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This particular quote has always intrigued me also. Written by Patricia AA (3/14/2011 11:02 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Ch 53: The lovers and their delightful conversation..., penned by jeffrey

".....The good was all to myself, by making you an object of the tenderest affection to me. I could not think about you so much without doating on you, faults and all; and by dint of fancying so many errors, have been in love with you ever since you were thirteen at least....."

If Mr. Knightly were knowingly in love with Emma since the age of thirteen, why did he wait so long to propose? Lol, I'm sure that he would not have proposed to a very young Emma...but, why wait until she was twenty-one? Surely, once she achieved the age of adulthood (i.e. 17 or 18) it would have been acceptable. He must have felt that Emma was not emotionally mature, or that she didn't view him in the light of a "lover".

I've wondered if this were just playful banter on his part, or if he seriously had been in love with Emma for the past eight years.

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Ch 53: The lovers and their delightful conversation... jeffrey (3/14/2011 9:56 a.m.)

This particular quote has always intrigued me also. Patricia AA (3/14/2011 11:02 a.m.)
- Why Mr. Knightley didn't propose earlier Anne-Marie (3/14/2011 1:03 p.m.)
  - He couldn't propose... Reeba (3/14/2011 1:52 p.m.)
    - Nina pin-pointed his being "in love" in Ch 49 and.... jeffrey (3/14/2011 2:07 p.m.)
      - I like what Jeffery said very much...   Alison Y (3/14/2011 3:44 p.m.)
        
        If this was your first contribution, don't make it your last!   jeffrey (3/14/2011 4:53 p.m.)
        
        So glad to know I'm not alone! Thank you!   Alison Y (3/14/2011 11:36 p.m.)
        
        You reinforce why Emma is still my favorite JA read...   jeffrey (3/15/2011 8:51 a.m.)
        
        Adding my two cents :-)   Erica M. (3/15/2011 9:08 p.m.)
        
        Love your description of Mr. Knightley   BarbaraB (3/16/2011 12:41 a.m.)
        
        Please, Alison, ...   gianni (3/14/2011 7:22 p.m.)
      - Two more words for the collection: fascination and retrospect Tom P2 (3/14/2011 5:16 p.m.)
      - Yes. I think it's the first time in the book that... Reeba (3/14/2011 7:25 p.m.)
From Ch. 49: Nina RG (3/14/2011 11:35 a.m.)
- from chap 5 Nikki N (3/15/2011 12:41 a.m.)
There are several indications in chapter 5 Laraine (3/14/2011 4:22 p.m.)

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