"No, I don't think you foolish, Emma; you are only much too good and tender for this situation. I shall be glad when you are married and safe with Mr. Howard, and nobody to scold you or make you spoil your beauty by crying."
"Nonsense, Elizabeth."
"It's not nonsense, Emma, I believe he is very good-natured, and I dare say you will be very happy with him. How long were you tête-à-tête, with him, before you brought him into the parlour?"
"We came from my father's room then."
"Oh, you need not apologise; I think you were quite right to have a comfortable chat with him, before bringing him into Margaret's company. It is but little conversation you can have when she is by. I saw you with him in the garden."
Emma blushed.
"I assure you we did not stay there five minutes; he came to call on my father, and we went to him immediately."
Elizabeth only answered by a look; but it was a look which shewed that she was not in the least convinced by Emma's assertions, but only wondered that she should think them necessary.
END OF VOL. I.
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