Chapter 17

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​⁠A week passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester: ten days, and still he did not come. Mrs. Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas to London, and thence to the Continent, and not show his face again at Thornfield for a year to come; he had not unfrequently quitted it in a manner quite as abrupt and unexpected. When I heard this, I was beginning to feel