It is then no surprize that in The Watsons when Mr Watson died, Emma Watson will be taken to live at Croydon with Jane and Robert Watson. It is also no surprize that Elizabeth Watson and she have grown very close. The question is where would Elizabeth go to live because once the two were set up as close intimate congenial confidants and placed in different spots in England, they would have written letters. I see in The Watsons a plan for an epistolary interlude and opportunities for central uses of letters. Let us also recall that Emma's aunt, once a Miss Watson, then a Mrs Turner, and now a Mrs O'Brien, lives in Ireland cares about Emma.