Emma, Part 3 of 29
The Sleepy Bookshelf
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The Importance of Being a Good Wife
Isabella slow and diffident. And ever since she was twelve, Emma has been mistress of the house and of you all. In her mother she lost the only person able to cope with her. She inherits her mother's talent and must have been under subjection to her. I should have been sorry Mr Knightley, to be dependent on your recommendation, had I quitted Mr Woodhouse's family and wanted another situation. You are better placed here. Very fit for a wife, but not at all for a governess. There will be very little merit in making a good wife to such a man as Mr Weston. With every disposition to bear, there will be nothing to be
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