“Oh! yes, my dear, I dare say you might, because you know, the door was open, and the window was open, and Mr. Knightley spoke loud. You must have heard everything to be sure. ‘Can I do anything for you at Kingston?’ said he; so I just mentioned⁠ ⁠… Oh! Miss Woodhouse, must you be going?⁠—You seem but just come⁠—so very obliging of you.”

Emma found it really time to be at home; the visit had already lasted long; and on examining watches, so much of the morning was perceived to be gone, that Mrs. Weston and her companion taking leave also, could allow themselves only to walk with the two young ladies to Hartfield gates, before they set off for Randalls.