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Chapter XIII

           OldMr.RochesterandMr.RowlandcombinedtobringMr.Edwardintowhatheconsideredapainfulposition,forthesakeofmakinghisfortune:whattheprecisenatureofthatpositionwasIneverclearlyknew,buthisspiritcouldnotbrookwhathehadtosufferinit. Heisnotveryforgiving:hebrokewithhisfamily,andnowformanyyearshehasledanunsettledkindoflife. Idon’tthinkhehaseverbeenresidentatThornfieldforafortnighttogether,sincethedeathofhisbrotherwithoutawilllefthimmasteroftheestate; and,indeed,nowonderheshunstheoldplace." 

           "Whyshouldheshunit?" 

           "Perhapshethinksitgloomy." 

           Theanswerwasevasive. Ishouldhavelikedsomethingclearer;butMrs.Fairfaxeithercouldnot,orwouldnot,givememoreexplicitinformationoftheoriginandnatureofMr.Rochester’strials. Sheaverredtheywereamysterytoherself,andthatwhatsheknewwaschieflyfromconjecture. Itwasevident,indeed,thatshewishedmetodropthesubject,whichIdidaccordingly. 

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