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Chapter XVIII

           hiscomplexionwassingularlysallow:otherwisehewasafine-lookingman,atfirstsightespecially. Oncloserexamination,youdetectedsomethinginhisfacethatdispleased,orratherthatfailedtoplease. Hisfeatureswereregular,buttoorelaxed:hiseyewaslargeandwellcut,butthelifelookingoutofitwasatame,vacantlifeatleastsoIthought. 

           Thesoundofthedressing-belldispersedtheparty.ItwasnottillafterdinnerthatIsawhimagain:hethenseemedquiteathisease.ButIlikedhisphysiognomyevenlessthanbefore:itstruckmeasbeingatthesametimeunsettledandinanimate. Hiseyewandered,andhadnomeaninginitswandering:thisgavehimanoddlook,suchasIneverrememberedtohaveseen. Forahandsomeandnotanunamiable-lookingman,herepelledmeexceedingly: therewasnopowerinthatsmooth-skinnedfaceofafullovalshape:nofirmnessinthataquilinenoseandsmallcherrymouth;therewasnothoughtonthelow,evenforehead;nocommandinthatblank,browneye. 

           AsIsatinmyusualnook,andlookedathimwiththelightofthegirandolesonthemantelpiecebeamingfulloverhimforheoccupiedanarm-chairdrawnclosetothefire,andkeptshrinkingstillnearer,asifhewerecold,IcomparedhimwithMr.Rochester. Ithink(withdeferencebeitspoken)thecontrastcouldnotbemuchgreaterbetweenasleekganderandafiercefalcon:betweenameeksheepandtherough-coatedkeen-eyeddog,itsguardian. 

           HehadspokenofMr.Rochesterasanoldfriend. 

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