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Chapter XXVIII

           "Mystrengthisquitefailingme,"Isaidinasoliloquy. "IfeelIcannotgomuchfarther. ShallIbeanoutcastagainthisnight?Whiletheraindescendsso,mustIlaymyheadonthecold,drenchedground?IfearIcannotdootherwise:forwhowillreceiveme?Butitwillbeverydreadful,withthisfeelingofhunger,faintness,chill,andthissenseofdesolationthistotalprostrationofhope. Inalllikelihood,though,Ishoulddiebeforemorning. AndwhycannotIreconcilemyselftotheprospectofdeath?WhydoIstruggletoretainavaluelesslife?BecauseIknow,orbelieve,Mr.Rochesterisliving:andthen,todieofwantandcoldisafatetowhichnaturecannotsubmitpassively. Oh,Providence!sustainmealittlelonger!Aid!directme!" 

           Myglazedeyewanderedoverthedimandmistylandscape. IsawIhadstrayedfarfromthevillage:itwasquiteoutofsight.Theverycultivationsurroundingithaddisappeared. Ihad,bycross-waysandby-paths,oncemoredrawnnearthetractofmoorland;andnow,onlyafewfields,almostaswildandunproductiveastheheathfromwhichtheywerescarcelyreclaimed,laybetweenmeandtheduskyhill. 

           "Well,Iwouldratherdieyonderthaninastreetoronafrequentedroad,"Ireflected. "Andfarbetterthatcrowsandravensifanyravenstherebeintheseregionsshouldpickmyfleshfrommybones,thanthattheyshouldbeprisonedinaworkhousecoffinandmoulderinapauper’sgrave." 

           Tothehill,then,Iturned.Ireachedit. ItremainednowonlytofindahollowwhereIcouldliedown,andfeelatleasthidden,ifnotsecure. 

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