[00:01.37] Chapter 15.
[00:02.52] Danger.
[00:05.62] Some days later, when we were in the gardens watching Adele playing with pilot, he told me about her mother.
[00:12.92] She was Celine Verrons, a French dancer, and he had been passionately in love with her.
[00:19.68] He had provided her with carriages, servants, and all the fine clothes she could want until he found out that he was not her only lover.
[00:28.74] While she swore she loved him, she had been laughing behind his back with a young French nobleman.
[00:34.64] After that, he had wanted nothing more to do with her, but he had agreed to take care of her daughter.
[00:43.30] She may be mine, but I very much doubt it, he said.
[00:47.45] Pilot is more like me than she is.
[00:50.28] Do you still want to be her governess?
[00:54.70] Of course, I said.
[00:58.82] She is not to blame for her mother's faults, or yours.
[01:03.96] As her mother abandoned her, and you say she is not yours, she needs someone to love her.
[01:12.46] Mr. Rochester had now been at Thornfield for two months, but Mrs. Fairfax said this was far longer than normal.
[01:20.53] That night, I was lying awake, wondering how long he would stay, when I heard a strange murmuring sound.
[01:28.31] The clock struck two.
[01:31.58] Something brushed past my door.
[01:37.49] It is only pilot, I thought nervously.
[01:42.52] But then there came a low, threatening laugh like the voice of a demon.
[01:47.81] Then, footsteps.
[01:50.87] Terrified, but knowing I must wake Mrs. Fairfax, I slipped out onto the landing.
[01:57.97] Two candles burned in the hall, and by their light, I saw a blue haze in the air.
[02:04.48] Smoke was pouring from Mr. Rochester's room.
[02:11.59] Flames were creeping along the bed curtains as I ran in.
[02:17.11] Wake up! I cried, shaking him, but the smoke had dulled his senses.
[02:23.43] So I took the water jug and flung the water over him.
[02:28.21] As it quenched the flames, it woke him.
[02:34.90] In the name of all the elves in Chridom, Jane Air, he cried, what are you doing?
[02:43.31] I brought a candle as he put on his dressing gown.
[02:47.58] By the candle light, he looked round at the charred bed curtains, while I explained what had happened.
[02:55.96] Stay here, he ordered, throwing his cloak around me.
[02:59.85] Wrap yourself in this to keep warm.
[03:02.25] Don't make a sound.
[03:08.18] He took the candle and left me in darkness.
[03:12.61] I was cold in spite of the cloak and weary long before he returned.
[03:20.83] It is as I thought, he said gravely.
[03:27.09] Something to do with Grace Pool, I said.
[03:29.90] I heard her laugh.
[03:33.89] Grace?
[03:35.51] Yes.
[03:37.78] I shall sleep on the sofa tonight.
[03:41.67] Go to your room and say nothing about this to anyone.
[03:47.32] Good night, I said.
[03:49.97] But he seemed surprised.
[03:53.42] You have saved my life, he said.
[03:58.20] How can you walk away like a stranger, at least shake hands.
[04:06.70] He held out his hand, and I took it.
[04:10.17] He seized my hand in both of his.
[04:17.06] I knew you would do me good, he said wildly, when I first saw you.
[04:25.29] He paused, as if he struggled for words.
[04:29.96] It was in your eyes.
[04:33.77] Cherished preserver.
[04:36.97] Good night.
[04:40.82] I am glad I was awake, I said.
[04:45.88] Must you go? he asked with strange energy.
[04:51.52] I am cold, sir.
[04:54.90] So you are.
[04:56.75] You must go.
[05:01.54] He let go of my fingers very slowly, and I returned to my room too shaken to sleep.