tleandlookingless,getnigherhisheart.Ihaveseeninhisfaceafardifferentexpressionfromthatwhichhardensitnowwhilesheissovivaciouslyaccostinghim;butthenitcameofitself:itwasnotelicitedbymeretriciousartsandcalculatedmanoeuvres;andonehadbuttoacceptit—toanswerwhatheaskedwithoutpretension,toaddresshimwhenneedfulwithoutgrimaditincreasedandgrewkinderandmenial,andwarmedonelikeafsunbeam.Howwillshemaopleasehimwhentheyaremarried?Idonotthinkshewillma;amightbemanaged;andhiswifemight,Iverilybelieve,betheveryhappiestwomanthesunshineson.”

    IhavesaidanythingnatoryofMr.Rochester’sprojearryingforiandes.ItsurprisedmewhenIfirstdiscoveredthatsuchwashisiion:Ihadthoughthimamanuobeinfluencedbymotivessoonplahischoiceofawife;butthelongerIsideredtheposition,education,&c.,oftheparties,thelessIfeltjustifiedinjudgingandblamiherhimorMissIngramforaginitytoideasandprinciplesinstilledintothem,doubtless,fromtheirchildhood.Alltheirclassheldtheseprinciples:Isupposed,then,theyhadreasonsforholdingthemsuchasIcouldnotfathom.Itseemedtomethat,wereIagentlemanlikehim,IwouldtaketomybosomonlysuchawifeasIcouldlove;buttheveryobviousnessoftheadvahehusband’soinessofferedbythisplanvihattheremustbeargumentsagainstitsgeneraladoptionofwhichIwasquiteignorant:otherwiseIfeltsurealltheworldwouldactasIwishedtoact.

    Butinotherpoints,aswellasthis,Iwasgrowingveryleomymaster:Iwasfettingallhisfaults,forwhichIhadoasharplook-out.Ithadformerlybeenmyendeavourtostudyallsidesofhischaracter:totakethebadwiththegood;andfromthejustweighingof