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I retired as directed

"Was anybody stirring belohen you went down, Jane?" inquired Mr

Rochester presently

"No, sir; all was very still"

"We shall get you off cannily, Dick: and it will be better, both

for your sake, and for that of the poor creature in yonder I have

striven long to avoid exposure, and I should not like it to come at

last Here, Carter, help him on with his waist-coat Where did you

leave your furred cloak? You can't travel a mile without that, I

know, in this damned cold climate In your room?--Jane, run down to

Mr Mason's room,--the one next ain I ran, and again returned, bearing an ied with fur

"Now, I've another errand for you," said ain What aer would never do at this juncture

You must open the middle drawer of lass you will find there,--quick!"

I flew thither and back, bringing the desired vessels

"That's well! Now, doctor, I shall take the liberty of

adot this

cordial at Rome, of an Italian charlatan--a fellow you would have

kicked, Carter It is not a thing to be used indiscriood upon occasion: as now, for instance Jane, a little

water"

He held out the tiny glass, and I half filled it from the water-

bottle on the washstand