She and Mr.Frank Churchill had been at Weymouth at the same time.

It was known that they were a little acquainted; but not a syllable of real information could Emma procure as to what he truly was.

"Was he handsome ?"--"She believed he was reckoned a very fine young man." "Was he agreeable ?"--"He was generally thought so." "Did he appear a sensible young man; a young man of information ?"--"At a watering-place, or in a common London acquaintance, it was difficult to decide on such points.

Manners were all that could be safely judged of, under a much longer knowledge than they had yet had of Mr.Churchill.She believed every body found his manners pleasing." Emma could not forgive her..