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The

nu off the day that advanced--the

bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival were co more to do: there werethe wall of my little chamber;

to-morrow, at this time, they would be far on their road to London:

and so should I (DV),--or rather, not I, but one Jane Rochester, a

person whom as yet I knew not The cards of address alone remained

to nail on: they lay, four little squares, in the drawer Mr

Rochester had himself written the direction, "Mrs Rochester,--

Hotel, London," on each: I could not persuade myself to affix them,

or to have them affixed Mrs Rochester! She did not exist: she

would not be born till to-ht o'clock

am; and I would wait to be assured she had coned to her all that property It was enough

that in yonder closet, opposite arments said to

be hers had already displaced my black stuff Lowood frock and straw

bonnet: for not toraiment; the

pearl-coloured robe, the vapoury veil pendent from the usurped

porte, wraith-like