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I saas going to marry her, for family, perhaps political

reasons, because her rank and connections suited hiiven her his love, and that her qualifications were ill adapted

to win from him that treasure This was the point--this here

the nerve was touched and teased--this here the fever was

sustained and fed: SHE COULD NOT CHARM HIM

If she had ed the victory at once, and he had yielded and

sincerely laid his heart at her feet, I should have covered uratively) have died to theood and noble woman, endoith force, fervour,

kindness, sense, I should have had one vital struggle with two

tigers--jealousy and despair: then, my heart torn out and devoured,

I should have aded her excellence, and been

quiet for the rest of my days: and the more absolute her

superiority, the deeper would have been my admiration--the more

truly tranquil my quiescence But as ra Mr Rochester, to witness their

repeated failure--herself unconscious that they did fail; vainly

fancying that each shaft launched hit theherself on success, when her pride and self-complacency

repelled further and further what she wished to allure--to witness

THIS, was to be at once under ceaseless excitation and ruthless