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For several subsequent days I saw little of Mr Rochester In the

ed with business, and, in the

afternoon, gentlehbourhood called, and

sometih

to adood deal; probably to

return these visits, as he generally did not co this interval, even Adele was seldom sent for to his

presence, and all my acquaintance with him was confined to an

occasional rencontre in the hall, on the stairs, or in the gallery,

when he would so lance, and

soes

ofto do

with their alternation; the ebb and flow depended on causes quite

disconnected with me

One day he had had company to dinner, and had sent for my portfolio;

in order, doubtless, to exhibit its contents: the gentle at Millcote, as Mrs Fairfax

infor wet and inclement, Mr Rochester

did not acco the bell:

a o downstairs I brushed

Adele's hair andascertained that I was