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Chapter XVIII

           Mrs.Fairfaxwassummonedtogiveinformationrespectingtheresourcesofthehouseinshawls,dresses,draperiesofanykind; andcertainwardrobesofthethirdstoreywereransacked,andtheircontents,intheshapeofbrocadedandhoopedpetticoats,satinsacques,blackmodes,lacelappets,etc.,werebroughtdowninarmfulsbytheabigails;thenaselectionwasmade,andsuchthingsaswerechosenwerecarriedtotheboudoirwithinthedrawing-room. 

           Meantime,Mr.Rochesterhadagainsummonedtheladiesroundhim,andwasselectingcertainoftheirnumbertobeofhisparty. "MissIngramismine,ofcourse,"saidhe:afterwardshenamedthetwoMissesEshton,andMrs.Dent. Helookedatme:Ihappenedtobenearhim,asIhadbeenfasteningtheclaspofMrs.Dent’sbracelet,whichhadgotloose. 

           "Willyouplay?"heasked. Ishookmyhead.Hedidnotinsist,whichIratherfearedhewouldhavedone;heallowedmetoreturnquietlytomyusualseat. 

           Heandhisaidsnowwithdrewbehindthecurtain:theotherparty,whichwasheadedbyColonelDent,satdownonthecrescentofchairs. Oneofthegentlemen,Mr.Eshton,observingme,seemedtoproposethatIshouldbeaskedtojointhem; butLadyIngraminstantlynegativedthenotion. 

           "No,"Iheardhersay:"shelookstoostupidforanygameofthesort." 

           Erelongabelltinkled,andthecurtaindrewup. 

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