Some change of countenance1 was necessary for each gentleman as they walked into Mrs. Weston's drawing-room; - Mr. Elton must compose his joyous2 looks, and Mr. John Knightley disperse3 his ill-humour. Mr. Elton must smile less, and Mr. John Knightley more, to fit them for the place. - Emma only might be as nature prompted, and shew herself just as happy as she was. To her it was real enjoyment4 to be with the Westons. Mr. Weston was a great favourite, and there was not a creature in the world to whom she spoke5 with such unreserve, as to his wife; not any one, to whom she related with such conviction of being listened to and understood, of being always interesting and always intelligible6, the little affairs, arrangements, perplexities, and pleasures of her father and herself. She could tell nothing of Hartfield, in which Mrs. Weston had not a lively concern; and half an hour's uninterrupted communication of all those little matters on which the daily happiness of private life depends, was one of the first gratifications of each.
This was a pleasure which perhaps the whole day's visit might not afford, which certainly did not belong to the present half-hour; but the very sight of Mrs. Weston, her smile, her touch, her voice was grateful to Emma, and she determined7 to think as little as possible of Mr. Elton's oddities, or of any thing else unpleasant, and enjoy all that was enjoyable to the utmost.
The misfortune of Harriet's cold had been pretty well gone through before her arrival. Mr. Woodhouse had been safely seated long enough to give the history of it, besides all the history of his own and Isabella's coming, and of Emma's being to follow, and had indeed just got to the end of his satisfaction that James should come and see his daughter, when the others appeared, and Mrs. Weston, who had been almost wholly engrossed8 by her attentions to him, was able to turn away and welcome her dear Emma.
Emma's project of forgetting Mr. Elton for a while made her rather sorry to find, when they had all taken their places, that he was close to her. The difficulty was great of driving his strange insensibility towards Harriet, from her mind, while he not only sat at her elbow, but was continually obtruding9 his happy countenance on her notice, and solicitously10 addressing her upon every occasion. Instead of forgetting him, his behaviour was such that she could not avoid the internal suggestion of `Can it really be as my brother imagined? can it be possible for this man to be beginning to transfer his affections from Harriet to me? - Absurd and insufferable!' - Yet he would be so anxious for her being perfectly11 warm, would be so interested about her father, and so delighted with Mrs. Weston; and at last would begin admiring her drawings with so much zeal12 and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover, and made it some effort with her to preserve her good manners. For her own sake she could not be rude; and for Harriet's, in the hope that all would yet turn out right, she was even positively13 civil; but it was an effort; especially as something was going on amongst the others, in the most overpowering period of Mr. Elton's nonsense, which she particularly wished to listen to. She heard enough to know that Mr. Weston was giving some information about his son; she heard the words `my son,' and `Frank,' and `my son,' repeated several times over; and, from a few other half-syllables very much suspected that he was announcing an early visit from his son; but before she could quiet Mr. Elton, the subject was so completely past that any reviving question from her would have been awkward.
Now, it so happened that in spite of Emma's resolution of never marrying, there was something in the name, in the idea of Mr. Frank Churchill, which always interested her. She had frequently thought - especially since his father's marriage with Miss Taylor - that if she were to marry, he was the very person to suit her in age, character and condition. He seemed by this connexion between the families, quite to belong to her. She could not but suppose it to be a match that every body who knew them must think of. That Mr. and Mrs. Weston did think of it, she was very strongly persuaded; and though not meaning to be induced by him, or by any body else, to give up a situation which she believed more replete15 with good than any she could change it for, she had a great curiosity to see him, a decided16 intention of finding him pleasant, of being liked by him to a certain degree, and a sort of pleasure in the idea of their being coupled in their friends' imaginations.
With such sensations, Mr. Elton's civilities were dreadfully ill-timed; but she had the comfort of appearing very polite, while feeling very cross - and of thinking that the rest of the visit could not possibly pass without bringing forward the same information again, or the substance of it, from the open-hearted Mr. Weston. - So it proved; - for when happily released from Mr. Elton, and seated by Mr. Weston, at dinner, he made use of the very first interval18 in the cares of hospitality, the very first leisure from the saddle of mutton, to say to her,
`We want only two more to be just the right number. I should like to see two more here, - your pretty little friend, Miss Smith, and my son - and then I should say we were quite complete. I believe you did not hear me telling the others in the drawing-room that we are expecting Frank. I had a letter from him this morning, and he will be with us within a fortnight.'
Emma spoke with a very proper degree of pleasure; and fully17 assented19 to his proposition of Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Smith making their party quite complete.
