spinster,well-meaning but increasingly poor,Emmastrives to be polite and kind to her,but is irritated by her dull and incessant chattering.Jane,very accomplishedmusically,is Miss Bates'pride and joy;Emmaenvies her talent and initially dislikes her for her apparent coldness and reserve.Jane had lived with Miss Bates until she was nine,but Colonel Campbell,a friend indebted to her father for seeing him through a life-threatening illness,welcomed her into his own home where she became fast friends with his unfortunately plain daughter and received a first-rate education.On the marriage ofMiss Campbell,Jane returned to her Bates relations,ostensibly to regain her health and prepare to earn her living as a governess. In her eagerness to find somesort offault with Jane-and a Iso to find somethingto amuse her in her pleasant but dull village-Emma indulges in the fantasy,apparently shared by Frank,that Jane was an object ofadmiration for Miss Campbell's husband,Mr.Dixon,and that it is for this reason she has returned home instead ofgoing to Ireland to visit them This suspicion is further fueled by the arrival ofa piano for Jane from a mysterious anonymous benefactor.spinster, well-meaning but increasingly poor; Emma strives to be polite and kind to her, but is irritated by her dull and incessant chattering. Jane, very accomplished musically, is Miss Bates' pride and joy; Emma envies her talent and initially dislikes her for her apparent coldness and reserve. Jane had lived with Miss Bates until she was nine, but Colonel Campbell, a friend indebted to her father for seeing him through a life-threatening illness, welcomed her into his own home where she became fast friends with his unfortunately plain daughter and received a first-rate education. On the marriage of Miss Campbell, Jane returned to her Bates relations, ostensibly to regain her health and prepare to earn her living as a governess. In her eagerness to find some sort of fault with Jane — and a lso to find something to amuse her in her pleasant but dull village — Emma indulges in the fantasy, apparently shared by Frank, that Jane was an object of admiration for Miss Campbell's husband, Mr. Dixon, and that it is for this reason she has returned home instead of going to Ireland to visit them. This suspicion is further fueled by the arrival of a piano for Jane from a mysterious anonymous benefactor