Chapter XXV

           Themonthofcourtshiphadwasted:itsverylasthourswerebeingnumbered. Therewasnoputtingoffthedaythatadvancedthebridalday;andallpreparationsforitsarrivalwerecomplete. I,atleast,hadnothingmoretodo:thereweremytrunks,packed,locked,corded,rangedinarowalongthewallofmylittlechamber;to-morrow,atthistime,theywouldbefarontheirroadtoLondon:andsoshouldI(D.V.),orrather,notI,butoneJaneRochester,apersonwhomasyetIknewnot.Thecardsofaddressaloneremainedtonailon:theylay,fourlittlesquares,inthedrawer. Mr.Rochesterhadhimselfwrittenthedirection,"Mrs.Rochester,Hotel,London,"oneach:Icouldnotpersuademyselftoaffixthem,ortohavethemaffixed.Mrs.Rochester!Shedidnotexist:shewouldnotbeborntillto-morrow,sometimeaftereighto’clocka.m.;andIwouldwaittobeassuredshehadcomeintotheworldalivebeforeIassignedtoherallthatproperty. Itwasenoughthatinyondercloset,oppositemydressing-table,garmentssaidtobehershadalreadydisplacedmyblackstuffLowoodfrockandstrawbonnet:fornottomeappertainedthatsuitofweddingraiment;thepearl-colouredrobe,thevapouryveilpendentfromtheusurpedportmanteau. Ishuttheclosettoconcealthestrange,wraith-likeapparelitcontained;which,atthiseveninghournineo’clockgaveoutcertainlyamostghostlyshimmerthroughtheshadowofmyapartment. "Iwillleaveyoubyyourself,whitedream,"Isaid. 

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