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Emma(4)

Harriet Smith's close relationship at Hatfield House soon became a fait accompli

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Harriet Smith's close relationship with Hartfield house became a fait accompli. Emma chose her ingenious and decisive way to send out invitations to her without hesitation, encouraging her to visit frequently. With the aggravation of their relationship, the level of mutual cooperation and tacit understanding between the two people is still increasing. Emma had long foreseen that she might be a walking lover for her own good. After Mrs. Weston left, she lost a lot in this theme activity. Her father never took a walk beyond the bush. The two sections can meet the need of walking, and the actual distance is determined by the length of the day. After Mrs. Weston got married, his mobility was greatly restricted. She once ventured to reach landaus alone, but never had any happiness. Therefore, such a Harriet Smith who can always be brought to her company is a meaningful filling for her right to take a walk. With her deeper understanding of the girl, she felt more and more satisfied, and completely completed her original well intentioned design goal.

Harriet is naturally not smart, but she has the nature to listen and be grateful. She certainly has no influence factor of pride, and her only wish is to accept the guidance of a high spirited person. At first, she was very close to her. She needs a lover to appreciate beauty and wisdom; It turns out that although the child can not be expected to have a high level of understanding, she does not lack aesthetic ability. She completely believed that Harriet Smith was just the young lover she needed - exactly what her family wanted. It is completely impossible for Mrs. Weston to satisfy such demands. She is unlikely to fulfill these two-tier demands, and she is unwilling to take on these two roles. They are completely different - the emotional aspects are different and cannot be compared. Mrs. Weston is the person she appreciates and respects. Harriet was a man whom she loved and valued. She didn't have to do anything for Mrs. Weston. She had to do everything for Harriet.

The first diligence she hoped to prove her usefulness was to find out the identity of the child's parents, but Harriet could not tell. She is willing to tell everything she knows. But she knows nothing about this problem. Emma spared no effort to imagine what she might like - but she could not believe it, and in her own position, she could not study his real situation. Harriet has no judgment. She was always limited to soliciting and believing what Mrs. Goddard had passed on to her, and was not willing to explore further.

Mrs. Goddard, the school teachers, the girls and everything about the school are naturally the most specific content of her conversation - apart from that, she only talked about the Martin family who lived on the ABI terrazzo farm. The Martin family played a very important role in her mind. She spent two months with them. At this time, she was also very good at talking about the interesting things in her visit and liked to outline many leisurely and strange things in the area. With Emma's encouragement, she became very easygoing. Emma found it interesting to get a view of the daily life of another class, I also like the outline she made in a pure childish and angry tone: "Mrs. Martin has two large living rooms, which are really two very good ones. One is as big as Mrs. Goddard's; she has a maid who has been with him for 25 years; there are eight cows on both sides, and alder cows; one heifer is a Welch breed, which is really such a lovely Welch calf; Mrs. Martin likes to say that they should be called female cows; there is a particularly beautiful Pavilion in the garden The Pavilion - it's a big and beautiful Pavilion. It can accommodate twelve people. Under certain circumstances in the coming year, people will eat snacks there. "

For a time, she thought it was funny and did not consider the root cause. After her mastery of the family gradually deepened, she formed another love. She has formed an incorrect impression. In her imagination, they all live together, mother and daughter, child and daughter-in-law. In her conversation, there was an old Mr. Martin. She always described her with praise, saying how good she was when she did this and that. Emma later learned that she was a single man, not a young Mrs. Martin, but no daughter-in-law. She suspected that her lovely children had encountered risks in the process of hospitality and sincerity - if she did not receive care and care, she might be degraded forever.

With such generous ideas, his questions were greatly enhanced both in number and in meaning, especially in correctly guiding Harriet to discuss Mr. Martin's affairs, which was obviously not an unpleasant topic. Harriet was very willing to talk about her participation in their walk in the moonlight, and the many happy mobile phone games she played at night, and went to great lengths to talk about its joy and emotion. One day, he ran three miles to get some walnuts for him, because he inadvertently mentioned how much he loved walnuts. He is just as affectionate in everything! One night, he asked the shepherd's children to come to the hall and sing for her. He likes singing very much, and she can sing a little. She firmly believed that he was very clever and knew everything. There are a group of high-quality sheep. During her life there, the price of its wool is higher than that of anyone in the countryside. She firmly believed that everyone's comments on him were all very high. Her mother and sisters are especially fond of him. One day, Mrs. Martin told her that there could be no better son in the world. When she said this, Mrs. Martin's face turned red. Mrs. Martin said that she could have no doubt that he would be a good husband when he got married. But she didn't want him to get married. She was not in a hurry to get him married.

"Well done, Mrs. Martin!" Emma remembered. "You know your goals very well."

When she left the Martin house, the kind Mrs. Martin also presented Mrs. Goddard with a fat goose, which was the most beautiful goose Mrs. Goddard had ever seen. Therefore, Mrs. Goddard slaughtered and cooked the goose one Sunday, and invited all the teachers of the school: sister Nash, sister Prince and Miss Richardson to have dinner.

"I guess Mr. Martin is not a knowledgeable man except for his own business.

She can't read, can she? "

"Ah, no! - in other words, the same - I don't know - but I believe he has read a lot of books - just not the kind of books you can think of. He reads agricultural and animal husbandry reports and such books, and the books are placed on a balcony - this person reads by himself.

