- Emma’s sister and her husband (Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, if we’re being particular) arrive from London with several baby Knightleys in tow.
- Our narrator presents John Knightley as a smart (if cold) gentleman and Isabella as a warm (if stupid) wife.
- Luckily, they’re married. It all evens out.
- In case we haven’t mentioned it, Mr. Woodhouse is something of a sympathetic hypochondriac – he’s convinced that Isabella and the children must all be getting ill after their journey.
- Isabella, a bit of a hypochondriac herself, agrees.
- The whole family discusses the mysterious Frank Churchill (who has yet to appear in Highbury).