Chapter 5

           Inthisstateofschemes,andhopes,andconnivance,JuneopeneduponHartfield.ToHighburyingeneralitbroughtnomaterialchange.TheEltonswerestilltalkingofavisitfromtheSucklings,andoftheusetobemadeoftheirbarouche-landau;andJaneFairfaxwasstillathergrandmother’s;andasthereturnoftheCampbellsfromIrelandwasagaindelayed,andAugust,insteadofMidsummer,fixedforit,shewaslikelytoremaintherefulltwomonthslonger,providedatleastshewereabletodefeatMrs.Elton’sactivityinherservice,andsaveherselffrombeinghurriedintoadelightfulsituationagainstherwill.

           Mr.Knightley,who,forsomereasonbestknowntohimself,hadcertainlytakenanearlydisliketoFrankChurchill,wasonlygrowingtodislikehimmore.HebegantosuspecthimofsomedoubledealinginhispursuitofEmma.ThatEmmawashisobjectappearedindisputable.Everythingdeclaredit;hisownattentions,hisfather’shints,hismother-in-law’sguardedsilence;itwasallinunison;words,conduct,discretion,andindiscretion,toldthesamestory.ButwhilesomanyweredevotinghimtoEmma,andEmmaherselfmakinghimovertoHarriet,Mr.KnightleybegantosuspecthimofsomeinclinationtotriflewithJaneFairfax.