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Chapter XXXIII

           "Mr.BriggsintimatesthattheanswertohisapplicationwasnotfromMr.Rochester,butfromalady:itissigned‘AliceFairfax.’" 

           Ifeltcoldanddismayed:myworstfearsthenwereprobablytrue:hehadinallprobabilityleftEnglandandrushedinrecklessdesperationtosomeformerhauntontheContinent. Andwhatopiateforhisseveresufferingswhatobjectforhisstrongpassionshadhesoughtthere?Idarednotanswerthequestion. Oh,mypoormasteroncealmostmyhusbandwhomIhadoftencalled"mydearEdward!" 

           "Hemusthavebeenabadman,"observedMr.Rivers. 

           "Youdon’tknowhimdon‘tpronounceanopinionuponhim,"Isaid,withwarmth. 

           "Verywell,"heansweredquietly:"andindeedmyheadisotherwiseoccupiedthanwithhim:Ihavemytaletofinish. Sinceyouwon’taskthegoverness’sname,Imusttellitofmyownaccord. Stay!Ihaveithereitisalwaysmoresatisfactorytoseeimportantpointswrittendown,fairlycommittedtoblackandwhite." 

           Andthepocket-bookwasagaindeliberatelyproduced,opened,soughtthrough;fromoneofitscompartmentswasextractedashabbyslipofpaper,hastilytornoff:Irecognisedinitstextureanditsstainsofultra-marine,andlake,andvermillion,theravishedmarginoftheportrait-cover. Hegotup,helditclosetomyeyes:andIread,tracedinIndianink,inmyownhandwriting,thewords"JaneEyre"theworkdoubtlessofsomemomentofabstraction. 

           "BriggswrotetomeofaJaneEyre:"hesaid,"theadvertisementsdemandedaJaneEyre:IknewaJaneElliott. 

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