Emma Volume III Chapter III

In which we witness a most alarming adventure befalling Miss Harriet Smith, whose frightful encounter with a band of gipsies is fortuitously interrupted by the timely arrival of Mr. Frank Churchill, much to Emma's keen and speculative interest. The incident, while causing great stir and apprehension in Highbury, soon settles into a subject of local gossip, leaving Emma and her young nephews enchanted by the dramatic tale.