Mrs. Elton LOVES Jane, and Knightley claims he doesn't. Emma throws a dinner party for Mrs. Elton, John Knightley shows up, and we hear that Jane got caught in the rain while retrieving a mysterious letter. Topics discussed include brunch, how couples gossip, big city friendships, and the postal service.

Study questions: Topics discussed include Augusta's relationship with Jane, why Jane is still in Highbury, whether Knightley will marry, and Jane's secret letters.

Funniest quote: “I never saw any gentleman’s handwriting”—Emma began, looking also at Mrs. Weston; but stopped, on perceiving that Mrs. Weston was attending to some one else—and the pause gave her time to reflect, “Now, how am I going to introduce him?—Am I unequal to speaking his name at once before all these people? Is it necessary for me to use any roundabout phrase?—Your Yorkshire friend—your correspondent in Yorkshire;—that would be the way, I suppose, if I were very bad.—No, I can pronounce his name without the smallest distress. I certainly get better and better.—Now for it.”

Questions moving forward: Who does Jane love? Why is she friends with Mrs. Elton?

Who wins the chapters? George AND John Knightley

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

aspersion (n): an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.

knight-errant (n): a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures.

licentious (adj.): disregarding accepted rules or conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.

rout-cakes

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Sharpay Evans, The Princess Diaries, New Girl, Bridesmaids, Emily Gilmore

Next Episode: Vol. II Chapters 17-18, or Chapters 35-36

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