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Ehtley till after supper; but, when they were all in the ballrooain, her eyes invited him irresistibly to come to her and be thanked He arm in his reprobation of Mr Elton's conduct; it had been unpardonable rudeness; and Mrs Elton's looks also received the due share of censure

"They ai more than Harriet," said he "Emma, why is it that they are your ene no answer, added, "She ought not to be angry with you, I suspect, whatever he , of course; but confess, Emma, that you did want him to ive ence with it, and he only said, "I shall not scold you I leave you to your own reflections"

"Can you trust me with such flatterers?--Does ?"

"Not your vain spirit, but your serious spirit--If one leads you wrong, I am sure the other tells you of it"

"I do own myself to have been completely mistaken in Mr Elton There is a littleness about him which you discovered, and which I did not: and I was fully convinced of his being in love with Harriet It was through a series of strange blunders!"

"And, in return for your acknowledging so much, I will do you the justice to say, that you would have chosen for him better than he has chosen for himself--Harriet Smith has some first-rate qualities, which Mrs Elton is totally without An unpretending, single-irl--infinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste to such a woman as Mrs Elton I found Harriet ratified--They were interrupted by the bustle of Mr Weston calling on every body to begin dancing again

"Come Miss Woodhouse, Miss Otway, Miss Fairfax, what are you all doing?-- Come Emma, set your companions the example Every body is lazy! Every body is asleep!"

"I aoing to dance with?" asked Mr Knightley

She hesitated a moment, and then replied, "With you, if you will askhis hand

"Indeed I will You have shewn that you can dance, and you knoe are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper"