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1"Yes, I daresay: no doubt he admires her." "And she him," I added; "look how she leans her head towards him as if she
2were conversing confidentially; I wish I could see her face; I have never had a glimpse of it yet." "You will see her
3this evening," answered Mrs. Fairfax. "I happened to remark to Mr. Rochester how much Adèle wished to be introduced to
4the ladies, and he said: 'Oh! let her come into the drawing-room after dinner; and request Miss Eyre to accompany her.'"
5"Yes; he said that from mere politeness: I need not go, I am sure," I answered. "Well, I observed to him that as you
6were unused to company, I did not think you would like appearing before so gay a party--all strangers; and he replied,
7in his quick way--'Nonsense! If she objects, tell her it is my particular wish; and if she resists, say I shall come and
8fetch her in case of contumacy.'" "I will not give him that trouble," I answered. "I will go, if no better may be; but I
9don't like it. Shall you be there, Mrs. Fairfax?" "No; I pleaded off, and he admitted my plea. I'll tell you how to
10manage so as to avoid the embarrassment of making a formal entrance, which is the most disagreeable part of the
11business. You must go into the drawing-room while it is empty, before the ladies leave the dinner-table; choose your
12seat in any quiet nook you like; you need not stay long after the gentlemen come in, unless you please: just let Mr.
13Rochester see you are there and then slip away--nobody will notice you." "Will these people remain long, do you think?"
14"Perhaps two or three weeks, certainly not more. After the Easter recess, Sir George Lynn, who was lately elected member
15for Millcote, will have to go up to town and take his seat; I daresay Mr. Rochester will accompany him: it surprises me
16that he has already made so protracted a stay at Thornfield." It was with some trepidation that I perceived the hour
17approach when I was to repair with my charge to the drawing-room. Adèle had been in a state of ecstasy all day, after
18hearing she was to be presented to the ladies in the evening; and it was not till Sophie commenced the operation of
19dressing her that she sobered down. Then the importance of the process quickly steadied her, and by the time she had her
20curls arranged in well-smoothed, drooping clusters, her pink satin frock put on, her long sash tied, and her lace
21mittens adjusted, she looked as grave as any judge. No need to warn her not to disarrange her attire: when she was
22dressed, she sat demurely down in her little chair, taking care previously to lift up the satin skirt for fear she
23should crease it, and assured me she would not stir thence till I was ready. This I quickly was: my best dress (the
24silver-grey one, purchased for Miss Temple's wedding, and never worn since) was soon put on; my hair was soon smoothed;
25my sole ornament, the pearl brooch, soon assumed. We descended. Fortunately there was another entrance to the
26drawing-room than that through the saloon where they were all seated at dinner. We found the apartment vacant; a large
27fire burning silently on the marble hearth, and wax candles shining in bright solitude, amid the exquisite flowers with
28which the tables were adorned. The crimson curtain hung before the arch: slight as was the separation this drapery
29formed from the party in the adjoining saloon, they spoke in so low a key that nothing of their conversation could be
30distinguished beyond a soothing murmur. Adèle, who appeared to be still under the influence of a most solemnising
31impression, sat down, without a word, on the footstool I pointed out to her. I retired to a window-seat, and taking a
32book from a table near, endeavoured to read. Adèle brought her stool to my feet; ere long she touched my knee. "What is
33it, Adèle?" "Est-ce que je ne puis pas prendre une seule de ces fleurs magnifiques, mademoiselle? Seulement pour
34completer ma toilette." "You think too much of your 'toilette,' Adèle: but you may have a flower." And I took a rose
35from a vase and fastened it in her sash. She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were
36now full. I turned my face away to conceal a smile I could not suppress: there was something ludicrous as well as
37painful in the little Parisienne's earnest and innate devotion to matters of dress. A soft sound of rising now became
38audible; the curtain was swept back from the arch; through it appeared the dining-room, with its lit lustre pouring down
39light on the silver and glass of a magnificent dessert-service covering a long table; a band of ladies stood in the
40opening; they entered, and the curtain fell behind them. There were but eight; yet, somehow, as they flocked in, they
41gave the impression of a much larger number. Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a
42sweeping amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist magnifies the moon. I rose and curtseyed to
43them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me. They dispersed about the room, reminding me,
44by the lightness and buoyancy of their movements, of a flock of white plumy birds. Some of them threw themselves in
45half-reclining positions on the sofas and ottomans: some bent over the tables and examined the flowers and books: the
46rest gathered in a group round the fire: all talked in a low but clear tone which seemed habitual to them. I knew their
47names afterwards, and may as well mention them now. First, there was Mrs. Eshton and two of her daughters. She had
48evidently been a handsome woman, and was well preserved still. Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little:
49naïve, and child-like in face and manner, and piquant in form; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well. The
50second, Louisa, was taller and more elegant in figure; with a very pretty face, of that order the French term minois
51chiffoné: both sisters were fair as lilies. Lady Lynn was a large and stout personage of about forty, very erect, very
52haughty-looking, richly dressed in a satin robe of changeful sheen: her dark hair shone glossily under the shade of an
53azure plume, and within the circlet of a band of gems. Mrs. Colonel Dent was less showy; but, I thought, more lady-like.
54She had a slight figure, a pale, gentle face, and fair hair. Her black satin dress, her scarf of rich foreign lace, and
55her pearl ornaments, pleased me better than the rainbow radiance of the titled dame. But the three most
56distinguished--partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the band--were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters,
57Blanche and Mary. They were all three of the loftiest stature of women. The Dowager might be between forty and fifty:
58her shape was still fine; her hair (by candle-light at least) still black; her teeth, too, were still apparently
59perfect. Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age: and so she was, no doubt, physically speaking;
60but then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance. She had Roman
61features and a double chin, disappearing into a throat like a pillar: these features appeared to me not only inflated
62and darkened, but even furrowed with pride; and the chin was sustained by the same principle, in a position of almost
63preternatural erectness. She had, likewise, a fierce and a hard eye: it reminded me of Mrs. Reed's; she mouthed her
64words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous, very dogmatical,--very intolerable, in short. A
65crimson velvet robe, and a shawl turban of some gold-wrought Indian fabric, invested her (I suppose she thought) with a
66truly imperial dignity. Blanche and Mary were of equal stature,--straight and tall as poplars. Mary was too slim for her
67height, but Blanche was moulded like a Dian. I regarded her, of course, with special interest. First, I wished to see
68whether her appearance accorded with Mrs. Fairfax's description; secondly, whether it at all resembled the fancy
69miniature I had painted of her; and thirdly--it will out!--whether it were such as I should fancy likely to suit Mr.
70Rochester's taste.
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