April 22, 2024 • 15 mins
Part 3: Potential Suitors
Emma becomes the center of attention, with several potential suitors showing interest in her. Among them are Mr. Howard, who seems like a promising match, and Mr. Weston, a more sophisticated man. Emma is torn between her feelings of duty and her desire to marry for love. The social pressures of choosing a suitable match in the society of the time begin to surface.
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Emma becomes the center of attention, with several potential suitors showing interest in her. Among them are Mr. Howard, who seems like a promising match, and Mr. Weston, a more sophisticated man. Emma is torn between her feelings of duty and her desire to marry for love. The social pressures of choosing a suitable match in the society of the time begin to surface.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Part three of The Watsons. This LibriVox recording is in
the public domain. Read by Gazina. The Watsons a fragment
of a novel by Jane Austen, Part three.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
The next morning brought a great many visitors. It was
the way of the place always to call on Missus
Edwards the morning after a ball, And this neighborly inclination
was increased in the present instance by a general spirit
of curiosity on Emma's account, as everybody wanted to look
again at the girl who had been admired the night
before by Lord Osborne. Many were the eyes, and various
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the degrees of approbation with which she was examined. Some
saw no fault, and some no beauty. With some her
brown skin was the annihilation of every grace, and others
could never be persuaded that she was half so handsome
as Elizabeth Watson had been ten years ago. The morning
passed quickly away and discussing the merits of the ball
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with all this succession of company, and Emma was at
once astonished by finding at two o'clock, and considering that
she had heard nothing of her father's chair. After this discovery,
she had walked twice to the window to examine the street,
and was on the point of asking leave to ring
the bell and make inquiries, when the light sound of
a carriage driving up to the door set her heart
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at ease. She stepped again to the window, but instead
of the convenient, though a very unsmart family equipage, perceived
a neat curracle. Mister Musgrave was shortly afterwards announced, and
Missus Edwards put on her very stiffest look at the sound,
not at all dismayed, however, by her chilling air, he
paid his compliments to each of the ladies with no
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unbecoming ease, and continuing to address Emma, presented her a
note which he had the honor of bringing from her sister,
but to which he must observe a verbal PostScript from
himself would be requisite. The note, which Emma was beginning
to read rather before Missus Edwards had entreated her to
use no ceremony, contained a few lines from Elizabeth, importing
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that their father, in consequence of being unusually well, had
taken the sudden resolution of attending the visitation that day,
and that as his road lay quite wide from d
it was impossible for her to come home till the
following morning, unless the Edwardses would send her, which was
hardly to be expected, or she could meet with any
chance conveyance, or did not mind walking so far she
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had scarcely run her eye through the hole before she
found herself obliged to listen to Tom Musgrave's farther account.
I received that note from the fair hands of miss
Watson only ten minutes ago, said he. I met her
in the village of Stanton, whither my good stars prompted
me to turn my horses heads. She was at that
moment in quest of a person to employ on the errand,
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and I was fortunate enough to convince her that she
could not find a more willing or speedy messenger than myself. Remember,
I say nothing of my disinterestedness. My reward is to
be the indulgence of conveying you to Stanton in my curricle,
though they are not written down, I bring your sister's
orders for the same. Emma felt distressed. She did not
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like the proposal. She did not wish to be on
terms of intimacy with the proposer, and yet fearful of
encroaching on the Edwardses as well as wishing to go
home herself. She was at a loss how entirely to
decline what he offered. Missus Edwards continued silent, either not
understanding the case or waiting to see how a young
lady's inclination lay. Emma thanked him, but professed herself very
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unwilling to give him so much trouble. The trouble was,
of course, honor, pleasure, delight. What had he or his
horses to do? Still, she hesitated. She believed she must
beg leave to decline his assistance. She was rather afraid
of the sort of carriage. The distance was not beyond
a walk. Missus Edwards was silent no longer. She inquired
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into the particulars, and then said, we shall be extremely happy,
miss Emma, if you can give us the pleasure of
your company till tomorrow. But if you cannot conveniently do so,
our carriage is quite at your service, and Mary will
be pleased with the opportunity of seeing your sister. This
was precisely what Emma had longed for, and she accepted
the offer most thankfully, acknowledging that as Elizabeth was entirely alone,
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it was her wish to return home to dinner. The
plan was warmly opposed by their visitor. I cannot suffer it. Indeed,
I must not be deprived of the happiness of escorting you.
