Emma

   Emma Jane Austen Play Part 4

VOLUME 3

CHAPTERS 1 – 2

Emma is pretty sure she feels nothing for Frank but she feels a little excited that he’s coming to Highbury.

When he comes to Hartfield, Emma thinks Frank is less into her than he was. It’s his only visit for 10 days.

The dance is back on since the Churchills have moved closer.

The day of the dance, Emma goes to tell the Westons what she thinks of the Crown Inn.

Frank stands near Emma but is all anxious. Other people show up to give their opinions about the place.

The Eltons show up and send their carriage off to get Jane and Miss Bates.

Frank and Mr. Weston escort Jane and Miss Bates inside and Augusta decides she likes Frank.

Frank whispers to Emma that he doesn’t like Augusta.

Emma has to let Augusta start the ball. Emma is disturbed because George isn’t dancing. He watches Emma.

Harriet has no one to dance with and Mr. Elton disses her. Augusta thinks this is a good thing while Emma thinks it’s awful. George steps in.

CHAPTERS 4 – 5

Harriet comes to see Emma and gives her a bunch of weird stuff like an old pencil that was Mr. Elton’s. She burns it all.

Harriet likes someone Emma thinks it’s Frank so she encourages her.

Jane stays another two months with the Bateses.

George really doesn’t like Frank – he thinks Frank is messing with Jane Fairfax.

One night, Frank says some bit of gossip that he could only have known from Jane. The same night, George watches Jane and Frank play some word game that lets her know he slipped up with the secret thing.

Emma thinks George is wrong about Frank and Jane and says she knows how Frank feels. This makes George be quiet and leave.

CHAPTER 6

Mrs. Weston is pregnant.

Emma and Mr. Weston plan a trip. Augusta wants to go so Mr. Weston says they should all go together. Emma doesn’t want to, but she says okay. When there’s a problem with one of the horses, George suggests that Augusta come to his house instead. Augusta wants to invite people over and tries to be all bossy until George tells her that he calls the shots with his own house – unless he were married in which case his wife could invite people over.

Augusta makes an ass of herself trying to be funny.

Emma goes to Donwell (George’s house) and looks around and thinks about how George’s nephews will inherit the place.

Everyone sits in the shade eating strawberries except for Frank.

Augusta annoys Jane with more talk of her finding a job until Jane takes a walk.

Emma watches George and Harriet walking by themselves.

Emma stands alone when Jane tries to leave the party and walk home. After she leaves, Frank arrives, saying he saw Jane on his way.

Emma is glad not to like Frank anymore. Frank says he wants a change of pace and needs to get away from England, but if Emma wants him to stay and go on the trip with everyone else, then he will. Emma smiles.

CHAPTERS 7 – 8

Everyone goes on the trip to Box Hill. When they get there, Emma goes off with Frank and Harriet. Frank is boring and dumb and then all flirty with Emma.

Emma hurts Miss Bates’ feelings by saying something about how much Miss Bates rambles on and on.

George tells Emma how bad it was that she hurt Miss Bates.

Emma says she’s sorry but tries to laugh it off.

George is serious though and reminds Emma of how poor Miss Bates is and how needy.

Emma is mad at herself and then pissed that she listened to George’s lecture.

Emma and Harriet ride home together and Emma cries at her bad behavior.

Emma plays backgammon with her dad that night and feels like crap.

She goes to visit the Bates house the next morning to try and make up.

Things are weird until Emma asks Miss Bates about Jane and she then talks as normal – Jane has taken a job, thanks to Mrs. Elton, and is leaving in two weeks, Frank is leaving to see the Churchills.

Emma thinks about woman and their roles and what they are meant to do in life.

CHAPTERS 9 – 10

Still thinking when she gets home, Emma finds George and Harriet there. George is about to leave for London and he’s still pissed at Emma.

The next day, people find out that Mrs. Churchill has died.

Emma wants to give Jane some attention now that she’s going away, especially since Emma thinks Harriet is about to get a lot of opportunities, but Jane declines Emma’s invitation to Hartfield.

Mr. Perry says that Jane has a headache. Emma offers to send her carriage but she is negged again.

Later, Emma finds out that Jane is fine, she just didn’t want to accept any kindness from Emma.

Emma makes herself feel better by thinking that at least George will feel that she did something for the right reasons.

Days later, Mr. Weston shows up and wants Emma to come see Mrs. Weston about some big deal.

Emma learns that Frank told the Westons that he’s been engaged to Jane. Mrs. Weston is really relieved to find out that Emma doesn’t like Frank.

