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"I will e you a beauty, too," he went on,

while I really became uneasy at the strain he had adopted, because I

felt he was either deluding hi to delude me "I will

attire my Jane in satin and lace, and she shall have roses in her

hair; and I will cover the head I love best with a priceless veil"

"And then you won't know er, but an ape in a harlequin's jacket--a jay in borrowed

plumes I would as soon see you, Mr Rochester, tricked out in

stage-trappings, as myself clad in a court-lady's robe; and I don't

call you handsoh I love you most dearly: far too

dearly to flatter you Don't flattermy deprecation

"This very day I shall take you in the carriage to Millcote, and you

must choose some dresses for yourself I told you we shall be

is to take place quietly, in the

church down below yonder; and then I shall waft you away at once to

town After a brief stay there, I shall bear ions

nearer the sun: to French vineyards and Italian plains; and she

shall see whatever is famous in old story and in modern record: she

shall taste, too, of the life of cities; and she shall learn to