Re: Forgiving the charming villains

I disagree that Emma did the same to Mr. Elton what Frank did to her. Emma did not intend to encourage Mr. Elton, and was not intentionally ambiguous when she encouraged Mr. Elton to be in the company of both herself and Harriet. Frank was intentionally ambiguous at best, but his actions were interpreted by several observers as courtship to Emma. It is true that they both misconstrued other people's feelings to be what they wanted them, but what they did with that knowledge was different.
But even if Emma forgave more readily to Frank because she herself made the same error, what was it in his letter that she refers to, saying that something in the letter made her think less badly of Frank? What even worse thing did she suppose of Frank?