"Eyre- Jane Eyre."

"Aire? Bah! I cannot say it. Well，our ship stopped in the morning，before it was quite daylight，at a great city- a huge city，with very dark houses and all smoky; not at all like the pretty clean town I came from; and Mr. Rochester carried me in his arms over a plank to the land，and Sophie came after，and we all got into a coach，which took us to a beautiful large house，larger than this and finer，called an hotel. We stayed there nearly a week: I and Sophie used to walk every day in a great green place full of trees，called the park; and there were many children there besides me，and a pond with beautiful birds in it，that I fed with crumbs."

"Can you understand her when she runs on so fast?" asked Mrs.Fairfax.

I understood her very well，for I had been accustomed to the fluent tongue of Madame pierrot.

"I wish," continued the good lady，"you would ask her a question or two about her parents: I wonder if she remembers them?"

"Adele," I inquired，"with whom did you live when you were in that pretty clean town you spoke of?"

"I lived long ago with mama; but she is gone to the Holy Virgin.

Mama used to teach me to dance and sing，and to say verses. A great many gentlemen and ladies came to see mama，and I used to dance before them，or to sit on their knees and sing to them: I liked it. Shall I let you hear me sing now?"