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"
Is
there
only
one
?
"
I
demanded
.
"
There
are
no
more
,
"
said
she
;
and
I
put
it
in
my
pocket
and
turned
my
face
homeward
:
I
could
not
open
it
then
;
rules
obliged
me
to
be
back
by
eight
,
and
it
was
already
half-past
seven
.
Various
duties
awaited
me
on
my
arrival
.
I
had
to
sit
with
the
girls
during
their
hour
of
study
;
then
it
was
my
turn
to
read
prayers
;
to
see
them
to
bed
;
afterwards
I
supped
with
the
other
teachers
.
Even
when
we
finally
retired
for
the
night
,
the
inevitable
Miss
Gryce
was
still
my
companion
:
we
had
only
a
short
end
of
candle
in
our
candlestick
,
and
I
dreaded
lest
she
should
talk
till
it
was
all
burnt
out
;
fortunately
,
however
,
the
heavy
supper
she
had
eaten
produced
a
soporific
effect
:
she
was
already
snoring
before
I
had
finished
undressing
.
There
still
remained
an
inch
of
candle
:
I
now
took
out
my
letter
;
the
seal
was
an
initial
F.
;
I
broke
it
;
the
contents
were
brief
.
"
If
J.
E.
,
who
advertised
in
the
--
shire
Herald
of
last
Thursday
,
possesses
the
acquirements
mentioned
,
and
if
she
is
in
a
position
to
give
satisfactory
references
as
to
character
and
competency
,
a
situation
can
be
offered
her
where
there
is
but
one
pupil
,
a
little
girl
,
under
ten
years
of
age
;
and
where
the
salary
is
thirty
pounds
per
annum
.
J.
E.
is
requested
to
send
references
,
name
,
address
,
and
all
particulars
to
the
direction
:
-
"
Mrs.
Fairfax
,
Thornfield
,
near
Millcote
,
--
shire
.
"
I
examined
the
document
long
:
the
writing
was
old-fashioned
and
rather
uncertain
,
like
that
of
an
elderly
lady
.
This
circumstance
was
satisfactory
:
a
private
fear
had
haunted
me
,
that
in
thus
acting
for
myself
,
and
by
my
own
guidance
,
I
ran
the
risk
of
getting
into
some
scrape
;
and
,
above
all
things
,
I
wished
the
result
of
my
endeavours
to
be
respectable
,
proper
,
en
regle
.
I
now
felt
that
an
elderly
lady
was
no
bad
ingredient
in
the
business
I
had
on
hand
.
Mrs.
Fairfax
!
I
saw
her
in
a
black
gown
and
widow
's
cap
;
frigid
,
perhaps
,
but
not
uncivil
:
a
model
of
elderly
English
respectability
.
Thornfield
!
that
,
doubtless
,
was
the
name
of
her
house
:
a
neat
orderly
spot
,
I
was
sure
;
though
I
failed
in
my
efforts
to
conceive
a
correct
plan
of
the
premises
.
Millcote
,
--
shire
;
I
brushed
up
my
recollections
of
the
map
of
England
,
yes
,
I
saw
it
;
both
the
shire
and
the
town
.
--
shire
was
seventy
miles
nearer
London
than
the
remote
county
where
I
now
resided
:
that
was
a
recommendation
to
me
.
I
longed
to
go
where
there
was
life
and
movement
:
Millcote
was
a
large
manufacturing
town
on
the
banks
of
the
A
-
;
a
busy
place
enough
,
doubtless
:
so
much
the
better
;
it
would
be
a
complete
change
at
least
.
Not
that
my
fancy
was
much
captivated
by
the
idea
of
long
chimneys
and
clouds
of
smoke
--
"
but
,
"
I
argued
,
"
Thornfield
will
,
probably
,
be
a
good
way
from
the
town
.
"
Here
the
socket
of
the
candle
dropped
,
and
the
wick
went
out
.
Next
day
new
steps
were
to
be
taken
;
my
plans
could
no
longer
be
confined
to
my
own
breast
;
I
must
impart
them
in
order
to
achieve
their
success
.
Having
sought
and
obtained
an
audience
of
the
superintendent
during
the
noontide
recreation
,
I
told
her
I
had
a
prospect
of
getting
a
new
situation
where
the
salary
would
be
double
what
I
now
received
(
for
at
Lowood
I
only
got
15
pounds
per
annum
)
;
and
requested
she
would
break
the
matter
for
me
to
Mr.
Brocklehurst
,
or
some
of
the
committee
,
and
ascertain
whether
they
would
permit
me
to
mention
them
as
references
.
She
obligingly
consented
to
act
as
mediatrix
in
the
matter
.
The
next
day
she
laid
the
affair
before
Mr.
Brocklehurst
,
who
said
that
Mrs.
Reed
must
be
written
to
,
as
she
was
my
natural
guardian
.
A
note
was
accordingly
addressed
to
that
lady
,
who
returned
for
answer
,
that
"
I
might
do
as
I
pleased
:
she
had
long
relinquished
all
interference
in
my
affairs
.
"
This
note
went
the
round
of
the
committee
,
and
at
last
,
after
what
appeared
to
me
most
tedious
delay
,
formal
leave
was
given
me
to
better
my
condition
if
I
could
;
and
an
assurance
added
,
that
as
I
had
always
conducted
myself
well
,
both
as
teacher
and
pupil
,
at
Lowood
,
a
testimonial
of
character
and
capacity
,
signed
by
the
inspectors
of
that
institution
,
should
forthwith
be
furnished
me
.
