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Chapter XXVI

           "Favourmewithanaccountofherwithhername,herparentage,herplaceofabode." 

           "Certainly."Mr.Briggscalmlytookapaperfromhispocket,andreadoutinasortofofficial,nasalvoice:- 

           "‘Iaffirmandcanprovethatonthe20thofOctoberA.D.(adateoffifteenyearsback),EdwardFairfaxRochester,ofThornfieldHall,inthecountyofandofFerndeanManor,inshire,England,wasmarriedtomysister,BerthaAntoinettaMason,daughterofJonasMason,merchant,andofAntoinettahiswife,aCreole,atchurch,SpanishTown,Jamaica. Therecordofthemarriagewillbefoundintheregisterofthatchurchacopyofitisnowinmypossession. Signed,RichardMason.’" 

           "ThatifagenuinedocumentmayproveIhavebeenmarried,butitdoesnotprovethatthewomanmentionedthereinasmywifeisstillliving." 

           "Shewaslivingthreemonthsago,"returnedthelawyer. 

           "Howdoyouknow?" 

           "Ihaveawitnesstothefact,whosetestimonyevenyou,sir,willscarcelycontrovert." 

           "Producehimorgotohell." 

           "Iwillproducehimfirstheisonthespot.Mr.Mason,havethegoodnesstostepforward." 

           Mr.Rochester,onhearingthename,sethisteeth;heexperienced,too,asortofstrongconvulsivequiver;neartohimasIwas,Ifeltthespasmodicmovementoffuryordespairrunthroughhisframe. Thesecondstranger,whohadhithertolingeredinthebackground,nowdrewnear;apalefacelookedoverthesolicitor’sshoulderyes,itwasMasonhimself. Mr.Rochesterturnedandglaredathim. 

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