I assure you there is not a possibility of fear
with my horses. You might guide them yourself. Your sisters
all know how quiet they are. They have none of
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them the smallest scruple in trusting themselves with me, even
on a race course. Believe me, added he lowering his voice.
You are quite safe. The danger is only mine. Emma
was not more disposed to oblige him for all this.
And as to missus Edwards's carriage being used the day
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after a ball, it is a thing quite out of rule,
I assure you never heard of before. The old coachman
will look as black as his horses, won't he miss Edwards.
No notice was taken. The ladies were silently firm, and
the gentleman found himself obliged to submit. What a famous
ball we had last night, he cried, after a short pause.
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How long did you keep it up? After the osborns
and I went away? We had two dances more. It
is making it too much of a fatigue, I think
to stay so late I suppose your set was not
a very full one. Yes, quite as full as ever
except the Osborne's. There seemed no vacancy anywhere, and everybody
danced with uncommon spirit. To the very last, Emma said this,
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though against her conscience. Indeed, perhaps I might have looked
in upon you again if I had been aware of
as much, for I am rather fond of dancing than not.
Miss Osborne is a charming girl, is not she. I
do not think her handsome, replied Emma, to whom all
this was chiefly addressed. Perhaps she is not critically handsome,
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but her manners are delightful. And Fanny Carr is a
most interesting little creature. You can imagine nothing more naive
or piquant. And what do you think of Lord Osborne,
miss Watson? He would be handsome even though he were
not the Lord, and perhaps better bred, more desirous of
pleasing and showing himself pleased in a right place. Upon
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my word, you are severe upon, my friend, I assure you.
Lord Osborne is a very good fellow. I do not
dispute his virtues, but I do not like his careless air.
If it were not a breach of confidence, replied Tom
with an important look, perhaps I might be able to
win a more favorable opinion of poor Osborne. Emma gave
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him no encouragement, and he was obliged to keep his
friend's secret. He was also obliged to put an end
to his visit, for Missus Edwards. Having ordered her carriage,
there was no time to be lost on Emma's sad
in preparing for it. Miss Edwards accompanied her home, but
as it was dinner hour at Stanton, stayed with him
only a few minutes.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Now, my dear Emma, said Miss Watson, as soon as
they were alone. You must talk to me all the
rest of the day without stopping, or I shall not
be satisfied. But first of all, Nanny shall bring in
the dinner, poor thing. You will not dine as you
did yesterday, for we have nothing but some fried beef.
How nice Mary Edwards looks in her new police And
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now tell me how you like them all? And what
I am to say to Sam I have begun my
letter Jack Stokes is to call for it to morrow,
for his uncle is going within the mile of Guildford.
The next day Nanny brought in the dinner. We will
wait upon ourselves continued Elizabeth, and then we shall lose
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no time, and so you would not come home with
Tom Musgrave. No, you had said so much against him
that I could not wish, either for the obligation or
the intimacy which the use of his carriage must have created.
I should not even have liked the appearance of it.
You did very right, though I wonder at your forbearance,
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and I do not think I could have done it myself.
He seemed so eager to fetch you that I could
not say no. Though it rather went against me to
be throwing you together so well as I knew his tricks.
But I did long to see you, and it was
a clever way of getting you home. Besides, it won't
do to be too nice. Nobody could have thought of
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the Edwardses letting you have their coat after the horses
being out so late. But what am I to say
to Sam? If you are guided by me, you will
not encourage him to think of miss Edwards. The father
is decided against him, the mother shows him no favor,
and I doubt his having any interest with Mary. She
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danced twice with Captain Hunter, and I think shows him
in general as much encouragement, as is consistent with her
disposition and the circumstances she is placed in. She once
mentioned Sam and certainly with a little confusion, but that
was perhaps merely owing to the consciousness of his liking her,
which may very probably have come to her knowledge. Oh, dear, yes,
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she has heard enough of that from us all. Poor Sam,
he is out of luck as well as other people.
