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Chapter XXII

           However,itisnotmybusiness,andsoitsuitsyou,Idon’tmuchcare." 

           "Youareintheright,"saidshe; andwiththesewordsweeachwentourseparateway. AsIshallnothaveoccasiontorefereithertoherorhersisteragain,Imayaswellmentionhere,thatGeorgianamadeanadvantageousmatchwithawealthyworn-outmanoffashion,andthatElizaactuallytooktheveil,andisatthisdaysuperioroftheconventwhereshepassedtheperiodofhernovitiate,andwhichsheendowedwithherfortune. 

           Howpeoplefeelwhentheyarereturninghomefromanabsence,longorshort,Ididnotknow:Ihadneverexperiencedthesensation. IhadknownwhatitwastocomebacktoGatesheadwhenachildafteralongwalk,tobescoldedforlookingcoldorgloomy;andlater,whatitwastocomebackfromchurchtoLowood,tolongforaplenteousmealandagoodfire,andtobeunabletogeteither. Neitherofthesereturningswasverypleasantordesirable:nomagnetdrewmetoagivenpoint,increasinginitsstrengthofattractionthenearerIcame. ThereturntoThornfieldwasyettobetried. 

           Myjourneyseemedtediousverytedious: fiftymilesoneday,anightspentataninn;fiftymilesthenextday. DuringthefirsttwelvehoursIthoughtofMrs.Reedinherlastmoments;Isawherdisfiguredanddiscolouredface,andheardherstrangelyalteredvoice.Imusedonthefuneralday,thecoffin,thehearse,theblacktrainoftenantsandservantsfewwasthenumberofrelativesthegapingvault,thesilentchurch,thesolemnservice. 

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