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Chapter XV

           "Wake!wake!"Icried. Ishookhim,butheonlymurmuredandturned:thesmokehadstupefiedhim.Notamomentcouldbelost:theverysheetswerekindling,Irushedtohisbasinandewer;fortunately,onewaswideandtheotherdeep,andbothwerefilledwithwater. Iheavedthemup,delugedthebedanditsoccupant,flewbacktomyownroom,broughtmyownwater-jug,baptizedthecouchafresh,and,byGod’said,succeededinextinguishingtheflameswhichweredevouringit. 

           Thehissofthequenchedelement,thebreakageofapitcherwhichIflungfrommyhandwhenIhademptiedit,and,aboveall,thesplashoftheshower-bathIhadliberallybestowed,rousedMr.Rochesteratlast. Thoughitwasnowdark,Iknewhewasawake;becauseIheardhimfulminatingstrangeanathemasatfindinghimselflyinginapoolofwater. 

           "Isthereaflood?"hecried. 

           "No,sir,"Ianswered;"buttherehasbeenafire:getup,do;youarequenchednow;Iwillfetchyouacandle." 

           "InthenameofalltheelvesinChristendom,isthatJaneEyre?"hedemanded. "Whathaveyoudonewithme,witch,sorceress?Whoisintheroombesidesyou?Haveyouplottedtodrownme?" 

           "Iwillfetchyouacandle,sir;and,inHeaven’sname,getup. Somebodyhasplottedsomething:youcannottoosoonfindoutwhoandwhatitis." 

           "There!Iamupnow;butatyourperilyoufetchacandleyet:waittwominutestillIgetintosomedrygarments,ifanydrytherebeyes,hereismydressing-gown.Nowrun!" 

           Ididrun;Ibroughtthecandlewhichstillremainedinthegallery. 

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