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第3章 丧心病狂

Aweek passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester: ten

and, taking my leave of the firm until dinner, I went upstairs

be introduced to the ladies, and he said: ‘Oh! let her come into the

and turned their heads in the direction whence the sound

appearance, in a bottle-green coat. At no great distance from

away! Look sharp, or Nance will think I’m lost.”

bed, extremely anxious I should not. So I held my peace.

Andy lies in his bunk after lights out, polishing a fragment of quartz by the light of the moon. He pauses, glancing at all the names scratched in the wall. He rises, makes sure the coast is clear, and starts scratching his name into the cement with his rock-hammer, adding to the record.

answered; “without it, my heart is broken. But Jane will give me