For the life of me, Emma, I cannot help feeling
for those that are crossed in love. Well, now begin
and give me an account of everything as it happened.
Emma obeyed her, and Elizabeth listened with very little interruption
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till she heard of mister Howard as a partner. Dance
with mister Howard, good heavens you'd and say so?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Why?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
He is quite one of the great and grand ones?
Did you not find him very high? His manners are
of a kind to give me much more ease and
confidence than Tom Musgrave's. Well, go on, I should have
been frightened out of my wits to have had anything
to do with Osborne's set. Emma concluded her niration, and
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so you really did not dance with Tom Musgrave at all?
But you must have liked him, you must have been
struck with him altogether. I do not like him, Elizabeth.
I allow his person and heir to be good, and
that his manners to a certain point, his address rather
is pleasing, but I see nothing else to admire in him.
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On the contrary, he seems very vain, very conceited, absurdly
anxious for distinction, and absolutely contemptible in some of the
measures he takes for becoming so sa a ridiculousness about
him that entertains me. But his company gives me no
other agreeable emotion. My dearest Emma, you are like nobody
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else in the world. It is well Margaret is not
by you. Do not offend me, though I hardly know
how to believe you. But Margaret would never forgive such words.
I wish Margaret could have heard him profess his ignorance
of her being out of the country. He declared, it
seemed only two days since he had seen her. Ay,
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that is just like him, And yet this is the
man she will fancy so desperately in love with her.
He is no favorite of mine, as you well know, Emma,
but you must think him agreeable. Can you lay your
hand on your heart and say you do not. Indeed
I can both hands and spread them to the widest extent.
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I should like to know the man you do think agreeable.
His name is Howard Howard, dear me, I cannot think
of him but as playing cards with Lady Osborne and
looking proud. I must own, however, that it is a
relief to me to find you can speak as you
do of Tom Musgrave. My heart did misgive you that
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you would like him too well. You talked so stoutly
beforehand that I was sadly afraid your brag would be punished.
I only hope it will last, and that he will
not come on to pay you too much attention. It
is a hard thing for a woman to stand against
the flattering ways of a man when he is spent
upon pleasing her. As their quietly sociable little meal concluded,
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Miss Watson could not help observing how comfortably it had passed.
It is so delightful to me, said she, to have
things going on in peace and good humor. Nobody can
tell how much I hate quarreling. Now, though we have
had nothing but fried beef, how good it has all seemed.
I wish everybody were as easily satisfied as you. But
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poor Margaret is very snappish, and Penelope owns she had
rather have quarreling going on than nothing at all. Mister
Watson returned in the evening, not the worse for the
exertion of the day, and consequently pleased with what he
had done, and glad to talk of it over his
own fireside. Emma had not foreseen any interest to herself
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in the occurrences of a visitation, but when she heard
mister Howard spoken of as the preacher and as having
given them an excellent sermon, she could not help listening
with a quicker ear. I do not know when I
have heard a discourse more to my mind, continued mister Watson,
or one better delivered. He reads extremely well, with great propriety,
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and in a very impressive manner, and at the same
time without any theatrical grimace or violence. I owner do
not like much action in the pulpit. I do not
like the studied air and artificial inflections of voice which
your very popular and most admired preachers generally have. A
simple delivery is much better calculated to inspire devotion, and
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chose a much better taste. Mister Howard, read like a
scholar and a gentleman. And what had you for dinner, sir,
said his eldest daughter. He related the dishes and told
what he had et himself. Upon the whole, he added,
I have had a very comfortable day. My old friends
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were quite surprised to see me amongst them, and I
must say that everybody paid me great attention and seemed
to feel for me as an invalid. They would make
me sit near the fire, and as the part whiches
were pretty high, Doctor Richards would have them sent away
to the other end of the table that they might
not offend mister Watson, which I thought very kind of him.
