简爱 Jane32 - Chapter 8 Life with Mr. Rochester

　　Jane 32 简爱

　　PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD

　　CHAPTER EIGHT

　　Life with Mr. Rochester

　　A few days later Mr. Rochester asked to talk to me after dinner. We were in the library, and Adele was talking with Mrs. Fairfax. Rochester called me over.

　　He whispered to me, "Adele and Mrs. Fairfax are busy, so now I can entertain myself." Tonight he did not look so firm or angry, and there was a softness and humor in his fine, dark eyes. He saw me looking at him.

　　"Do you think I'm handsome, Miss Eyre?" he asked.

　　If this had been another person, I think I would have taken time to think, and then said something polite. But somehow, I knew that Mr. Rochester would know I was not telling the truth. So I answered at once, "No, sir."

　　"Ah, you really are interesting! You are a quiet, serious person, but you are not afraid to say what you really think!"

　　"Sir, I'm sorry." I said.

　　"No, don't be sorry! All right, tell me. What is wrong with my appearance?"

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