19/33 See the consequence of keeping you company!--What do you say to it ?" "Mr.Knightley and Jane Fairfax!" exclaimed Emma. "Dear Mrs.Weston, how could you think of such a thing ?--Mr.Knightley!--Mr.Knightley must not marry!--You would not have little Henry cut out from Donwell ?--Oh! no, no, Henry must have Donwell. I cannot at all consent to Mr.Knightley's marrying; and I am sure it is not at all likely. I am amazed that you should think of such a thing." "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 Henry--but the idea has been given me by circumstances; and if Mr.Knightley really wished to marry, you would not have him refrain on Henry's account, a boy of six years old, who knows nothing of the matter ?" "Yes, I would. |