I thought directly of the ruined castle, and how beautiful it would be to draw! But there's no good view of it except from the middle of the river, and it's quite impossible for me to get there." To Emma there was no such word as impossible.
"Of course we can get there, Fani.

What a delightful ideal" she cried.
"We can make a trip on the steamboat, and we can see the river, and you must make a sketch of it as fast as you can." "Oh, yes! I shall just get a few strokes on the paper, and then--whizz!--we shall be past it like a flash of lightning.

What good would that do ?" Emma was not to be discouraged.

If the only thing needful was a way to take a sketch from the river, she would set herself to find such a way.
At this moment Fani interrupted her meditations by the exclamation: "Oh, the bell! the bell!" and she heard the ringing of the supper-bell; and the two children scampered back to the house, and joined the scattered guests, who came from every direction to meet in the great dining-room.
At the upper end of the table, spread with many delicious luxuries, sat Mrs.Stanhope, and she welcomed the children in the kindest manner.

Aunt Clarissa seated them in their places, then sat down herself at the foot of the table, and the meal began.