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Chapter XXXIII

           OfMr.Rochester’scharacterIknownothing,buttheonefactthatheprofessedtoofferhonourablemarriagetothisyounggirl,andthatattheveryaltarshediscoveredhehadawifeyetalive,thoughalunatic. Whathissubsequentconductandproposalswereisamatterofpureconjecture;butwhenaneventtranspiredwhichrenderedinquiryafterthegovernessnecessary,itwasdiscoveredshewasgonenoonecouldtellwhen,where,orhow. ShehadleftThornfieldHallinthenight;everyresearchafterhercoursehadbeenvain:thecountryhadbeenscouredfarandwide;novestigeofinformationcouldbegatheredrespectingher. Yetthatsheshouldbefoundisbecomeamatterofseriousurgency:advertisementshavebeenputinallthepapers; ImyselfhavereceivedaletterfromoneMr.Briggs,asolicitor,communicatingthedetailsIhavejustimparted. Isitnotanoddtale?" 

           "Justtellmethis,"saidI,"andsinceyouknowsomuch,yousurelycantellitmewhatofMr.Rochester?Howandwhereishe?Whatishedoing?Ishewell?" 

           "IamignorantofallconcerningMr.Rochester:theletternevermentionshimbuttonarratethefraudulentandillegalattemptIhaveadvertedto. Youshouldratheraskthenameofthegovernessthenatureoftheeventwhichrequiresherappearance." 

           "DidnoonegotoThornfieldHall,then?DidnooneseeMr.Rochester?" 

           "Isupposenot." 

           "Buttheywrotetohim?" 

           "Ofcourse." 

           "Andwhatdidhesay?Whohashisletters?" 

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