[Emma by Jane Austine]@TWC D-Link bookEmma CHAPTERII
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Where _I_ sit is of no consequence. Oh! do you recommend this side ?--Well, I am sure, Mr.Churchill--only it seems too good--but just as you please.
What you direct in this house cannot be wrong.
Dear Jane, how shall we ever recollect half the dishes for grandmama? Soup too! Bless me! I should not be helped so soon, but it smells most excellent, and I cannot help beginning." Emma had no opportunity of speaking to Mr.Knightley till after supper; but, when they were all in the ballroom again, her eyes invited him irresistibly to come to her and be thanked.
He was warm in his reprobation of Mr.Elton's conduct; it had been unpardonable rudeness; and Mrs.Elton's looks also received the due share of censure. "They aimed at wounding more than Harriet," said he.
"Emma, why is it that they are your enemies ?" He looked with smiling penetration; and, on receiving no answer, added, "_She_ ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he may be .-- To that surmise, you say nothing, of course; but confess, Emma, that you did want him to marry Harriet." "I did," replied Emma, "and they cannot forgive me." He shook his head; but there was a smile of indulgence with it, and he only said, "I shall not scold you.
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