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Chapter XI

           "Andthelittlegirlmypupil!" 

           "SheisMr.Rochester’sward;hecommissionedmetofindagovernessforher. Heintendedtohaveherbroughtupinshire,Ibelieve. Hereshecomes,withher‘bonne,’asshecallshernurse." Theenigmathenwasexplained:thisaffableandkindlittlewidowwasnogreatdame;butadependantlikemyself. Ididnotlikehertheworseforthat;onthecontrary,Ifeltbetterpleasedthanever. Theequalitybetweenherandmewasreal;notthemereresultofcondescensiononherpart:somuchthebettermypositionwasallthefreer. 

           AsIwasmeditatingonthisdiscovery,alittlegirl,followedbyherattendant,camerunningupthelawn. Ilookedatmypupil,whodidnotatfirstappeartonoticeme:shewasquiteachild,perhapssevenoreightyearsold,slightlybuilt,withapale,small-featuredface,andaredundancyofhairfallingincurlstoherwaist. 

           "Goodmorning,MissAdela,"saidMrs.Fairfax. "Comeandspeaktotheladywhoistoteachyou,andtomakeyouacleverwomansomeday." Sheapproached. 

           "C’estlemagouverante!"saidshe,pointingtome,andaddressinghernurse;whoanswered 

           "Maisoui,certainement." 

           "Aretheyforeigners?"Iinquired,amazedathearingtheFrenchlanguage. 

           "Thenurseisaforeigner,andAdelawasbornontheContinent;and,Ibelieve,neverleftittillwithinsixmonthsago. 

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