`He has been wanting to come to us,' continued Mr. Weston, `ever since September: every letter has been full of it; but he cannot command his own time. He has those to please who must be pleased, and who (between ourselves) are sometimes to be pleased only by a good many sacrifices. But now I have no doubt of seeing him here about the second week in January.'
`What a very great pleasure it will be to you! and Mrs. Weston is so anxious to be acquainted with him, that she must be almost as happy as yourself.'
`Yes, she would be, but that she thinks there will be another put-off. She does not depend upon his coming so much as I do: but she does not know the parties so well as I do. The case, you see, is - (but this is quite between ourselves: I did not mention a syllable14 of it in the other room. There are secrets in all families, you know) - The case is, that a party of friends are invited to pay a visit at Enscombe in January; and that Frank's coming depends upon their being put off. If they are not put off, he cannot stir. But I know they will, because it is a family that a certain lady, of some consequence, at Enscombe, has a particular dislike to: and though it is thought necessary to invite them once in two or three years, they always are put off when it comes to the point. I have not the smallest doubt of the issue. I am as confident of seeing Frank here before the middle of January, as I am of being here myself: but your good friend there (nodding towards the upper end of the table) has so few vagaries20 herself, and has been so little used to them at Hartfield, that she cannot calculate on their effects, as I have been long in the practice of doing.'
`I am sorry there should be any thing like doubt in the case,' replied Emma; `but am disposed to side with you, Mr. Weston. If you think he will come, I shall think so too; for you know Enscombe.'
`Yes - I have some right to that knowledge; though I have never been at the place in my life. - She is an odd woman! - But I never allow myself to speak ill of her, on Frank's account; for I do believe her to be very fond of him. I used to think she was not capable of being fond of any body, except herself: but she has always been kind to him (in her way - allowing for little whims21 and caprices, and expecting every thing to be as she likes). And it is no small credit, in my opinion, to him, that he should excite such an affection; for, though I would not say it to any body else, she has no more heart than a stone to people in general; and the devil of a temper.'
Emma liked the subject so well, that she began upon it, to Mrs. Weston, very soon after their moving into the drawing-room: wishing her joy - yet observing, that she knew the first meeting must be rather alarming. - Mrs. Weston agreed to it; but added, that she should be very glad to be secure of undergoing the anxiety of a first meeting at the time talked of: `for I cannot depend upon his coming. I cannot be so sanguine22 as Mr. Weston. I am very much afraid that it will all end in nothing. Mr. Weston, I dare say, has been telling you exactly how the matter stands?'
`Yes - it seems to depend upon nothing but the ill-humour of Mrs. Churchill, which I imagine to be the most certain thing in the world.'
`My Emma!' replied Mrs. Weston, smiling, `what is the certainty of caprice?' Then turning to Isabella, who had not been attending before - `You must know, my dear Mrs. Knightley, that we are by no means so sure of seeing Mr. Frank Churchill, in my opinion, as his father thinks. It depends entirely23 upon his aunt's spirits and pleasure; in short, upon her temper. To you - to my two daughters - I may venture on the truth. Mrs. Churchill rules at Enscombe, and is a very odd-tempered woman; and his coming now, depends upon her being willing to spare him.'
`Oh, Mrs. Churchill; every body knows Mrs. Churchill,' replied Isabella: `and I am sure I never think of that poor young man without the greatest compassion24. To be constantly living with an ill-tempered person, must be dreadful. It is what we happily have never known any thing of; but it must be a life of misery25. What a blessing26, that she never had any children! Poor little creatures, how unhappy she would have made them!'
Emma wished she had been alone with Mrs. Weston. She should then have heard more: Mrs. Weston would speak to her, with a degree of unreserve which she would not hazard with Isabella; and, she really believed, would scarcely try to conceal27 any thing relative to the Churchills from her, excepting those views on the young man, of which her own imagination had already given her such instinctive28 knowledge. But at present there was nothing more to be said. Mr. Woodhouse very soon followed them into the drawing-room. To be sitting long after dinner, was a confinement29 that he could not endure. Neither wine nor conversation was any thing to him; and gladly did he move to those with whom he was always comfortable.
While he talked to Isabella, however, Emma found an opportunity of saying,
`And so you do not consider this visit from your son as by any means certain. I am sorry for it. The introduction must be unpleasant, whenever it takes place; and the sooner it could be over, the better.'
