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He did not leave the stile, and I hardly liked to ask to go by I

inquired soon if he had not been to London

"Yes; I suppose you found that out by second-sight"

"Mrs Fairfax told me in a letter"

"And did she inform you what I went to do?"

"Oh, yes, sir! Everybody knew your errand"

"You e, Jane, and tell me if you don't think it

will suit Mrs Rochester exactly; and whether she won't look like

Queen Boadicea, leaning back against those purple cushions I wish,

Jane, I were a trifle better adapted to match with her externally

Tell iveof that sort, to ic, sir;" and, in thought, I

added, "A loving eye is all the charh; or rather your sternness has a power beyond

beauty"

Mr Rochester had sohts with an acumen

to me incomprehensible: in the present instance he took no notice