"I think we both realized that it's a really tough awakening, to realize that your father didn't die instantly, and might have really suffered, or might have had a harder time than we thought", Ernst said.
For starters, a Mr. Darcy-like Lord Osborne was to emerge as one of Emma's suitors and the Watson girls' father was going to die, thrusting them into a precarious financial situation and no doubt ramping up their matrimonial quests.