November 4, 2025 • 6 mins
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Part six. Margaret, in the joy of her heart, under
circumstances which she chose to consider as peculiarly propitious, would
willingly have made a confidante of Emma when they were
alone for a short time the next morning, and had
proceeded so far as to say, the young man who
was here last night, my dear Emma, and returns to day,
(00:22):
is more interesting to me than perhaps you may be aware.
But Emma, pretending to understand nothing extraordinary in the words,
made some very inapplicable reply, and jumping up, ran away
from a subject which was odious to her feelings. As
Margaret would not allow a doubt to be repeated. Of
Musgrave's coming to dinner, preparations were made for his entertainment,
(00:44):
much exceeding what had been deemed necessary the day before,
and taking the office of superintendence entirely from her sister.
She was half the morning in the kitchen herself, directing
and scolding. After a great deal of indifferent cooking and
anxious suspense. However, they were obliged to sit down without
their guest. Tom Musgrave never came, and Margaret was at
(01:07):
no pains to conceal her vexation under the disappointment or
repress the peevishness of her temper. The peace of the
party for the remainder of that day and the whole
of the next, which comprised the length of Roberts and
Jane's visit, was continually invaded by her fretful displeasure and
querulous attacks. Elizabeth was the usual object of both. Margaret
(01:31):
had just respect enough for her brother's and sisters opinion
to behave properly by them, But Elizabeth and the maids
could never do anything right, and Emma, whom she seemed
no longer to think about, found the continuance of the
gentle voice beyond her calculation. Short eager to be as
little among them as possible, Emma was delighted with the
(01:52):
alternative of sitting above with her father, and warmly entreated
to be his constant companion each evening. And, as Elizabeth
loved company of any kind too well not to prefer
being below at all risks, she had rather talk of
Croydon with Jane with every interruption of Margaret's perverseness, than
sit with only her father, who frequently could not endure
(02:14):
talking at all. The affair was so settled as soon
as she could be persuaded to believe it. No sacrifice
on her sister's part. To Emma, the change was most
acceptable and delightful. Her father, if ill, required little more
than gentleness and silence, and, being a man of sense
and education, was if able to converse, a welcome companion
(02:37):
in his chamber. Emma was at peace from the dreadful
mortifications of unequal society and family discord, from the immediate
endurance of hard hearted prosperity, low minded conceit, and wrong
headed folly engrafted on an untoward disposition. She still suffered
from them in the contemplation of their existence, in memory
(02:58):
and in prospect, but for the moment she ceased to
be tortured by their effects. She was at leisure. She
could read and think. Though her situation was hardly such
as to make reflection very soothing, the evils arising from
the loss of her uncle were neither trifling nor likely
to lessen, And when thought had been freely indulged in
(03:18):
contrasting the past and the present, the employment of mind
and dissipation of unpleasant ideas which only reading could produce,
made her thankfully turn to a book. The change in
her home, society, and style of life in consequence of
the death of one friend and the imprudence of another,
had indeed been striking from being the first object of
(03:41):
hope and solicitude to an uncle who had formed her
mind with the care of a parent, and of tenderness,
to an aunt whose amiable temper had delighted to give
her every indulgence, From being the life and spirit of
a house where all had been comfort and elegance, and
the expected heiress of an easy, independencedence, she was become
of importance to no one, a burden on those whose
(04:05):
affections she could not expect, in addition to a house
already overstocked, surrounded by inferior minds, with little chance of
domestic comfort, and as little hope for future support. It
was well for her that she was naturally cheerful, for
the change had been such as might have plunged weak
spirits in despondence. She was very much pressed by Robert
(04:27):
and Jane to return with them to Croydon, and had
some difficulty in getting a refusal accepted, as they thought
too highly of their own kindness and situation to suppose
the offer could appear in a less advantageous light to
anybody else. Elizabeth gave them her interest, though evidently against
her own, in privately urging Emma to go. You do
(04:50):
not know what you refuse, Emma, said she, Nor would
you have to bear at home. I would advise you
by all means to accept the invitation. There is always
something lively going on at Croydon. You will be in
company almost every day, and Robert and Jane will be
very kind to you. As for me, I shall be
no worse off without you than I have been used
(05:10):
to be. But poor Margaret's disagreeable ways are new to you,
and they would vex you more than you think, for
if you stay at home. Emma was of course uninfluenced
except to greater esteem for Elizabeth by such representations, and
the visitors departed without her. End of Part six. End
(05:32):
of the Fragment The Watsons by Jane Austen. Note. According
to Austin Lee's memoir, this is how Jane Austen had
intended the Watsons to continue. When the author's sister Cassandra
showed the manuscript of this work to some of her nieces,
she also told them something of the intended story for
with this dear sister, though I believe with no one else,
(05:55):
Jane seems to have talked freely of any work that
she might have in hand. Mister Watson was soon to die,
and Emma to become dependent for a home on her
narrow minded sister in law and brother. She was to
decline an offer of marriage from Lord Osborne. That much
of the interest of the tale was to rise from
Lady Osborne's love for mister Howard and his counter affection
(06:19):
for Emma, whom he was finally to marry. End of
the Watsons by Jane Austen
Part six. Margaret, in the joy of her heart, under
circumstances which she chose to consider as peculiarly propitious, would
willingly have made a confidante of Emma when they were
alone for a short time the next morning, and had
proceeded so far as to say, the young man who
was here last night, my dear Emma, and returns to day,
(00:22):
is more interesting to me than perhaps you may be aware.
