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1"My dear Emma, I have told you what led me to think of it. I do not want the match--I do not want to injure dear little
2Henry--but the idea has been given me by circumstances; and if Mr. Knightley really wished to marry, you would not have
3him refrain on Henry's account, a boy of six years old, who knows nothing of the matter?" "Yes, I would. I could not
4bear to have Henry supplanted.--Mr. Knightley marry!--No, I have never had such an idea, and I cannot adopt it now. And
5Jane Fairfax, too, of all women!" "Nay, she has always been a first favourite with him, as you very well know." "But the
6imprudence of such a match!" "I am not speaking of its prudence; merely its probability." "I see no probability in it,
7unless you have any better foundation than what you mention. His good-nature, his humanity, as I tell you, would be
8quite enough to account for the horses. He has a great regard for the Bateses, you know, independent of Jane
9Fairfax--and is always glad to shew them attention. My dear Mrs. Weston, do not take to match-making. You do it very
10ill. Jane Fairfax mistress of the Abbey!--Oh! no, no;--every feeling revolts. For his own sake, I would not have him do
11so mad a thing." "Imprudent, if you please--but not mad. Excepting inequality of fortune, and perhaps a little disparity
12of age, I can see nothing unsuitable." "But Mr. Knightley does not want to marry. I am sure he has not the least idea of
13it. Do not put it into his head. Why should he marry?--He is as happy as possible by himself; with his farm, and his
14sheep, and his library, and all the parish to manage; and he is extremely fond of his brother's children. He has no
15occasion to marry, either to fill up his time or his heart." "My dear Emma, as long as he thinks so, it is so; but if he
16really loves Jane Fairfax--" "Nonsense! He does not care about Jane Fairfax. In the way of love, I am sure he does not.
17He would do any good to her, or her family; but--" "Well," said Mrs. Weston, laughing, "perhaps the greatest good he
18could do them, would be to give Jane such a respectable home." "If it would be good to her, I am sure it would be evil
19to himself; a very shameful and degrading connexion. How would he bear to have Miss Bates belonging to him?--To have her
20haunting the Abbey, and thanking him all day long for his great kindness in marrying Jane?--'So very kind and
21obliging!--But he always had been such a very kind neighbour!' And then fly off, through half a sentence, to her
22mother's old petticoat. 'Not that it was such a very old petticoat either--for still it would last a great while--and,
23indeed, she must thankfully say that their petticoats were all very strong.'" "For shame, Emma! Do not mimic her. You
24divert me against my conscience. And, upon my word, I do not think Mr. Knightley would be much disturbed by Miss Bates.
25Little things do not irritate him. She might talk on; and if he wanted to say any thing himself, he would only talk
26louder, and drown her voice. But the question is not, whether it would be a bad connexion for him, but whether he wishes
27it; and I think he does. I have heard him speak, and so must you, so very highly of Jane Fairfax! The interest he takes
28in her--his anxiety about her health--his concern that she should have no happier prospect! I have heard him express
29himself so warmly on those points!--Such an admirer of her performance on the pianoforte, and of her voice! I have heard
30him say that he could listen to her for ever. Oh! and I had almost forgotten one idea that occurred to me--this
31pianoforte that has been sent here by somebody--though we have all been so well satisfied to consider it a present from
32the Campbells, may it not be from Mr. Knightley? I cannot help suspecting him. I think he is just the person to do it,
33even without being in love." "Then it can be no argument to prove that he is in love. But I do not think it is at all a
34likely thing for him to do. Mr. Knightley does nothing mysteriously." "I have heard him lamenting her having no
35instrument repeatedly; oftener than I should suppose such a circumstance would, in the common course of things, occur to
36him." "Very well; and if he had intended to give her one, he would have told her so." "There might be scruples of
37delicacy, my dear Emma. I have a very strong notion that it comes from him. I am sure he was particularly silent when
38Mrs. Cole told us of it at dinner." "You take up an idea, Mrs. Weston, and run away with it; as you have many a time
39reproached me with doing. I see no sign of attachment--I believe nothing of the pianoforte--and proof only shall
40convince me that Mr. Knightley has any thought of marrying Jane Fairfax." They combated the point some time longer in
41the same way; Emma rather gaining ground over the mind of her friend; for Mrs. Weston was the most used of the two to
42yield; till a little bustle in the room shewed them that tea was over, and the instrument in preparation;--and at the
43same moment Mr. Cole approaching to entreat Miss Woodhouse would do them the honour of trying it. Frank Churchill, of
44whom, in the eagerness of her conversation with Mrs. Weston, she had been seeing nothing, except that he had found a
45seat by Miss Fairfax, followed Mr. Cole, to add his very pressing entreaties; and as, in every respect, it suited Emma
46best to lead, she gave a very proper compliance. She knew the limitations of her own powers too well to attempt more
47than she could perform with credit; she wanted neither taste nor spirit in the little things which are generally
48acceptable, and could accompany her own voice well. One accompaniment to her song took her agreeably by surprize--a
49second, slightly but correctly taken by Frank Churchill. Her pardon was duly begged at the close of the song, and every
50thing usual followed. He was accused of having a delightful voice, and a perfect knowledge of music; which was properly
51denied; and that he knew nothing of the matter, and had no voice at all, roundly asserted. They sang together once more;
52and Emma would then resign her place to Miss Fairfax, whose performance, both vocal and instrumental, she never could
53attempt to conceal from herself, was infinitely superior to her own. With mixed feelings, she seated herself at a little
54distance from the numbers round the instrument, to listen. Frank Churchill sang again. They had sung together once or
55twice, it appeared, at Weymouth. But the sight of Mr. Knightley among the most attentive, soon drew away half Emma's
56mind; and she fell into a train of thinking on the subject of Mrs. Weston's suspicions, to which the sweet sounds of the
57united voices gave only momentary interruptions. Her objections to Mr. Knightley's marrying did not in the least
58subside. She could see nothing but evil in it. It would be a great disappointment to Mr. John Knightley; consequently to
59Isabella. A real injury to the children--a most mortifying change, and material loss to them all;--a very great
60deduction from her father's daily comfort--and, as to herself, she could not at all endure the idea of Jane Fairfax at
61Donwell Abbey. A Mrs. Knightley for them all to give way to!--No--Mr. Knightley must never marry. Little Henry must
62remain the heir of Donwell. Presently Mr. Knightley looked back, and came and sat down by her. They talked at first only
63of the performance. His admiration was certainly very warm; yet she thought, but for Mrs. Weston, it would not have
64struck her. As a sort of touchstone, however, she began to speak of his kindness in conveying the aunt and niece; and
65though his answer was in the spirit of cutting the matter short, she believed it to indicate only his disinclination to
66dwell on any kindness of his own. "I often feel concern," said she, "that I dare not make our carriage more useful on
67such occasions. It is not that I am without the wish; but you know how impossible my father would deem it that James
68should put-to for such a purpose." "Quite out of the question, quite out of the question," he replied;--"but you must
69often wish it, I am sure." And he smiled with such seeming pleasure at the conviction, that she must proceed another
70step.
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