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Chapter XXXVI

           Iknewhimfromaboy,yousee:andformypart,IhaveoftenwishedthatMissEyrehadbeensunkintheseabeforeshecametoThornfieldHall." 

           "ThenMr.Rochesterwasathomewhenthefirebrokeout?" 

           "Yes,indeedwashe;andhewentuptotheatticswhenallwasburningaboveandbelow,andgottheservantsoutoftheirbedsandhelpedthemdownhimself,andwentbacktogethismadwifeoutofhercell. Andthentheycalledouttohimthatshewasontheroof,whereshewasstanding,wavingherarms,abovethebattlements,andshoutingouttilltheycouldhearheramileoff:Isawherandheardherwithmyowneyes. Shewasabigwoman,andhadlongblackhair:wecouldseeitstreamingagainsttheflamesasshestood. Iwitnessed,andseveralmorewitnessed,Mr.Rochesterascendthroughthesky-lightontotheroof;weheardhimcall‘Bertha!’Wesawhimapproachher; andthen,ma’am,sheyelledandgaveaspring,andthenextminuteshelaysmashedonthepavement." 

           "Dead?" 

           "Dead!Ay,deadasthestonesonwhichherbrainsandbloodwerescattered." 

           "GoodGod!" 

           "Youmaywellsayso,ma’am:itwasfrightful!" 

           Heshuddered. 

           "Andafterwards?"Iurged. 

           "Well,ma’am,afterwardsthehousewasburnttotheground:thereareonlysomebitsofwallsstandingnow." 

           "Wereanyotherliveslost?" 

           "Noperhapsitwouldhavebeenbetteriftherehad." 

           "Whatdoyoumean?" 

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