Emma (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.5 (1972)

John Carson: Mr. Knightley

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• Mr. Knightley : Emma, how could you?

  Emma Woodhouse : What do you mean?

  Mr. Knightley : Treat poor Ms. Bates in such a cruel manner?

  Emma Woodhouse : Oh, Mr. Knightley, I was only jesting. Besides, I do not suppose she fully appreciated my meaning.

  Mr. Knightley : I can assure you she did and she was very much hurt by it.

  Emma Woodhouse : Mr. Knightley, she is a dear old creature in many ways. But really, you must admit that in her, what is good and what is ridiculous are very finely blended.

  Mr. Knightley : Oh, I admit it. And were her circumstances the same as your own, I should say nothing of it. But think how far this is from being so. She is poor. She has sunk from those comforts that she was born to and will doubtless sink further. She should excite your compassion, not your ridicule. You, whom she has known since a child, to laugh at her and humble her before the whole company in such a cruel manner.

  Emma Woodhouse : But Mr. Knightley...

  Mr. Knightley : Emma, Emma. That you, of all people, should allow the flattery of a moment to cloud your judgment so. It distresses me beyond belief.