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"
Never
mind
,
Harriet
,
I
shall
not
be
a
poor
old
maid
;
and
it
is
poverty
only
which
makes
celibacy
contemptible
to
a
generous
public
!
A
single
woman
,
with
a
very
narrow
income
,
must
be
a
ridiculous
,
disagreeable
old
maid
!
the
proper
sport
of
boys
and
girls
,
but
a
single
woman
,
of
good
fortune
,
is
always
respectable
,
and
may
be
as
sensible
and
pleasant
as
any
body
else
.
And
the
distinction
is
not
quite
so
much
against
the
candour
and
common
sense
of
the
world
as
appears
at
first
;
for
a
very
narrow
income
has
a
tendency
to
contract
the
mind
,
and
sour
the
temper
.
Those
who
can
barely
live
,
and
who
live
perforce
in
a
very
small
,
and
generally
very
inferior
,
society
,
may
well
be
illiberal
and
cross
.
This
does
not
apply
,
however
,
to
Miss
Bates
;
she
is
only
too
good
natured
and
too
silly
to
suit
me
;
but
,
in
general
,
she
is
very
much
to
the
taste
of
every
body
,
though
single
and
though
poor
.
Poverty
certainly
has
not
contracted
her
mind
:
I
really
believe
,
if
she
had
only
a
shilling
in
the
world
,
she
would
be
very
likely
to
give
away
sixpence
of
it
;
and
nobody
is
afraid
of
her
:
that
is
a
great
charm
.
"
"
Dear
me
!
but
what
shall
you
do
?
how
shall
you
employ
yourself
when
you
grow
old
?
"
"
If
I
know
myself
,
Harriet
,
mine
is
an
active
,
busy
mind
,
with
a
great
many
independent
resources
;
and
I
do
not
perceive
why
I
should
be
more
in
want
of
employment
at
forty
or
fifty
than
one-and-twenty
.
Woman
's
usual
occupations
of
hand
and
mind
will
be
as
open
to
me
then
as
they
are
now
;
or
with
no
important
variation
.
If
I
draw
less
,
I
shall
read
more
;
if
I
give
up
music
,
I
shall
take
to
carpet-work
.
And
as
for
objects
of
interest
,
objects
for
the
affections
,
which
is
in
truth
the
great
point
of
inferiority
,
the
want
of
which
is
really
the
great
evil
to
be
avoided
in
not
marrying
,
I
shall
be
very
well
off
,
with
all
the
children
of
a
sister
I
love
so
much
,
to
care
about
.
There
will
be
enough
of
them
,
in
all
probability
,
to
supply
every
sort
of
sensation
that
declining
life
can
need
.
There
will
be
enough
for
every
hope
and
every
fear
;
and
though
my
attachment
to
none
can
equal
that
of
a
parent
,
it
suits
my
ideas
of
comfort
better
than
what
is
warmer
and
blinder
.
My
nephews
and
nieces
!
--
I
shall
often
have
a
niece
with
me
.
"
"
Do
you
know
Miss
Bates
's
niece
?
That
is
,
I
know
you
must
have
seen
her
a
hundred
times
--
but
are
you
acquainted
?
"
"
Oh
!
yes
;
we
are
always
forced
to
be
acquainted
whenever
she
comes
to
Highbury
.
By
the
bye
,
that
is
almost
enough
to
put
one
out
of
conceit
with
a
niece
.
Heaven
forbid
!
at
least
,
that
I
should
ever
bore
people
half
so
much
about
all
the
Knightleys
together
,
as
she
does
about
Jane
Fairfax
.
One
is
sick
of
the
very
name
of
Jane
Fairfax
.
Every
letter
from
her
is
read
forty
times
over
;
her
compliments
to
all
friends
go
round
and
round
again
;
and
if
she
does
but
send
her
aunt
the
pattern
of
a
stomacher
,
or
knit
a
pair
of
garters
for
her
grandmother
,
one
hears
of
nothing
else
for
a
month
.
I
wish
Jane
Fairfax
very
well
;
but
she
tires
me
to
death
.
"
They
were
now
approaching
the
cottage
,
and
all
idle
topics
were
superseded
.
Emma
was
very
compassionate
;
and
the
distresses
of
the
poor
were
as
sure
of
relief
from
her
personal
attention
and
kindness
,
her
counsel
and
her
patience
,
as
from
her
purse
.
She
understood
their
ways
,
could
allow
for
their
ignorance
and
their
temptations
,
had
no
romantic
expectations
of
extraordinary
virtue
from
those
for
whom
education
had
done
so
little
;
entered
into
their
troubles
with
ready
sympathy
,
and
always
gave
her
assistance
with
as
much
intelligence
as
good-will
.
In
the
present
instance
,
it
was
sickness
and
poverty
together
which
she
came
to
visit
;
and
after
remaining
there
as
long
as
she
could
give
comfort
or
advice
,
she
quitted
the
cottage
with
such
an
impression
of
the
scene
as
made
her
say
to
Harriet
,
as
they
walked
away
,
"
These
are
the
sights
,
Harriet
,
to
do
one
good
.
How
trifling
they
make
every
thing
else
appear
!
--
I
feel
now
as
if
I
could
think
of
nothing
but
these
poor
creatures
all
the
rest
of
the
day
;
and
yet
,
who
can
say
how
soon
it
may
all
vanish
from
my
mind
?
"
"
Very
true
,
"
said
Harriet
.
"
Poor
creatures
!
one
can
think
of
nothing
else
.
"
