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"Briggs is in London I should doubt his knowing anything at all

about Mr Rochester; it is not in Mr Rochester he is interested

Meanti trifles: you do

not inquire why Mr Briggs sought after you--what he wanted with

you"

"Well, what did he want?"

"Merely to tell you that your uncle, Mr Eyre of Madeira, is dead;

that he has left you all his property, and that you are now rich--

more"

"I!--rich?"

"Yes, you, rich--quite an heiress"

Silence succeeded

"You must prove your identity of course," resumed St John

presently: "a step which will offer no difficulties; you can then

enter on ilish funds; Briggs has the will and the necessary docu, reader, to be

lifted in a ; but

not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once

And then there are other chances in life far : THIS is solid, an affair of the actual world,