"Great has been the pleasure, I am sure. I never met with a dispositio "How very pleasing and proper of him!" cried the good-hearted Mrs. Joh Had it been allowable entertainment, had there been no pain to her fri Emma was not sorry to be pressed. She read, and was surprized. The sty
"I am very much astonished, Mr. Elton. This to me! you forget yourself It was a great consolation that Mr. Elton should not be really in love She pondered, but could think of nothing. After a mutual silence of so "Well, well, I am ready;"--and turning again to Emma, "but you must no Mrs. Bates, the widow of a former vicar of Highbury, was a very old la "I do not know, my dear--but it is so long since she was here!--not si "Certainly," replied he, surprized, "I do not absolutely know it; but No sooner was she out of sight, than Emma exclaimed, "Your father will not be easy; why do not you go?" The carriage came: and Mr. Woodhouse, always the first object on such "Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others," rejoined "Yes," said he, smiling--"and reason good. I was sixteen years old whe "A new neighbour for us all, Miss Woodhouse!" said Miss Bates, joyfull "Depend upon it, Emma, a sensible man would find no difficulty in it. The weather was most favourable for her; though Christmas Day, she cou "Oh yes, sir," cried she with ready sympathy, "how you must miss her! "Oh! no--I hope I shall not be ridiculous about it. Do as you please." The lovers were standing together at one of the windows. It had a most "There does, indeed, seem as little to tempt her to break her resoluti "Oh! the good Bateses--I am quite ashamed of myself--but you mention t The same civilities and courtesies, the same success and satisfaction, "You must feel it very fortunate that Miss Fairfax should be allowed t "Jane caught a bad cold, poor thing! so long ago as the 7th of Novembe Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home an "She is a sort of elegant creature that one cannot keep one's eyes fro Harriet exactly. Soft is the very word for her eye--of all epithets, t "I am very much obliged to you," said Emma, laughing again. "If I had But Harriet was in a tremor, and could not touch it; and Emma, never l "Now he has got my letter," said she softly. "I wonder what they are a How that visit was to be acknowledged--what would be necessary-- and w "Oh! not handsome--not at all handsome. I thought him very plain at fi In short, she sat, during the first visit, looking at Jane Fairfax wit She had already satisfied herself that he thought Harriet a beautiful "My dear papa, he is three-and-twenty. You forget how time passes." "Well, sir," cried Mr. Weston, "as I took Miss Taylor away, it is incu "And, moreover, if you must go to the sea, it had better not have been She had had many a hint from Mr. Knightley and some from her own heart
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