"What! you come back? Is it really you? Is "... Tell your master ... a it?" person wishes to speak to him." "Yes; Heathcliffe," he replied When she returned, I inquired ... "where is she?... Is she what he had said. here? Speak! I want to have one word with her--your mistress "You are to send in your name [Catherine]. Go, and say some and business," she replied. person ... desires to see her." She then proceeded to fill a "... And you _are_ Heathcliffe. glass of water, and place it on But altered!" a tray, together with candles. ... I could not persuade myself "Is that what he rang for?" I to proceed. At length I resolved asked. on making an excuse to ask if ... [Catherine] would have the "Yes; he always has candles candles lighted, and I opened brought in at dusk...." the door. [She] sat ... by a window whose lattice lay back. "Give the tray to me, I will carry it in." "What does he want?" asked Catherine. ... Mary opened the door for me.... Mr. Rochester turned "I did not question him," I mechanically. answered. "This is you, Mary, is it not?" ... Mr. Edgar inquired ... who it was? "Mary is in the kitchen," I answered. "Some one mistress does not expect," I replied. "That "_Who_ is it? _What_ is it? Who Heathcliffe.... Hush! you must speaks?" not call him ... names.... She'd be sadly grieved to hear you. "... I came only this evening," She was nearly heart-broken when I answered. he ran off. I guess his return will make a jubilee to her." "Great God!--what delusion has come over me? What sweet madness "Oh, ... Heathcliffe's come has seized me?... Oh! I _cannot_ back--he is," panted Catherine. see.... Whatever--whoever you "... I'll ... secure my guest. are--be perceptible to my touch I'm afraid the joy is too great or I cannot live!" to be real!" I arrested his hand and prisoned "... Catherine, try to be glad it in both mine. without being absurd! The whole household need not witness the "Is that Jane?" sight of your welcoming a runaway servant." "... This is her voice," I added.... "My dear master, ... I I ... found Heathcliffe ... and am Jane Eyre:... I am come back ushered him into the presence of to you." the master and mistress. "In truth?--in the flesh? My ... Now, I was amazed [by] the living Jane?" transformation of Heathcliffe;...