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Chapter XVII

           Thehalllampwasnowlit,anditamusedhertolookoverthebalustradeandwatchtheservantspassingbackwardsandforwards. Whentheeveningwasfaradvanced,asoundofmusicissuedfromthedrawing-room,whitherthepianohadbeenremoved; AdeleandIsatdownonthetopstepofthestairstolisten. Presentlyavoiceblentwiththerichtonesoftheinstrument;itwasaladywhosang,andverysweethernoteswere. Thesoloover,aduetfollowed,andthenaglee:ajoyousconversationalmurmurfilleduptheintervals. Ilistenedlong:suddenlyIdiscoveredthatmyearwaswhollyintentonanalysingthemingledsounds,andtryingtodiscriminateamidsttheconfusionofaccentsthoseofMr.Rochester; andwhenitcaughtthem,whichitsoondid,itfoundafurthertaskinframingthetones,renderedbydistanceinarticulate,intowords. 

           Theclockstruckeleven. IlookedatAdele,whoseheadleantagainstmyshoulder;hereyeswerewaxingheavy,soItookherupinmyarmsandcarriedherofftobed. Itwasnearonebeforethegentlemenandladiessoughttheirchambers. 

           Thenextdaywasasfineasitspredecessor:itwasdevotedbythepartytoanexcursiontosomesiteintheneighbourhood. Theysetoutearlyintheforenoon,someonhorseback,therestincarriages;Iwitnessedboththedepartureandthereturn. MissIngram,asbefore,wastheonlyladyequestrian;and,asbefore,Mr.Rochestergallopedatherside;thetworodealittleapartfromtherest. 

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