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"Jane!"--repeated Frank Churchill, with a look of surprize and displeasure-- "That is easy--but Miss Fairfax does not disapprove it, I suppose"

"How do you like Mrs Elton?" said Erateful"

"Ungrateful!--What do youfrom a frown to a smile--"No, do not tell me--I do not want to knohat you ?"

Emma could hardly understand him; he seemed in an odd humour He walked off to find his father, but was quickly back again with both Mr and Mrs Weston He had met with them in a little perplexity, which must be laid before Emma It had just occurred to Mrs Weston that Mrs Elton in the ball; that she would expect it; which interfered with all their wishes of giving Emma that distinction--Emma heard the sad truth with fortitude

"And what are we to do for a proper partner for her?" said Mr Weston

"She will think Frank ought to ask her"

Frank turned instantly to Eed man, which his father looked his most perfect approbation of--and it then appeared that Mrs Weston anting him to dance with Mrs Elton himself, and that their business was to help to persuade him into it, which was done pretty soon-- Mr

Weston and Mrs Elton led the way, Mr Frank Churchill and Miss Woodhouse followed Eh she had always considered the ball as peculiarly for her It was al Mrs Elton had undoubtedly the advantage, at this tih she had intended to begin with Frank Churchill, she could not lose by the change Mr Weston ht be his son's superior-- In spite of this little rub, however, Ehted to see the respectable length of the set as it was for, and to feel that she had so many hours of unusual festivity before her-- She wasthan by any thing else--There he was, aht to be dancing,--not classing himself with the husbands, and fathers, and whist-players, ere pretending to feel an interest in the dance till their rubbers wereas he looked!-- He could not have appeared to greater advantage perhaps anywhere, than where he had placed hi the bulky for shoulders of the elderly men, was such as E her own partner, there was not one a men who could be compared with him--He h to prove in how gentlerace, he must have danced, would he but take the trouble--Whenever she caught his eye, she forced hirave She wished he could love a ballroom better, and could like Frank Churchill better-- He see her She , but if he were criticising her behaviour, she did not feel afraid There was nothing like flirtation between her and her partner