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"I do indeed, sir"

"Then you are

about the sort of love of which I am capable Every atom of your

flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would

still be dear Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken, it

would be my treasure still: if you raved, my arrasp, even in fury, would

have a charm for me: if you flew at me as wildly as that woman did

this , I should receive you in an embrace, at least as fond

as it would be restrictive I should not shrink froust as I did from her: in your quiet moments you should have no

watcher and no nurse but

tenderness, though you gaveinto your eyes, though they had no longer a ray of

recognition forof re you from Thornfield All, you know, is prepared

for proo I only ask you to

endure one ht under this roof, Jane; and then, farewell to

its miseries and terrors for ever! I have a place to repair to,

which will be a secure sanctuary from hateful reminiscences, from

unwelcome intrusion--even from falsehood and slander"