A few weeks brought some alleviation to Mr. Woodhouse. The compliments of his neighbours were over; he was no longer teased by being wished joy of so sorrowful an event; and the wedding-cake, which had been a great distress to him, was all eat up. His own stomach could bear nothing rich, and he could never believe other people to be different from himself.
– Jane Austen
Emma, Chapter 2. The aging and wealthy Mr. Woodhouse gets upset when Emma’s governess Miss Taylor gets married and moves out of their house. So much so that he finds the wedding a “sorrowful” event and the wedding cake causes him great distress. Austen uses Mr. Woodhouse to satirize the eccentricities and controlling ways of the rich landed gentry.