"She loves him then excessively, I suppose.

It must have been from attachment only, that she could be led to form the engagement.

Her affection must have overpowered her judgment." "Yes, I have no doubt of her being extremely attached to him." "I am afraid," returned Emma, sighing, "that I must often have contributed to make her unhappy." "On your side, my love, it was very innocently done.

But she probably had something of that in her thoughts, when alluding to the misunderstandings which he had given us hints of before.

One natural consequence of the evil she had involved herself in," she said, "was that of making her _unreasonable_.