The brothers talked of their own concerns and pursuits, but principall To youth and natural cheerfulness like Emma's, though under temporary Mr. Woodhouse was fond of society in his own way. He liked very much t "Ah! my dear, it is not like Hartfield. You make the best of it-- but
Emma wished she had been alone with Mrs. Weston. She should then have "Dear me!--How should I ever have borne it! It would have killed me ne "Come," said she, "I will tell you something, in return for what you h The sitting began; and Harriet, smiling and blushing, and afraid of no He had caught both substance and shadow--both fortune and affection, a "Oh! no--I am grieved to find--I was on the point of telling you that Harriet was silent. With a little reserve of manner, Emma continued: "Oh no! certainly not too tall; not in the least too tall. Consider, s Frank Churchill came back again; and if he kept his father's dinner wa "Charming Miss Woodhouse! allow me to interpret this interesting silen "I leave an excellent substitute in my daughter. Emma will be happy to If Mr. Elton, on his return, made his own indifference as evident and "I am very much astonished, Mr. Elton. This to me! you forget yourself "A material difference then," she replied--"and no doubt you were much "Ah! my dear, as Perry says, where health is at stake, nothing else sh Mr. Woodhouse at last was off; but Mr. Knightley, instead of being imm Of the lady, individually, Emma thought very little. She was good enou "So scrupulous for others," he continued, "and yet so careless for her "Certainly," replied he, surprized, "I do not absolutely know it; but "I am concerned to hear of it. I think they judge wisely. But Mrs. Dix She stopt to blush and laugh at her own relapse, and then resumed a mo Mr. John Knightley looked as if he did not comprehend the pleasure, bu Emma allowed her father to talk--but supplied her visitors in a much m Mrs. Weston was exceedingly disappointed--much more disappointed, in f With Tuesday came the agreeable prospect of seeing him again, and for "Not till the reserve ceases towards oneself; and then the attraction It was, indeed, a highly prized letter. Mrs. Weston had, of course, fo "And mine," said Mr. Knightley warmly, "is, that if he turn out any th The good sense of Colonel and Mrs. Campbell could not oppose such a re Emma was more than half in hopes of Mr. Elton's having dropt a hint. M "So obliging of you! No, we should not have heard, if it had not been "But she is so fond of the nephew: he is so very great a favourite. No "Only four-and-twenty. That is too young to settle. His mother is perf "Dear Miss Woodhouse!"--and "Dear Miss Woodhouse," was all that Harrie "But you do not consider how it may appear to the Coles. Emma's going "As you are going farther on business, sir, I will take the opportunit Perhaps it was not fair to expect him to feel how very much he was her
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