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illness Written by Stephanie (3/11/2013 5:57 p.m.)

Emma is used to people who are sick, or prone to sickness, like her father and sister. And when Jane Fairfax, whom she has always been prone to dislike, shows up a little thin, with the excuse of ill health, Emma at first resolves to dislike her no more.

Then the old grievances settle in, and we only see bits of relenting in Emma's attitude, usually accompanied by Jane Fairfax's discomfort (at the Coles's about the piano forte, or when Frank Churchill improperly teases her at the Bates's the next day), until Jane's sick headaches upon accepting the governess position become violent.

Then, Emma becomes compassionate, kind, overt in her advances of friendship. Does anyone think that Emma relented, not only because Jane Fairfax was entering a life of privation, and Emma had had a recent wake-up call about her own unfeeling attitude, but because Jane Fairfax was a suffering patient, and Emma knew how to relate to her on that level?

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illness Stephanie (3/11/2013 5:57 p.m.)
- Suffering. Reeba (3/11/2013 7:59 p.m.)
  - PS: Forgot to mention one more... Reeba (3/12/2013 9:49 a.m.)
    
    Why Miss Fairfax prefered Emma as messenger Thérèse (3/15/2013 2:05 p.m.)
  - Very insightful...   Alison Y (3/11/2013 9:34 p.m.)
    
    No longer competition   Chandra S (3/12/2013 12:09 p.m.)
    
    Hmmm.   Reeba (3/12/2013 6:16 p.m.)
    
    PS: The other thing about..   Reeba (3/12/2013 6:30 p.m.)
    
    Some food for thought...   Alison Y (3/12/2013 9:07 p.m.)
    
    Emma's "dislike" of Jane Fairfax   Thérèse (3/15/2013 4:30 p.m.)
    
    Alison's and your ...   Reeba (3/16/2013 10:46 a.m.)
    
    I share your sentiment...   Alison Y (3/15/2013 5:39 p.m.)
    
    They were meant to be   Thérèse (3/16/2013 5:56 a.m.)
    
    accomplished   Nikki N (3/12/2013 11:57 p.m.)
    
    I disagree ;-)   Reeba (3/13/2013 7:56 a.m.)
    
    accomplishments, and Mr K   Nikki N (3/13/2013 11:27 p.m.)
    
    Mr Knightley   bridget D (3/14/2013 8:10 a.m.)
    
    I agree   Ramya (3/14/2013 11:59 a.m.)
    
    PS: Condescesion   Reeba (3/13/2013 8:13 a.m.)
    
    contradictory?   Nikki N (3/13/2013 11:48 p.m.)
    
    Mr Knightley vs Mr Darcy   Thérèse (3/15/2013 3:51 p.m.)
    
    wealth and consequence   Nikki N (3/15/2013 11:30 p.m.)
    
    John Knightley   bridget D (3/16/2013 3:03 a.m.)
    
    Isabella's fortune   Thérèse (3/16/2013 6:09 a.m.)
    
    Dowry   bridget D (3/16/2013 7:28 a.m.)
    
    John and Isabella's money   Thérèse (3/16/2013 8:04 a.m.)
    
    Houses and improvements   bridget D (3/16/2013 8:17 a.m.)
    
    Miss Hawkins   Thérèse (3/16/2013 8:32 a.m.)
    
    Emma the heiress   bridget D (3/16/2013 9:20 a.m.)
    
    Moderate fortune   Thérèse (3/16/2013 5:40 p.m.)
    
    servants and horses   Nikki N (3/16/2013 6:33 a.m.)
    
    Own carriage?   Thérèse (3/16/2013 7:07 a.m.)
    
    coachman   Nikki N (3/16/2013 11:39 p.m.)
    
    coachmen   bridget D (3/17/2013 4:41 a.m.)
    
    rich   Nikki N (3/17/2013 5:58 a.m.)
    
    Fortunes   bridget D (3/17/2013 7:12 a.m.)
    
    Emma's fortune   Thérèse (3/17/2013 7:57 a.m.)
    
    fortunes   Nikki N (3/17/2013 11:14 p.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/18/2013 2:35 a.m.)
    
    Past fortune   Thérèse (3/18/2013 9:30 a.m.)
    
    Mr. Woodhouse seems to have been always like that   Graciela (3/18/2013 4:24 p.m.)
    
    Woodhouses   bridget D (3/19/2013 2:43 a.m.)
    
    Mr Woodhouse changed   Thérèse (3/19/2013 1:02 p.m.)
    
    Alike but not the same   Thérèse (3/18/2013 4:54 p.m.)
    
    Marriage   bridget D (3/19/2013 2:46 a.m.)
    
    Fortune   bridget D (3/17/2013 8:18 a.m.)
    
    Emma's history   Thérèse (3/17/2013 8:26 a.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/17/2013 9:44 a.m.)
    
    Gentry/nobility   Thérèse (3/18/2013 9:40 a.m.)
    
    Bingley has a fortune of 100 thousand,   Graciela (3/18/2013 2:31 p.m.)
    
    Wealth and nobiltiy   bridget D (3/19/2013 2:50 a.m.)
    
    Titles / Nobility   Thérèse (3/19/2013 2:14 p.m.)
    
    Circles   Thérèse (3/18/2013 4:51 p.m.)
    
    Circles?   bridget D (3/19/2013 2:56 a.m.)
    
    Wishes/conformation   Thérèse (3/19/2013 1:07 p.m.)
    
    Mr Knightley has his own carriage   Margaret C (3/16/2013 10:29 a.m.)
    
    Indeed, they don't need a carriage...   Thérèse (3/16/2013 5:49 p.m.)
    
    GOing far   bridget D (3/17/2013 4:53 a.m.)
    
    You are of course right...   Reeba (3/14/2013 1:11 p.m.)
    
    Emma and Darcy   Nikki N (3/15/2013 11:49 p.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/16/2013 3:07 a.m.)
    
    Emma and self discipline   Thérèse (3/16/2013 6:14 a.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/16/2013 7:32 a.m.)
    
    Extent of Mr Woodhouse care   Thérèse (3/16/2013 7:55 a.m.)
    
    Mr Woodhouse Hard work?   bridget D (3/16/2013 8:24 a.m.)
    
    Hard work indeed   Thérèse (3/16/2013 8:57 a.m.)
    
    Agree   Reeba (3/16/2013 10:56 a.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/16/2013 11:22 a.m.)
    
    No distress - you are right.   Reeba (3/16/2013 1:46 p.m.)
    
    Emma's self discipline   bridget D (3/16/2013 7:37 p.m.)
    
    Emma handled it well...   Alison Y (3/16/2013 2:47 p.m.)
    
    Emma's fancies   bridget D (3/14/2013 3:45 p.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/14/2013 3:24 p.m.)
    
    We were...   Reeba (3/14/2013 3:46 p.m.)
    
    Knightley   bridget D (3/14/2013 2:49 a.m.)
    
    Emma   bridget D (3/13/2013 8:12 a.m.)
    
    Frequency of praise. Contradictory.   Reeba (3/13/2013 8:25 a.m.)
    
    I don't disagree...   Alison Y (3/13/2013 2:49 a.m.)
    
    The future of Mr Knightley and Emma   Thérèse (3/15/2013 3:59 p.m.)
    
    All of these mean...   Alison Y (3/12/2013 1:31 p.m.)

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