"I did; and I will keep my promise, for an hour or two at least: I have no wish to go to bed."

     "Are all your arrangements complete?"

     "All, sir."

     "And on my part likewise," he returned, "I have settled everything; and we shall leave Thornfield to-morrow, within half-an-hour after our return from church."

     "Very well, sir."

     "With what an extraordinary smile you uttered that word--'very well,' Jane! What a bright spot of colour you have on each cheek! and how strangely your eyes glitter! Are you well?"

     "I believe I am."

     "Believe! What is the matter? Tell me what you feel."

     "I could not, sir: no words could tell you what I feel. I wish this present hour would never end: who knows with what fate the next may come charged?"

     "This is hypochondria, Jane. You have been over-excited, or over-fatigued."