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1The Frank Churchill so long talked of, so high in interest, was actually before her--he was presented to her, and she
2did not think too much had been said in his praise; he was a very good looking young man; height, air, address, all were
3unexceptionable, and his countenance had a great deal of the spirit and liveliness of his father's; he looked quick and
4sensible. She felt immediately that she should like him; and there was a well-bred ease of manner, and a readiness to
5talk, which convinced her that he came intending to be acquainted with her, and that acquainted they soon must be. He
6had reached Randalls the evening before. She was pleased with the eagerness to arrive which had made him alter his plan,
7and travel earlier, later, and quicker, that he might gain half a day. "I told you yesterday," cried Mr. Weston with
8exultation, "I told you all that he would be here before the time named. I remembered what I used to do myself. One
9cannot creep upon a journey; one cannot help getting on faster than one has planned; and the pleasure of coming in upon
10one's friends before the look-out begins, is worth a great deal more than any little exertion it needs." "It is a great
11pleasure where one can indulge in it," said the young man, "though there are not many houses that I should presume on so
12far; but in coming home I felt I might do any thing." The word home made his father look on him with fresh complacency.
13Emma was directly sure that he knew how to make himself agreeable; the conviction was strengthened by what followed. He
14was very much pleased with Randalls, thought it a most admirably arranged house, would hardly allow it even to be very
15small, admired the situation, the walk to Highbury, Highbury itself, Hartfield still more, and professed himself to have
16always felt the sort of interest in the country which none but one's own country gives, and the greatest curiosity to
17visit it. That he should never have been able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciously through Emma's
18brain; but still, if it were a falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled. His manner had no air of study
19or exaggeration. He did really look and speak as if in a state of no common enjoyment. Their subjects in general were
20such as belong to an opening acquaintance. On his side were the inquiries,--"Was she a horsewoman?--Pleasant
21rides?--Pleasant walks?--Had they a large neighbourhood?--Highbury, perhaps, afforded society enough?--There were
22several very pretty houses in and about it.--Balls--had they balls?--Was it a musical society?" But when satisfied on
23all these points, and their acquaintance proportionably advanced, he contrived to find an opportunity, while their two
24fathers were engaged with each other, of introducing his mother-in-law, and speaking of her with so much handsome
25praise, so much warm admiration, so much gratitude for the happiness she secured to his father, and her very kind
26reception of himself, as was an additional proof of his knowing how to please--and of his certainly thinking it worth
27while to try to please her. He did not advance a word of praise beyond what she knew to be thoroughly deserved by Mrs.
28Weston; but, undoubtedly he could know very little of the matter. He understood what would be welcome; he could be sure
29of little else. "His father's marriage," he said, "had been the wisest measure, every friend must rejoice in it; and the
30family from whom he had received such a blessing must be ever considered as having conferred the highest obligation on
31him." He got as near as he could to thanking her for Miss Taylor's merits, without seeming quite to forget that in the
32common course of things it was to be rather supposed that Miss Taylor had formed Miss Woodhouse's character, than Miss
33Woodhouse Miss Taylor's. And at last, as if resolved to qualify his opinion completely for travelling round to its
34object, he wound it all up with astonishment at the youth and beauty of her person. "Elegant, agreeable manners, I was
35prepared for," said he; "but I confess that, considering every thing, I had not expected more than a very tolerably
36well-looking woman of a certain age; I did not know that I was to find a pretty young woman in Mrs. Weston." "You cannot
37see too much perfection in Mrs. Weston for my feelings," said Emma; "were you to guess her to be eighteen, I should
38listen with pleasure; but she would be ready to quarrel with you for using such words. Don't let her imagine that you
39have spoken of her as a pretty young woman." "I hope I should know better," he replied; "no, depend upon it, (with a
40gallant bow,) that in addressing Mrs. Weston I should understand whom I might praise without any danger of being thought
41extravagant in my terms." Emma wondered whether the same suspicion of what might be expected from their knowing each
42other, which had taken strong possession of her mind, had ever crossed his; and whether his compliments were to be
43considered as marks of acquiescence, or proofs of defiance. She must see more of him to understand his ways; at present
44she only felt they were agreeable. She had no doubt of what Mr. Weston was often thinking about. His quick eye she
45detected again and again glancing towards them with a happy expression; and even, when he might have determined not to
46look, she was confident that he was often listening. Her own father's perfect exemption from any thought of the kind,
47the entire deficiency in him of all such sort of penetration or suspicion, was a most comfortable circumstance. Happily
48he was not farther from approving matrimony than from foreseeing it.--Though always objecting to every marriage that was
49arranged, he never suffered beforehand from the apprehension of any; it seemed as if he could not think so ill of any
50two persons' understanding as to suppose they meant to marry till it were proved against them. She blessed the favouring
51blindness. He could now, without the drawback of a single unpleasant surmise, without a glance forward at any possible
52treachery in his guest, give way to all his natural kind-hearted civility in solicitous inquiries after Mr. Frank
53Churchill's accommodation on his journey, through the sad evils of sleeping two nights on the road, and express very
54genuine unmixed anxiety to know that he had certainly escaped catching cold--which, however, he could not allow him to
55feel quite assured of himself till after another night. A reasonable visit paid, Mr. Weston began to move.--"He must be
56going. He had business at the Crown about his hay, and a great many errands for Mrs. Weston at Ford's, but he need not
57hurry any body else." His son, too well bred to hear the hint, rose immediately also, saying, "As you are going farther
58on business, sir, I will take the opportunity of paying a visit, which must be paid some day or other, and therefore may
59as well be paid now. I have the honour of being acquainted with a neighbour of yours, (turning to Emma,) a lady residing
60in or near Highbury; a family of the name of Fairfax. I shall have no difficulty, I suppose, in finding the house;
61though Fairfax, I believe, is not the proper name--I should rather say Barnes, or Bates. Do you know any family of that
62name?" "To be sure we do," cried his father; "Mrs. Bates--we passed her house--I saw Miss Bates at the window. True,
63true, you are acquainted with Miss Fairfax; I remember you knew her at Weymouth, and a fine girl she is. Call upon her,
64by all means." "There is no necessity for my calling this morning," said the young man; "another day would do as well;
65but there was that degree of acquaintance at Weymouth which--" "Oh! go to-day, go to-day. Do not defer it. What is right
66to be done cannot be done too soon. And, besides, I must give you a hint, Frank; any want of attention to her here
67should be carefully avoided. You saw her with the Campbells, when she was the equal of every body she mixed with, but
68here she is with a poor old grandmother, who has barely enough to live on. If you do not call early it will be a
69slight." The son looked convinced. "I have heard her speak of the acquaintance," said Emma; "she is a very elegant young
70woman." He agreed to it, but with so quiet a "Yes," as inclined her almost to doubt his real concurrence; and yet there
71must be a very distinct sort of elegance for the fashionable world, if Jane Fairfax could be thought only ordinarily
72gifted with it.
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