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1Emma's pensive meditations, as she walked home, were not interrupted; but on entering the parlour, she found those who
2must rouse her. Mr. Knightley and Harriet had arrived during her absence, and were sitting with her father.--Mr.
3Knightley immediately got up, and in a manner decidedly graver than usual, said, "I would not go away without seeing
4you, but I have no time to spare, and therefore must now be gone directly. I am going to London, to spend a few days
5with John and Isabella. Have you any thing to send or say, besides the 'love,' which nobody carries?" "Nothing at all.
6But is not this a sudden scheme?" "Yes--rather--I have been thinking of it some little time." Emma was sure he had not
7forgiven her; he looked unlike himself. Time, however, she thought, would tell him that they ought to be friends again.
8While he stood, as if meaning to go, but not going--her father began his inquiries. "Well, my dear, and did you get
9there safely?--And how did you find my worthy old friend and her daughter?--I dare say they must have been very much
10obliged to you for coming. Dear Emma has been to call on Mrs. and Miss Bates, Mr. Knightley, as I told you before. She
11is always so attentive to them!" Emma's colour was heightened by this unjust praise; and with a smile, and shake of the
12head, which spoke much, she looked at Mr. Knightley.--It seemed as if there were an instantaneous impression in her
13favour, as if his eyes received the truth from hers, and all that had passed of good in her feelings were at once caught
14and honoured.-- He looked at her with a glow of regard. She was warmly gratified--and in another moment still more so,
15by a little movement of more than common friendliness on his part.--He took her hand;--whether she had not herself made
16the first motion, she could not say--she might, perhaps, have rather offered it--but he took her hand, pressed it, and
17certainly was on the point of carrying it to his lips--when, from some fancy or other, he suddenly let it go.--Why he
18should feel such a scruple, why he should change his mind when it was all but done, she could not perceive.--He would
19have judged better, she thought, if he had not stopped.--The intention, however, was indubitable; and whether it was
20that his manners had in general so little gallantry, or however else it happened, but she thought nothing became him
21more.--It was with him, of so simple, yet so dignified a nature.--She could not but recall the attempt with great
22satisfaction. It spoke such perfect amity.--He left them immediately afterwards--gone in a moment. He always moved with
23the alertness of a mind which could neither be undecided nor dilatory, but now he seemed more sudden than usual in his
24disappearance. Emma could not regret her having gone to Miss Bates, but she wished she had left her ten minutes
25earlier;--it would have been a great pleasure to talk over Jane Fairfax's situation with Mr. Knightley.--Neither would
26she regret that he should be going to Brunswick Square, for she knew how much his visit would be enjoyed--but it might
27have happened at a better time--and to have had longer notice of it, would have been pleasanter.--They parted thorough
28friends, however; she could not be deceived as to the meaning of his countenance, and his unfinished gallantry;--it was
29all done to assure her that she had fully recovered his good opinion.--He had been sitting with them half an hour, she
30found. It was a pity that she had not come back earlier! In the hope of diverting her father's thoughts from the
31disagreeableness of Mr. Knightley's going to London; and going so suddenly; and going on horseback, which she knew would
32be all very bad; Emma communicated her news of Jane Fairfax, and her dependence on the effect was justified; it supplied
33a very useful check,--interested, without disturbing him. He had long made up his mind to Jane Fairfax's going out as
34governess, and could talk of it cheerfully, but Mr. Knightley's going to London had been an unexpected blow. "I am very
35glad, indeed, my dear, to hear she is to be so comfortably settled. Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I
36dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. I hope it is a dry situation, and that her health will be
37taken good care of. It ought to be a first object, as I am sure poor Miss Taylor's always was with me. You know, my
38dear, she is going to be to this new lady what Miss Taylor was to us. And I hope she will be better off in one respect,
39and not be induced to go away after it has been her home so long." The following day brought news from Richmond to throw
40every thing else into the background. An express arrived at Randalls to announce the death of Mrs. Churchill! Though her
41nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after
42his return. A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off
43after a short struggle. The great Mrs. Churchill was no more. It was felt as such things must be felt. Every body had a
44degree of gravity and sorrow; tenderness towards the departed, solicitude for the surviving friends; and, in a
45reasonable time, curiosity to know where she would be buried. Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to
46folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a
47clearer of ill-fame. Mrs. Churchill, after being disliked at least twenty-five years, was now spoken of with
48compassionate allowances. In one point she was fully justified. She had never been admitted before to be seriously ill.
49The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints. "Poor Mrs. Churchill!
50no doubt she had been suffering a great deal: more than any body had ever supposed--and continual pain would try the
51temper. It was a sad event--a great shock--with all her faults, what would Mr. Churchill do without her? Mr. Churchill's
52loss would be dreadful indeed. Mr. Churchill would never get over it."--Even Mr. Weston shook his head, and looked
53solemn, and said, "Ah! poor woman, who would have thought it!" and resolved, that his mourning should be as handsome as
54possible; and his wife sat sighing and moralising over her broad hems with a commiseration and good sense, true and
55steady. How it would affect Frank was among the earliest thoughts of both. It was also a very early speculation with
56Emma. The character of Mrs. Churchill, the grief of her husband--her mind glanced over them both with awe and
57compassion--and then rested with lightened feelings on how Frank might be affected by the event, how benefited, how
58freed. She saw in a moment all the possible good. Now, an attachment to Harriet Smith would have nothing to encounter.
59Mr. Churchill, independent of his wife, was feared by nobody; an easy, guidable man, to be persuaded into any thing by
60his nephew. All that remained to be wished was, that the nephew should form the attachment, as, with all her goodwill in
61the cause, Emma could feel no certainty of its being already formed. Harriet behaved extremely well on the occasion,
62with great self-command. What ever she might feel of brighter hope, she betrayed nothing. Emma was gratified, to observe
63such a proof in her of strengthened character, and refrained from any allusion that might endanger its maintenance. They
64spoke, therefore, of Mrs. Churchill's death with mutual forbearance. Short letters from Frank were received at Randalls,
65communicating all that was immediately important of their state and plans. Mr. Churchill was better than could be
66expected; and their first removal, on the departure of the funeral for Yorkshire, was to be to the house of a very old
67friend in Windsor, to whom Mr. Churchill had been promising a visit the last ten years. At present, there was nothing to
68be done for Harriet; good wishes for the future were all that could yet be possible on Emma's side.
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