“The extent of your admiration may take you by surprise some day or other.”…”No, Emma, I do not think the extent of my admiration for her will ever take me by surprise. – I never had a thought of her in that way, I assure you.”
– Jane Austen
Emma, Chapter 33. Emma slyly tries to probe Mr. Knightley about his feelings for Jane Fairfax. But he insists that he is not in love with Jane.