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--

Oh

!

then

,

said

I

,

I

must

run

across

,

I

am

sure

Miss

Woodhouse

will

allow

me

just

to

run

across

and

entreat

her

to

come

in

;

my

mother

will

be

so

very

happy

to

see

her

--

and

now

we

are

such

a

nice

party

,

she

can

not

refuse

.

--

'

Aye

,

pray

do

,

'

said

Mr.

Frank

Churchill

,

'

Miss

Woodhouse

's

opinion

of

the

instrument

will

be

worth

having

.

'

--

But

,

said

I

,

I

shall

be

more

sure

of

succeeding

if

one

of

you

will

go

with

me

.

--

'

Oh

,

'

said

he

,

'

wait

half

a

minute

,

till

I

have

finished

my

job

;

'

--

For

,

would

you

believe

it

,

Miss

Woodhouse

,

there

he

is

,

in

the

most

obliging

manner

in

the

world

,

fastening

in

the

rivet

of

my

mother

's

spectacles

.

--

The

rivet

came

out

,

you

know

,

this

morning

.

--

So

very

obliging

!

--

For

my

mother

had

no

use

of

her

spectacles

--

could

not

put

them

on

.

And

,

by

the

bye

,

every

body

ought

to

have

two

pair

of

spectacles

;

they

should

indeed

.

Jane

said

so

.

I

meant

to

take

them

over

to

John

Saunders

the

first

thing

I

did

,

but

something

or

other

hindered

me

all

the

morning

;

first

one

thing

,

then

another

,

there

is

no

saying

what

,

you

know

.

At

one

time

Patty

came

to

say

she

thought

the

kitchen

chimney

wanted

sweeping

.

Oh

,

said

I

,

Patty

do

not

come

with

your

bad

news

to

me

.

Here

is

the

rivet

of

your

mistress

's

spectacles

out

.

Then

the

baked

apples

came

home

,

Mrs.

Wallis

sent

them

by

her

boy

;

they

are

extremely

civil

and

obliging

to

us

,

the

Wallises

,

always

--

I

have

heard

some

people

say

that

Mrs.

Wallis

can

be

uncivil

and

give

a

very

rude

answer

,

but

we

have

never

known

any

thing

but

the

greatest

attention

from

them

.

And

it

can

not

be

for

the

value

of

our

custom

now

,

for

what

is

our

consumption

of

bread

,

you

know

?

Only

three

of

us

.

--

besides

dear

Jane

at

present

--

and

she

really

eats

nothing

--

makes

such

a

shocking

breakfast

,

you

would

be

quite

frightened

if

you

saw

it

.

I

dare

not

let

my

mother

know

how

little

she

eats

--

so

I

say

one

thing

and

then

I

say

another

,

and

it

passes

off

.

But

about

the

middle

of

the

day

she

gets

hungry

,

and

there

is

nothing

she

likes

so

well

as

these

baked

apples

,

and

they

are

extremely

wholesome

,

for

I

took

the

opportunity

the

other

day

of

asking

Mr.

Perry

;

I

happened

to

meet

him

in

the

street

.

Not

that

I

had

any

doubt

before

--

I

have

so

often

heard

Mr.

Woodhouse

recommend

a

baked

apple

.

I

believe

it

is

the

only

way

that

Mr.

Woodhouse

thinks

the

fruit

thoroughly

wholesome

.

We

have

apple-dumplings

,

however

,

very

often

.

Patty

makes

an

excellent

apple-dumpling

.

Well

,

Mrs.

Weston

,

you

have

prevailed

,

I

hope

,

and

these

ladies

will

oblige

us

.

"

Emma

would

be

"

very

happy

to

wait

on

Mrs.

Bates

,

&

c.

,

"

and

they

did

at

last

move

out

of

the

shop

,

with

no

farther

delay

from

Miss

Bates

than

,

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"

How

do

you

do

,

Mrs.

Ford

?

I

beg

your

pardon

.

I

did

not

see

you

before

.

I

hear

you

have

a

charming

collection

of

new

ribbons

from

town

.

Jane

came

back

delighted

yesterday

.

Thank

ye

,

the

gloves

do

very

well

--

only

a

little

too

large

about

the

wrist

;

but

Jane

is

taking

them

in

.

"

"

What

was

I

talking

of

?

"

said

she

,

beginning

again

when

they

were

all

in

the

street

.

Emma

wondered

on

what

,

of

all

the

medley

,

she

would

fix

.

"

I

declare

I

can

not

recollect

what

I

was

talking

of

.

--

Oh

!

my

mother

's

spectacles

.

So

very

obliging

of

Mr.

Frank

Churchill

!

'

Oh

!

'

said

he

,

'

I

do

think

I

can

fasten

the

rivet

;

I

like

a

job

of

this

kind

excessively

.

'

--

Which

you

know

shewed

him

to

be

so

very

...

Indeed

I

must

say

that

,

much

as

I

had

heard

of

him

before

and

much

as

I

had

expected

,

he

very

far

exceeds

any

thing

...

I

do

congratulate

you

,

Mrs.

Weston

,

most

warmly

.

