A Hair Cut can indeed be imperative business.

"I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married! so charming as you are!"
Emma laughed, and replied,

"My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming -- one other person at least. And I am not only, not going to be married, at present, but have very little intention of ever marrying at all."

"Ah! so you say; but I cannot believe it."

"I must see somebody very superior to any one I have seen yet, to be tempted; Mr. Elton, you know, (recollecting herself,) is out of the question: and I do not wish to see any such person. I would rather not be tempted. I cannot really change for the better. If I were to marry, I must expect to repent it."

"Dear me! it is so odd to hear a woman talk so!"

"I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine. Fortune I do not want; employment I do not want; consequence I do not want: I believe few married women are half as much mistress of their husband's house, as I am of Hartfield; and never, never could I expect to be so truly beloved and important; so always first and always right in any man's eyes as I am in my father's."

I've always claimed Persuasion and Mansfield Park to be my favorite of Jane's novels, but as I sit here this morning watching Masterpiece Theater's Version of Emma, it is rapidly becoming my favorite.  Although, Emma is most ridiculous of Jane's heroines and the least favorite of many people I have interviewed, however I have read that Emma is actually Jane's favorite characters. 

What amazes me about this story is the likeness of all the characters to people I encounter daily.  Who doesn't have a sweet but simple minded friend like Harriet Smith hung up on the wrong guy?  And who else knows a ridiculous old lady like Miss. Bates that we all try to avoid at church gatherings?  I realize that I relate to Emma a little more than I would like to admit, but she is probably the most realistic and flawed of Jane's leading ladies.  So many times she says the wrong things, she is selfish, but she has a lovable innocence about her.  Also, I love her views in marriage, which makes it all the more interesting when she does find love. 

I always related to Anne Elliott's floundering nature and Fanny Prices pangs of unrequited love.  It never occurred to me that I might be more like Emma than I ever realized. 

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