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Chapter XXXVI

           Theymighthavesaid,asIhavenodoubttheythought,thattheyhadbelievedmetobewithoutanyfriendssavethem:for,indeed,Ihadoftensaidso;but,withtheirtruenaturaldelicacy,theyabstainedfromcomment,exceptthatDianaaskedmeifIwassureIwaswellenoughtotravel. Ilookedverypale,sheobserved. Ireplied,thatnothingailedmesaveanxietyofmind,whichIhopedsoontoalleviate. 

           Itwaseasytomakemyfurtherarrangements;forIwastroubledwithnoinquiriesnosurmises.HavingonceexplainedtothemthatIcouldnotnowbeexplicitaboutmyplans,theykindlyandwiselyacquiescedinthesilencewithwhichIpursuedthem,accordingtometheprivilegeoffreeactionIshouldundersimilarcircumstanceshaveaccordedthem. 

           IleftMoorHouseatthreeo’clockp.m.,andsoonafterfourIstoodatthefootofthesign-postofWhitcross,waitingthearrivalofthecoachwhichwastotakemetodistantThornfield. Amidstthesilenceofthosesolitaryroadsanddeserthills,Ihearditapproachfromagreatdistance. Itwasthesamevehiclewhence,ayearago,Ihadalightedonesummereveningonthisveryspothowdesolate,andhopeless,andobjectless! ItstoppedasIbeckoned. Ienterednotnowobligedtopartwithmywholefortuneasthepriceofitsaccommodation. OncemoreontheroadtoThornfield,Ifeltlikethemessenger-pigeonflyinghome. 

           Itwasajourneyofsix-and-thirtyhours. 

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