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"No, but I thought you would never come I could not bear to wait

in the house for you, especially with this rain and wind"

"Rain and wind, indeed! Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull

my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your

cheek and hand are burning hot I ask again, is there anything the

now; I am neither afraid nor unhappy"

"Then you have been both?"

"Rather: but I'll tell you all about it by-and-bye, sir; and I

daresay you will only laugh at h at you heartily when to-morrow is past; till then I dare

not: my prize is not certain This is you, who have been as

slippery as an eel this last er anywhere but I was pricked; and now I seeathered up a stray lamb in my arms You wandered out of

the fold to seek your shepherd, did you, Jane?"

"I wanted you: but don't boast Here we are at Thornfield: now

let et down"