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The
party
were
expected
to
arrive
on
Thursday
afternoon
,
in
time
for
dinner
at
six
.
During
the
intervening
period
I
had
no
time
to
nurse
chimeras
;
and
I
believe
I
was
as
active
and
gay
as
anybody
--
Adele
excepted
.
Still
,
now
and
then
,
I
received
a
damping
check
to
my
cheerfulness
;
and
was
,
in
spite
of
myself
,
thrown
back
on
the
region
of
doubts
and
portents
,
and
dark
conjectures
.
This
was
when
I
chanced
to
see
the
third-storey
staircase
door
(
which
of
late
had
always
been
kept
locked
)
open
slowly
,
and
give
passage
to
the
form
of
Grace
Poole
,
in
prim
cap
,
white
apron
,
and
handkerchief
;
when
I
watched
her
glide
along
the
gallery
,
her
quiet
tread
muffled
in
a
list
slipper
;
when
I
saw
her
look
into
the
bustling
,
topsy-turvy
bedrooms
,
--
just
say
a
word
,
perhaps
,
to
the
charwoman
about
the
proper
way
to
polish
a
grate
,
or
clean
a
marble
mantelpiece
,
or
take
stains
from
papered
walls
,
and
then
pass
on
.
She
would
thus
descend
to
the
kitchen
once
a
day
,
eat
her
dinner
,
smoke
a
moderate
pipe
on
the
hearth
,
and
go
back
,
carrying
her
pot
of
porter
with
her
,
for
her
private
solace
,
in
her
own
gloomy
,
upper
haunt
.
Only
one
hour
in
the
twenty-four
did
she
pass
with
her
fellow-servants
below
;
all
the
rest
of
her
time
was
spent
in
some
low-ceiled
,
oaken
chamber
of
the
second
storey
:
there
she
sat
and
sewed
--
and
probably
laughed
drearily
to
herself
,
--
as
companionless
as
a
prisoner
in
his
dungeon
.
The
strangest
thing
of
all
was
,
that
not
a
soul
in
the
house
,
except
me
,
noticed
her
habits
,
or
seemed
to
marvel
at
them
:
no
one
discussed
her
position
or
employment
;
no
one
pitied
her
solitude
or
isolation
.
I
once
,
indeed
,
overheard
part
of
a
dialogue
between
Leah
and
one
of
the
charwomen
,
of
which
Grace
formed
the
subject
.
Leah
had
been
saying
something
I
had
not
caught
,
and
the
charwoman
remarked
--
"
She
gets
good
wages
,
I
guess
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
Leah
;
"
I
wish
I
had
as
good
;
not
that
mine
are
to
complain
of
,
--
there
's
no
stinginess
at
Thornfield
;
but
they
'
re
not
one
fifth
of
the
sum
Mrs.
Poole
receives
.
And
she
is
laying
by
:
she
goes
every
quarter
to
the
bank
at
Millcote
.
I
should
not
wonder
but
she
has
saved
enough
to
keep
her
independent
if
she
liked
to
leave
;
but
I
suppose
she
's
got
used
to
the
place
;
and
then
she
's
not
forty
yet
,
and
strong
and
able
for
anything
.
It
is
too
soon
for
her
to
give
up
business
.
"
"
She
is
a
good
hand
,
I
daresay
,
"
said
the
charwoman
.
"
Ah
!
--
she
understands
what
she
has
to
do
,
--
nobody
better
,
"
rejoined
Leah
significantly
;
"
and
it
is
not
every
one
could
fill
her
shoes
--
not
for
all
the
money
she
gets
.
"
"
That
it
is
not
!
"
was
the
reply
.
"
I
wonder
whether
the
master
--
"
The
charwoman
was
going
on
;
but
here
Leah
turned
and
perceived
me
,
and
she
instantly
gave
her
companion
a
nudge
.
