡' ¢! returned Emma ¡A¢, with forced calmness, 311:406,17¡A ¢! "for all that+2 you then said, appeared to+1 me to relate to+1 311:406,18¡A ¢! a different person. I could almost assert that you had 311:406,19¡A ¢! ²named² =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢. I am sure the service 311:406,20¡A ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ rendered you, in protecting you 311:406,21¡A ¢! from the gipsies, was spoken of." 311:406,22¡M ¢! "Oh] =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, how you do forget]" 311:406,23¡A ¢! "My dear Harriet ¡M¢, I perfectly remember the substance 311:406,24¡A ¢! of what I said on the occasion. I told you that I did not 311:406,25¡A ¢! wonder+1 at your attachment; that considering the service 311:406,26¡A ¢! he had rendered you, it was extremely natural+1:^^ and you 311:406,27¡A ¢! agreed to+1 it, expressing yourself very warmly as to+1 your 311:406,28¡A ¢! sense of that+1 service, and mentioning even what your 311:406,29¡A ¢! sensations had been in seeing him come forward+1 to+1 your 311:406,30¡A ¢! rescue.^^ The impression of it is strong on my memory." 311:406,31¡M ¢! "Oh, dear+2," 311:406,31¡' ¢! cried Harriet ¡M¢, 311:406,31¡M ¢! "now I recollect what you 311:406,32¡M ¢! mean; but I was thinking of something very different at 311:406,33¡M ¢! the time. It was not the gipsies^^ it was not =Mr#+Frank+Church **ill ¡E¢ 311:406,34¡M ¢! that+2 I meant. No+1] 311:406,34¡' ¢! (with some elevation) 311:406,34¡M ¢! I was 311:406,35¡M ¢! thinking of a much more precious circumstance^^ of 311:406,36¡M ¢! =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ coming and asking me to dance+1, when 311:406,37¡M ¢! =Mr#+Elton ¡H¢ would not stand+1 up with me; and when there 311:406,38¡M ¢! was no other partner in the room. That+1 was the kind+1 311:407, 1¡M ¢! action; that+1 was the noble benevolence and generosity; 311:407, 2¡M ¢! that+1 was the service which made me begin to feel how 311:407, 3¡M ¢! superior he was to+1 every other being upon earth." 311:407, 4¡A ¢! "Good God]" 311:407, 4¡' ¢! cried Emma ¡A¢, 311:407, 4¡A ¢! "this has been a most 311:407, 5¡A ¢! unfortunate^^ most deplorable mistake]^^ What is to be 311:407, 6¡A ¢! done?" 311:407, 7¡M ¢! "You would not have encouraged me, then, if you had 311:407, 8¡M ¢! understood me. At least, however, I cannot be worse off 311:407, 9¡M ¢! than I should have been, if the other had been the person; 311:407,10¡M ¢! and now^^ it ²is² possible^^." 311:407,11¡' ¢! She paused a few moments. Emma ¡A¢ could not speak. 311:407,12¡M ¢! "I do not wonder+1, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢," 311:407,12¡' ¢! she resumed, 311:407,13¡M ¢! "that you should feel a great difference between the two, 311:407,14¡M ¢! as to+1 me or as to+1 anybody. You must think one five 311:407,15¡M ¢! hundred million times more above me than the other. 311:407,16¡M ¢! But I hope+1, =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, that supposing^^ that if^^ 311:407,17¡M ¢! strange as it may appear^^. But you know they were 311:407,18¡M ¢! your own+1 words, that ²more² wonderful things had happened, 311:407,19¡M ¢! matches of ²greater² disparity had taken place than between 311:407,20¡M ¢! =Mr#+Frank+Churchill ¡E¢ and me; and, therefore, it seems as 311:407,21¡M ¢! if such a thing even as this, may have occurred before^^ 311:407,22¡M ¢! and if I should be so fortunate, beyond expression, as to^^ 311:407,23¡M ¢! if =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ should really^^ if ²he² does not mind+1 t **he 311:407,24¡M ¢! disparity, I hope+1, dear =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, you will+1 not s **et+1 311:407,25¡M ¢! yourself against it, and try to put difficulties in the way. 311:407,26¡M ¢! But you are too good for that+1, I am sure." 311:407,27¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ was standing at one of the windows. Emma ¡A¢ 311:407,28¡' ¢! turned round+1 to look+1 at her in consternation, and hastily 311:407,29¡' ¢! said, 311:407,30¡A ¢! "Have you any idea of =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ returning your 311:407,31¡A ¢! affection?" 