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affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatenedawful vengeance for my present conduct at someperiod fast coming. I laughed in my sleeve at his menaces.‘I can keep you in reasonable check now,’ I reflected; ‘andI don’t doubt to be able to do it hereafter: if one expedientloses its virtue, another must be devised.’Yet after all my task was not an easy one; often I wouldrather have pleased than teased him. My future husbandwas becoming to me my whole world; and more than theworld: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me andevery thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes betweenman and the broad sun. I could not, in those days, see Godfor His creature: of whom I had made an idol.418Jane Eyre
Chapter XXVThe month of courtship had wasted: its very last hourswere being numbered. There was no putting off the daythat advanced—the bridal day; and all preparations for itsarrival were complete. I, at least, had nothing more to do:there were my trunks, packed, locked, corded, ranged ina row along the wall of my little chamber; to-morrow, atthis time, they would be far on their road to London: andso should I (D.V.),—or rather, not I, but one Jane Rochester,a person whom as yet I knew not. The cards of addressalone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, inthe drawer. Mr. Rochester had himself written the direction,‘Mrs. Rochester,— Hotel, London,’ on each: I couldnot persuade myself to affix them, or to have them affixed.Mrs. Rochester! She did not exist: she would not be born tillto-morrow, some time after eight o’clock a.m.; and I wouldwait to be assured she had come into the world alive beforeI assigned to her all that property. It was enough that inyonder closet, opposite my dressing-table, garments said tobe hers had already displaced my black stuff Lowood frockand straw bonnet: for not to me appertained that suit ofwedding raiment; the pearl-coloured robe, the vapoury veilpendent from the usurped portmanteau. I shut the closet toconceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which,at this evening hour—nine o’clock— gave out certainly aFree eBooks at Planet eBook.com419
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Jane EyreBy Charlotte BronteDownloa
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that parent of crime—an insult to
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CURRER BELL.December 21st, 1847.NOT
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were—she really must exclude me f
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The fiend pinning down the thief’
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to offend their young master by tak
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him: Eliza and Georgiana had run fo
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ligature. This preparation for bond
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bed, spread with a snowy Marseilles
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pea-chicks, set the dogs at the she
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and that in his last moments he had
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‘What is all this?’ demanded an
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sometimes called in by Mrs. Reed wh
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drop from my cheek than another fol
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so. But now, though her voice was s
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leisure, he said—‘What made you
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‘Perhaps you may—who knows? Hav
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him and Mrs. Reed, I presume, from
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Chapter IVFrom my discourse with Mr
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she really did not know whether I w
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kissed me, and said, ‘Good night,
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often came to Gateshead, but none e
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where I stood, and having examined
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‘With pleasure? Are you fond of i
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direct that especial care shall be
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an exact, clever manager; her house
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you a good woman, but you are bad,
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feeling than that of sombre indigna
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‘Bessie, you must promise not to
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Chapter VFive o’clock had hardly
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‘Be sure and take good care of he
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followed close behind.The first was
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classes filed off, two and two, ups
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herself at the top of one table, wh
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Miller, poor thing! looked purple,
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on a coarse straw bonnet, with stri
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during which she examined me.‘Wha
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‘And what are the other teachers
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good or naughty.’Soon after five
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same. At that hour most of the othe
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kerchief into her pocket, and the t
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endure patiently a smart which nobo
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wished to do right could act so unj
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would then make a remark, but she s
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Chapter VIIMy first quarter at Lowo
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starved arms in their pinafores.A l
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prehension.‘I suppose, Miss Templ
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and cheese, instead of burnt porrid
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vanity itself might have woven; the
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no condition to note particulars; I
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There was I, then, mounted aloft; I
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room; she brought my coffee and bre
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Reed; for I read a sincere nature i
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my language was more subdued than i
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Having invited Helen and me to appr
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for her she a second time breathed
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I would not now have exchanged Lowo
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of winter, stiffened in frost, shro
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pink thrift and crimson double dais
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consumption, not typhus: and by con
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region there were. I experienced a
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wrist; but she smiled as of old.‘
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She kissed me, and I her, and we bo
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of the school were intrusted to the
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was not the power to be tranquil wh
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to serve elsewhere. Can I not get s
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The succeeding week seemed long: it
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but not uncivil: a model of elderly
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now repose an instant; I was too mu
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young man; but he has such thick li
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‘What foreign country was he goin
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no resource but to request to be sh
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picturesque; more stirring, less ro
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ting apparatus and a book or two fr
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room. First she went to see if the
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straight and neat on the toilet tab
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related to the Rochesters by the mo
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came with me over the sea in a grea
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deed at her age, and which proved s
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Mounting to it by two broad steps,
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cially grand: and some of the third
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Mrs. Fairfax stayed behind a moment
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Chapter XIIThe promise of a smooth
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spot, and allow my mind’s eye to
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so I put on my bonnet and cloak and
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leaving the stile; yet, as the path
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‘If you are hurt, and want help,
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He stopped, ran his eye over my dre
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hoofs might ring on the causeway ag
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ward and said—‘Pilot’ and the
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presents he had brought her: for it
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eyebrows; his square forehead, made
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many faces to it, has it not? and o
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you must have some sort of kinsfolk
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at variance as in your case. And no
