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Chapter XXVI

           Mr.Rochesterheard,butheedednot:hestoodstubbornandrigid,makingnomovementbuttopossesshimselfofmyhand. Whatahotandstronggrasphehad!andhowlikequarriedmarblewashispale,firm,massivefrontatthismoment!Howhiseyeshone,stillwatchful,andyetwildbeneath! 

           Mr.Woodseemedataloss. "Whatisthenatureoftheimpediment?"heasked."Perhapsitmaybegotoverexplainedaway?" 

           "Hardly,"wastheanswer."Ihavecalleditinsuperable,andIspeakadvisedly." 

           Thespeakercameforwardandleanedontherails.Hecontinued,utteringeachworddistinctly,calmly,steadily,butnotloudly 

           "Itsimplyconsistsintheexistenceofapreviousmarriage.Mr.Rochesterhasawifenowliving." 

           Mynervesvibratedtothoselow-spokenwordsastheyhadnevervibratedtothundermybloodfelttheirsubtleviolenceasithadneverfeltfrostorfire;butIwascollected,andinnodangerofswooning. IlookedatMr.Rochester:Imadehimlookatme.Hiswholefacewascolourlessrock:hiseyewasbothsparkandflint. Hedisavowednothing:heseemedasifhewoulddefyallthings. Withoutspeaking,withoutsmiling,withoutseemingtorecogniseinmeahumanbeing,heonlytwinedmywaistwithhisarmandrivetedmetohisside. 

           "Whoareyou?"heaskedoftheintruder. 

           "MynameisBriggs,asolicitorofStreet,London." 

           "Andyouwouldthrustonmeawife?" 

           "Iwouldremindyouofyourlady’sexistence,sir,whichthelawrecognises,ifyoudonot." 

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