(as Emma felt) than he had acknowledged to

her . The superior degree of confidence towards Harriet, which this one article marked, gave her severe pain.

On the subject of the first of the two circumstances, she did, after a little reflection, venture the following question. “Might he not?⁠—Is not it possible, that when enquiring, as you thought, into the state of your affections, he might be alluding to Mr. Martin⁠—he might have Mr. Martin’s interest in view?” But Harriet rejected the suspicion with spirit.

“ Mr. Martin! No indeed!⁠—There was not a hint of Mr. Martin. I hope I know better now, than to care for Mr. Martin, or to be suspected of it.”