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ed clouds low and livid, rolling ov
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skill and science to give it full b
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ily, and now for many years he has
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hair and made her neat, and having
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to do.’I did as I was bid, though
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Criticise me: does my forehead not
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forgotten you since: other ideas ha
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receiving his orders.‘The smile i
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quite your equal. Nature meant me t
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angel of light. I think I must admi
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which the divine and perfect alone
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the skirt as it could be gathered,
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is, so I sat down in her boudoir; h
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and struck his boot against the har
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digression he proceeded—‘I rema
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she was quite destitute, I e’en t
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I, indeed, talked comparatively lit
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just above me. I wished I had kept
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The hiss of the quenched element, t
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out,’ said he, setting his candle
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‘Cold? Yes,—and standing in a p
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to address her, for I wished to kno
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quired.‘I have not had the opport
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mysterious cause withheld him from
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Rochester’s own tread, and I turn
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Blanche and Mary Ingram, most beaut
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cup?’I was about again to revert
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aerial lace and glistening satin, g
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self-respecting to lavish the love
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hindering) her and the cook; learni
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vious evening; carpets were laid do
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being told this; but as I began to
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She was really hungry, so the chick
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‘Well, I observed to him that as
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knee.‘What is it, Adele?’‘Est
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splendid woman of her age: and so s
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see them together.You are not to su
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a steely point of agony: a pleasure
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coffee-cup in hand, and occasionall
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‘I will tell you in your private
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asked for.’‘I suppose, now,’
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‘Commands from Miss Ingram’s li
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visitors stay, I expect you to appe
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ter and the other gentlemen directe
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Seated on the carpet, by the side o
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coming to your complexion than that
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ness and truth were not in her. Too
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grimace—and it increased and grew
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Dent, and Mr. Eshton discussed poli
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her the eldest lady present.‘It a
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arrived in England, and that he cam
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amining sundry sheets of music. ‘
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lence.‘Well, Blanche?’ said Lor
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laughed, and the younger urged thei
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‘I don’t care about it, mother;
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‘No,’ she continued, ‘it is i
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changed a syllable with one of them
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complished lady; and probably she l
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or one flavour of remorse were dete
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‘Wonder and self-congratulation,
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looked once more firm and stern. He
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deed, whatever being uttered that f
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stay in this chill gallery any long
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I put my fingers into his. ‘Warm
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bursting out upon me.I must keep to
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individual—whom his word now suff
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‘I warned you,’ was his friend
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drawer of my toilet-table and take
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wind—good- bye, Dick.’‘Fairfa
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‘Is the danger you apprehended la
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in staying.’‘No, sir; I am cont
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and whispers to catch the suspended
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Chapter XXIPresentiments are strang
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‘I hope no one is dead,’ I said
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ter, Miss Ingram, the two Misses Es
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were very different: I could not be
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would justify me in asking favours
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the fire burnt clear. Bessie sat on
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powers, and less withering dread of
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tentions of the other—Eliza did n
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tion than a sort of ruth for her gr
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she did—I wish she had died!’
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Provided with a case of pencils, an
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she never once adverted either to h
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right to be born, for you make no u
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in matters of religion she was a ri
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I assured her we were alone.‘Well
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years you could be patient and quie
Page 367 and 368: Chapter XXIIMr. Rochester had given
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Page 377 and 378: Chapter XXIIIAsplendid Midsummer sh
Page 379 and 380: But no—eventide is as pleasant to
Page 381 and 382: ‘Yes.’‘Pity!’ he said, and
Page 383 and 384: ‘Not the voyage, but the distance
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Page 387 and 388: ‘And your will shall decide your
Page 389 and 390: His face was very much agitated and
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Page 403 and 404: She looked at me bewildered. ‘I c
Page 405 and 406: He was quite peremptory, both in lo
Page 407 and 408: ‘Adele, look at that field.’ We
Page 409 and 410: finite difficulty, for he was stubb
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Page 413 and 414: and entreated him, for the love of
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Page 417: the gulf too; and, moreover, mainta
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Page 425 and 426: ‘Take a seat and bear me company,
Page 427 and 428: ‘I was: I know that; and you hint
Page 429 and 430: to muffle a mournful under-sound; w
Page 431 and 432: try. I climbed the thin wall with f
Page 433 and 434: ‘Afterwards?’‘It drew aside t
Page 435 and 436: was real: and it is like her. I see
Page 437 and 438: Chapter XXVISophie came at seven to
Page 439 and 440: At the churchyard wicket he stopped
Page 441 and 442: with deep but low intonation. Prese
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Page 453 and 454: Chapter XXVIISome time in the after
Page 455 and 456: ‘Well, Jane! not a word of reproa
Page 457 and 458: I see you can say nothing in the fi
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Page 461 and 462: He recommenced his walk, but soon a
Page 463 and 464: face—which looks feverish?’‘I
Page 465 and 466: quaintance. He was certain his poss
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of twenty-six, I was hopeless.‘On
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and form what new tie you like. Tha
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devious through all its lands. My f
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weeks? Giacinta was unprincipled an
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home that night, Jane, though proba
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ification of making this novel and
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magnanimity at first, as I do now
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you.’‘You make me a liar by suc
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dwelling- place. And it is you, spi
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then, not a moon, but a white human
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one thought was to be given either
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Chapter XXVIIITwo days are passed.
