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1It was a more pressing concern to shew attention to Jane Fairfax, whose prospects were closing, while Harriet's opened,
2and whose engagements now allowed of no delay in any one at Highbury, who wished to shew her kindness--and with Emma it
3was grown into a first wish. She had scarcely a stronger regret than for her past coldness; and the person, whom she had
4been so many months neglecting, was now the very one on whom she would have lavished every distinction of regard or
5sympathy. She wanted to be of use to her; wanted to shew a value for her society, and testify respect and consideration.
6She resolved to prevail on her to spend a day at Hartfield. A note was written to urge it. The invitation was refused,
7and by a verbal message. "Miss Fairfax was not well enough to write;" and when Mr. Perry called at Hartfield, the same
8morning, it appeared that she was so much indisposed as to have been visited, though against her own consent, by
9himself, and that she was suffering under severe headaches, and a nervous fever to a degree, which made him doubt the
10possibility of her going to Mrs. Smallridge's at the time proposed. Her health seemed for the moment completely
11deranged--appetite quite gone--and though there were no absolutely alarming symptoms, nothing touching the pulmonary
12complaint, which was the standing apprehension of the family, Mr. Perry was uneasy about her. He thought she had
13undertaken more than she was equal to, and that she felt it so herself, though she would not own it. Her spirits seemed
14overcome. Her present home, he could not but observe, was unfavourable to a nervous disorder:--confined always to one
15room;--he could have wished it otherwise--and her good aunt, though his very old friend, he must acknowledge to be not
16the best companion for an invalid of that description. Her care and attention could not be questioned; they were, in
17fact, only too great. He very much feared that Miss Fairfax derived more evil than good from them. Emma listened with
18the warmest concern; grieved for her more and more, and looked around eager to discover some way of being useful. To
19take her--be it only an hour or two--from her aunt, to give her change of air and scene, and quiet rational
20conversation, even for an hour or two, might do her good; and the following morning she wrote again to say, in the most
21feeling language she could command, that she would call for her in the carriage at any hour that Jane would
22name--mentioning that she had Mr. Perry's decided opinion, in favour of such exercise for his patient. The answer was
23only in this short note: "Miss Fairfax's compliments and thanks, but is quite unequal to any exercise." Emma felt that
24her own note had deserved something better; but it was impossible to quarrel with words, whose tremulous inequality
25shewed indisposition so plainly, and she thought only of how she might best counteract this unwillingness to be seen or
26assisted. In spite of the answer, therefore, she ordered the carriage, and drove to Mrs. Bates's, in the hope that Jane
27would be induced to join her--but it would not do;--Miss Bates came to the carriage door, all gratitude, and agreeing
28with her most earnestly in thinking an airing might be of the greatest service--and every thing that message could do
29was tried--but all in vain. Miss Bates was obliged to return without success; Jane was quite unpersuadable; the mere
30proposal of going out seemed to make her worse.--Emma wished she could have seen her, and tried her own powers; but,
31almost before she could hint the wish, Miss Bates made it appear that she had promised her niece on no account to let
32Miss Woodhouse in. "Indeed, the truth was, that poor dear Jane could not bear to see any body--any body at all--Mrs.
33Elton, indeed, could not be denied--and Mrs. Cole had made such a point--and Mrs. Perry had said so much--but, except
34them, Jane would really see nobody." Emma did not want to be classed with the Mrs. Eltons, the Mrs. Perrys, and the Mrs.
35Coles, who would force themselves anywhere; neither could she feel any right of preference herself--she submitted,
36therefore, and only questioned Miss Bates farther as to her niece's appetite and diet, which she longed to be able to
37assist. On that subject poor Miss Bates was very unhappy, and very communicative; Jane would hardly eat any thing:--Mr.
38Perry recommended nourishing food; but every thing they could command (and never had any body such good neighbours) was
39distasteful. Emma, on reaching home, called the housekeeper directly, to an examination of her stores; and some
40arrowroot of very superior quality was speedily despatched to Miss Bates with a most friendly note. In half an hour the
41arrowroot was returned, with a thousand thanks from Miss Bates, but "dear Jane would not be satisfied without its being
42sent back; it was a thing she could not take--and, moreover, she insisted on her saying, that she was not at all in want
43of any thing." When Emma afterwards heard that Jane Fairfax had been seen wandering about the meadows, at some distance
44from Highbury, on the afternoon of the very day on which she had, under the plea of being unequal to any exercise, so
45peremptorily refused to go out with her in the carriage, she could have no doubt--putting every thing together--that
46Jane was resolved to receive no kindness from her. She was sorry, very sorry. Her heart was grieved for a state which
47seemed but the more pitiable from this sort of irritation of spirits, inconsistency of action, and inequality of powers;
48and it mortified her that she was given so little credit for proper feeling, or esteemed so little worthy as a friend:
49but she had the consolation of knowing that her intentions were good, and of being able to say to herself, that could
50Mr. Knightley have been privy to all her attempts of assisting Jane Fairfax, could he even have seen into her heart, he
51would not, on this occasion, have found any thing to reprove.
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