Harriet's visit to the Martins goes as Emma has hoped, for she picks up Harriet just as the acquaintance is about to become intimate again. On the way home they meet Mr. and Mrs. Weston, who have news that Frank Churchill will arrive the next day to stay an entire fortnight. Mr. Weston promises to bring him soon to Hartfield, and Mrs. Weston asks to be remembered at four the next afternoon when Frank is to arrive. The next morning Emma remembers at every opportunity and then is surprised when at noon she comes downstairs to find Mr. Weston and his son with her father. Frank appears to live up to his reputation, being good looking and lively and having "a well-bred ease of manner." Sure that he knows how to make himself agreeable, she wonders if he guesses that the Westons hope something will develop between her and him. He is all good breeding, even as his father leaves on business and he himself retires to visit the Bateses and Jane, the last with whom he has "the honour of being acquainted."
