“He trifles here,” said he, “as to the temptation. He knows he is wrong, and has nothing rational to urge.⁠—Bad.⁠—He ought not to have formed the engagement.⁠—‘His father’s disposition:’⁠—he is unjust, however, to his father. Mr. Weston’s sanguine temper was a blessing on all his upright and honourable exertions; but Mr. Weston earned every present comfort before he endeavoured to gain it.⁠—Very true; he did not come till Miss Fairfax was here.”

“And I have not forgotten,” said Emma, “how sure you were that he might have come sooner if he would. You pass it over very handsomely⁠—but you were perfectly right.”

“I was not quite impartial in my judgment, Emma:⁠—but yet, I think⁠—had you not been in the case⁠—I should still have distrusted him.”