However, sometimes before we gradually play cards at night, it will read aloud some very beautiful articles - especially interesting. I understand. He read the vicar children of Wakefield. He has never read the romance of the forest or the children in the temple. When I mentioned this title, he said that he had never heard of such books before, but he was confident that he would look for such books as soon as possible. "

The next question is:

"How did Martin grow up?"

"Ah! It's ugly and not good-looking at all. At first I thought he was very plain, but now I don't think he is so plain. You know, people get used to it after a while. Have you never met him? He came to Highbury to learn English every once in a while, and of course he rides his horse to Kingston every week. He often passes by you."

"It's possible - maybe I have met him more than once, but I just don't know his name. It's hard for young farmers to arouse my curiosity whether they are riding horses or walking. Self-employed farmers are a group of people who I don't think have much to communicate with. If they are people of a lower class or two, plus their good looks, they may stimulate my interest. I may hope to help his family in some aspects. But It is not easy for farmers to ask me for help. We all know that they do not need me to work hard in this respect, and they are not worth me to work hard in other aspects. "

"That's true. Ah! Similarly, you can't notice him - but he knows you very well - I mean, he knows your face."

"I have no doubt that he is a respectable young man. I know he is, and I wish him well. How old do you think he is?"

"He is about to turn 24 on June 8, and my own birthday is on the 23rd - just two weeks and one day short! What a coincidence!"

"I'm only 24 years old. There's no need to worry about life at such a young age. What his mother said is absolutely right, so there's no need to worry. It's very good for their family to maintain the current situation. If she hurried to marry a daughter-in-law for him, she would regret it. Six years later, if he saved some money and met a good young girl belonging to the same class, it would be very appropriate."

"Six years later! Dear Miss Woodhouse, he will be thirty by then!"

"Yes, most of the boys would not have the financial conditions to marry and start a family if they were not born in other people's lives. In my opinion, Mr. Martin's wealth is completely earned by himself, and there is no difference between him and others. No matter how much money his father is likely to leave for him after his death, and no matter what proportion she has in his personal property, I dare say that it is all unknown, although he is likely to rely on his own intelligence Hui, or he may have a chance to get rich in the future, but it seems impossible for him to get any results today. "

"Yes, that's true. But they're very comfortable. They're servants - they don't need anything else. Mrs. Martin often talks about hiring a man."

"No matter when he gets married, Harriet, I hope you won't get involved in the inconvenience - I mean, knowing his wife won't cause trouble - making friends with several sisters who have received excellent cultural education should not be completely boycotted, but he can't marry a woman who deserves your attention. Since you are unlucky to be born, you should pay attention to who you make friends with. There is no doubt that you are also a graceful daughter, and you need to Do your best to maintain this kind of influence in all aspects, or many people will have fun by destroying your personality. "

"Yes, no doubt so - I think there will be such people. But I'll call on you at Hartfield house, Miss Woodhouse. You're so friendly to me that I'm not afraid of anyone."

"My understanding of influence is very good, Harriet. However, I want you to lay a solid foundation in a better social circle, and finally you can make your own efforts without relying on Hartfield and Miss Woodhouse. I hope to see you always get to know the upper class - for this overall goal, I recommend that you try not to have that strange connection. Therefore, I tell you that if old Mr. Martin marries, you are still in the local area I hope you don't make friends with this wife because of your relationship with his sisters. That woman may be the daughter of a farmer and has no education at all. "

"Of course. That's right. I never thought that Mr. Martin would marry a man without higher education - that man should have a good birth. However, I'm not resisting your view - I certainly don't want to make friends with his wife. I always maintain my relationship with the ladies of the Martin family, especially Elizabeth. If I have to give up my relationship with her, I can be very sad... (there are more than 30 words here that can't make sense.)

Emma watched her carefully as she listened to her hesitating remark. There were no startling emotional signs. The man was only her first admirer. He believed that there was no other connection. Moreover, from Harriet's point of view, it was particularly difficult to politely refuse all the friendly distributions made for her.

The next day, they met old Mr. Martin head-on. At that time, they were walking on tanghuoer Road, and he was walking too. After he looked at her with great respect, he became his partner. In her eyes, she walked forward with her outspokenness, and her sharp eyes quickly passed through the young man. This was old Mr. Harriet Martin. Its surface is very clean and tidy. He looks like a rational young man, but he has no other advantages. She compared him with other gentlemen and felt that all aspects of Harriet's heart were not worth mentioning. There was no lack of objectivity in Harriet's civility. He had noticed her father's politeness with admiration and curiosity, but old Mr. Martin seemed to know nothing about politeness.

As Miss Woodhouse should not be allowed to wait for a long time, they were only detained for a few minutes together, and Harriet ran two steps to catch up with her. With a smile on her face and some ups and downs in her mind, Miss Woodhouse hoped that she would calm down as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, everyone happened to meet her- How wonderful! He said that he was going to walk around the landaus house, which inadvertently affected the plan. He didn't expect that we would also take this road. He thought that most of the time we would take the road leading to the landaus house. He hasn't got the forest romance yet. Miss fieldsweet, is he different from what you think? What do you think of him? Do you think he is very ordinary? "

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