Chapter 90Emma and Harriet had gone for a walk together one morning and, in Emma's opinion, had talked enough about Mr. Alton for that day. She could not imagine that Harriet's comfort or her own sins demanded more; and she was therefore diligent to get rid of the subject when they came back; – but it broke out again when she believed it had succeeded, and after talking for some time about what the poor have to suffer in winter, and received no other answer than a very complaining - "Lord. Alton is so good to the poor!" She felt that something else had to be done.
They were approaching the house where Mrs. and Miss Bates lived. She decided to call her and look for security in numbers. There have always been enough reasons for such attention; Mrs. and Miss Bates loved to be called, and she
