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1Mr. Rochester, it seems, by the surgeon's orders, went to bed early that night; nor did he rise soon next morning. When
2he did come down, it was to attend to business: his agent and some of his tenants were arrived, and waiting to speak
3with him. Adèle and I had now to vacate the library: it would be in daily requisition as a reception-room for callers. A
4fire was lit in an apartment upstairs, and there I carried our books, and arranged it for the future schoolroom. I
5discerned in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place: no longer silent as a church, it echoed
6every hour or two to a knock at the door, or a clang of the bell; steps, too, often traversed the hall, and new voices
7spoke in different keys below; a rill from the outer world was flowing through it; it had a master: for my part, I liked
8it better. Adèle was not easy to teach that day; she could not apply: she kept running to the door and looking over the
9banisters to see if she could get a glimpse of Mr. Rochester; then she coined pretexts to go downstairs, in order, as I
10shrewdly suspected, to visit the library, where I knew she was not wanted; then, when I got a little angry, and made her
11sit still, she continued to talk incessantly of her "ami, Monsieur Edouard Fairfax de Rochester," as she dubbed him (I
12had not before heard his prenomens), and to conjecture what presents he had brought her: for it appears he had intimated
13the night before, that when his luggage came from Millcote, there would be found amongst it a little box in whose
14contents she had an interest. "Et cela doit signifier," said she, "qu'il y aura là dedans un cadeau pour moi, et
15peut-être pour vous aussi, mademoiselle. Monsieur a parlé de vous: il m'a demandé le nom de ma gouvernante, et si elle
16n'était pas une petite personne, assez mince et un peu pâle. J'ai dit qu'oui: car c'est vrai, n'est-ce pas,
17mademoiselle?" I and my pupil dined as usual in Mrs. Fairfax's parlour; the afternoon was wild and snowy, and we passed
18it in the schoolroom. At dark I allowed Adèle to put away books and work, and to run downstairs; for, from the
19comparative silence below, and from the cessation of appeals to the door-bell, I conjectured that Mr. Rochester was now
20at liberty. Left alone, I walked to the window; but nothing was to be seen thence: twilight and snowflakes together
21thickened the air, and hid the very shrubs on the lawn. I let down the curtain and went back to the fireside. In the
22clear embers I was tracing a view, not unlike a picture I remembered to have seen of the castle of Heidelberg, on the
23Rhine, when Mrs. Fairfax came in, breaking up by her entrance the fiery mosaic I had been piercing together, and
24scattering too some heavy unwelcome thoughts that were beginning to throng on my solitude. "Mr. Rochester would be glad
25if you and your pupil would take tea with him in the drawing-room this evening," said she: "he has been so much engaged
26all day that he could not ask to see you before." "When is his tea-time?" I inquired. "Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps
27early hours in the country. You had better change your frock now; I will go with you and fasten it. Here is a candle."
28"Is it necessary to change my frock?" "Yes, you had better: I always dress for the evening when Mr. Rochester is here."
29This additional ceremony seemed somewhat stately; however, I repaired to my room, and, with Mrs. Fairfax's aid, replaced
30my black stuff dress by one of black silk; the best and the only additional one I had, except one of light grey, which,
31in my Lowood notions of the toilette, I thought too fine to be worn, except on first-rate occasions. "You want a
32brooch," said Mrs. Fairfax. I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put
33it on, and then we went downstairs. Unused as I was to strangers, it was rather a trial to appear thus formally summoned
34in Mr. Rochester's presence. I let Mrs. Fairfax precede me into the dining-room, and kept in her shade as we crossed
35that apartment; and, passing the arch, whose curtain was now dropped, entered the elegant recess beyond. Two wax candles
36stood lighted on the table, and two on the mantelpiece; basking in the light and heat of a superb fire, lay Pilot--Adèle
37knelt near him. Half reclined on a couch appeared Mr. Rochester, his foot supported by the cushion; he was looking at
38Adèle and the dog: the fire shone full on his face. I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square
39forehead, made squarer by the horizontal sweep of his black hair. I recognised his decisive nose, more remarkable for
40character than beauty; his full nostrils, denoting, I thought, choler; his grim mouth, chin, and jaw--yes, all three
41were very grim, and no mistake. His shape, now divested of cloak, I perceived harmonised in squareness with his
42physiognomy: I suppose it was a good figure in the athletic sense of the term--broad chested and thin flanked, though
43neither tall nor graceful. Mr. Rochester must have been aware of the entrance of Mrs. Fairfax and myself; but it
44appeared he was not in the mood to notice us, for he never lifted his head as we approached. "Here is Miss Eyre, sir,"
45said Mrs. Fairfax, in her quiet way. He bowed, still not taking his eyes from the group of the dog and child. "Let Miss
46Eyre be seated," said he: and there was something in the forced stiff bow, in the impatient yet formal tone, which
47seemed further to express, "What the deuce is it to me whether Miss Eyre be there or not? At this moment I am not
48disposed to accost her." I sat down quite disembarrassed. A reception of finished politeness would probably have
49confused me: I could not have returned or repaid it by answering grace and elegance on my part; but harsh caprice laid
50me under no obligation; on the contrary, a decent quiescence, under the freak of manner, gave me the advantage. Besides,
51the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on. He went on as a statue
52would, that is, he neither spoke nor moved. Mrs. Fairfax seemed to think it necessary that some one should be amiable,
53and she began to talk. Kindly, as usual--and, as usual, rather trite--she condoled with him on the pressure of business
54he had had all day; on the annoyance it must have been to him with that painful sprain: then she commended his patience
55and perseverance in going through with it. "Madam, I should like some tea," was the sole rejoinder she got. She hastened
56to ring the bell; and when the tray came, she proceeded to arrange the cups, spoons, &c., with assiduous celerity. I and
57Adèle went to the table; but the master did not leave his couch. "Will you hand Mr. Rochester's cup?" said Mrs. Fairfax
58to me; "Adèle might perhaps spill it." I did as requested. As he took the cup from my hand, Adèle, thinking the moment
59propitious for making a request in my favour, cried out-- "N'est-ce pas, monsieur, qu'il y a un cadeau pour Mademoiselle
60Eyre dans votre petit coffre?" "Who talks of cadeaux?" said he gruffly. "Did you expect a present, Miss Eyre? Are you
61fond of presents?" and he searched my face with eyes that I saw were dark, irate, and piercing. "I hardly know, sir; I
62have little experience of them: they are generally thought pleasant things." "Generally thought? But what do you think?"
63"I should be obliged to take time, sir, before I could give you an answer worthy of your acceptance: a present has many
64faces to it, has it not? and one should consider all, before pronouncing an opinion as to its nature." "Miss Eyre, you
65are not so unsophisticated as Adèle: she demands a 'cadeau,' clamorously, the moment she sees me: you beat about the
66bush." "Because I have less confidence in my deserts than Adèle has: she can prefer the claim of old acquaintance, and
67the right too of custom; for she says you have always been in the habit of giving her playthings; but if I had to make
68out a case I should be puzzled, since I am a stranger, and have done nothing to entitle me to an acknowledgment."
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