emistaken,andyouknownothingaboutme,andnothingaboutthesortofloveofwhichIamcapable.Everyatomofyourfleshisasdeartomeasmyown:inpainandsiessitwouldstillbedear.Yourmindismytreasure,andifitwerebroken,itwouldbemytreasurestill:ifyouraved,myarmsshouldfineyou,andnotastraitwaistcoat—yrasp,eveninfury,wouldhaveacharmforme:ifyouflewatmeaswildlyasthatwomandidthism,Ishouldreceiveyouinanembrace,atleastasfondasitwouldberestrictive.IshouldnotshrinkfromyouwithdisgustasIdidfromher:inyourquietmomentsyoushouldhavenowatcherandnome;andIcouldhangoveryouwithuntiringtenderhoughyougavemenosmileiurn;andneverwearyofgazingintoyoureyes,thoughtheyhadnolongeraraynitionforme.—ButwhydoIfollowthattrainofideas?IwastalkingofremovingyoufromThornfield.All,youknow,ispreparedforpromptdeparture:to-morrowyoushallgo.Ionlyaskyoutoendureonemhtuhisroof,Jane;andthen,farewelltoitsmiseriesandterrorsforever!Ihaveaplacetorepairto,whichwillbeasecuresanctuaryfromhatefulreminisces,fromunweleintrusion—evenfromfalsehoodandslander.”

    “AndtakeAdèlewithyou,sir,”Iinterrupted;“shewillbeapanionforyou.”

    “Whatdoyoumean,JaoldyouIwouldsendAdèletoschool;andwhatdoIwantwithachildforapanion,andnotmyownchild,—aFrencer’sbastard?Whydoyouimportunemeabouther!Isay,whydoyouassignAdèletomeforapanion?”

    “Youspokeofaretirement,sir;airementandsolitudearedull:toodullforyou.”

    “Solitude!solitude!”hereiteratedwithirritation.“IseeImustetoanexplanation.Idon’tknohynx-likeexpressionisfinyourtenance.Youaretosharemysolitude.Doyouuand?”

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