One afternoon in January, I set out to post a letter. It was in extremely cold day, the air was still and there was ice on the lonely road. I walked slowly when I suddenly heard the ramp of a horses hooves. In addition to the tramp, I heard a rush under the hedge and a big black and white dog ran ahead. The horse followed, and on its back there was a rider. Nobody ever rode in these parts, so I thought it was a traveller taking a shortcut to Millcor.
Then I heard a sliding sound and a
clattering tumble. The horse along with its rider had slipped on the. thin ice. 1 quickly walked up to the traveller. Are you mjured, sir? Can I do anything The man struggled on his feet. He felt his foot and leg and found something wrong
and sar down "If you are hurt, and want help, sir, I can fetch someone
Thank you, I shall manage, it's only a sprain. He was a bread man with a dark, stern face and heavy eyebrows. I said, "I cannot think of leaving you sir, at so late an hour, till I see you fit to mount your horse."
"I should think you ought to be at home yourself. Where do you come from?" he asked. "From just below. And I am not ar all afraid of being out late, I said.
"Do you mean that house. Thornfield Hall? "Yes, sir. I am the governess. "Ah! The governess! I had forgotten!"
He had risen bur his face expressed pain when he med to move. "Please help me a little, if you will be so kind," he said. Leaning heavily on me, he limped to his horse. As he sprang to the saddle, he grimaced with Soon they disappeared and I walked on to post the letter. I did not like the thought of re-entering Thornfield. I was tired of the quiet there. Bur when I entered the hall it was not dark, there was a warm glow and a cheerful sound of voices. I hurried in and saw the great black and white dog on the rug
Whose dog is this?" I asked the housemaid. Leah.
*The master's, she replied. "Mr Rochester he has just arrived
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The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves.
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