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Chapter XXV

           Ithought,sir,thatyouwereontheroadalongwaybeforeme;andIstrainedeverynervetoovertakeyou,andmadeeffortonefforttoutteryournameandentreatyoutostopbutmymovementswerefettered,andmyvoicestilldiedawayinarticulate;whileyou,Ifelt,withdrewfartherandfarthereverymoment." 

           "Andthesedreamsweighonyourspiritsnow,Jane,whenIamclosetoyou?Littlenervoussubject!Forgetvisionarywoe,andthinkonlyofrealhappiness!Yousayyouloveme,Janet:yesIwillnotforgetthat;andyoucannotdenyit. Thosewordsdidnotdieinarticulateonyourlips.Iheardthemclearandsoft:athoughttoosolemnperhaps,butsweetasmusic‘Ithinkitisagloriousthingtohavethehopeoflivingwithyou,Edward,becauseIloveyou.’ Doyouloveme,Jane?repeatit." 

           "Ido,sirIdo,withmywholeheart." 

           "Well,"hesaid,aftersomeminutes’silence,"itisstrange;butthatsentencehaspenetratedmybreastpainfully. Why?Ithinkbecauseyousaiditwithsuchanearnest,religiousenergy,andbecauseyourupwardgazeatmenowistheverysublimeoffaith,truth,anddevotion:itistoomuchasifsomespiritwerenearme. Lookwicked,Jane:asyouknowwellhowtolook:coinoneofyourwild,shy,provokingsmiles;tellmeyouhatemeteaseme,vexme;doanythingbutmoveme:Iwouldratherbeincensedthansaddened." 

           "Iwillteaseyouandvexyoutoyourheart’scontent,whenIhavefinishedmytale:buthearmetotheend." 

           "Ithought,Jane,youhadtoldmeall. 

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