Chapter 22

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌⁠Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead. I wished to leave immediately after the funeral, but Georgiana entreated me to stay till she could get off to London, whither she was now at last invited by her uncle, Mr. Gibson, who had come down to direct his sister’s interment and settle the family affairs. Georgiana said she dreaded bei