Emma plans a match for Harriet

Emma decides that Mr. Elton, the handsome and agreeable vicar of Highbury, would be the perfect match for Harriet. She believes Mr. Elton's situation is suitable and that he would be a far better husband than a farmer like Robert Martin. Emma begins to actively promote the match, praising Mr. Elton to Harriet and interpreting his every polite gesture as a sign of his growing attachment to her friend. She is confident in her matchmaking abilities and sees this as a worthy project, completely blind to the possibility that Mr. Elton's attentions might be directed at herself.