"No，that will do: but after your mama went to the Holy Virgin，as you say，with whom did you live then?"

"With Madame Frederic and her husband: she took care of me，but she is nothing related to me. I think she is poor，for she had not so fine a house as mama. I was not long there. Mr. Rochester asked me if I would like to go and live with him in England，and I said yes; for I knew Mr. Rochester before I knew Madame Frederic，and he was always kind to me and gave me pretty dresses and toys: but you see he has not kept his word，for he has brought me to England，and now he is gone back again himself，and I never see him."

After breakfast，Adele and I withdrew to the library，which room，it appears，Mr. Rochester had directed should be used as the schoolroom. Most of the books were locked up behind glass doors; but there was one bookcase left open containing everything that could be needed in the way of elementary works，and several volumes of light literature，poetry，biography，travels，a few romances，etc. I suppose he had considered that these were all the governess would require for her private perusal; and，indeed，they contented me amply for the present; pared with the scanty pickings I had now and then been able to glean at Lowood，they seemed to offer an abundant harvest of entertainment and information. In this room，too，there was a cabinet piano，quite new and of superior tone; also an easel for painting and a pair of globes.

I found my pupil sufficiently docile，though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind. I felt it would be injudicious to confine her too much at first; so，when I had talked to her a great deal，and got her to learn a little，and when the morning had advanced to noon，I allowed her to return to her nurse. I then proposed to occupy myself till dinner-time in drawing some little sketches for her use.

As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils，Mrs. Fairfax called to me: "Your morning school-hours are over now，I suppose," said she. She was in a room the folding doors of which stood open: I went in when she addressed me. It was a large，stately apartment，with purple chairs and curtains，a Turkey carpet，walnut-panelled walls，one vast window rich in stained glass，and a lofty ceiling，nobly moulded. Mrs. Fairfax was dusting some vases of fine purple spar，which stood on a sideboard.