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and who or what she was it was difficult to conjecture They said

Mr Edward had brought her from abroad, and so happened a year since--a very

queer thing"

I feared now to hear my own story I endeavoured to recall him to

the main fact

"And this lady?"

"This lady, ma'am," he answered, "turned out to be Mr Rochester's

wife! The discovery was brought about in the strangest way There

was a young lady, a governess at the Hall, that Mr Rochester fell

in--"

"But the fire," I suggested

"I' to that, ma'am--that Mr Edward fell in love with The

servants say they never saw anybody so much in love as he was: he

was after her continually They used to watch him--servants will,

you know, : for all,

nobody but hi, they say, almost like a child I never saw her myself; but

I've heard Leah, the house-h Mr Rochester was about forty, and this governess not

twenty; and you see, when gentleirls, they are often like as if they were bewitched Well, he

would marry her"