简爱 Jane67 - Chapter 17 The Day of the Wedding

　　Jane 67 简爱

　　PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD

　　CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

　　The Day of the Wedding

　　Then he turned to us, with a bitter smile. "You see, gentlemen, this is my wife. This is the partner I must live with forever. And instead, I wanted to have Jane Eyre, this young girl. Can you honestly blame me? Compare the two, and then tell me you think I am wrong!"

　　We all left the room silently. As we went downstairs the lawyer said to me quietly, "Miss Eyre, I know you did not know about Bertha Mason. None of this is your fault; it is Edward Rochester's terrible mistake. Mr. Mason will tell your uncle what happened when he returns to Madeira."

　　"Do you know my uncle?" I asked, surprised.

　　"I am John Eyre's lawyer, also. Your uncle and Mr. Mason know each other. On his way back to the West Indies, Mr. Mason stopped in Madeira and stayed with Mr. Eyre. He told Mason that you were going to marry a Mr. Rochester in England."

　　"Yes, I wrote to tell him I was getting married," I said.

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