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Chapter XXXVII

           Therewasnone:allwasinterwovenstem,columnartrunk,densesummerfoliagenoopeninganywhere. 

           Iproceeded:atlastmywayopened,thetreesthinnedalittle;presentlyIbeheldarailing,thenthehousescarce,bythisdimlight,distinguishablefromthetrees;sodankandgreenwereitsdecayingwalls. Enteringaportal,fastenedonlybyalatch,Istoodamidstaspaceofenclosedground,fromwhichthewoodsweptawayinasemicircle. Therewerenoflowers,nogarden-beds;onlyabroadgravel-walkgirdlingagrass-plat,andthissetintheheavyframeoftheforest. Thehousepresentedtwopointedgablesinitsfront;thewindowswerelatticedandnarrow:thefrontdoorwasnarrowtoo,onestepleduptoit. Thewholelooked,asthehostoftheRochesterArmshadsaid,"quiteadesolatespot." Itwasasstillasachurchonaweek-day:thepatteringrainontheforestleaveswastheonlysoundaudibleinitsvicinage. 

           "Cantherebelifehere?"Iasked. 

           Yes,lifeofsomekindtherewas;forIheardamovementthatnarrowfront-doorwasunclosing,andsomeshapewasabouttoissuefromthegrange. 

           Itopenedslowly:afigurecameoutintothetwilightandstoodonthestep;amanwithoutahat:hestretchedforthhishandasiftofeelwhetheritrained. Duskasitwas,Ihadrecognisedhimitwasmymaster,EdwardFairfaxRochester,andnoother. 

           Istayedmystep,almostmybreath,andstoodtowatchhimtoexaminehim,myselfunseen,andalas!tohiminvisible. 

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