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"I shall be glad so to do, sir, if you, in your turn, will promise

that I and Adele shall be both safe out of the house before your

bride enters it"

"Very well! very well! I'll pledge o to-

morrow, then?"

"Yes, sir; early"

"Shall you co-room after dinner?"

"No, sir, I must prepare for the journey"

"Then you and I ood-bye for a little while?"

"I suppose so, sir"

"And how do people perfor, Jane? Teach

me; I'm not quite up to it"

"They say, Farewell, or any other form they prefer"

"Then say it"

"Farewell, Mr Rochester, for the present"

"What must I say?"

"The same, if you like, sir"

"Farewell, Miss Eyre, for the present; is that all?"

"Yes?"

"It seey, toelse: a little addition to the rite If one shook

hands, for instance; but no--that would not content me either So