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my tale could be listened to, or on
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in it and on it. I saw a lizard run
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into it. I felt sorely urged to wee
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in its thick shade to offer invitin
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could not be helped: an ordinary be
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which they were scarcely reclaimed,
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inmates retired to rest? I feared i
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first heard it, it was only like a
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and a’most as book-learned. She w
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inflexible servant clapped the door
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bread, dipped it in milk, and put i
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Chapter XXIXThe recollection of abo
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obstinate: but I trace lines of for
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mean money) does not make a beggar
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to tak’ care on ‘em but me. I
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They returned within the time Hanna
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deed, an English face comes so near
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Diana laughed. ‘Why, she can’t
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as any one of you three. Miserable
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small things, seek some more effici
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clung to this scene, I say, with a
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sloth be for the future I propose t
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life and scene which awaited them,
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crust among strangers, and the thir
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guessing some, he could not tell in
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the day approached for leaving thei
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ings: it appears he realised a fort
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in those of the best-born. My duty
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vale of Morton—I say LONELY, for
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thought I had made a mistake in ent
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regular and delicate lineaments; ey
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face unusually stern and square, as
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Chapter XXXIIIcontinued the labours
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sense of being in his arms, hearing
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without mystery or disguise: she wa
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after tea, he expressed in strong t
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amine my drawing. His tall figure s
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Oliver’s large fortune, he might
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I gazed at him in wonder.‘It is s
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before Miss Oliver, I do not pity m
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paper, I saw him dexterously tear a
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‘Any ill news?’ I demanded. ‘
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sooner than you expected?’‘I fe
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self—really it strikes me there a
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in its texture and its stains of ul
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or five thousand. This news actuall
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me what I wish to know.’‘Well,
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covery to a lonely wretch! This was
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equally between the nephew and thre
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er shall marry.’‘That is saying
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Chapter XXXIVIt was near Christmas
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quite understand your light-hearted
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made. I had previously taken a jour
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approve of others resting round him
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ency covered St. John’s taciturni
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‘they cannot have known each othe
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licitude, and encourage me to accom
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When he said ‘go,’ I went; ‘c
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ter day the post arrived and brough
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the glen, side by side with him.The
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I felt as if an awful charm was fra
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depths—the fear of being persuade
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interval between leaving England fo
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plicated interests, feelings, thoug
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gives a character of permanent conf
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‘It is what I want,’ he said, s
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Diana, ‘during your walk on the m
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just as usual, extract from every d
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not go to India?’‘You said I co
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Again he turned lividly pale; but,
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else—to what end? I wish he loved
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ably wretched. He would not want me
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wrestling with God, and resolved on
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Oh, that gentleness! how far more p
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powers were in play and in force. I
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misty moors in the direction of Whi
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It was a journey of six-and-thirty
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its angle: there was a gate just th
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drifted through that void arch, win
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‘She was kept in very close confi
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but he did it handsomely, for he se
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What agony was this! And the man se
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would far and farther: no sign of h
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darkness. He stretched his right ha
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nothing, he returned and sighed.‘
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‘There, sir—and there!‘I pres
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your mind to be about my hand and c
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and he lived in mine. Blind as he w
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out of your head; and then I think
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out of the wet and wild wood into s
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‘He talks little, sir: what he do
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ever come there to see you?’‘No
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it sounds so truthful. When I hear
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‘Which you shall make for me, Jan
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this moment fastened round my bronz
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whispering on the wind the words—
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CHAPTER XXXVIII—CONCLUSIONReader,
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has maintained a regular, though no
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full, most exquisite, even though s
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er’s hand will write to me next,
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