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The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence;

just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to

entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor But I would not be

lachrymose: I dashed off the salt drops, and busiedwas spent in the open air I led him out of the

wet and ood into soreen they were; how the flowers and hedges looked

refreshed; how sparklingly blue was the sky I sought a seat for

him in a hidden and lovely spot, a dry stump of a tree; nor did I

refuse to let him, when seated, place me on his knee Why should I,

when both he and I were happier near than apart? Pilot lay beside

us: all was quiet He broke out suddenly while clasping me in his

arms "Cruel, cruel deserter! Oh, Jane, what did I feel when I discovered

you had fled from Thornfield, and when I could nowhere find you;

and, after exa your apart which could serve as an equivalent! A pearl

necklace I had given you lay untouched in its little casket; your

trunks were left corded and locked as they had been prepared for the

bridal tour What coulddo, I asked, left destitute and