牛津书虫第6级6_01.Jane Eyre Chapter 37.pdf

Chapter37

Themanor-houseofFerndeanwasabuildingof

considerableantiquity,moderatesize,andno

architecturalpretensions,deepburiedinawood.Ihad

heardofitbefore.Mr.Rochesteroftenspokeofit,and

sometimeswentthere.Hisfatherhadpurchasedthe

estateforthesakeofthegamecovers.Hewouldhave

letthehouse,butcouldfindnotenant,inconsequence

ofitsineligibleandinsalubrioussite.Ferndeanthen

remaineduninhabitedandunfurnished,withthe

exceptionofsometwoorthreeroomsfittedupforthe

accommodationofthesquirewhenhewenttherein

theseasontoshoot.

TothishouseIcamejusteredarkonanevening

markedbythecharacteristicsofsadsky,coldgale,and

continuedsmallpenetratingrain.ThelastmileI

performedonfoot,havingdismissedthechaiseand

driverwiththedoubleremunerationIhadpromised.

Evenwhenwithinaveryshortdistanceofthemanor-

house,youcouldseenothingofit,sothickanddark

grewthetimberofthegloomywoodaboutit.Iron

gatesbetweengranitepillarsshowedmewheretoenter,

andpassingthroughthem,Ifoundmyselfatoncein

thetwilightofclose-rankedtrees.Therewasagrass-

growntrackdescendingtheforestaislebetweenhoar

andknottyshaftsandunderbranchedarches.I

followedit,expectingsoontoreachthedwelling;butit

stretchedonandon,itwouldfarandfarther:nosignof

habitationorgroundswasvisible.

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IthoughtIhadtakenawrongdirectionandlostmy

way.Thedarknessofn