简爱 Jane24 - Chapter 7 Mr. Rochester
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PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER SEVEN
Mr. Rochester
The house where I was to work was called Thornfield. It was a large house in the country. After a day's journey, I arrived at the house. Mrs. Fairfax, who came out to meet me, was a little old lady. She seemed happy to have someone to talk to. The house was dark and cold, with large rooms full of beautiful, expensive furniture. It was not a very comforting house. But I was excited to live there, working for kind Mrs. Fairfax.
However, I soon discovered Mrs. Fairfax was not the house's owner, as I had thought. She was only a servant. Thornfield belonged to a man named Mr. Rochester, who was not at home when I arrived. My pupil was a girl named Adele, who was seven or eight years old. Mr. Rochester had taken Adele to live with him, after her mother had died. She was French, and could not speak English. But I had learned French at Lowood, so I could speak to Adele. She was a pretty, happy child who liked to play with dolls and toys. I taught her English and other subjects for two hours every day in the library. It was difficult to make her study, because she had never had school lessons before.
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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