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"She had better not wait till then, Jane," said Mr Rochester, when

I read her letter to him; "if she does, she will be too late, for

our honey: its bearave or mine"

How St John received the news, I don't know: he never answered the

letter in which I communicated it: yet sixMr Rochester's nae His letter was then calh very serious,

kind He has h not frequent,

correspondence ever since: he hopes I am happy, and trusts I am not

of those who live without God in the world, and only otten little Adele, have you, reader? I had

not; I soon asked and obtained leave of Mr Rochester, to go and see

her at the school where he had placed her Her frantic joy at

beholding ain moved me much She looked pale and thin: she

said she was not happy I found the rules of the establishment were

too strict, its course of study too severe for a child of her age:

I took her hooverness once more,

but I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares were now

required by another--ht out a

school conducted on a h to

per her ho that could contribute

to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode, becaress in her studies As she grew up,