简爱 Jane88 - Chapter 22 I Am No Longer Poor
简爱 Jane 88
PART FOUR - LIFE AT MOOR HOUSE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
I Am No Longer Poor
"You see, Mr. Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre, but I only knew a Jane Elliott," said St. John. "Are you Jane Eyre?"
"Well, yes." I cried. "But doesn't Mr. Briggs know anything at all about Mr. Rochester?"
"Briggs isn't interested in Mr. Rochester. He's interested in you. Don't you want to know why?"
"Well, what did he want?" I asked, almost rudely.
"He wanted to tell you that your uncle, John Eyre of Madeira, is dead. He has left you all his money, and you are now rich. That is all." I sat down in a chair, my legs shaking, rich! One moment I was poor, the next moment I was wealthy. I could not believe it. I was very sorry that my uncle was dead, because he was the only family I had left. However, I would never have to worry about money again! I was independent for life!
"Wouldn't you like to know how much money you have, Jane Eyre?" said St. John. "It's only a little bit--just twenty thousand pounds, I think."
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- The secret garden — Chapter Two Across the moors
- The secret garden — Chapter One The child who was left behind
- The secret garden — Chapter Three Meeting Martha
- The secret garden — Chapter Four The Robin and the gardener
- The secret garden — Chapter Five The strange cry
- The secret garden — Chapter Six There was someone crying
- The secret garden — Chapter Seven The key to the garden
- The secret garden — Chapter Eight The Robin shows the way
- The secret garden — Chapter Nine Behind the garden walls
- The secret garden — Chapter Ten Dickon