"That Mr. Elton should really be in love with me,—me, of all
people, who did not know him, to speak to him, at Michaelmas! And
he, the very handsomest man that ever was, and a man that every
body looks up to, quite like Mr. Knightley! His company so sought
after, that every body says he need not eat a single meal by
himself if he does not chuse it; that he has more invitations than
there are days in the week. And so excellent in the Church! Miss
Nash has put down all the texts he has ever preached from since he
came to Highbury. Dear me! When I look back to the first time I saw
him! How little did I think!—The two Abbots and I ran into the
front room and peeped through the blind when we heard he was going
by, and Miss Nash came and scolded us away, and staid to look
through her
