Chapter IV

           FrommydiscoursewithMr.Lloyd,andfromtheabovereportedconferencebetweenBessieandAbbot,Igatheredenoughofhopetosufficeasamotiveforwishingtogetwell:achangeseemednear,Idesiredandwaiteditinsilence. Ittarried,however:daysandweekspassed: Ihadregainedmynormalstateofhealth,butnonewallusionwasmadetothesubjectoverwhichIbrooded. Mrs.Reedsurveyedmeattimeswithasevereeye,butseldomaddressedme: sincemyillness,shehaddrawnamoremarkedlineofseparationthaneverbetweenmeandherownchildren;appointingmeasmallclosettosleepinbymyself,condemningmetotakemymealsalone,andpassallmytimeinthenursery,whilemycousinswereconstantlyinthedrawing-room. Notahint,however,didshedropaboutsendingmetoschool:stillIfeltaninstinctivecertaintythatshewouldnotlongenduremeunderthesameroofwithher;forherglance,nowmorethanever,whenturnedonme,expressedaninsuperableandrootedaversion. 

           ElizaandGeorgiana,evidentlyactingaccordingtoorders,spoketomeaslittleaspossible:Johnthrusthistongueinhischeekwheneverhesawme,andonceattemptedchastisement;butasIinstantlyturnedagainsthim,rousedbythesamesentimentofdeepireanddesperaterevoltwhichhadstirredmycorruptionbefore,hethoughtitbettertodesist,andranfrommetitteringexecrations,andvowingIhadbursthisnose. Ihadindeedlevelledatthatprominentfeatureashardablowasmyknucklescouldinflict;andwhenIsawthateitherthatormylookdauntedhim,Ihadthegreatestinclinationtofollowupmyadvantagetopurpose;buthewasalreadywithhismama. Iheardhiminablubberingtonecommencethetaleofhow"thatnastyJaneEyre"hadflownathimlikeamadcat:hewasstoppedratherharshly 

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