Mr. Weston's Christmas party - Emma (1996)

Emma be careful. the baby. it might have an infection. John this may be the finest nightly yet. thank you. you and Isabella should have brought her sooner. she looks so fetching in the arms of her aunt. yes don't they make a splendid pair? New Jersey from London. how was it? if you accepted adults with as little whim as you do these children we might always agree. how fascinating that any discordancy between us must always arise from my being wrong. not fascinating but true. perhaps it has something to do with the gap in our ages. I was 16 years old when you were born. undoubtedly you were my superior then but hasn't the lapse of 21 years closed the gap? narrowed it. let us be friends and quarrel no more. very well and might I say that we were both right as far as good intentions went. I only hope Mr Martin was not too disappointed. no man could be more so. I'm very sorry. come shake hands with me. dinner is served. good John. sister dear when shall we meet your new friend Miss Smith? she will be with us on Friday at the Weston's Christmas Eve party. it looks as though it will be a very rewarding holiday for her. I am so looking forward to this evening. a party is a party but a Christmas party. where is Miss Smith? I have some sad news. Miss Smith is ill and cannot be with us this evening. sad loss to our party. she will be missed at every moment. however I feel and I hope you will concur that small parties are the best. I would rather fall short by two than exceed by two. and how fortunate that the snow comes now instead of yesterday when it might have made our party impossible. now that would have been a real cause for sadness would it not? thank you. would you like more? no thank you. oh thank you. weather of this severity is no friend of mine I fear. I know that too well Mr Woodhouse. my son Frank has written and told us something most exciting. Miss Woodhouse are you warm enough? yes thank you. the letter arrived today and on the opening we had the most wonderful surprise. Frank said some of the other ladies were saying they were not warm enough. I am quite comfortable. and then I saw how close you were to the fire and thought perhaps you might be too warm. Mr Elton I am in the perfect state of warmness. at first I could not believe it so I asked mrs Weston to read the letter herself to make sure I was not dreaming. but indeed Frank said... Miss Woodhouse is there any effort I might make on behalf of your father's comfort? you are very kind but I can only imagine that he is quite comfortable. thank you for being so thoughtful. no thank you for thinking I am thoughtful. I wondered if perhaps you might be so kind as to bring me some punch. I only hope I can complete the task quickly enough. please I could not enjoy it if I knew that you had hurried. simply thrilling news. and that was the end of the letter. Emma I'm not sure I had your attention earlier. I was so desirous of your company but I want you to tell you that Frank is coming at last. I so look forward to meeting him. that is if you can bear to share. and that is if his aunt will share him with us. that's what this depends on. she has said yes but has not given a date. very prudent. this weather is by no means clement for the traveler abroad. no no no yes.