`Yes; and every delay makes one more apprehensive30 of other delays. Even if this family, the Braithwaites, are put off, I am still afraid that some excuse may be found for disappointing us. I cannot bear to imagine any reluctance31 on his side; but I am sure there is a great wish on the Churchills' to keep him to themselves. There is jealousy32. They are jealous even of his regard for his father. In short, I can feel no dependence33 on his coming, and I wish Mr. Weston were less sanguine.'
`He ought to come,' said Emma. `If he could stay only a couple of days, he ought to come; and one can hardly conceive a young man's not having it in his power to do as much as that. A young woman, if she fall into bad hands, may be teazed, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man's being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it.'
`One ought to be at Enscombe, and know the ways of the family, before one decides upon what he can do,' replied Mrs. Weston. `One ought to use the same caution, perhaps, in judging of the conduct of any one individual of any one family; but Enscombe, I believe, certainly must not be judged by general rules: she is so very unreasonable34; and every thing gives way to her.'
`But she is so fond of the nephew: he is so very great a favourite. Now, according to my idea of Mrs. Churchill, it would be most natural, that while she makes no sacrifice for the comfort of the husband, to whom she owes every thing, while she exercises incessant35 caprice towards him, she should frequently be governed by the nephew, to whom she owes nothing at all.'
`My dearest Emma, do not pretend, with your sweet temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down rules for it: you must let it go its own way. I have no doubt of his having, at times, considerable influence; but it may be perfectly impossible for him to know beforehand when it will be.'
Emma listened, and then coolly said, `I shall not be satisfied, unless he comes.'
