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Chapter XXVI

           "Irequireandchargeyouboth(asyewillansweratthedreadfuldayofjudgment,whenthesecretsofallheartsshallbedisclosed),thatifeitherofyouknowanyimpedimentwhyyemaynotlawfullybejoinedtogetherinmatrimony,yedonowconfessit;forbeyewellassuredthatsomanyasarecoupledtogetherotherwisethanGod’sWorddothallow,arenotjoinedtogetherbyGod,neitheristheirmatrimonylawful." 

           Hepaused,asthecustomis. Whenisthepauseafterthatsentenceeverbrokenbyreply?Not,perhaps,onceinahundredyears. Andtheclergyman,whohadnotliftedhiseyesfromhisbook,andhadheldhisbreathbutforamoment,wasproceeding:hishandwasalreadystretchedtowardsMr.Rochester,ashislipsunclosedtoask, "Wiltthouhavethiswomanforthyweddedwife?"whenadistinctandnearvoicesaid 

           "Themarriagecannotgoon:Ideclaretheexistenceofanimpediment." 

           Theclergymanlookedupatthespeakerandstoodmute;theclerkdidthesame; Mr.Rochestermovedslightly,asifanearthquakehadrolledunderhisfeet:takingafirmerfooting,andnotturninghisheadoreyes,hesaid, "Proceed." 

           Profoundsilencefellwhenhehadutteredthatword,withdeepbutlowintonation.PresentlyMr.Woodsaid 

           "Icannotproceedwithoutsomeinvestigationintowhathasbeenasserted,andevidenceofitstruthorfalsehood." 

           "Theceremonyisquitebrokenoff,"subjoinedthevoicebehindus. "Iaminaconditiontoprovemyallegation:aninsuperableimpedimenttothismarriageexists." 

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