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  1. Summary: Chapter 13. The Woodhouses and Knightleys are invited to the Westons’ for Christmas Eve dinner. Harriet and Mr. Elton are also included, but Harriet comes down with a sore throat and is forced to miss the gathering.

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  2. The Westons throw a Christmas Eve dinner party for their friends. Harriet, however, falls ill and cannot attend. Emma goes to see Harriet before the party and runs into Mr. Elton during her visit. He expresses much alarm at her friend’s sickness.

  3. In general their evenings were less engaged with friends than their mornings: but one complete dinner engagement, and out of the house too, there was no avoiding, though at Christmas. Mr. Weston would take no denial; they must all dine at Randalls one day; even Mr. Woodhouse was persuaded to think it a possible thing in preference to a division ...

  4. A Christmas Eve dinner is scheduled at Randalls, and Harriet and Mr. Elton have been invited to join the Knightleys and Woodhouses. However, Harriet catches a cold, and Emma visits her and ...

  5. During the holiday visit of the Knightley family, Mr. Weston insists that everyone come to dinner at Randalls, his small estate, on Christmas Eve. Mr. Elton and Harriet are also invited, but Harriet has come down with a bad cold and must stay at Mrs. Goddard's.

  6. Analysis: At the Weston's Christmas Eve party, Emma suffers from her two companions. Mr. Mr. Elton is too eager to please, while Mr. John Knightley is completely unwilling to do so.

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