No; he was talking to Mrs.
Cole--he was looking on unconcerned; Jane was asked by somebody else, and he was still talking to Mrs.Cole.
Emma had no longer an alarm for Henry; his interest was yet safe; and she led off the dance with genuine spirit and enjoyment.

Not more than five couple could be mustered; but the rarity and the suddenness of it made it very delightful, and she found herself well matched in a partner.

They were a couple worth looking at.
Two dances, unfortunately, were all that could be allowed.

It was growing late, and Miss Bates became anxious to get home, on her mother's account.

After some attempts, therefore, to be permitted to begin again, they were obliged to thank Mrs.Weston, look sorrowful, and have done.
"Perhaps it is as well," said Frank Churchill, as he attended Emma to her carriage.