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1"Yes, yes--but I am amused that he should have seen so far into my feelings. What has he been judging by?--I am not
2conscious of any difference in my spirits or conversation that could prepare him at this time for my marrying any more
3than at another.--But it was so, I suppose. I dare say there was a difference when I was staying with them the other
4day. I believe I did not play with the children quite so much as usual. I remember one evening the poor boys saying,
5'Uncle seems always tired now.'" The time was coming when the news must spread farther, and other persons' reception of
6it tried. As soon as Mrs. Weston was sufficiently recovered to admit Mr. Woodhouse's visits, Emma having it in view that
7her gentle reasonings should be employed in the cause, resolved first to announce it at home, and then at Randalls.--But
8how to break it to her father at last!--She had bound herself to do it, in such an hour of Mr. Knightley's absence, or
9when it came to the point her heart would have failed her, and she must have put it off; but Mr. Knightley was to come
10at such a time, and follow up the beginning she was to make.--She was forced to speak, and to speak cheerfully too. She
11must not make it a more decided subject of misery to him, by a melancholy tone herself. She must not appear to think it
12a misfortune.--With all the spirits she could command, she prepared him first for something strange, and then, in a few
13words, said, that if his consent and approbation could be obtained--which, she trusted, would be attended with no
14difficulty, since it was a plan to promote the happiness of all--she and Mr. Knightley meant to marry; by which means
15Hartfield would receive the constant addition of that person's company whom she knew he loved, next to his daughters and
16Mrs. Weston, best in the world. Poor man!--it was at first a considerable shock to him, and he tried earnestly to
17dissuade her from it. She was reminded, more than once, of having always said she would never marry, and assured that it
18would be a great deal better for her to remain single; and told of poor Isabella, and poor Miss Taylor.--But it would
19not do. Emma hung about him affectionately, and smiled, and said it must be so; and that he must not class her with
20Isabella and Mrs. Weston, whose marriages taking them from Hartfield, had, indeed, made a melancholy change: but she was
21not going from Hartfield; she should be always there; she was introducing no change in their numbers or their comforts
22but for the better; and she was very sure that he would be a great deal the happier for having Mr. Knightley always at
23hand, when he were once got used to the idea.--Did he not love Mr. Knightley very much?--He would not deny that he did,
24she was sure.--Whom did he ever want to consult on business but Mr. Knightley?--Who was so useful to him, who so ready
25to write his letters, who so glad to assist him?--Who so cheerful, so attentive, so attached to him?--Would not he like
26to have him always on the spot?--Yes. That was all very true. Mr. Knightley could not be there too often; he should be
27glad to see him every day;--but they did see him every day as it was.--Why could not they go on as they had done? Mr.
28Woodhouse could not be soon reconciled; but the worst was overcome, the idea was given; time and continual repetition
29must do the rest.--To Emma's entreaties and assurances succeeded Mr. Knightley's, whose fond praise of her gave the
30subject even a kind of welcome; and he was soon used to be talked to by each, on every fair occasion.--They had all the
31assistance which Isabella could give, by letters of the strongest approbation; and Mrs. Weston was ready, on the first
32meeting, to consider the subject in the most serviceable light--first, as a settled, and, secondly, as a good one--well
33aware of the nearly equal importance of the two recommendations to Mr. Woodhouse's mind.--It was agreed upon, as what
34was to be; and every body by whom he was used to be guided assuring him that it would be for his happiness; and having
35some feelings himself which almost admitted it, he began to think that some time or other--in another year or two,
36perhaps--it might not be so very bad if the marriage did take place. Mrs. Weston was acting no part, feigning no
37feelings in all that she said to him in favour of the event.--She had been extremely surprized, never more so, than when
38Emma first opened the affair to her; but she saw in it only increase of happiness to all, and had no scruple in urging
39him to the utmost.--She had such a regard for Mr. Knightley, as to think he deserved even her dearest Emma; and it was
40in every respect so proper, suitable, and unexceptionable a connexion, and in one respect, one point of the highest
41importance, so peculiarly eligible, so singularly fortunate, that now it seemed as if Emma could not safely have
42attached herself to any other creature, and that she had herself been the stupidest of beings in not having thought of
43it, and wished it long ago.--How very few of those men in a rank of life to address Emma would have renounced their own
44home for Hartfield! And who but Mr. Knightley could know and bear with Mr. Woodhouse, so as to make such an arrangement
45desirable!--The difficulty of disposing of poor Mr. Woodhouse had been always felt in her husband's plans and her own,
46for a marriage between Frank and Emma. How to settle the claims of Enscombe and Hartfield had been a continual
47impediment--less acknowledged by Mr. Weston than by herself--but even he had never been able to finish the subject
48better than by saying--"Those matters will take care of themselves; the young people will find a way." But here there
49was nothing to be shifted off in a wild speculation on the future. It was all right, all open, all equal. No sacrifice
50on any side worth the name. It was a union of the highest promise of felicity in itself, and without one real, rational
51difficulty to oppose or delay it. Mrs. Weston, with her baby on her knee, indulging in such reflections as these, was
52one of the happiest women in the world. If any thing could increase her delight, it was perceiving that the baby would
53soon have outgrown its first set of caps. The news was universally a surprize wherever it spread; and Mr. Weston had his
54five minutes share of it; but five minutes were enough to familiarise the idea to his quickness of mind.--He saw the
55advantages of the match, and rejoiced in them with all the constancy of his wife; but the wonder of it was very soon
56nothing; and by the end of an hour he was not far from believing that he had always foreseen it. "It is to be a secret,
57I conclude," said he. "These matters are always a secret, till it is found out that every body knows them. Only let me
58be told when I may speak out.--I wonder whether Jane has any suspicion." He went to Highbury the next morning, and
59satisfied himself on that point. He told her the news. Was not she like a daughter, his eldest daughter?--he must tell
60her; and Miss Bates being present, it passed, of course, to Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Perry, and Mrs. Elton, immediately
61afterwards. It was no more than the principals were prepared for; they had calculated from the time of its being known
62at Randalls, how soon it would be over Highbury; and were thinking of themselves, as the evening wonder in many a family
63circle, with great sagacity.
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