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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Bronte, Charlotte

Bronte, Charlotte
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Jane Eyre: Chapters 21 - 27

Chapter 21

For about a week Jane dreamed almost every night of a small baby. This
worried her because she remembered Bessie Leaven saying that "to dream of
children was a sure sign of trouble." Sure enough, after a few days Bessie's
husband, the coachman from Gateshead, arrived to tell her that John Reed had
got into debt and killed himself and that Mrs. Reed had had a stroke and was
asking for her. Reluctantly Mr. Rochester let her go; equally reluctantly Jane
pointed out to him that if he did get married Adele ought to be ...

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