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of sitting still in the library through a whole long morning: Mrs。 Fairfax had just written a letter which was waiting to be posted; so I put on my bon and cloak and volunteered to carry it to Hay; the distance; two miles; would be a pleasant winter afternoon walk。 Having seen Adèle fortably seated in her little chair by Mrs。 Fairfax’s parlour fireside; and given her her best wax doll (which I usually kept enveloped in silver paper in a drawer) to play with; and a story…book for change of amusement; and having replied to her “Revenez bient?t; ma bonne amie; ma chère Mdlle。 Jeante;” with a kiss I set out。

The ground was hard; the air was still; my road was lonely; I walked fast till I got warm; and then I walked slowly to enjoy and analyse the species of pleasure brooding for me in the hour and situation。 It was three o’clock; the church bell tolled as I passed under the belfry: the charm of the hour lay in its approaching dimness; in the low…gliding and pale…beaming sun。 I was a mile from Thornfield; in a lane noted for wild roses in summer; for nuts and blackberries in autumn; and even now possessing a few coral treasures in hips and haws; but whose best winter delight lay in its utter solitude and leafless repose。 If a breath of air stirred; it made no sound here; for there was not a holly; not an evergreen to rustle; and the stripped hawthorn and hazel bushes were as still as the white; worn stones which causewayed the middle of the path。 Far and wide; on each side; there were only fields; where no cattle now browsed; and the little brown birds; which stirred occasionally in the hedge; looked like single russet leaves that had forgotten to drop。

This lane inclined up…hill all the way to Hay; having reached the middle; I sat down on a stile which led

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