DR RonPulliam, I've watched the first disc of the Garai-Miller version of Emma. I like so much about it, but this time around, I'm spending too much time wondering why Emma opens the door; where are the servants? She would have had a ladies' maid, a housemaid, cook, and perhaps a butler at the very least. And Knightley, who's estate holds the lands leaszed to several farmers and a house full of servants, seems to be there alone.
After Mrs Weston's marriage, againg Miss Bates wheels her mother over a half a mile or more in a wheelchair, over lawns and unpaved roads, to the village. If that wheelchair got stuck in a rut or overturned, those two women would be in serious trouble. One of their friends, Mr Weston, Mr Woodhouse, or Mr Knightley - allthough he missed the wedding - would have ordered a carriage for them.