Knightley - how about his side of the story?

I think I can oblige you, Serena...I'll take the pianoforte scene at the Coles'...so watch for it! ;)

A wonderful scene and quite trying to be in his shoes and from his point of view..am looking forward to it Kali. Still working on how Mr Knightley first 'formally' got to meet Harriet Smith.

Great Idea, Serena! I'm going to write Mr KNightley's version of the ball and BOx Hill, tying in with the trip to London.

Oh, Cass, do hurry

Here�s my boring scene, well compared to Boxhill, Coles etc. though I enjoyed trying to figure it out.. ..some days after his return from London .. He walked over to Hartfield one evening. He believed there might be some letters Mr Woodhouse might want to consult him on. He saw Emma on his way into Mr Woodhouse�s study, giving Serle instructions for boiled eggs and gruel to be served at the table that evening. ..later that evening.. ..enters the "most-come-at-able" of guests that Emma had arranged for an evening party on her father�s account.. Miss Bates, Mrs Bates, Mrs Goddard and an additional lady Mrs Goddard had requested permission to bring to Harfield that eveining, Harriet Smith. Enters Knightley.. "Mr Knightley, do join us for dinner, if you have no previous engagement." This was accepted without much ceremony and Mr Woodhouse was interrupted from saying anymore, by Miss Bates� so good to see you, Mr Knightley..what a pleasant group we have here tonight� Emma, was across the room and intent in conversation with a young lady with regular features and light coloured hair. He knew that face by sight. He had seen her a few times on his grounds walking about during the summer with Mr Martin�s sisters. Mr Robert Martin was a tenant of Mr Knightley . He was respectable, intelligent, a gentleman-farmer who Mr Knightley thought highly of; a steady and sensible man who lived with his mother and two sisters at the Abbey Mill farm. Harriet Smith had visited and stayed with them for many weeks. Mr Martin had spoken of her, in passing, to Mr Knightley as a parlor boarder at Mrs Goddard�s school. He believed there was some ambiguity about her background and whom it was that had placed her there several years back. .. throughout the evening, he noticed how Emma tried to set her new guest at ease and this marked attention raised his curiosity. From all that he saw and heard passing between them, began to realise that this new founded �intimacy between Emma and Harriet Smith" might be �a bad thing�. .. leading up to his conversation with Mrs Weston in chapter five. Help! I'm beginning to believe this stuff..

Nice, Serena...I'm still working on the evening at the Coles'...I have a lot of actual schoolwork to do, including my thesis, Roman coin research, and a paper on the Athenian law courts...so please sit tight, 'kay then?

Kali, it wears me out just to read about what you're setting out to do -- do you ever sleep?

Actually, Susan, no. ;}