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Emma

CHAPTERVIII
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I could not bear to have Henry supplanted .-- Mr.
Knightley marry!--No, I have never had such an idea, and I cannot adopt it now.

And Jane Fairfax, too, of all women!" "Nay, she has always been a first favourite with him, as you very well know." "But the imprudence of such a match!" "I am not speaking of its prudence; merely its probability." "I see no probability in it, unless you have any better foundation than what you mention.

His good-nature, his humanity, as I tell you, would be quite enough to account for the horses.

He has a great regard for the Bateses, you know, independent of Jane Fairfax--and is always glad to shew them attention.

My dear Mrs.Weston, do not take to match-making.
You do it very ill.


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