311:407,32¡M ¢! "Yes," 311:407,32¡' ¢! replied Harriet ¡M¢ modestly, but not fearfully^^ 311:407,33¡M ¢! "I must say that I have." 311:407,34¡' ¢! Emma's ¡A¢ eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat 311:407,35¡' ¢! silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes. 311:407,36¡' ¢! A few minutes were sufficient for making her acquainted 311:407,37¡' ¢! with her own+1 heart. A mind like+1 her's, once opening to+1 311:407,38¡' ¢! suspicion, made rapid progress. She touched^^ she 311:408, 1¡' ¢! admitted^^ she acknowledged the whole+1 truth. 311:408, 1@A ! Why was 311:408, 2@A ! it so much worse that Harriet ¡M¢ should be in love with 311:408, 3@A ! =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢, than with Frank+Churchill ¡E¢? Why was the 311:408, 4@A ! evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet's ¡M¢ having some 311:408, 5@A ! hope of a return? 311:408, 5¡' ¢! It darted through her, with the speed 311:408, 6¡' ¢! of an arrow, that =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ must marry no+one but 311:408, 7¡' ¢! herself] 311:408, 8¡' ¢! Her own+1 conduct, as well as her own+1 heart, was before 311:408, 9¡' ¢! her in the same few minutes. She saw it all with a clearness 311:408,10¡' ¢! which had never blessed her before. 311:408,10@A ! How improperly had 311:408,11@A ! she been acting by Harriet ¡M¢] How inconsiderate, how 311:408,12@A ! indelicate, how irrational, how unfeeling had been her 311:408,13@A ! conduct] What blindness, what madness, had led her on] 311:408,14¡' ¢! It struck her with dreadful force, and she was ready to give 311:408,15¡' ¢! it every bad name in the world. Some portion of respect 311:408,16¡' ¢! for herself, however, in spite+1 of all these demerits^^ some 311:408,17¡' ¢! concern for her own+1 appearance, and a strong sense of 311:408,18¡' ¢! justice by Harriet ¡M¢^^ 311:408,18@A ! (there would be no need of ²compassion² 311:408,19@A ! to+1 the girl who believed herself loved by =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢^ **^ 311:408,20@A ! but justice required that she should not be made unhappy 311:408,21@A ! by any coldness now,) 311:408,21¡' ¢! gave Emma ¡A¢ the resolution to sit 311:408,22¡' ¢! and endure farther with calmness, with even apparent 311:408,23¡' ¢! kindness.^^ 311:408,23@A ! For her own+1 advantage indeed, it was fit+2 that 311:408,24@A ! the utmost extent of Harriet's ¡M¢ hopes should be enquired 311:408,25@A ! into; and Harriet ¡M¢ had done nothing to forfeit the regard 311:408,26@A ! and interest which had been so voluntarily formed and 311:408,27@A ! maintained^^ or to deserve to be slighted by the person 311:408,28@A ! whose counsels had never led her right+1.^^ 311:408,28¡' ¢! Rousing from 311:408,29¡' ¢! reflection, therefore, and subduing her emotion, she turned 311:408,30¡' ¢! to+1 Harriet ¡M¢ again, and, in a more inviting accent, renewed 311:408,31¡' ¢! the conversation; for+1 as to+1 the subject which had first 311:408,32¡' ¢! introduced it, the wonderful story of Jane+Fairfax ¡J¢, that+1 311:408,33¡' ¢! was quite sunk and lost.^^ Neither of them thought+1 but 311:408,34¡' ¢! of =Mr#+Knightley ¡B¢ and themselves. 311:408,35¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢, who had been standing in no unhappy reverie, 311:408,36¡' ¢! was yet very glad to be called from it, by the now encouraging 311:408,37¡' ¢! manner of such a judge, and such a friend as 311:408,38¡' ¢! =Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢, and only wanted invitation, to give the 311:409, 1¡' ¢! history of her hopes with great, though trembling delight. 311:409, 2¡' ¢! ^^ Emma's ¡A¢ tremblings as she asked, and as she listened, 311:409, 3¡' ¢! were better+1 concealed than Harriet's ¡M¢, but they were not 311:409, 4¡' ¢! less. Her voice was not unsteady; but her mind was in 311:409, 5¡' ¢! all the perturbation that+2 such a developement of self, such 311:409, 6¡' ¢! a burst of threatening evil, such a confusion of sudden and 311:409, 7¡' ¢! perplexing emotions, must create.