Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


It was not only the hurry of preparation that made me feverish;
not only the anticipation of the great change -- the new life which
was to commence to-morrow: both these circumstances had their
share, doubtless, in producing that restless, excited mood which
hurried me forth at this late hour into the darkening grounds: but
a third cause influenced my mind more than they.


I had at heart a strange and anxious thought. Something had
happened which I could not comprehend; no one knew of or had seen
the event but myself: it had taken place the preceding night. Mr.
Rochester that night was absent from home; nor was he yet returned:
business had called him to a small estate of two or three farms he
possessed thirty miles off -- business it was requisite he should
settle in person, previous to his meditated departure from England.
I waited now his return; eager to disburthen my mind, and to seek
of him the solution of the enigma that perplexed me. Stay till
he comes, reader; and, when I disclose my secret to him, you shall
share the confidence.

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