[00:00.50] Chapter 22.
[00:01.82] Back to Thornfield.
[00:05.96] It was a long, slow journey from Gateshead Hall to Millcote.
[00:11.14] This time, there was no carriage waiting for me, but I did not mind.
[00:16.20] I enjoyed the spring evening walk to Thornfield Hall.
[00:20.66] Mr.
[00:21.17] Rochester would not be thinking of me at all, but at least I would soon be with him again.
[00:29.52] As I reached the house, I saw him.
[00:33.29] I found myself trembling and so unsure of myself that I turned to go in by another way, but it was too late.
[00:42.09] He had seen me.
[00:43.99] Jane!
[00:44.94] He cried.
[00:46.99] You should have sent for the carriage instead of slipping along here like a dream.
[00:52.90] Why have you been so long?
[00:57.50] I stayed until my aunt died, sir, I said, and hoped my face did not give away how glad I was to see him.
[01:08.01] And you reappear by twilight like a ghost from the land of the dead.
[01:14.12] I always said you were an elf in creature.
[01:20.48] You've forgotten all about me, I'm sure, he said, and sounded as if he really cared whether I remembered him.
[01:30.19] I have bought a new carriage, Jane, for my bride.
[01:34.39] I just wish I could look as splendid in it as she will.
[01:39.91] You are magical.
[01:43.99] Can you give me a charm to make me handsome?
[01:49.73] It would be past the power of magic, sir, I said, though he was handsome enough to me.
[01:59.12] He gave me a rare smile, and walked with me to the house.
[02:04.98] And I found myself saying, it's so good to be home.
[02:10.59] Wherever you are is home to me.
[02:16.79] I should not have said that, but I couldn't help it.
[02:21.57] I hurried away ahead of him and was welcomed with joy by Adele and Mrs.
[02:27.46] Fairfax.
[02:32.58] The next two weeks were quiet.
[02:38.81] To my surprise, there was no mention of the approaching wedding and no preparation for it.
[02:48.05] Mr.
[02:48.56] Rochester never even went to Ingram Park.
[02:55.53] I wondered if Miss Ingram had changed her mind about him, but he didn't seem upset.
[03:04.98] Indeed, he seemed unusually happy and spoke to me far more than ever before.
[03:14.02] More than ever he was kind, and more than ever I loved him.