Project Gutenberg #1260
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
1847Charlotte Bronte's Bildungsroman and Gothic romance, prepared chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg plaintext.
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Chapter 17 — CHAPTER XVII Central question What happens when Rochester withdraws? Main argument Rochester’s absence makes Jane acutely aware of how much attention she has begun to give him. The chapter uses delay...
much depressed that a few more words
would bring tears to your eyes—indeed, they are there now, shining and
swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on to the
flag. If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig
of a servant passing, I would know what all this means. Well, to-night
I excuse you; but understand that so long as my visitors stay, I expect
you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don’t
neglect it. Now go, and send Sophie for Adèle. Good-night, my—” He
stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.