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Chapter XXI

           TheinformationaboutMr.John’sdeathandthemannerofitcametoosuddenly:itbroughtonastroke. Shewasthreedayswithoutspeaking;butlastTuesdaysheseemedratherbetter:sheappearedasifshewantedtosaysomething,andkeptmakingsignstomywifeandmumbling. Itwasonlyyesterdaymorning,however,thatBessieunderstoodshewaspronouncingyourname;andatlastshemadeoutthewords,‘BringJanefetchJaneEyre:Iwanttospeaktoher.’ Bessieisnotsurewhethersheisinherrightmind,ormeansanythingbythewords;butshetoldMissReedandMissGeorgiana,andadvisedthemtosendforyou. Theyoungladiesputitoffatfirst;buttheirmothergrewsorestless,andsaid,‘Jane,Jane,’somanytimes,thatatlasttheyconsented. IleftGatesheadyesterday:andifyoucangetready,Miss,Ishouldliketotakeyoubackwithmeearlyto-morrowmorning." 

           "Yes,Robert,Ishallbeready:itseemstomethatIoughttogo." 

           "Ithinksotoo,Miss.Bessiesaidshewassureyouwouldnotrefuse:butIsupposeyouwillhavetoaskleavebeforeyoucangetoff?" 

           "Yes;andIwilldoitnow;"andhavingdirectedhimtotheservants’hall,andrecommendedhimtothecareofJohn‘swife,andtheattentionsofJohnhimself,IwentinsearchofMr.Rochester. 

           Hewasnotinanyofthelowerrooms;hewasnotintheyard,thestables,orthegrounds.IaskedMrs.Fairfaxifshehadseenhim;yes:shebelievedhewasplayingbilliardswithMissIngram. Tothebilliard-roomIhastened:theclickofballsandthehumofvoicesresoundedthence; 

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