Emma blames Frank for being so dishonest. Even though Frank was slimy, he didn’t know about Jane taking that job, so he decides to come to Highbury.

Mr. Weston brings Emma back and decides that Frank getting married is probably the best thing for him. Emma thinks it could just as well have been Harriet.

CHAPTERS 11 – 12

Emma’s worried about Harriet and how she’ll react to Frank’s engagement. She thinks Harriet’s really attached to frank, but Harriet couldn’t care lass.

It turns out that Harriet has been interested in George.

Emma is shocked. Much to her surprise she blurts out that George Knightley can’t marry anyone but herself.

Harriet tells why she thinks George likes her, too. Emma thinks it might be true and feels crappy.

When Harriet says she deserves George, Mr. Woodhouse comes in and the discussion ends.

Alone, Emma is miserable. She wonders how long she has loved George. She wishes she hadn’t gotten involved with Harriet. She feels like an idiot for not encouraging Harriet to marry Robert Martin and also for trying to control people’s lives.

CHAPTERS 12 – 13

Emma never knew how much of a role George played in her life. She decides if she knew he would never marry, she’d be okay.

Emma feels that because she takes care of her dad, she can’t marry.

Emma and Harriet stop hanging out.

When Mrs. Weston stops by and talks about Jane, Emma is all nice because of the way she treated Jane in the past.

The weather sucks, Emma’s bummed, and the house is empty – Mrs. Weston will be at home with her baby, Jane and Frank will be gone, and if George got married, it’d be even worse.

Emma is even more upset when she realized that she brought most of the suckiness on herself.

When the weather clears the next day, Emma goes outside. George shows up and they go for a walk.

Emma says she should have listened to him about the whole Jane/Frank situation. He takes her arm and they bitch about it together.

Emma says she was never into Frank. George says nothing. Emma describes what role she played for Frank and George says Frank is lucky.

Emma worries that they’re about to see Harriet so she doesn’t ask what George means by that.

As they talk, it becomes clear that George loves Emma and tries to get the words out. She is really happy.

Even though he didn’t start out asking her to marry him, George and Emma walk back into the house and she is his.

CHAPTERS 14 – 15

Back in the house, Emma’s all excited. She doesn’t know what to do about her dad and Harriet.

Emma decides that while her dad is alive, she and George can only be engaged, and that the least she can do for Harriet is to write her a latter and get her an invitation to stay with the Knightleys in London.

At breakfast, George brings a letter from Frank to Mrs. Weston which excuses his bad behavior – he says that he thought Emma knew about him and Jane and that he sent the piano. He says only good thing about Emma. George reads the letter and they both feel better about Frank.

George says that the only way he can not make Mr. Woodhouse unhappy is by coming to live at Hartfield. Emma thinks about it since it makes since.

Emma worries about Harriet.

CHAPTERS 16 – 19

Harriet is glad to be asked to London for a couple of weeks, especially since it means she won’t have to deal with Emma.

Emma visits Jane but Mrs. Elton is there and is her usual bitchy self. Augusta waits for Elton to pick her up after some meeting with George that Emma says isn’t until tomorrow. Mr. Elton is all pissed off when he gets there.

Emma smiles because she knows George is waiting for her at home.

Emma and Jane make up and Emma says that things are better when they are out in the open.

Mrs. Weston gives birth to a little girl.

George and Emma don’t talk about Harriet much and Emma’s upset that she can’t really be open abut Harriet.

Mr. Woodhouse is told of Emma and George’s engagement. First he tries to get her not to want to, but then he begins to see that it might not be a bad idea.

The London people arrive.

Emma dreads seeing Harriet until one morning George announces that Harriet is going to marry Robert Martin, who proposed in London at the Knightley’s.

Emma assures George that she isn’t against the marriage.

Emma and George meet up with Jane and Frank. Frank says he’s sorry about that stuff in the past.

When she compares the two guys, Emma is glad she got George.

Harriet and Emma spend some time alone and Emma knows Harriet is over Mr. Knightley. Also, Emma realized that Robert Martin is a good guy.

Robert and Harriet get marred first in September. Frank and Jane pick November. Emma and George want to get married in October, but Mr. Woodhouse complains.

After a bunch of chickens are stolen from Mrs. Weston’s chicken house, Mr. Woodhouse decides he feel safer with a Knightley male around. Since John is leaving for London, Mr. Woodhouse gives his consent so that George can move in.

The wedding happens and George and Emma are happy.