^^ She listened with 311:409, 8¡' ¢! much inward suffering, but with great outward patience, 311:409, 9¡' ¢! to+1 Harriet's ¡M¢ detail.^^ Methodical, or well arranged, or v **ery 311:409,10¡' ¢! well delivered, it could not be expected to be; but it 311:409,11¡' ¢! contained, when separated from all the feebleness and 311:409,12¡' ¢! tautology of the narration, a substance to sink her spirit^^ 311:409,13¡' ¢! especially with the corroborating circumstances, which 311:409,14¡' ¢! her own+1 memory brought in favour of =Mr#+Knightley's ¡B¢ 311:409,15¡' ¢! most improved opinion of Harriet ¡M¢. 311:409,16¡' ¢! Harriet ¡M¢ had been conscious of a difference in his 311:409,17¡' ¢! behaviour ever since those two decisive dances.^^ Emma ¡A¢ 311:409,18¡' ¢! knew that+1 he had, on that occasion, found her much 311:409,19¡' ¢! superior to+1 his expectation. From that+1 evening, or at 311:409,20¡' ¢! least from the time of =Miss+Woodhouse's ¡A¢ encouraging her 311:409,21¡' ¢! to think of him, Harriet ¡M¢ had begun to be sensible of 311:409,21@M ! his 311:409,22@M ! talking to+1 her much more than he had been used+1 to do, 311:409,23@M ! and of his having indeed quite a different manner towards 311:409,24@M ! her; a manner of kindness and sweetness]^^ Latterly she 311:409,25@M ! had been more and more aware of it. When they had been 311:409,26@M ! all walking together, he had so often come and walked by 311:409,27@M ! her, and talked so very delightfully]^^ He seemed to want+1 311:409,28@M ! to be acquainted with her. 311:409,28¡' ¢! Emma ¡A¢ knew it to have been 311:409,29¡' ¢! very much the case. She had often observed the change, 311:409,30¡' ¢! to+1 almost the same extent.^^ Harriet ¡M¢ repeated expressions 311:409,31¡' ¢! of approbation and praise from him^^ and Emma ¡A¢ felt 311:409,32¡' ¢! them to be in the closest agreement with what she had 311:409,33¡' ¢! known of his opinion of Harriet ¡M¢. He praised her for being+1 311:409,34¡' ¢! without art or affectation, for having simple+1+1, honest, 311:409,35¡' ¢! generous, feelings.^^ She knew that he saw such recommendations 311:409,36¡' ¢! in Harriet ¡M¢; he had dwelt on them to+1 her 311:409,37¡' ¢! more than once.^^ Much that+2 lived in Harriet's ¡M¢ memory, 311:409,38¡' ¢! many little particulars of the notice she had received from 311:410, 1¡' ¢! him, a look, a speech, a removal from one chair to+1 another, 311:410, 2¡' ¢! a compliment implied, a preference inferred, had been 311:410, 3¡' ¢! unnoticed, because unsuspected by Emma ¡A¢. Circumstances 311:410, 4¡' ¢! that+2 might swell to+1 half an hour's relation, and contained 311:410, 5¡' ¢! multiplied proofs to+1 her who had seen them, had passed 311:410, 6¡' ¢! undiscerned by her who now heard them; but the two 311:410, 7¡' ¢! latest occurrences to be mentioned, the two of strongest 311:410, 8¡' ¢! promise to+1 Harriet ¡M¢, were not without some degree of 311:410, 9¡' ¢! witness from Emma ¡A¢ herself.^^ 311:410, 9@M ! The first, was his walking 311:410,10@M ! with her apart from the others, in the limewalk at Donwell, 311:410,11@M ! where they had been walking some time before Emma ¡A¢ 311:410,12@M ! came, and he had taken pains (as she was convinced) to 311:410,13@M ! draw her from the rest to+1 himself^^ and at first, he had 311:410,14@M ! talked to+1 her in a more particular way than he had ever 311:410,15@M ! done before, in a very particular way indeed]^^ 311:410,15¡' ¢! (Harriet ¡M¢ 311:410,16¡' ¢! could not recall it without a blush.) 311:410,16@M ! He seemed to be 311:410,17@M ! almost asking her, whether her affections were engaged.^^ 311:410,18@M ! But as soon as she (=Miss+Woodhouse ¡A¢) appeared likely to 311:410,19@M ! join them, he changed the subject, and began talking 311:410,20@M ! about farming:^^ The second+2, was his having sat talking 311:410,21@M ! with her nearly half a