“Depend upon it, Elton will not do. Elton is a very good sort of man, and a very respectable vicar of Highbury, but not at all likely to make an imprudent match. He knows the value of a good income as well as anybody. Elton may talk sentimentally, but he will act rationally.”
– Jane Austen
Emma, Chapter 8. Mr. Knightley warns Emma that Mr. Elton will never marry Harriet because of their difference in social status and her lack of fortune. Foreshadowed here is Mr. Elton’s lack of feelings for Harriet, shown later in the story.