“The example we are currently setting is far worse than you believe,” Emma insisted. “To skulk about like this, why—it suggests we are guilty!” It cost Knightley a great deal to answer, “One of us is guilty.” Emma would no longer look directly at him. “But most are not, and we should behave as though none of us are. To do otherwise risks the very respectability of Donwell Abbey.” Although Knightley was not as sure of this, he was willing to concede.