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But what pleased me as much as anything, was mister
Howard's attention. There is a pretty steep flight of steps
up to the room we dine in which do not
quite agree with my gouty foot, and mister Howard walked
by me from the bottom to the top and would
make me take his arm. It struck me as very
becoming in so young a man, but I am sure
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I had no claim to expect it, for I never
saw him before in my life. By the bye, he
inquired after one of my daughters, But I do not
know which I suppose ye know among yourselves.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
End of Part three, read by Gausina and Laurie Ann
Walden
Part three of The Watsons. This LibriVox recording is in
the public domain. Read by Gazina. The Watsons a fragment
of a novel by Jane Austen, Part three.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
The next morning brought a great many visitors. It was
the way of the place always to call on Missus
Edwards the morning after a ball, And this neighborly inclination
was increased in the present instance by a general spirit
of curiosity on Emma's account, as everybody wanted to look
again at the girl who had been admired the night
before by Lord Osborne. Many were the eyes, and various
(00:41):
the degrees of approbation with which she was examined. Some
saw no fault, and some no beauty. With some her
brown skin was the annihilation of every grace, and others
could never be persuaded that she was half so handsome
as Elizabeth Watson had been ten years ago. The morning
passed quickly away and discussing the merits of the ball
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with all this succession of company, and Emma was at
once astonished by finding at two o'clock, and considering that
she had heard nothing of her father's chair. After this discovery,
she had walked twice to the window to examine the street,
and was on the point of asking leave to ring
the bell and make inquiries, when the light sound of
a carriage driving up to the door set her heart
(01:24):
at ease. She stepped again to the window, but instead
of the convenient, though a very unsmart family equipage, perceived
a neat curracle. Mister Musgrave was shortly afterwards announced, and
Missus Edwards put on her very stiffest look at the sound,
not at all dismayed, however, by her chilling air, he
paid his compliments to each of the ladies with no
(01:46):
unbecoming ease, and continuing to address Emma, presented her a
note which he had the honor of bringing from her sister,
but to which he must observe a verbal PostScript from
himself would be requisite. The note, which Emma was beginning
to read rather before Missus Edwards had entreated her to
use no ceremony, contained a few lines from Elizabeth, importing
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that their father, in consequence of being unusually well, had
taken the sudden resolution of attending the visitation that day,
and that as his road lay quite wide from d
it was impossible for her to come home till the
following morning, unless the Edwardses would send her, which was
hardly to be expected, or she could meet with any
chance conveyance, or did not mind walking so far she
(02:32):
had scarcely run her eye through the hole before she
found herself obliged to listen to Tom Musgrave's farther account.
I received that note from the fair hands of miss
Watson only ten minutes ago, said he. I met her
in the village of Stanton, whither my good stars prompted
me to turn my horses heads. She was at that
moment in quest of a person to employ on the errand,
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and I was fortunate enough to convince her that she
could not find a more willing or speedy messenger than myself. Remember,
I say nothing of my disinterestedness. My reward is to
be the indulgence of conveying you to Stanton in my curricle,
though they are not written down, I bring your sister's
orders for the same. Emma felt distressed. She did not
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like the proposal. She did not wish to be on
terms of intimacy with the proposer, and yet fearful of
encroaching on the Edwardses as well as wishing to go
home herself. She was at a loss how entirely to
decline what he offered. Missus Edwards continued silent, either not
understanding the case or waiting to see how a young
lady's inclination lay. Emma thanked him, but professed herself very
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unwilling to give him so much trouble. The trouble was,
of course, honor, pleasure, delight. What had he or his
horses to do? Still, she hesitated. She believed she must
beg leave to decline his assistance. She was rather afraid
of the sort of carriage. The distance was not beyond
a walk. Missus Edwards was silent no longer. She inquired
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into the particulars, and then said, we shall be extremely happy,
miss Emma, if you can give us the pleasure of
your company till tomorrow. But if you cannot conveniently do so,
our carriage is quite at your service, and Mary will
be pleased with the opportunity of seeing your sister. This
was precisely what Emma had longed for, and she accepted
the offer most thankfully, acknowledging that as Elizabeth was entirely alone,
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it was her wish to return home to dinner. The
plan was warmly opposed by their visitor. I cannot suffer it. Indeed,
I must not be deprived of the happiness of escorting you.
