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"She was greatly admired, of course?"

"Yes, indeed: and not only for her beauty, but for her

accoentle a duet"

"Mr Rochester? I was not aware he could sing"

"Oh! he has a fine bass voice, and an excellent taste for ram: what sort of a voice had she?"

"A very rich and powerful one: she sang delightfully; it was a

treat to listen to her;--and she played afterwards I ae

of music, but Mr Rochester is; and I heard hiood"

"And this beautiful and accomplished lady, she is not yet married?"

"It appears not: I fancy neither she nor her sister have very large

fortunes Old Lord Ingram's estates were chiefly entailed, and the

eldest son ca alentleman has taken a fancy to

her: Mr Rochester, for instance He is rich, is he not?"

"Oh! yes But you see there is a considerable difference in age:

Mr Rochester is nearly forty; she is but twenty-five"

"What of that? More unequal matches are made every day"