‘In course!’ he exclaimed, with a twang of voice and a distortion of features equally fantastic and ludicrous. He looked at me some minutes.
‘And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose?’
‘No, sir; I am not on such terms with my relatives as would justify me in asking favours of them- but I shall advertise.’
‘You shall walk up the pyramids of Egypt!’ he growled. ‘At your peril you advertise! I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I’ve a use for it.’
‘And so have I, sir,’ I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me. ‘I could not spare the money on any account.’
‘Little niggard!’ said he, ‘refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane.’
‘Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.’
‘Just let me look at the cash.’
‘No, sir; you are not to be trusted.’
‘Jane!’
‘Sir?’
‘Promise me one thing.’
‘I’ll promise you anything, sir, that I think I am likely to perform.’
‘Not to advertise: and to trust this quest of a situation to me. I’ll find you one in time.’
‘I shall be glad so to do, sir, if you, in your turn, will promise that I and Adele shall be both safe out of the house before your bride enters it.’
‘Very well! very well! I’ll pledge my word on it. You go to-morrow, then?’
‘Yes, sir; early.’
‘Shall you come down to the drawing-room after dinner?’
‘No, sir, I must prepare for the journey.’
‘Then you and I must bid good-bye for a little while?’
‘I suppose so, sir.’
‘And how do people perform that ceremony of parting, Jane? Teach me; I’m not quite up to it.’
‘They say, Farewell, or any other form they prefer.’
‘Then say it.’
‘Farewell, Mr. Rochester, for the present.’
‘What must I say?’
‘The same, if you like, sir.’
‘Farewell, Miss Eyre, for the present; is that all?’
‘Yes.’
‘It seems stingy, to my notions, and dry, and unfriendly. I should like something else: a little addition to the rite. If one shook hands, for instance; but no- that would not content me either. So you’ll do no more than say Farewell, Jane?’
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