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"Is there a little girl called Jane Eyre here?" she asked I

answered "Yes," and was then lifted out; my trunk was handed down,

and the coach instantly drove away

I was stiff with long sitting, and bewildered with the noise and

my faculties, I looked about me

Rain, wind, and darkness filled the air; nevertheless, I dih this door

I passed with uide: she shut and locked it behind her

There was now visible a house or houses--for the building spread

far--within so wet, and were ade into a room with a fire, where

she left ers over the blaze, then I looked

round; there was no candle, but the uncertain light from the hearth

showed, by intervals, papered walls, carpet, curtains, shining

any furniture: it was a parlour, not so spacious or splendid

as the drawing-roo to make out the subject of a picture on the wall, when the

door opened, and an individual carrying a light entered; another

followed close behind

The first was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes, and a pale and

large forehead; her figure was partly enveloped in a shawl, her

countenance was grave, her bearing erect

"The child is very young to be sent alone," said she, putting her

candle down on the table She considered me attentively for a