Posted by Barbara on June 07, 1997 at 18:44:57:
In reply to Which book? posted by Amy on June 07, 1997 at 15:13:06
] A phrase popped into my head yesterday and for the life of me, I can't think which Austen novel it is from, the heroine who said it or the required distraction-from-the-hero character it was spoken about.
] Something like, "There is a littleness about him which I did not perceive."
] Willoughby? John Thorpe? Mr Elliot?
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Could it be from Emma?
At the ball, after Mr. Knightley rescues Harriet from Mr. Elton's snub by dancing with her, he and Emma are discussing the Eltons. Emma says, "I do own myself to have been completely mistaken in Mr. Elton. There is a littleness about him which you discovered, which I did not: I was fully convinced of his being in love with Harriet."
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