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VII . Fire In the weeks that followed , I saw more of Mr Rochester . Sometimes he passed me in the hall with a short nod . At other times he called me in the evening and talked to me for an hour . His moods changed often , but he was never cruel , and I began to look forward to our talks . I felt that I understood him , and that he could trust me . One evening , while Adèle was playing with Pilot , he told me her story . Years ago in Paris he had loved a French dancer called Céline Varens . He had given her money , a house , servants and jewels . Then one night he discovered that she was laughing at him with another man . He left her at once . Some time later she had a daughter , Adèle . Céline said that the child was his , but he did not believe it . A few years later Céline ran away with a musician to Italy and left the little girl behind . “ I took the poor thing out of the mud of Paris , ” he said , “ and brought her here , so that she could grow up in the clean air of an English garden . Now that you know she is the child of a French dancer , perhaps you will think less of her . ” “ No , sir , ” I said . “ Adèle is not to blame for her mother’s faults . Now that I know she has no parents , I shall love her even more . ” He looked at me with a strange , warm expression , but he said nothing more . Another evening he asked me whether I thought he was handsome , and I said no before I could stop myself . He laughed . “ You are very direct , Miss Eyre , and I like it . Most people say what they think I want to hear . But I am not a good man , you know . I have made mistakes in my life , and I have done things that I am ashamed of . I wish that I could start again . ” That night I lay awake for a long time , thinking about Mr Rochester and our talk . The clock in the hall had just struck two . Then I heard a sound at my door , as if fingers were moving along the wood in the dark . I called out to ask who was there , but nobody answered , and I was cold with fear . Then , close to my keyhole , I heard a low , strange laugh , the same laugh that I had heard on the third storey . Steps went quickly away along the passage , and a door shut somewhere above .
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