He

seems

every

thing

the

fondest

parent

could

...

'

Oh

!

'

said

he

,

'

I

can

fasten

the

rivet

.

I

like

a

job

of

that

sort

excessively

.

'

I

never

shall

forget

his

manner

.

And

when

I

brought

out

the

baked

apples

from

the

closet

,

and

hoped

our

friends

would

be

so

very

obliging

as

to

take

some

,

'

Oh

!

'

said

he

directly

,

'

there

is

nothing

in

the

way

of

fruit

half

so

good

,

and

these

are

the

finest-looking

home-baked

apples

I

ever

saw

in

my

life

.

'

That

,

you

know

,

was

so

very

...

And

I

am

sure

,

by

his

manner

,

it

was

no

compliment

.

Indeed

they

are

very

delightful

apples

,

and

Mrs.

Wallis

does

them

full

justice

--

only

we

do

not

have

them

baked

more

than

twice

,

and

Mr.

Woodhouse

made

us

promise

to

have

them

done

three

times

--

but

Miss

Woodhouse

will

be

so

good

as

not

to

mention

it

.

The

apples

themselves

are

the

very

finest

sort

for

baking

,

beyond

a

doubt

;

all

from

Donwell

--

some

of

Mr.

Knightley

's

most

liberal

supply

.

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He

sends

us

a

sack

every

year

;

and

certainly

there

never

was

such

a

keeping

apple

anywhere

as

one

of

his

trees

--

I

believe

there

is

two

of

them

.

My

mother

says

the

orchard

was

always

famous

in

her

younger

days

.

But

I

was

really

quite

shocked

the

other

day

--

for

Mr.

Knightley

called

one

morning

,

and

Jane

was

eating

these

apples

,

and

we

talked

about

them

and

said

how

much

she

enjoyed

them

,

and

he

asked

whether

we

were

not

got

to

the

end

of

our

stock

.

'

I

am

sure

you

must

be

,

'

said

he

,

'

and

I

will

send

you

another

supply

;

for

I

have

a

great

many

more

than

I

can

ever

use

.

William

Larkins

let

me

keep

a

larger

quantity

than

usual

this

year

.

I

will

send

you

some

more

,

before

they

get

good

for

nothing

.

'

So

I

begged

he

would

not

--

for

really

as

to

ours

being

gone

,

I

could

not

absolutely

say

that

we

had

a

great

many

left

--

it

was

but

half

a

dozen

indeed

;

but

they

should

be

all

kept

for

Jane

;

and

I

could

not

at

all

bear

that

he

should

be

sending

us

more

,

so

liberal

as

he

had

been

already

;

and

Jane

said

the

same

.

And

when

he

was

gone

,

she

almost

quarrelled

with

me

--

No

,

I

should

not

say

quarrelled

,

for

we

never

had

a

quarrel

in

our

lives

;

but

she

was

quite

distressed

that

I

had

owned

the

apples

were

so

nearly

gone

;

she

wished

I

had

made

him

believe

we

had

a

great

many

left

.

Oh

,

said

I

,

my

dear

,

I

did

say

as

much

as

I

could

.

However

,

the

very

same

evening

William

Larkins

came

over

with

a

large

basket

of

apples

,

the

same

sort

of

apples

,

a

bushel

at

least

,

and

I

was

very

much

obliged

,

and

went

down

and

spoke

to

William

Larkins

and

said

every

thing

,

as

you

may

suppose

.

William

Larkins

is

such

an

old

acquaintance

!

I

am

always

glad

to

see

him

.

But

,

however

,

I

found

afterwards

from

Patty

,

that

William

said

it

was

all

the

apples

of

that

sort

his

master

had

;

he

had

brought

them

all

--

and

now

his

master

had

not

one

left

to

bake

or

boil

.

William

did

not

seem

to

mind

it

himself

,

he

was

so

pleased

to

think

his

master

had

sold

so

many

;

for

William

,

you

know

,

thinks

more

of

his

master

's

profit

than

any

thing

;

but

Mrs.

Hodges

,

he

said

,

was

quite

displeased

at

their

being

all

sent

away

.

She

could

not

bear

that

her

master

should

not

be

able

to

have

another

apple-tart

this

spring

.

He

told

Patty

this

,

but

bid

her

not

mind

it

,

and

be

sure

not

to

say

any

thing

to

us

about

it

,

for

Mrs.

Hodges

would

be

cross

sometimes

,

and

as

long

as

so

many

sacks

were

sold

,

it

did

not

signify

who

ate

the

remainder

.

And

so

Patty

told

me

,

and

I

was

excessively

shocked

indeed

!

I

would

not

have

Mr.

Knightley

know

any

thing

about

it

for

the

world

!

He

would

be

so

very

...

I

wanted

to

keep

it

from

Jane

's

knowledge

;

but

,

unluckily

,

I

had

mentioned

it

before

I

was

aware

.

"

Miss

Bates

had

just

done

as

Patty

opened

the

door

;

and

her

visitors

walked

upstairs

without

having

any

regular

narration

to

attend

to

,

pursued

only

by

the

sounds

of

her

desultory

good-will

.

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