Emma could not help laughing as she answered, “Upon my word, I believe you know her quite as well as I do.⁠—But, Mr. Knightley, are you perfectly sure that she has absolutely and downright accepted him. I could suppose she might in time⁠—but can she already?⁠—Did not you misunderstand him?⁠—You were both talking of other things; of business, shows of cattle, or new drills⁠—and might not you, in the confusion of so many subjects, mistake him?⁠—It was not Harriet’s hand that he was certain of⁠—it was the dimensions of some famous ox.”