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Chapter XXII

           Herplansrequiredallhertimeandattention,shesaid;shewasabouttodepartforsomeunknownbourne;andalldaylongshestayedinherownroom,herdoorboltedwithin,fillingtrunks,emptyingdrawers,burningpapers,andholdingnocommunicationwithanyone. Shewishedmetolookafterthehouse,toseecallers,andanswernotesofcondolence. 

           OnemorningshetoldmeIwasatliberty. "And,"sheadded,"Iamobligedtoyouforyourvaluableservicesanddiscreetconduct!ThereissomedifferencebetweenlivingwithsuchanoneasyouandwithGeorgiana:youperformyourownpartinlifeandburdennoone. To-morrow,"shecontinued,"IsetoutfortheContinent.IshalltakeupmyabodeinareligioushousenearLisleanunneryyouwouldcallit;thereIshallbequietandunmolested. IshalldevotemyselfforatimetotheexaminationoftheRomanCatholicdogmas,andtoacarefulstudyoftheworkingsoftheirsystem:ifIfindittobe,asIhalfsuspectitis,theonebestcalculatedtoensurethedoingofallthingsdecentlyandinorder,IshallembracethetenetsofRomeandprobablytaketheveil." 

           Ineitherexpressedsurpriseatthisresolutionnorattemptedtodissuadeherfromit."Thevocationwillfityoutoahair,"Ithought:"muchgoodmayitdoyou!" 

           Whenweparted,shesaid: "Good-bye,cousinJaneEyre;Iwishyouwell:youhavesomesense." 

           Ithenreturned: "Youarenotwithoutsense,cousinEliza;butwhatyouhave,Isuppose,inanotheryearwillbewalledupaliveinaFrenchconvent. 

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