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Chapter XXVI

           Iremembersomething,too,ofthegreengrave-mounds;andIhavenotforgotten,either,twofiguresofstrangersstrayingamongstthelowhillocksandreadingthemementoesgravenonthefewmossyhead-stones. Inoticedthem,because,astheysawus,theypassedroundtothebackofthechurch; andIdoubtednottheyweregoingtoenterbytheside-aisledoorandwitnesstheceremony. ByMr.Rochestertheywerenotobserved;hewasearnestlylookingatmyfacefromwhichthebloodhad,Idaresay,momentarilyfled:forIfeltmyforeheaddewy,andmycheeksandlipscold. WhenIrallied,whichIsoondid,hewalkedgentlywithmeupthepathtotheporch. 

           Weenteredthequietandhumbletemple; thepriestwaitedinhiswhitesurpliceatthelowlyaltar,theclerkbesidehim.Allwasstill:twoshadowsonlymovedinaremotecorner. Myconjecturehadbeencorrect:thestrangershadslippedinbeforeus,andtheynowstoodbythevaultoftheRochesters,theirbackstowardsus,viewingthroughtherailstheoldtime-stainedmarbletomb,whereakneelingangelguardedtheremainsofDamerdeRochester,slainatMarstonMoorinthetimeofthecivilwars,andofElizabeth,hiswife. 

           Ourplacewastakenatthecommunionrails. Hearingacautiousstepbehindme,Iglancedovermyshoulder:oneofthestrangersagentleman,evidentlywasadvancingupthechancel. Theservicebegan. Theexplanationoftheintentofmatrimonywasgonethrough;andthentheclergymancameastepfurtherforward,and,bendingslightlytowardsMr.Rochester,wenton. 

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