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Chapter X

           Butdestiny,intheshapeoftheRev.Mr.Nasmyth,camebetweenmeandMissTemple:Isawherinhertravellingdressstepintoapost-chaise,shortlyafterthemarriageceremony; Iwatchedthechaisemountthehillanddisappearbeyonditsbrow; andthenretiredtomyownroom,andtherespentinsolitudethegreatestpartofthehalf-holidaygrantedinhonouroftheoccasion. 

           Iwalkedaboutthechambermostofthetime. Iimaginedmyselfonlytoberegrettingmyloss,andthinkinghowtorepairit; butwhenmyreflectionswereconcluded,andIlookedupandfoundthattheafternoonwasgone,andeveningfaradvanced,anotherdiscoverydawnedonme,namely,thatintheintervalIhadundergoneatransformingprocess;thatmymindhadputoffallithadborrowedofMissTempleorratherthatshehadtakenwithherthesereneatmosphereIhadbeenbreathinginhervicinityandthatnowIwasleftinmynaturalelement,andbeginningtofeelthestirringofoldemotions. Itdidnotseemasifapropwerewithdrawn,butratherasifamotiveweregone:itwasnotthepowertobetranquilwhichhadfailedme,butthereasonfortranquillitywasnomore. MyworldhadforsomeyearsbeeninLowood:myexperiencehadbeenofitsrulesandsystems; nowIrememberedthattherealworldwaswide,andthatavariedfieldofhopesandfears,ofsensationsandexcitements,awaitedthosewhohadcouragetogoforthintoitsexpanse,toseekrealknowledgeoflifeamidstitsperils. 

           Iwenttomywindow,openedit,andlookedout. Therewerethetwowingsofthebuilding;therewasthegarden;thereweretheskirtsofLowood;therewasthehillyhorizon. Myeyepassedallotherobjectstorestonthosemostremote,thebluepeaks;itwasthoseIlongedtosurmount;allwithintheirboundaryofrockandheathseemedprison-ground,exilelimits. 

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