Toni Collette credited as playing...
Harriet Smith
- [Talking about Mrs. Elton]
- Emma: She'd never seen him before, and she called him Knightley!
- Harriet: I saw her at church. She seemed...
- Emma: Vulgar? Base? Conceited? Crass? She actually seemed pleased to discover that Mr. Knightley was a gentleman. I doubt he'll return the compliment and find *her* a lady. She proposed that we form a *musical club*. Is it possible that Mr. Elton met her while doing charitable work in a mental infirmary?
- [sighs]
- Emma: There is only one thing to do with a person as impossible as she.
- Harriet: What?
- Emma: I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her.
- Emma Woodhouse: Mr. Elton just dropped this off at my house. He claims it is a riddle for your collection, but I think it is something much better.
- [hands the paper to Harriet]
- Harriet Smith: [after reading the riddle] Is it about sharks?
- Emma Woodhouse: Good heavens, why would he write a riddle about sharks?
- Emma Woodhouse: [reading Mr. Elton's riddle out loud] "... Behold him there, the monarch of the seas" Which is?
- Harriet Smith: A mermaid! A trident? Oh, do you think we shall ever know?
- Emma Woodhouse: What's to be done?
- [On learning that Harriet has fallen for Mr Knightley]
- Harriet Smith: Must something be done about it?
- Harriet: I think this disappoints you.
- Emma Woodhouse: Harriet, it is a perfect end to my sad career as a matchmaker.