`He may have a great deal of influence on some points,' continued Mrs. Weston, `and on others, very little: and among those, on which she is beyond his reach, it is but too likely, may be this very circumstance of his coming away from them to visit us.'
一进了韦斯顿太太的客厅，两位男士就不得不变换一下神态——埃尔顿先生要克制他的兴高采烈，约翰·奈特利先生要打消他的闷闷不乐。为了跟那场合协调起来，埃尔顿先生要少笑一点，约翰·奈特利先生要多笑一点。爱玛只要顺其禀性，尽量显得高高兴兴。她又见到了韦斯顿夫妇，心里还真感到快活。她非常喜欢韦斯顿先生，而他的那位太太，则是她天下最能推心置腹的人；她和父亲凡有什么安排，或者遇到什么琐碎的、为难的或高兴的事，还就爱跟她讲，知道她喜欢听，善解人意，而且总是很感兴趣，总能心领神会。她一说起哈特菲尔德，韦斯顿太太就会不胜关注。本来，私人生活的日常乐趣就取决于一些区区小事，两人滔滔不绝地将这种小事谈了半个钟头，不禁觉得十分开心。
也许，一整天的做客都不会再有这样快乐的事了。当然，眼下这半个钟头也不该这样快活。不过，爱玛一看见韦斯顿夫人——一见到她的笑脸，碰到她的手，听到她的声音，心里就感到乐滋滋的，决计尽量抛开埃尔顿先生的古怪行为和其他不称心的事，痛痛快快地玩它一番。
爱玛还没到，哈丽特不幸感冒的消息就谈论开了。伍德豪斯先生早已平安到达，在主人家坐了多时，先讲述了他和伊莎贝拉一路上的情形，说爱玛随后就到，接着叙说了哈丽特生病的原委，最后又谈起詹姆斯该来看看女儿。刚说到这里，另外几个人赶到了。韦斯顿太太本来只能听他絮叨，现在一见来了机会，便连忙转身去迎接亲爱的爱玛。
爱玛原先打算暂时忘掉埃尔顿先生，可等大家坐下后，却见他就坐在她身边，心里不禁凉了半截。这个对哈丽特无情无义的怪人，要忘掉他还真不容易，他不仅坐在她旁边，而且总是喜眉笑脸地冲着她，急巴巴地抓住一切时机跟她讲话。他的这番举动，不仅没有让爱玛忘掉他，而且还难免让她心里犯疑：“难道真让姐夫猜中了？难道说这家伙变了心，不爱哈丽特倒爱起我来了？真是荒谬绝伦！”然而他十分关心爱玛是否穿得暖和，对她父亲兴致盎然，对韦斯顿太太喜幸不已。后来又夸奖起她的画来，一边赞叹不已，一边又显露出他的浅薄，俨然像个痴情种子，惹得爱玛差一点失礼。看在她自己的分上，她不能失礼；看在哈丽特的分上，她希望事情还有挽回的余地，便装做客客气气的。不过，这又谈何容易。就在埃尔顿先生胡搅蛮缠搞得她无可奈何时，别人扯起了一个话题，她特别想听一听。她听得出来，韦斯顿先生在说他的儿子。她听见他一次次地提到“我儿子”、“弗兰克”，而从另外一些半半拉拉的字眼中，她料想他在说他儿子很快就要来。然而，她还没来得及打断埃尔顿先生的话，韦斯顿先生早已谈完了那个话题，她也不便旧话重提了。
虽说爱玛打定主意一辈子不结婚，但是一听到弗兰克·邱吉尔先生的名字，一想到他这个人，她总要为之怦然心动。她经常在想——特别是在韦斯顿先生和泰勒小姐结婚后——如果她真要结婚，从年龄、性情和家境来看，跟她最相配的就是弗兰克了。鉴于她家与韦斯顿先生家的特殊关系，弗兰克似乎更应该属于她了。她不由得在想，但凡认识他们俩的人，都会把他们视为天生的一对。她坚信韦斯顿夫妇想到了这件事。虽说她小想因为受到弗兰克或别人的诱惑，而舍弃一个在她看来说什么也换不来的美满家庭，但她却很想见见他，很想体验一下他多么讨人喜欢，感受一下讨他喜欢的滋味；一想到朋友们把他们看成天生的一对，心里不禁乐滋滋的。
爱玛如此心荡神驰，埃尔顿先生还来献殷勤，未免太不是时候。不过，使她感到欣慰的是，她尽管心里很气恼，外表却装得挺客气——再说韦斯顿先生为人直率，在她做客期间，想必还会重新提起这一消息，起码说说大概意思。果不其然。到吃饭时，她侥幸地摆脱了埃尔顿先生，坐到了韦斯顿先生身边。就在吃羊脊肉的当儿，韦斯顿先生趁不用关照客人的间隙，对她说道：
“只要再来两个人，我们的人数就正好。我希望能见到两个人，你那位漂亮的小朋友史密斯小姐和我儿子——那样一来，我们的人数可就齐全了。我在客厅里告诉过其他人，说弗兰克要来，你大概没听见吧？我今天上午接到他的信，说他再过两个星期来看我们。”
爱玛说话时，流露出了恰如其分的喜悦。至于说弗兰克·邱吉尔先生和史密斯小姐一来就把人数凑齐了，她表示完全赞同。
“从九月份以来，”韦斯顿先生接着说道，“他就想来看我们。他每封信都这么说，可他掌握不了自己的时间。他要博得某些人的欢心，那些人他不能不讨好，而且（请你可别说出去），有时非要他做出很大牺牲才肯称心。不过这一次嘛，我想到了一月份的第二个星期准能见到他。”
“你会感到多么高兴啊！韦斯顿太太一心就想见见他，一定会像你一样高兴。”
