Jane Austeni "Emma" ja "Persuasion"
Knightley has
nothing but respect for Robert. Ensuing events convince Emma that Harriet and Mr. Elton
are developing a mutual regard, and she takes pride in the apparent success of her
endeavor, at the same time affirming that she herself will never marry.
For the Christmas holidays Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, respectively the brother of
George Knightley and the sister of Emma, come from London with their five children to
visit the Woodhouses. On December 24, which proves to be a bad day of snow, all of
them, including George Knightley and Mr. Elton, go for a dinner with the Westons. There
discussion turns to Frank Churchill, Weston's handsome, polished son by a former
marriage (Frank had taken his uncle's name upon going to live with him) but a son who
has never been seen in Highbury. John Knightley in particular thinks it oddly improper
that Frank has not yet called on his newly remarried father, even though Frank lives some
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