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Chapter X

           Evenwhenwefinallyretiredforthenight,theinevitableMissGrycewasstillmycompanion: wehadonlyashortendofcandleinourcandlestick,andIdreadedlestsheshouldtalktillitwasallburntout; fortunately,however,theheavysuppershehadeatenproducedasoporificeffect:shewasalreadysnoringbeforeIhadfinishedundressing. Therestillremainedaninchofcandle: Inowtookoutmyletter;thesealwasaninitialF.;Ibrokeit;thecontentswerebrief. 

           "IfJ.E.,whoadvertisedintheshireHeraldoflastThursday,possessestheacquirementsmentioned,andifsheisinapositiontogivesatisfactoryreferencesastocharacterandcompetency,asituationcanbeofferedherwherethereisbutonepupil,alittlegirl,undertenyearsofage;andwherethesalaryisthirtypoundsperannum. J.E.isrequestedtosendreferences,name,address,andallparticularstothedirection:- 

           "Mrs.Fairfax,Thornfield,nearMillcote,shire." 

           Iexaminedthedocumentlong:thewritingwasold-fashionedandratheruncertain,likethatofanelderlylady. Thiscircumstancewassatisfactory:aprivatefearhadhauntedme,thatinthusactingformyself,andbymyownguidance,Irantheriskofgettingintosomescrape;and,aboveallthings,Iwishedtheresultofmyendeavourstoberespectable,proper,enregle. InowfeltthatanelderlyladywasnobadingredientinthebusinessIhadonhand. Mrs.Fairfax!Isawherinablackgownandwidow’scap;frigid,perhaps,butnotuncivil:amodelofelderlyEnglishrespectability.Thornfield! that,doubtless,wasthenameofherhouse:aneatorderlyspot,Iwassure;thoughIfailedinmyeffortstoconceiveacorrectplanofthepremises. Millcote,shire;IbrushedupmyrecollectionsofthemapofEngland,yes,Isawit;boththeshireandthetown.shirewasseventymilesnearerLondonthantheremotecountywhereInowresided:thatwasarecommendationtome. 

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