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“The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator。” I said this rather to myself than to the gipsy; whose strange talk; voice; manner; had by this time wrapped me in a kind of dream。 One unexpected sentence came from her lips after another; till I got involved in a web of mystification; and wondered what unseen spirit had been sitting for weeks by my heart watching its workings and taking record of every pulse。
“Eagerness of a listener!” repeated she: “yes; Mr。 Rochester has sat by the hour; his ear inclined to the fascinating lips that took such delight in their task of municating; and Mr。 Rochester was so willing to receive and looked so grateful for the pastime given him; you have noticed this?”
“Grateful! I cannot remember detecting gratitude in his face。”
“Detecting! You have analysed; then。 And what did you detect; if not gratitude?”
I said nothing。
“You have seen love: have you not?—and; looking forward; you have seen him married; and beheld his bride happy?”
“Humph! Not exactly。 Your witch’s skill is rather at fault sometimes。”
“What the devil have you seen; then?”
“Never mind: I came here to inquire; not to confess。 Is it known that Mr。 Rochester is to be married?”
“Yes; and to the beautiful Miss Ingram。”
“Shortly?”
“Appearances would warrant that conclusion: and; no doubt (though; with an audacity that wants chastising out of you; you seem to question it
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