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"

My

daughter

,

flee

temptation

.

"

"

Mother

,

I

will

.

"

So

I

answered

after

I

had

waked

from

the

trance-like

dream

.

It

was

yet

night

,

but

July

nights

are

short

:

soon

after

midnight

,

dawn

comes

.

"

It

can

not

be

too

early

to

commence

the

task

I

have

to

fulfil

,

"

thought

I.

I

rose

:

I

was

dressed

;

for

I

had

taken

off

nothing

but

my

shoes

.

I

knew

where

to

find

in

my

drawers

some

linen

,

a

locket

,

a

ring

.

In

seeking

these

articles

,

I

encountered

the

beads

of

a

pearl

necklace

Mr.

Rochester

had

forced

me

to

accept

a

few

days

ago

.

I

left

that

;

it

was

not

mine

:

it

was

the

visionary

bride

's

who

had

melted

in

air

.

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The

other

articles

I

made

up

in

a

parcel

;

my

purse

,

containing

twenty

shillings

(

it

was

all

I

had

)

,

I

put

in

my

pocket

:

I

tied

on

my

straw

bonnet

,

pinned

my

shawl

,

took

the

parcel

and

my

slippers

,

which

I

would

not

put

on

yet

,

and

stole

from

my

room

.

"

Farewell

,

kind

Mrs.

Fairfax

!

"

I

whispered

,

as

I

glided

past

her

door

.

"

Farewell

,

my

darling

Adele

!

"

I

said

,

as

I

glanced

towards

the

nursery

.

No

thought

could

be

admitted

of

entering

to

embrace

her

.

I

had

to

deceive

a

fine

ear

:

for

aught

I

knew

it

might

now

be

listening

.

I

would

have

got

past

Mr.

Rochester

's

chamber

without

a

pause

;

but

my

heart

momentarily

stopping

its

beat

at

that

threshold

,

my

foot

was

forced

to

stop

also

.

No

sleep

was

there

:

the

inmate

was

walking

restlessly

from

wall

to

wall

;

and

again

and

again

he

sighed

while

I

listened

.

There

was

a

heaven

--

a

temporary

heaven

--

in

this

room

for

me

,

if

I

chose

:

I

had

but

to

go

in

and

to

say

--

"

Mr.

Rochester

,

I

will

love

you

and

live

with

you

through

life

till

death

,

"

and

a

fount

of

rapture

would

spring

to

my

lips

.

I

thought

of

this

.

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That

kind

master

,

who

could

not

sleep

now

,

was

waiting

with

impatience

for

day

.

He

would

send

for

me

in

the

morning

;

I

should

be

gone

.

He

would

have

me

sought

for

:

vainly

.

He

would

feel

himself

forsaken

;

his

love

rejected

:

he

would

suffer

;

perhaps

grow

desperate

.

I

thought

of

this

too

.

My

hand

moved

towards

the

lock

:

I

caught

it

back

,

and

glided

on

.

Drearily

I

wound

my

way

downstairs

:

I

knew

what

I

had

to

do

,

and

I

did

it

mechanically

.

I

sought

the

key

of

the

side-door

in

the

kitchen

;

I

sought

,

too

,

a

phial

of

oil

and

a

feather

;

I

oiled

the

key

and

the

lock

.

I

got

some

water

,

I

got

some

bread

:

for

perhaps

I

should

have

to

walk

far

;

and

my

strength

,

sorely

shaken

of

late

,

must

not

break

down

.

All

this

I

did

without

one

sound

.

I

opened

the

door

,

passed

out

,

shut

it

softly

.

Dim

dawn

glimmered

in

the

yard

.

The

great

gates

were

closed

and

locked

;

but

a

wicket

in

one

of

them

was

only

latched

.

Through

that

I

departed

:

it

,

too

,

I

shut

;

and

now

I

was

out

of

Thornfield

.

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