“ ed to find? Some of your accompliss are not ordinary.”

    “I don’t kno t.”

    “You tle cottage near to see you?”

    “Nohen?”

    “Of an evening?”

    “Once or twice.”

    A pause.

    “ers after the cousinship was discovered?”

    “Five months.”

    “Did Rivers spend mucime he ladies of his family?”

    “Yes; tudy and ours:  near table.”

    “Did udy much?”

    “A good deal.”

    “?”

    “anee.”

    “And ime?”

    “I learnt German, at first.”

    “Did each you?”

    “ understand German.”

    “Did eaching?”

    “A little anee.”

    “Rivers tauganee?”

    “Yes, sir.”

    “And ers also?”

    “No.”

    “Only you?”

    “Only me.”

    “Did you ask to learn?”

    “No.”

    “o teach you?”

    “Yes.”

    A second pause.

    “? Of o you?”

    “ended me to go o India.”

    “A of tter. ed you to marry him?”

    “o marry him.”

    “t is a fiction—an impudent invention to vex me.”

    “I beg your pardon, it is teral trutiff about urging  as ever you could be.”

    “Miss Eyre, I repeat it, you can leave me. en am I to say tinaciously percice to quit?”

    “Because I am comfortable there.”

    “No, Jane, you are not comfortable t is not  is . Joill t, I t my little Jane  om of s in mucter. Long as ears as I  over our separation, I never t t  is useless grieving. Jane, leave me: go and marry Rivers.”

    “S leave you of my own accord.”

    “Jane, I ever like