简爱 Jane88 - Chapter 22 I Am No Longer Poor

　　"Twenty thousand pounds!" I thought I would faint from surprise. I had never heard St. John laugh before, but when he saw my face, he could not help it. "Perhaps... perhaps you've made a mistake." I cried nervously.

　　"No, there's no mistake," he said, smiling. "Now I must go. Good night." He was about to leave when I said suddenly, "Wait! Stop! Why did Mr. Briggs write to you, if he wanted to find me?"

　　"Oh, I'm a church man," he laughed. "I have ways of discovering interesting things."