EMMA

No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps.--- HERE'S THE FIRST FEW SENTENCES --- --- Captain John Willet-Payne, temporarily without a ship and employed meanwhile at the Admiralty, gave the clerk an amused look. . ."Private and confidential business, you say? And the young woman refuses to give her name? I can think of no young woman in London who could possibly have that sort of business with me. My conscience is perfectly clear--at the moment.". . .The young woman is most pressing, sir.". . ."I notice you say 'woman,' not 'lady.'". . .The clerk grinned. "Well, sir--". . ."Is she. . . pretty?". . .