which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs. Unused as I was to strangers, it was rather a trial to appear thus formally summoned in Mr. Rochester’s presence. I let Mrs. Fairfax precede me into the dining-room, and kept in her shade as we crossed that apartment; and, passing the arch, whose curtain was now dropped, entered the elegant recess beyond.

Two wax candles stood lighted on the table, and two on the mantelpiece; basking in the light and heat of a superb fire, lay Pilot — Ad�le knelt near him.

Half reclined on a couch appeared Mr. Rochester, his foot supported by the cushion; he was looking at Ad�le and the dog: the fire shone full on his face. I knew my traveller with his broad and jetty eyebrows; his square forehead, made