But Emma, pretending to understand nothing extraordinary in the words,
made some very inapplicable reply, and jumping up, ran away
from a subject which was odious to her feelings. As
Margaret would not allow a doubt to be repeated. Of
Musgrave's coming to dinner, preparations were made for his entertainment,
(00:44):
much exceeding what had been deemed necessary the day before,
and taking the office of superintendence entirely from her sister.
She was half the morning in the kitchen herself, directing
and scolding. After a great deal of indifferent cooking and
anxious suspense. However, they were obliged to sit down without
their guest. Tom Musgrave never came, and Margaret was at
(01:07):
no pains to conceal her vexation under the disappointment or
repress the peevishness of her temper. The peace of the
party for the remainder of that day and the whole
of the next, which comprised the length of Roberts and
Jane's visit, was continually invaded by her fretful displeasure and
querulous attacks. Elizabeth was the usual object of both. Margaret
(01:31):
had just respect enough for her brother's and sisters opinion
to behave properly by them, But Elizabeth and the maids
could never do anything right, and Emma, whom she seemed
no longer to think about, found the continuance of the
gentle voice beyond her calculation. Short eager to be as
little among them as possible, Emma was delighted with the
(01:52):
alternative of sitting above with her father, and warmly entreated
to be his constant companion each evening. And, as Elizabeth
loved company of any kind too well not to prefer
being below at all risks, she had rather talk of
Croydon with Jane with every interruption of Margaret's perverseness, than
sit with only her father, who frequently could not endure
(02:14):
talking at all. The affair was so settled as soon
as she could be persuaded to believe it. No sacrifice
on her sister's part. To Emma, the change was most
acceptable and delightful. Her father, if ill, required little more
than gentleness and silence, and, being a man of sense
and education, was if able to converse, a welcome companion
(02:37):
in his chamber. Emma was at peace from the dreadful
mortifications of unequal society and family discord, from the immediate
endurance of hard hearted prosperity, low minded conceit, and wrong
headed folly engrafted on an untoward disposition. She still suffered
from them in the contemplation of their existence, in memory
(02:58):
and in prospect, but for the moment she ceased to
be tortured by their effects. She was at leisure. She
could read and think. Though her situation was hardly such
as to make reflection very soothing, the evils arising from
the loss of her uncle were neither trifling nor likely
to lessen, And when thought had been freely indulged in
(03:18):
contrasting the past and the present, the employment of mind
and dissipation of unpleasant ideas which only reading could produce,
made her thankfully turn to a book. The change in
her home, society, and style of life in consequence of
the death of one friend and the imprudence of another,
had indeed been striking from being the first object of
(03:41):
hope and solicitude to an uncle who had formed her
mind with the care of a parent, and of tenderness,
to an aunt whose amiable temper had delighted to give
her every indulgence, From being the life and spirit of
a house where all had been comfort and elegance, and
the expected heiress of an easy, independencedence, she was become
of importance to no one, a burden on those whose
(04:05):
affections she could not expect, in addition to a house
already overstocked, surrounded by inferior minds, with little chance of
domestic comfort, and as little hope for future support. It
was well for her that she was naturally cheerful, for
the change had been such as might have plunged weak
spirits in despondence. She was very much pressed by Robert
(04:27):
and Jane to return with them to Croydon, and had
some difficulty in getting a refusal accepted, as they thought
too highly of their own kindness and situation to suppose
the offer could appear in a less advantageous light to
anybody else. Elizabeth gave them her interest, though evidently against
her own, in privately urging Emma to go. You do
(04:50):
not know what you refuse, Emma, said she, Nor would
you have to bear at home. I would advise you
by all means to accept the invitation. There is always
something lively going on at Croydon. You will be in
company almost every day, and Robert and Jane will be
very kind to you. As for me, I shall be
no worse off without you than I have been used
(05:10):
to be. But poor Margaret's disagreeable ways are new to you,
and they would vex you more than you think, for
if you stay at home. Emma was of course uninfluenced
except to greater esteem for Elizabeth by such representations, and
the visitors departed without her. End of Part six. End
(05:32):
of the Fragment The Watsons by Jane Austen. Note. According
to Austin Lee's memoir, this is how Jane Austen had
intended the Watsons to continue. When the author's sister Cassandra
showed the manuscript of this work to some of her nieces,
she also told them something of the intended story for
with this dear sister, though I believe with no one else,
(05:55):
Jane seems to have talked freely of any work that
she might have in hand. Mister Watson was soon to die,
and Emma to become dependent for a home on her
narrow minded sister in law and brother. She was to
decline an offer of marriage from Lord Osborne. That much
of the interest of the tale was to rise from
Lady Osborne's love for mister Howard and his counter affection
(06:19):
for Emma, whom he was finally to marry. End of
the Watsons by Jane Austen
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