Эмма / Emma

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“Not at all, sir. It is a beautiful moonlight night.”

“But you must have found it very damp and dirty.”

“Dirty, sir! Look at my shoes. Not a speck on them.”

“Well! that is quite surprising, for it rained dreadfully here… Ah! poor Miss Taylor!”

“Poor Mr. and Miss Woodhouse, if you please; but I cannot possibly say �poor Miss Taylor.’ I have a great regard for you and Emma; but when it comes to the question of dependence or independence!”

“I believe it is very true, my dear, indeed,” said Mr.

“My dearest papa! What a horrible idea! Oh no! Mr. Knightley loves to find fault with me, you know – in a joke – it is all a joke. We always say what we like to one another.”

Mr. Knightley, in fact, was one of the few people who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of them: and this was not particularly agreeable to Emma herself.

“Emma knows I never flatter her,” said Mr. Knightley, “but Miss Taylor has been used to have two persons to please; she will now have but one.”

“Mr. Knightley,” said Emma’s father. “Emma is really very sorry to lose poor Miss Taylor, and I am sure she will miss her more and more.”

Emma turned away her head, divided between tears and smiles.

“It is impossible that Emma should not miss such a companion,” said Mr. Knightley. “But she knows how much the marriage is to Miss Taylor’s advantage; Miss Taylor is settled in a home of her own, and is secure of a comfortable provision.

“And you have forgotten one thing,” said Emma, “and a very considerable one – that I made the match myself[15 - I made the match myself – я сама их сосватала]. I made the match, you know, four years ago; when so many people said Mr. Weston would never marry again.

Mr. Knightley shook his head at her. Her father fondly replied, “Ah! my dear, I wish you would not make matches and foretell things, for whatever you say always comes to pass. Pray do not make any more matches.”

“I promise you to make none for myself, papa; but I must, indeed, for other people. It is the greatest amusement in the world! And after such success, you know! – Everybody said that Mr. Weston would never marry again. Oh dear, no! Mr.