Chapter XV

           Mr.Rochesterdid,onafutureoccasion,explainit. Itwasoneafternoon,whenhechancedtomeetmeandAdeleinthegrounds:andwhilesheplayedwithPilotandhershuttlecock,heaskedmetowalkupanddownalongbeechavenuewithinsightofher. 

           HethensaidthatshewasthedaughterofaFrenchopera-dancer,CelineVarens,towardswhomhehadoncecherishedwhathecalleda"grandepassion." ThispassionCelinehadprofessedtoreturnwithevensuperiorardour. Hethoughthimselfheridol,uglyashewas:hebelieved,ashesaid,thatshepreferredhis"tailled’athlete"totheeleganceoftheApolloBelvidere. 

           "And,MissEyre,somuchwasIflatteredbythispreferenceoftheGallicsylphforherBritishgnome,thatIinstalledherinanhotel;gaveheracompleteestablishmentofservants,acarriage,cashmeres,diamonds,dentelles,etc. Inshort,Ibegantheprocessofruiningmyselfinthereceivedstyle,likeanyotherspoony. Ihadnot,itseems,theoriginalitytochalkoutanewroadtoshameanddestruction,buttrodetheoldtrackwithstupidexactnessnottodeviateaninchfromthebeatencentre. IhadasIdeservedtohavethefateofallotherspoonies. HappeningtocalloneeveningwhenCelinedidnotexpectme,Ifoundherout; butitwasawarmnight,andIwastiredwithstrollingthroughParis,soIsatdowninherboudoir; happytobreathetheairconsecratedsolatelybyherpresence. 

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