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"And what a sweet-tempered forehead he has!" cried Louisa,--"so

sularities I dislike so reat relief, Mr Henry Lynn summoned them to the

other side of the room, to settle some point about the deferred

excursion to Hay Coroup by the fire,

and I presently gathered that the new-comer was called Mr Mason;

then I learned that he was but just arrived in England, and that he

came from some hot country: which was the reason, doubtless, his

face was so sallow, and that he sat so near the hearth, and wore a

surtout in the house Presently the words Jaston,

Spanish Town, indicated the West Indies as his residence; and it was

with no little surprise I gathered, ere long, that he had there

first seen and become acquainted with Mr Rochester He spoke of

his friend's dislike of the burning heats, the hurricanes, and rainy

seasons of that region I knew Mr Rochester had been a traveller:

Mrs Fairfax had said so; but I thought the continent of Europe had

bounded his wanderings; till now I had never heard a hint given of

visits to s, when an incident, and a sos Mr Mason,