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Chapter XXIV

           "ShallItravel?andwithyou,sir?" 

           "YoushallsojournatParis,Rome,andNaples:atFlorence,Venice,andVienna:allthegroundIhavewanderedovershallbere-troddenbyyou:whereverIstampedmyhoof,yoursylph’sfootshallstepalso. Tenyearssince,IflewthroughEuropehalfmad;withdisgust,hate,andrageasmycompanions:nowIshallrevisitithealedandcleansed,withaveryangelasmycomforter." 

           Ilaughedathimashesaidthis. "Iamnotanangel,"Iasserted;"andIwillnotbeonetillIdie:Iwillbemyself. Mr.Rochester,youmustneitherexpectnorexactanythingcelestialofmeforyouwillnotgetit,anymorethanIshallgetitofyou:whichIdonotatallanticipate." 

           "Whatdoyouanticipateofme?" 

           "Foralittlewhileyouwillperhapsbeasyouarenow,averylittlewhile;andthenyouwillturncool;andthenyouwillbecapricious;andthenyouwillbestern,andIshallhavemuchadotopleaseyou:butwhenyougetwellusedtome,youwillperhapslikemeagain,likeme,Isay,notloveme. Isupposeyourlovewilleffervesceinsixmonths,orless. Ihaveobservedinbookswrittenbymen,thatperiodassignedasthefarthesttowhichahusband’sardourextends.Yet,afterall,asafriendandcompanion,Ihopenevertobecomequitedistastefultomydearmaster." 

           "Distasteful!andlikeyouagain!IthinkIshalllikeyouagain,andyetagain: andIwillmakeyouconfessIdonotonlylike,butloveyouwithtruth,fervour,constancy." 

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