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"No," I heard her say: "she looks too stupid for any ga a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up Within the arch,

the bulky figure of Sir George Lynn, whom Mr Rochester had likewise

chosen, was seen enveloped in a white sheet: before hie book; and at his side stood A a book in her hand

So the bell merrily; then Adele (who had

insisted on being one of her guardian's party), bounded forward,

scattering round her the contents of a basket of flowers she carried

on her arra veil on her head, and a wreath of roses round

her brow; by her side walked Mr Rochester, and together they drew

near the table They knelt; while Mrs Dent and Louisa Eshton,

dressed also in white, took up their stations behind them A

cerenise

the pantoe At its termination, Colonel Dent and

his party consulted in whispers for two minutes, then the Colonel

called out "Bride!" Mr Rochester bowed, and the curtain fell

A considerable interval elapsed before it again rose Its second

rising displayed a -room, as I have before observed, was raised two steps