“With master⁠— Mr. Rochester⁠—he is just arrived.”

“Indeed! and is Mrs. Fairfax with him?”

“Yes, and Miss Adèle; they are in the dining-room, and John is gone for a surgeon; for master has had an accident; his horse fell and his ankle is sprained.”

“Did the horse fall in Hay Lane?”

“Yes, coming downhill; it slipped on some ice.”

“Ah! Bring me a candle will you Leah?”