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1They had a very fine day for Box Hill; and all the other outward circumstances of arrangement, accommodation, and
2punctuality, were in favour of a pleasant party. Mr. Weston directed the whole, officiating safely between Hartfield and
3the Vicarage, and every body was in good time. Emma and Harriet went together; Miss Bates and her niece, with the
4Eltons; the gentlemen on horseback. Mrs. Weston remained with Mr. Woodhouse. Nothing was wanting but to be happy when
5they got there. Seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of admiration on
6first arriving; but in the general amount of the day there was deficiency. There was a languor, a want of spirits, a
7want of union, which could not be got over. They separated too much into parties. The Eltons walked together; Mr.
8Knightley took charge of Miss Bates and Jane; and Emma and Harriet belonged to Frank Churchill. And Mr. Weston tried, in
9vain, to make them harmonise better. It seemed at first an accidental division, but it never materially varied. Mr. and
10Mrs. Elton, indeed, shewed no unwillingness to mix, and be as agreeable as they could; but during the two whole hours
11that were spent on the hill, there seemed a principle of separation, between the other parties, too strong for any fine
12prospects, or any cold collation, or any cheerful Mr. Weston, to remove. At first it was downright dulness to Emma. She
13had never seen Frank Churchill so silent and stupid. He said nothing worth hearing--looked without seeing--admired
14without intelligence--listened without knowing what she said. While he was so dull, it was no wonder that Harriet should
15be dull likewise; and they were both insufferable. When they all sat down it was better; to her taste a great deal
16better, for Frank Churchill grew talkative and gay, making her his first object. Every distinguishing attention that
17could be paid, was paid to her. To amuse her, and be agreeable in her eyes, seemed all that he cared for--and Emma, glad
18to be enlivened, not sorry to be flattered, was gay and easy too, and gave him all the friendly encouragement, the
19admission to be gallant, which she had ever given in the first and most animating period of their acquaintance; but
20which now, in her own estimation, meant nothing, though in the judgment of most people looking on it must have had such
21an appearance as no English word but flirtation could very well describe. "Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Woodhouse
22flirted together excessively." They were laying themselves open to that very phrase--and to having it sent off in a
23letter to Maple Grove by one lady, to Ireland by another. Not that Emma was gay and thoughtless from any real felicity;
24it was rather because she felt less happy than she had expected. She laughed because she was disappointed; and though
25she liked him for his attentions, and thought them all, whether in friendship, admiration, or playfulness, extremely
26judicious, they were not winning back her heart. She still intended him for her friend. "How much I am obliged to you,"
27said he, "for telling me to come to-day!--If it had not been for you, I should certainly have lost all the happiness of
28this party. I had quite determined to go away again." "Yes, you were very cross; and I do not know what about, except
29that you were too late for the best strawberries. I was a kinder friend than you deserved. But you were humble. You
30begged hard to be commanded to come." "Don't say I was cross. I was fatigued. The heat overcame me." "It is hotter
31to-day." "Not to my feelings. I am perfectly comfortable to-day." "You are comfortable because you are under command."
32"Your command?--Yes." "Perhaps I intended you to say so, but I meant self-command. You had, somehow or other, broken
33bounds yesterday, and run away from your own management; but to-day you are got back again--and as I cannot be always
34with you, it is best to believe your temper under your own command rather than mine." "It comes to the same thing. I can
35have no self-command without a motive. You order me, whether you speak or not. And you can be always with me. You are
36always with me." "Dating from three o'clock yesterday. My perpetual influence could not begin earlier, or you would not
37have been so much out of humour before." "Three o'clock yesterday! That is your date. I thought I had seen you first in
38February." "Your gallantry is really unanswerable. But (lowering her voice)--nobody speaks except ourselves, and it is
39rather too much to be talking nonsense for the entertainment of seven silent people." "I say nothing of which I am
40ashamed," replied he, with lively impudence. "I saw you first in February. Let every body on the Hill hear me if they
41can. Let my accents swell to Mickleham on one side, and Dorking on the other. I saw you first in February." And then
42whispering--"Our companions are excessively stupid. What shall we do to rouse them? Any nonsense will serve. They shall
43talk. Ladies and gentlemen, I am ordered by Miss Woodhouse (who, wherever she is, presides) to say, that she desires to
44know what you are all thinking of?" Some laughed, and answered good-humouredly. Miss Bates said a great deal; Mrs. Elton
45swelled at the idea of Miss Woodhouse's presiding; Mr. Knightley's answer was the most distinct. "Is Miss Woodhouse sure
46that she would like to hear what we are all thinking of?" "Oh! no, no"--cried Emma, laughing as carelessly as she
47could--"Upon no account in the world. It is the very last thing I would stand the brunt of just now. Let me hear any
48thing rather than what you are all thinking of. I will not say quite all. There are one or two, perhaps, (glancing at
49Mr. Weston and Harriet,) whose thoughts I might not be afraid of knowing." "It is a sort of thing," cried Mrs. Elton
50emphatically, "which I should not have thought myself privileged to inquire into. Though, perhaps, as the Chaperon of
51the party--I never was in any circle--exploring parties--young ladies--married women--" Her mutterings were chiefly to
52her husband; and he murmured, in reply, "Very true, my love, very true. Exactly so, indeed--quite unheard of--but some
53ladies say any thing. Better pass it off as a joke. Every body knows what is due to you." "It will not do," whispered
54Frank to Emma; "they are most of them affronted. I will attack them with more address. Ladies and gentlemen--I am
55ordered by Miss Woodhouse to say, that she waives her right of knowing exactly what you may all be thinking of, and only
56requires something very entertaining from each of you, in a general way. Here are seven of you, besides myself, (who,
57she is pleased to say, am very entertaining already,) and she only demands from each of you either one thing very
58clever, be it prose or verse, original or repeated--or two things moderately clever--or three things very dull indeed,
59and she engages to laugh heartily at them all." "Oh! very well," exclaimed Miss Bates, "then I need not be uneasy.
60'Three things very dull indeed.' That will just do for me, you know. I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as
61ever I open my mouth, shan't I? (looking round with the most good-humoured dependence on every body's assent)--Do not
62you all think I shall?" Emma could not resist. "Ah! ma'am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me--but you will be
63limited as to number--only three at once." Miss Bates, deceived by the mock ceremony of her manner, did not immediately
64catch her meaning; but, when it burst on her, it could not anger, though a slight blush shewed that it could pain her.
65"Ah!--well--to be sure. Yes, I see what she means, (turning to Mr. Knightley,) and I will try to hold my tongue. I must
66make myself very disagreeable, or she would not have said such a thing to an old friend." "I like your plan," cried Mr.
67Weston. "Agreed, agreed. I will do my best. I am making a conundrum. How will a conundrum reckon?" "Low, I am afraid,
68sir, very low," answered his son;--"but we shall be indulgent--especially to any one who leads the way." "No, no," said
69Emma, "it will not reckon low. A conundrum of Mr. Weston's shall clear him and his next neighbour. Come, sir, pray let
70me hear it." "I doubt its being very clever myself," said Mr. Weston. "It is too much a matter of fact, but here it
71is.--What two letters of the alphabet are there, that express perfection?" "What two letters!--express perfection! I am
72sure I do not know."
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