Emma, in the soul of which the secret hope of being alone in the carriage with Alex was immediately replaced by remorse, could not understand, to rejoice in her as a result or to be upset. Nevertheless, she did not have to miss. Together with Bell and Sophie, they discussed all the young unmarried secular ladies, and when they were done with it, they began to work as bachelors. With this theme they were already done less than halfway and then continued to gossip about married ladies and married gentlemen.
Hardly had they begun to discuss the noble widows, how Sophie publicly announced that they were approaching Westonburth, and Emma was greatly relieved: frankly, she was already tired of gossip.
Alex told her that he spent most of his childhood in Westonbert, and Emma was curious to see
