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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Austen, Jane

Austen, Jane
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Emma: Chapters 14 - 25

Chapter XIV

Emma and Mrs. Weston take pleasure in gossiping together. Mrs. Weston is
the only person with whom Emma is on terms of real intimacy. Emma is
disappointed to find that Mr. Elton is sitting next to her. She notices that,
far from being concerned about Harriet, he seems especially interested in her.
She wonders if her brother-in-law can have been correct in his suggestion. She
finds the idea "absurd and insufferable."

Mr. Elton's "nonsensical" conversation keeps Emma from listening to Mr.
Weston talk about his son, Frank ...

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