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"

I

am

hot

,

Adele

,

with

stooping

!

"

She

went

on

sketching

;

I

went

on

thinking

.

I

hastened

to

drive

from

my

mind

the

hateful

notion

I

had

been

conceiving

respecting

Grace

Poole

;

it

disgusted

me

.

I

compared

myself

with

her

,

and

found

we

were

different

.

Bessie

Leaven

had

said

I

was

quite

a

lady

;

and

she

spoke

truth

--

I

was

a

lady

.

And

now

I

looked

much

better

than

I

did

when

Bessie

saw

me

;

I

had

more

colour

and

more

flesh

,

more

life

,

more

vivacity

,

because

I

had

brighter

hopes

and

keener

enjoyments

.

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"

Evening

approaches

,

"

said

I

,

as

I

looked

towards

the

window

.

"

I

have

never

heard

Mr.

Rochester

's

voice

or

step

in

the

house

to-day

;

but

surely

I

shall

see

him

before

night

:

I

feared

the

meeting

in

the

morning

;

now

I

desire

it

,

because

expectation

has

been

so

long

baffled

that

it

is

grown

impatient

.

"

When

dusk

actually

closed

,

and

when

Adele

left

me

to

go

and

play

in

the

nursery

with

Sophie

,

I

did

most

keenly

desire

it

.

I

listened

for

the

bell

to

ring

below

;

I

listened

for

Leah

coming

up

with

a

message

;

I

fancied

sometimes

I

heard

Mr.

Rochester

's

own

tread

,

and

I

turned

to

the

door

,

expecting

it

to

open

and

admit

him

.

The

door

remained

shut

;

darkness

only

came

in

through

the

window

.

Still

it

was

not

late

;

he

often

sent

for

me

at

seven

and

eight

o'clock

,

and

it

was

yet

but

six

.

Surely

I

should

not

be

wholly

disappointed

to-night

,

when

I

had

so

many

things

to

say

to

him

!

I

wanted

again

to

introduce

the

subject

of

Grace

Poole

,

and

to

hear

what

he

would

answer

;

I

wanted

to

ask

him

plainly

if

he

really

believed

it

was

she

who

had

made

last

night

's

hideous

attempt

;

and

if

so

,

why

he

kept

her

wickedness

a

secret

.

It

little

mattered

whether

my

curiosity

irritated

him

;

I

knew

the

pleasure

of

vexing

and

soothing

him

by

turns

;

it

was

one

I

chiefly

delighted

in

,

and

a

sure

instinct

always

prevented

me

from

going

too

far

;

beyond

the

verge

of

provocation

I

never

ventured

;

on

the

extreme

brink

I

liked

well

to

try

my

skill

.

Retaining

every

minute

form

of

respect

,

every

propriety

of

my

station

,

I

could

still

meet

him

in

argument

without

fear

or

uneasy

restraint

;

this

suited

both

him

and

me

.

A

tread

creaked

on

the

stairs

at

last

.

Leah

made

her

appearance

;

but

it

was

only

to

intimate

that

tea

was

ready

in

Mrs.

Fairfax

's

room

.

Thither

I

repaired

,

glad

at

least

to

go

downstairs

;

for

that

brought

me

,

I

imagined

,

nearer

to

Mr.

Rochester

's

presence

.

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"

You

must

want

your

tea

,

"

said

the

good

lady

,

as

I

joined

her

;

"

you

ate

so

little

at

dinner

.

I

am

afraid

,

"

she

continued

,

"

you

are

not

well

to-day

:

you

look

flushed

and

feverish

.

"

"

Oh

,

quite

well

!

I

never

felt

better

.

"

"

Then

you

must

prove

it

by

evincing

a

good

appetite

;

will

you

fill

the

teapot

while

I

knit

off

this

needle

?

"

Having

completed

her

task

,

she

rose

to

draw

down

the

blind

,

which

she

had

hitherto

kept

up

,

by

way

,

I

suppose

,

of

making

the

most

of

daylight

,

though

dusk

was

now

fast

deepening

into

total

obscurity

.

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