[00:00.38] Chapter 13.
[00:02.04] My employer.
[00:03.40] Teaching Adele the next day was impossible.
[00:08.01] She was restless and fidgety, always finding excuses to leave the room so she could steal a peep at her guardian.
[00:16.40] Mrs. Fairfax told me at last that we were to take tea with Mr. Rochester in the evening, and that I should wear my black silk dress.
[00:27.27] Mr. Rochester was in the drawing room on the couch with one foot on a cushion.
[00:33.86] While he watched Adele playing with the dog, I took the chance to look carefully at him.
[00:41.10] His dark hair and eyebrows and strong features gave him a grim expression.
[00:47.84] At first, he took very little notice of me, but then he asked,
[00:53.51] You have been here about three months.
[00:56.93] Yes, sir.
[00:57.86] From where?
[01:00.37] Lowwood school, sir.
[01:02.97] How long were you there?
[01:07.46] Eight years, sir.
[01:09.78] Eight years?
[01:12.78] It would kill any normal person.
[01:18.13] That explains the look about you when I saw you in the lane.
[01:22.50] I was sure you belonged to another world.
[01:27.23] Have you any family?
[01:29.43] No, sir.
[01:31.75] Not of this world?
[01:34.49] You must be an elf or something of the sort.
[01:40.02] Did your magical relations spread ice on the path?
[01:46.11] Mrs. Fairfax looked up in astonishment.
[01:51.39] You will find no elves in Hay Lane, sir, I said seriously.
[01:57.89] Have you seen much of the world?
[02:02.43] Hardly, sir, at Lowwood.
[02:06.68] I have heard of Mr. Brocklehurst, he said.
[02:13.30] I suppose all you school girls are in love with him.
[02:20.11] Certainly not, I replied.
[02:23.65] We hated him.
[02:26.61] In the days when he controlled the school, we had thin clothes and nearly starved.
[02:32.38] He terrified us.
[02:36.72] Did you learn anything?
[02:39.85] Do you play the piano?
[02:44.89] A little.
[02:48.72] He asked me to play, so I did.
[02:52.76] But he soon stopped me, saying that I played not badly, but not well.
[03:01.05] He asked to see my drawings, and this time he was impressed.
[03:07.20] He regarded them silently with great concentration.
[03:14.82] Where do you get your ideas from? he asked at last.
[03:20.77] From my head, sir.
[03:23.71] They are extraordinary.
[03:27.76] They are elfish.
[03:30.16] Put them away.
[03:33.70] Suddenly, he was dismissing us all from the room.
[03:39.77] I put Adele to bed, then talked to Mrs. Fairfax.
[03:46.56] Is Mr. Rochester always so changeful and abrupt? I asked.
[03:54.96] I suppose so, but I never notice it now.
[04:00.76] It is his nature.
[04:05.51] His family did not treat him well, and he has had a troubled life.
[04:14.67] She did not tell me anything about these troubles, and I did not ask.
[04:20.69] I felt I was not meant to.