Emma Volume II Chapter II

In which we learn the delicate history of Jane Fairfax, a young woman of refinement and education, whose future is shadowed by the necessity of earning her own livelihood despite her many accomplishments and amiable qualities. Emma, observing Jane’s elegance and reserved manner, experiences a complex mixture of reluctant admiration and lingering aversion, as she contemplates the social nuances and unspoken tensions that surround her new acquaintance.