Page 239 (2/2)

call me by my name, Alice, as he used to do Now, can you tell me

whether it is actually true that Mr Rochester has asked you to

ht he cao, and said that in ato me," I replied

"He has! Do you believe him? Have you accepted him?"

"Yes"

She looked at ht it He is

a proud man: all the Rochesters were proud: and his father, at

least, liked money He, too, has always been called careful He

means to marry you?"

"He tells me so"

She surveyed my whole person: in her eyes I read that they had

there found no charma

"It passes me!" she continued; "but no doubt, it is true since you

say so Hoill answer, I cannot tell: I really don't know

Equality of position and fortune is often advisable in such cases;

and there are twenty years of difference in your ages He ht

almost be your father"