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Chapter XXVI

           Thehousecleared,Ishutmyselfin,fastenedtheboltthatnonemightintrude,andproceedednottoweep,nottomourn,Iwasyettoocalmforthat,butmechanicallytotakeofftheweddingdress,andreplaceitbythestuffgownIhadwornyesterday,asIthought,forthelasttime. Ithensatdown:Ifeltweakandtired. Ileanedmyarmsonatable,andmyheaddroppedonthem.AndnowIthought:tillnowIhadonlyheard,seen,movedfollowedupanddownwhereIwasledordraggedwatchedeventrushonevent,disclosureopenbeyonddisclosure:butnow,Ithought. 

           Themorninghadbeenaquietmorningenoughallexceptthebriefscenewiththelunatic:thetransactioninthechurchhadnotbeennoisy;therewasnoexplosionofpassion,noloudaltercation,nodispute,nodefianceorchallenge,notears,nosobs: afewwordshadbeenspoken,acalmlypronouncedobjectiontothemarriagemade;somestern,shortquestionsputbyMr.Rochester;answers,explanationsgiven,evidenceadduced;anopenadmissionofthetruthhadbeenutteredbymymaster; thenthelivingproofhadbeenseen;theintrudersweregone,andallwasover. 

           Iwasinmyownroomasusualjustmyself,withoutobviouschange:nothinghadsmittenme,orscathedme,ormaimedme. AndyetwherewastheJaneEyreofyesterday?wherewasherlife?wherewereherprospects? 

           JaneEyre,whohadbeenanardent,expectantwomanalmostabride,wasacold,solitarygirlagain:herlifewaspale;herprospectsweredesolate. 

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