signifier,” said she, “qu’il y aura l� dedans un cadeau pour moi, et peut-�tre pour vous aussi, mademoiselle. Monsieur a parl� de vous: il m’a demand� le nom de ma gouvernante, et si elle n’�tait pas une petite personne, assez mince et un peu p�le. J’ai dit qu’oui: car c’est vrai, n’est-ce pas, mademoiselle?”

I and my pupil dined as usual in Mrs. Fairfax’s parlour; the afternoon was wild and snowy, and we passed it in the schoolroom. At dark I allowed Ad�le to put away books and work, and to run downstairs; for, from the comparative silence below, and from the cessation of appeals to the door-bell, I conjectured that Mr. Rochester was now at liberty. Left alone, I walked to the window; but nothing was to be seen thence: twilight and snowflakes together