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Chapter XXVI

           Hemusedfortenminutesheheldcounselwithhimself:heformedhisresolve,andannouncedit 

           "Enough!allshallboltoutatonce,likethebulletfromthebarrel. Wood,closeyourbookandtakeoffyoursurplice;JohnGreen(totheclerk),leavethechurch:therewillbenoweddingto-day." Themanobeyed. 

           Mr.Rochestercontinued,hardilyandrecklessly:"Bigamyisanuglyword!Imeant,however,tobeabigamist; butfatehasout-manoeuvredme,orProvidencehascheckedme,perhapsthelast. Iamlittlebetterthanadevilatthismoment;and,asmypastortherewouldtellme,deservenodoubtthesternestjudgmentsofGod,eventothequenchlessfireanddeathlessworm. Gentlemen,myplanisbrokenup:-whatthislawyerandhisclientsayistrue:Ihavebeenmarried,andthewomantowhomIwasmarriedlives!YousayyouneverheardofaMrs.Rochesteratthehouseupyonder,Wood;butIdaresayyouhavemanyatimeinclinedyoureartogossipaboutthemysteriouslunatickeptthereunderwatchandward.Somehavewhisperedtoyouthatsheismybastardhalf-sister:some,mycast-offmistress.Inowinformyouthatsheismywife,whomImarriedfifteenyearsago, BerthaMasonbyname;sisterofthisresolutepersonage,whoisnow,withhisquiveringlimbsandwhitecheeks,showingyouwhatastoutheartmenmaybear. Cheerup,Dick!neverfearme!I’dalmostassoonstrikeawomanasyou. 

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