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Jane Eyre

CHAPTERXXI

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"At your peril you advertise! I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds.

Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I've a use for it." "And so have I, sir," I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me.

"I could not spare the money on any account." "Little niggard!" said he, "refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane." "Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence." "Just let me look at the cash." "No, sir; you are not to be trusted." "Jane!" "Sir ?" "Promise me one thing." "I'll promise you anything, sir, that I think I am likely to perform." "Not to advertise: and to trust this quest of a situation to me.

I'll find you one in time." "I shall be glad so to do, sir, if you, in your turn, will promise that I and Adele shall be both safe out of the house before your bride enters it." "Very well! very well! I'll pledge my word on it.

You go to-morrow, then ?" "Yes, sir; early." "Shall you come down to the drawing-room after dinner ?" "No, sir, I must prepare for the journey." "Then you and I must bid good-bye for a little while ?" "I suppose so, sir." "And how do people perform that ceremony of parting, Jane?
Teach me; I'm not quite up to it." "They say, Farewell, or any other form they prefer." "Then say it." "Farewell, Mr.Rochester, for the present." "What must I say ?" "The same, if you like, sir." "Farewell, Miss Eyre, for the present; is that all ?" "Yes ?" "It seems stingy, to my notions, and dry, and unfriendly.


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