The stars incline us, they do not bind us.
This is twice “stars” have been mentioned in relation to Hawkes, just in this book. First when Islington commented on the yellow chair that came to Emma via the luck she borrowed from Hawkes. Islington said it was bright and Hawkes replied it was “like a star”. Now he pales and nearly freaks over this saying stitched into a pillow that Emma gifted him for Christmas.