I assure you there is not a possibility of fear
with my horses. You might guide them yourself. Your sisters
all know how quiet they are. They have none of
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them the smallest scruple in trusting themselves with me, even
on a race course. Believe me, added he lowering his voice.
You are quite safe. The danger is only mine. Emma
was not more disposed to oblige him for all this.
And as to missus Edwards's carriage being used the day
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after a ball, it is a thing quite out of rule,
I assure you never heard of before. The old coachman
will look as black as his horses, won't he miss Edwards.
No notice was taken. The ladies were silently firm, and
the gentleman found himself obliged to submit. What a famous
ball we had last night, he cried, after a short pause.
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How long did you keep it up? After the osborns
and I went away? We had two dances more. It
is making it too much of a fatigue, I think
to stay so late I suppose your set was not
a very full one. Yes, quite as full as ever
except the Osborne's. There seemed no vacancy anywhere, and everybody
danced with uncommon spirit. To the very last, Emma said this,
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though against her conscience. Indeed, perhaps I might have looked
in upon you again if I had been aware of
as much, for I am rather fond of dancing than not.
Miss Osborne is a charming girl, is not she. I
do not think her handsome, replied Emma, to whom all
this was chiefly addressed. Perhaps she is not critically handsome,
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but her manners are delightful. And Fanny Carr is a
most interesting little creature. You can imagine nothing more naive
or piquant. And what do you think of Lord Osborne,
miss Watson? He would be handsome even though he were
not the Lord, and perhaps better bred, more desirous of
pleasing and showing himself pleased in a right place. Upon
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my word, you are severe upon, my friend, I assure you.
Lord Osborne is a very good fellow. I do not
dispute his virtues, but I do not like his careless air.
If it were not a breach of confidence, replied Tom
with an important look, perhaps I might be able to
win a more favorable opinion of poor Osborne. Emma gave
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him no encouragement, and he was obliged to keep his
friend's secret. He was also obliged to put an end
to his visit, for Missus Edwards. Having ordered her carriage,
there was no time to be lost on Emma's sad
in preparing for it. Miss Edwards accompanied her home, but
as it was dinner hour at Stanton, stayed with him
only a few minutes.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Now, my dear Emma, said Miss Watson, as soon as
they were alone. You must talk to me all the
rest of the day without stopping, or I shall not
be satisfied. But first of all, Nanny shall bring in
the dinner, poor thing. You will not dine as you
did yesterday, for we have nothing but some fried beef.
How nice Mary Edwards looks in her new police And
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now tell me how you like them all? And what
I am to say to Sam I have begun my
letter Jack Stokes is to call for it to morrow,
for his uncle is going within the mile of Guildford.
The next day Nanny brought in the dinner. We will
wait upon ourselves continued Elizabeth, and then we shall lose
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no time, and so you would not come home with
Tom Musgrave. No, you had said so much against him
that I could not wish, either for the obligation or
the intimacy which the use of his carriage must have created.
I should not even have liked the appearance of it.
You did very right, though I wonder at your forbearance,
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and I do not think I could have done it myself.
He seemed so eager to fetch you that I could
not say no. Though it rather went against me to
be throwing you together so well as I knew his tricks.
But I did long to see you, and it was
a clever way of getting you home. Besides, it won't
do to be too nice. Nobody could have thought of
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the Edwardses letting you have their coat after the horses
being out so late. But what am I to say
to Sam? If you are guided by me, you will
not encourage him to think of miss Edwards. The father
is decided against him, the mother shows him no favor,
and I doubt his having any interest with Mary. She
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danced twice with Captain Hunter, and I think shows him
in general as much encouragement, as is consistent with her
disposition and the circumstances she is placed in. She once
mentioned Sam and certainly with a little confusion, but that
was perhaps merely owing to the consciousness of his liking her,
which may very probably have come to her knowledge. Oh, dear, yes,
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she has heard enough of that from us all. Poor Sam,
he is out of luck as well as other people.
For the life of me, Emma, I cannot help feeling
for those that are crossed in love. Well, now begin
and give me an account of everything as it happened.
Emma obeyed her, and Elizabeth listened with very little interruption
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till she heard of mister Howard as a partner. Dance
with mister Howard, good heavens you'd and say so?
