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Chapter XI

           Therearepeoplewhoseemtohavenonotionofsketchingacharacter,orobservinganddescribingsalientpoints,eitherinpersonsorthings:thegoodladyevidentlybelongedtothisclass;myqueriespuzzled,butdidnotdrawherout.Mr.RochesterwasMr.Rochesterinhereyes;agentleman,alandedproprietornothingmore:sheinquiredandsearchednofurther,andevidentlywonderedatmywishtogainamoredefinitenotionofhisidentity. 

           Whenweleftthedining-room,sheproposedtoshowmeovertherestofthehouse;andIfollowedherupstairsanddownstairs,admiringasIwent;forallwaswellarrangedandhandsome.ThelargefrontchambersIthoughtespeciallygrand:andsomeofthethird-storeyrooms,thoughdarkandlow,wereinterestingfromtheirairofantiquity.Thefurnitureonceappropriatedtothelowerapartmentshadfromtimetotimebeenremovedhere,asfashionschanged:andtheimperfectlightenteringbytheirnarrowcasementshowedbedsteadsofahundredyearsold;chestsinoakorwalnut,looking,withtheirstrangecarvingsofpalmbranchesandcherubs’heads,liketypesoftheHebrewark;rowsofvenerablechairs,high-backedandnarrow;stoolsstillmoreantiquated,onwhosecushionedtopswereyetapparenttracesofhalf-effacedembroideries,wroughtbyfingersthatfortwogenerationshadbeencoffin-dust.AlltheserelicsgavetothethirdstoreyofThornfieldHalltheaspectofahomeofthepast:ashrineofmemory. 

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