[Emma by Jane Austine]@TWC D-Link bookEmma CHAPTERIII
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Jane, you have never seen Mr.Elton!--no wonder that you have such a curiosity to see him." Jane's curiosity did not appear of that absorbing nature as wholly to occupy her. "No--I have never seen Mr.Elton," she replied, starting on this appeal; "is he--is he a tall man ?" "Who shall answer that question ?" cried Emma.
"My father would say 'yes,' Mr.Knightley 'no;' and Miss Bates and I that he is just the happy medium.
When you have been here a little longer, Miss Fairfax, you will understand that Mr.Elton is the standard of perfection in Highbury, both in person and mind." "Very true, Miss Woodhouse, so she will.
He is the very best young man--But, my dear Jane, if you remember, I told you yesterday he was precisely the height of Mr.Perry.Miss Hawkins,--I dare say, an excellent young woman.
His extreme attention to my mother--wanting her to sit in the vicarage pew, that she might hear the better, for my mother is a little deaf, you know--it is not much, but she does not hear quite quick.
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