简爱 Jane80 - Chapter 20 Getting to Know the Rivers Family

　　Jane 80

　　PART FOUR - LIFE AT MOOR HOUSE

　　CHAPTER TWENTY

　　Getting to Know the Rivers Family

　　Mary said sadly, "We have lost our father. Now we'll lose our brother too!"Just then St. John came into the room with a letter. "Our uncle John is dead," he said. Diana and Mary did not look sad. St. John gave them the letter to read, but then they all looked at each other.

　　"Well," said Diana, "I suppose we don't really need any more money, anyway."

　　"Yes," said St. John, "but if we had that money, how different our lives would be!" He left the room.

　　After a few moments Diana looked at me. "Jane, you are probably surprised that we are not sad because Uncle John has died. He was our mother's brother. Years ago, he and my father quarreled with each other. My father lost all his money, but my uncle became very rich. Uncle John did not marry and had no children. He had no other family except for us and one other person, who we do not know. My father always hoped the Uncle John would help us when he died, by giving us his money. But it seems that this other person has gotten everything. Of course we didn't really expect anything. Uncle John disliked my father, so he probably did not want to help us. But Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each. And St. John would have been able to help so many poor people around the world!" She said nothing else and soon left the room.

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