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last words of his succeeded in making the way, which hadseemed blocked up, comparatively clear. My work, whichhad appeared so vague, so hopelessly diffuse, condensed itselfas he proceeded, and assumed a definite form under hisshaping hand. He waited for an answer. I demanded a quarterof an hour to think, before I again hazarded a reply.‘Very willingly,’ he rejoined; and rising, he strode a littledistance up the pass, threw himself down on a swell ofheath, and there lay still.‘I CAN do what he wants me to do: I am forced to see andacknowledge that,’ I meditated,—‘that is, if life be sparedme. But I feel mine is not the existence to be long protractedunder an Indian sun. What then? He does not care forthat: when my time came to die, he would resign me, in allserenity and sanctity, to the God who gave me. The case isvery plain before me. In leaving England, I should leave aloved but empty land—Mr. Rochester is not there; and if hewere, what is, what can that ever be to me? My business isto live without him now: nothing so absurd, so weak as todrag on from day to day, as if I were waiting some impossiblechange in circumstances, which might reunite me tohim. Of course (as St. John once said) I must seek anotherinterest in life to replace the one lost: is not the occupationhe now offers me truly the most glorious man can adopt orGod assign? Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results,the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affectionsand demolished hopes? I believe I must say, Yes—andyet I shudder. Alas! If I join St. John, I abandon half myself:if I go to India, I go to premature death. And how will the616Jane Eyre
interval between leaving England for India, and India forthe grave, be filled? Oh, I know well! That, too, is very clearto my vision. By straining to satisfy St. John till my sinewsache, I SHALL satisfy him—to the finest central point andfarthest outward circle of his expectations. If I DO go withhim— if I DO make the sacrifice he urges, I will make itabsolutely: I will throw all on the altar—heart, vitals, theentire victim. He will never love me; but he shall approveme; I will show him energies he has not yet seen, resourceshe has never suspected. Yes, I can work as hard as he can,and with as little grudging.‘Consent, then, to his demand is possible: but for oneitem—one dreadful item. It is—that he asks me to be hiswife, and has no more of a husband’s heart for me than thatfrowning giant of a rock, down which the stream is foamingin yonder gorge. He prizes me as a soldier would a goodweapon; and that is all. Unmarried to him, this would nevergrieve me; but can I let him complete his calculations—coolly put into practice his plans—go through the weddingceremony? Can I receive from him the bridal ring, endureall the forms of love (which I doubt not he would scrupulouslyobserve) and know that the spirit was quite absent?Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment hebestows is a sacrifice made on principle? No: such a martyrdomwould be monstrous. I will never undergo it. As hissister, I might accompany him—not as his wife: I will tellhim so.’I looked towards the knoll: there he lay, still as a prostratecolumn; his face turned to me: his eye beaming watchfulFree eBooks at Planet eBook.com617
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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
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Chapter XXIIMr. Rochester had given
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and so it suits you, I don’t much
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care, did I slip away from the Geor
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and on foot? Yes—just one of your
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‘Thank you, Mr. Rochester, for yo
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Chapter XXIIIAsplendid Midsummer sh
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But no—eventide is as pleasant to
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‘Yes.’‘Pity!’ he said, and
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‘Not the voyage, but the distance
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live, rise, and reign at last: yes,
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‘And your will shall decide your
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His face was very much agitated and
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‘Hasten to take off your wet thin
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cawed, and blither birds sang; but
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‘No, no, sir! think of other subj
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‘Yet are you not capricious, sir?
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estate? Do you think I am a Jew-usu
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afraid your principles on some poin
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She looked at me bewildered. ‘I c
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He was quite peremptory, both in lo
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‘Adele, look at that field.’ We
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finite difficulty, for he was stubb
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ercion, your first act, when releas
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and entreated him, for the love of
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I care not in this moment sweet,Tho
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the gulf too; and, moreover, mainta
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Chapter XXVThe month of courtship h
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once in an hour; so continuous was
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away. I lingered; the moon shut her
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‘Take a seat and bear me company,
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‘I was: I know that; and you hint
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to muffle a mournful under-sound; w
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try. I climbed the thin wall with f
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‘Afterwards?’‘It drew aside t
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was real: and it is like her. I see
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Chapter XXVISophie came at seven to
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At the churchyard wicket he stopped
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with deep but low intonation. Prese
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‘I will produce him first—he is
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teen years ago,—Bertha Mason by n
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the boiling mess carefully on to th
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tween yourself and Mr. Rochester, M
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day were pathless with untrodden sn
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Chapter XXVIISome time in the after
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‘Well, Jane! not a word of reproa
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I see you can say nothing in the fi
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bite their flesh from their bones,
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He recommenced his walk, but soon a
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face—which looks feverish?’‘I
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quaintance. He was certain his poss
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I restrained myself: I eschewed upb
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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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Page 567 and 568: Oliver’s large fortune, he might
Page 569 and 570: I gazed at him in wonder.‘It is s
Page 571 and 572: before Miss Oliver, I do not pity m
Page 573 and 574: paper, I saw him dexterously tear a
Page 575 and 576: ‘Any ill news?’ I demanded. ‘
Page 577 and 578: sooner than you expected?’‘I fe
Page 579 and 580: self—really it strikes me there a
Page 581 and 582: in its texture and its stains of ul
Page 583 and 584: or five thousand. This news actuall
Page 585 and 586: me what I wish to know.’‘Well,
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Page 593 and 594: Chapter XXXIVIt was near Christmas
Page 595 and 596: quite understand your light-hearted
Page 597 and 598: made. I had previously taken a jour
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Page 601 and 602: ency covered St. John’s taciturni
Page 603 and 604: ‘they cannot have known each othe
Page 605 and 606: licitude, and encourage me to accom
Page 607 and 608: When he said ‘go,’ I went; ‘c
Page 609 and 610: ter day the post arrived and brough
Page 611 and 612: the glen, side by side with him.The
Page 613 and 614: I felt as if an awful charm was fra
Page 615: depths—the fear of being persuade
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Page 621 and 622: gives a character of permanent conf
Page 623 and 624: ‘It is what I want,’ he said, s
Page 625 and 626: Diana, ‘during your walk on the m
Page 627 and 628: just as usual, extract from every d
Page 629 and 630: not go to India?’‘You said I co
Page 631 and 632: Again he turned lividly pale; but,
Page 633 and 634: else—to what end? I wish he loved
Page 635 and 636: ably wretched. He would not want me
Page 637 and 638: wrestling with God, and resolved on
Page 639 and 640: Oh, that gentleness! how far more p
Page 641 and 642: powers were in play and in force. I
Page 643 and 644: misty moors in the direction of Whi
Page 645 and 646: It was a journey of six-and-thirty
Page 647 and 648: its angle: there was a gate just th
Page 649 and 650: drifted through that void arch, win
Page 651 and 652: ‘She was kept in very close confi
Page 653 and 654: but he did it handsomely, for he se
Page 655 and 656: What agony was this! And the man se
Page 657 and 658: would far and farther: no sign of h
Page 659 and 660: darkness. He stretched his right ha
Page 661 and 662: nothing, he returned and sighed.‘
Page 663 and 664: ‘There, sir—and there!‘I pres
Page 665 and 666: 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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