"Jane Eyre"
by Charlotte Bronte

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     "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?"

 
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