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Why?
Speaker 1 (10:02):
He is quite one of the great and grand ones?
Did you not find him very high? His manners are
of a kind to give me much more ease and
confidence than Tom Musgrave's. Well, go on, I should have
been frightened out of my wits to have had anything
to do with Osborne's set. Emma concluded her niration, and
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so you really did not dance with Tom Musgrave at all?
But you must have liked him, you must have been
struck with him altogether. I do not like him, Elizabeth.
I allow his person and heir to be good, and
that his manners to a certain point, his address rather
is pleasing, but I see nothing else to admire in him.
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On the contrary, he seems very vain, very conceited, absurdly
anxious for distinction, and absolutely contemptible in some of the
measures he takes for becoming so sa a ridiculousness about
him that entertains me. But his company gives me no
other agreeable emotion. My dearest Emma, you are like nobody
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else in the world. It is well Margaret is not
by you. Do not offend me, though I hardly know
how to believe you. But Margaret would never forgive such words.
I wish Margaret could have heard him profess his ignorance
of her being out of the country. He declared, it
seemed only two days since he had seen her. Ay,
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that is just like him, And yet this is the
man she will fancy so desperately in love with her.
He is no favorite of mine, as you well know, Emma,
but you must think him agreeable. Can you lay your
hand on your heart and say you do not. Indeed
I can both hands and spread them to the widest extent.
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I should like to know the man you do think agreeable.
His name is Howard Howard, dear me, I cannot think
of him but as playing cards with Lady Osborne and
looking proud. I must own, however, that it is a
relief to me to find you can speak as you
do of Tom Musgrave. My heart did misgive you that
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you would like him too well. You talked so stoutly
beforehand that I was sadly afraid your brag would be punished.
I only hope it will last, and that he will
not come on to pay you too much attention. It
is a hard thing for a woman to stand against
the flattering ways of a man when he is spent
upon pleasing her. As their quietly sociable little meal concluded,
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Miss Watson could not help observing how comfortably it had passed.
It is so delightful to me, said she, to have
things going on in peace and good humor. Nobody can
tell how much I hate quarreling. Now, though we have
had nothing but fried beef, how good it has all seemed.
I wish everybody were as easily satisfied as you. But
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poor Margaret is very snappish, and Penelope owns she had
rather have quarreling going on than nothing at all. Mister
Watson returned in the evening, not the worse for the
exertion of the day, and consequently pleased with what he
had done, and glad to talk of it over his
own fireside. Emma had not foreseen any interest to herself
(13:26):
in the occurrences of a visitation, but when she heard
mister Howard spoken of as the preacher and as having
given them an excellent sermon, she could not help listening
with a quicker ear. I do not know when I
have heard a discourse more to my mind, continued mister Watson,
or one better delivered. He reads extremely well, with great propriety,
(13:50):
and in a very impressive manner, and at the same
time without any theatrical grimace or violence. I owner do
not like much action in the pulpit. I do not
like the studied air and artificial inflections of voice which
your very popular and most admired preachers generally have. A
simple delivery is much better calculated to inspire devotion, and
(14:14):
chose a much better taste. Mister Howard, read like a
scholar and a gentleman. And what had you for dinner, sir,
said his eldest daughter. He related the dishes and told
what he had et himself. Upon the whole, he added,
I have had a very comfortable day. My old friends
(14:35):
were quite surprised to see me amongst them, and I
must say that everybody paid me great attention and seemed
to feel for me as an invalid. They would make
me sit near the fire, and as the part whiches
were pretty high, Doctor Richards would have them sent away
to the other end of the table that they might
not offend mister Watson, which I thought very kind of him.
(14:57):
But what pleased me as much as anything, was mister
Howard's attention. There is a pretty steep flight of steps
up to the room we dine in which do not
quite agree with my gouty foot, and mister Howard walked
by me from the bottom to the top and would
make me take his arm. It struck me as very
becoming in so young a man, but I am sure
(15:18):
I had no claim to expect it, for I never
saw him before in my life. By the bye, he
inquired after one of my daughters, But I do not
know which I suppose ye know among yourselves.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
End of Part three, read by Gausina and Laurie Ann
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