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"I will put her to soht I: "such absolute

i, Grace," I said "Has anything happened here? I

thought I heard the servants all talking together a while ago"

"Only ht; he fell asleep

with his candle lit, and the curtains got on fire; but, fortunately,

he awoke before the bed-clothes or the ork caught, and

contrived to quench the flames with the water in the ewer

"A strange affair!" I said, in a low voice: then, looking at her

fixedly--"Did Mr Rochester wake nobody? Did no one hear hiain raised her eyes to

of consciousness in their expression She seemed to examine me

warily; then she answered "The servants sleep so far off, you know, Miss, they would not be

likely to hear Mrs Fairfax's room and yours are the nearest to

: when people get