wnbelowyonder;andthenIshallwaftyouawayatoown.Afterabriefstaythere,Ishallbearmytreasuretionshesun:toFreneyardsandItalianplains;andsheshallseewhateverisfamousinoldstoryandinmodernrecord:sheshalltaste,too,ofthelifeofcities;andsheshalllearntovalueherselfbyjustparisonwithothers.”

    “ShallItravel?—andwithyou,sir?”

    “YoushallsojournatParis,Rome,andFlorence,VenidVienna:allthegroundIhavewanderedovershallbere-troddenbyyou:whereverIstampedmyhoof,yoursylph’sfootshallstepalso.Tenyearssince,IflewthroughEuropehalfmad;withdisgust,hate,andrageasmypanions:nowIshallrevisitithealedandsed,withaveryangelasmyforter.”

    Ilaughedathimashesaidthis.“Iamnotanangel,”Iasserted;“andIwillillIdie:Iwillbemyself.Mr.Rochester,youmustherexpeorexaythiialofme—foryouwill,anymorethanIshallgetitofyou:whichIdonotatallanticipate.”

    “Whatdoyouanticipateofme?”

    “Foralittlewhileyouwillperhapsbeasyouarenow,—averylittlewhile;andthenyouwillturncool;andthenyouwillbecapricious;andthenyouwillbestern,andIshallhavemuchadotopleaseyou:butwhenyougetwellusedtome,youwillperhapslikemeagain,—likeme,Isay,notloveme.Isupposeyourlovewilleffervessixmonths,orless.Ihaveobservedinbookswrittehatperiodassighefarthesttowhichahusband’sardourextends.Yet,afterall,asafriendandpanion,Ihopeobeequitedistastefultomydearmaster.”

    “Distasteful!andlikeyouagain!IthinkIshalllikeyouagain,aagain:andIwillmakeyoufessIdonotonlylike,butloveyou—withtruth,fervour,stancy.”

    “Yetareyounotcapricious,sir?”

    “Towomenwhopleaseme