I t was now February. Emma soon gave Mr Knightley the news that Jane was coming to Highbury. ‘I am pleased to hear it,’ Mr Knightley said. ‘She will be a better friend for you than Harriet Smith. You do not like Jane because she is better educated than you, Emma. She reads many more books and she plays the piano better than you do. She is a very beautiful and a very clever young woman.’ ‘Yes, but she is so cold,’ Emma had replied. ‘I do not enjoy her company. It is difficult to talk to Jane Fairfax. I never know what she is thinking. Her aunt talks too much and Jane Fairfax does not talk enough!’ But when Jane arrived in Highbury, Emma felt that she had been very unkind to her. Jane was tall and she had a good figure. She had beautiful dark grey eyes and dark brown hair. Her skin was pale and she had a lovely complexion. Everyone agreed that Miss Fairfax was very charming. Emma decided to be more friendly towards the beautiful girl and she soon invited Jane, Mrs Bates and Miss Bates to spend the evening at Hartfield. But after one evening, Emma’s unkind feelings about Jane 38 Jane Fairfax Fairfax returned. Emma decided that she did not want to see Jane again. She had asked Jane many questions about the Dixons. But Jane’s answers were very short and they did not give Emma much information. Then Emma found out that Jane had met Frank Churchill in Weymouth.