“是呀，她是很高兴，不过又担心他到时候来不了。她不像我那样认为他准能来，不过她也不像我那样了解方方面面的情况。实际上，你知道——（不过你可千万别说出去，刚才在客厅里我可只字未提呀。你知道，各家有各家的秘密啊）——实际上，他们邀请一伙朋友一月份到恩斯库姆去做客，弗兰克来不来就看他们会不会如期去。他们要是如期去，弗兰克就来不了。不过我知道他们肯定要延期，因为恩斯库姆有一位很有势力的贵妇人，特别讨厌那帮人。虽说每两三年都必需请他们一次，但到了时候总要延期。我敢肯定是这么回事。我有百分之百的把握，一月中旬以前弗兰克一定能来。不过你那位好朋友，”说着朝餐桌的上端摆摆头，“一向缺乏大胆想象，在哈特菲尔德时就没有这个习惯，因而也不相信那会有什么效应，我可是一直喜欢大胆想象的。”
“很遗憾，居然有人对这件事持怀疑态度，”爱玛答道。“不过，韦斯顿先生，我是赞成你的看法的。只要你认为他会来，我也就认为他会来，因为你对恩斯库姆很熟悉。”
“是呀——我敢说我是很熟悉那地方，虽说我还从没去过那里。那真是个怪女人！不过看在弗兰克的分上，我从不愿说她的坏话，因为我确实认为她很喜欢弗兰克。我以前觉得，她除了喜欢自己以外，不会喜欢别人。不过她总是很关心弗兰克（当然是按她的方式——她遇事容易冲动，爱使小性子，什么都要顺从她的心意）。依我看，弗兰克还真了不起，能讨得她的欢心。有一句话我对别人是不说的：她对谁都是一副铁石心肠，脾气坏透了。”
爱玛很喜欢这个话题，刚回到客厅不久，就冲着韦斯顿太太絮叨开了：一边向她道贺，一边又说，这第一次见面一定会让人战战兢兢的。韦斯顿太太同意她的说法，不过又添了一句：如果到时候真能见得了面，她倒情愿尝尝这战战兢兢的滋味。“我看他不一定能来。我不像韦斯顿先生那样乐观。我还就怕这事儿落得一场空。我想韦斯顿先生已经把实情告诉你了。”
“是的——这事好像完全取决于邱吉尔太太的坏脾气，我想这是最仃准头的事啦。”
“爱玛呀！”韦斯顿太太笑吟吟地答道，“反复无常的人有什么准头可言的？”说罢转向先前没在听她们讲话的伊莎贝拉，“你要知道，亲爱的奈特利太太，弗兰克·邱吉尔先生不会像他父亲想象的那样一定会来，我看我们不见得能见得着他。他来不来完全取决于他舅妈高兴不高兴，乐意不乐意，一句话，看她心情好不好。我待你们俩像亲生女儿一样，不妨对你们实话实说。恩斯库姆的事都是邱吉尔太太说了算，她是个脾气很怪的女人。弗兰克这次来不来，就看她肯不肯放他走。”
“唉，邱吉尔太太，谁不了解邱吉尔太太呀，”伊莎贝拉答道。“我一想起那个年轻人，就觉得他太可怜了。跟一个脾气很坏的人朝夕相处，一定很可怕。幸亏我们没遇上这样的倒霉事，这样的生活一定很凄惨。她倒没生过孩子，真是万幸！她若真有了孩子，一个个小家伙不知会给她搞得多么可怜！”
爱玛心想，她要是跟韦斯顿太太单独在一起就好了。那样她就会听到更多的话。韦斯顿太太对她可以畅所欲言，对伊莎贝拉却不能百无禁忌。她相信，韦斯顿太太不会向她隐瞒邱吉尔家的事，唯一不便说的是对弗兰克抱的希望，而这些希望她凭本能早已猜了出来。然而眼下可好，韦斯顿太太不肯多透口风了。过了不久，伍德豪斯先生也跟着进了客厅。吃过饭坐久了像是被监禁一样，真让他受不了。他既不爱喝酒，又不想交谈，却兴冲冲地朝一向跟他最对劲的几个人走去。
他跟伊莎贝拉说话的时候，爱玛趁机说道：
“这么说，你还拿不准你的继子这次能不能来。真令人遗憾。做什么事就怕光打雷不下雨，还是越早了结越好。”
“是的。而且每遇到一次推延，都会让人担心遇到接二连三的推延。就是布雷斯韦特家决定延期，恐怕也能找到失约的借口。我看不会是那孩子不愿意来，一定是邱吉尔夫妇不肯放他走。这是出于嫉妒。他们甚至嫉妒他心里想着他父亲。总之，我看他不见得能来，希望韦斯顿先生不要太乐观了。”
“他应该来，”爱玛说道。“他哪怕只能住两天，也应该来。一个年轻小伙子，连这样的事都做不了主，简直令人不可思议。倘若一个年轻女人落到坏人手里，倒可能身不由己，见不到她想见的人。可是一个年轻的男子汉受到这样的管束，想去生身父亲那里住一周都做不到，这就让人不可思议了。”
“你要想知道他什么事做得了主，那就得跑到恩斯库姆，了解一下那家人的规矩，”韦斯顿太太答道。“也许，无论你在评判哪一家人家的哪一个人，你都得采取同样的审慎态度。但是对于恩斯库姆，我认为决不能照常规来评判。她实在太不讲人情了，什么事都要听她的。”
“不过她倒挺喜欢她那个外甥，对他十分宠爱。依我看，她多亏了她丈夫才有今天的一切，可她总是反复无常地对待他，不肯作出任何牺牲让他过得舒心些；而对她那个外甥，虽说什么也不欠情于他，却常常受他约束。”
“我亲爱的爱玛，你性情温柔，不要假装很理解坏脾气的人，还给总结出一条一条的，你就听其自然吧。我并不怀疑弗兰克有时很有左右力，但究竟是什么时候，他事先也不见得能知道。”
爱玛听着，然后冷静地说道：“只有他来了才能说得准。”
“有些事他可能很有左右力，”韦斯顿太太接着说道，“有些事则没有。在他左右不了邱吉尔太太的事情中，有一桩可能就是不让他来看我们。”
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