听名著练听力之简爱篇 第53期

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The next day I got a letter from Gateshead. There was much trouble and sadness¹ there.
My cousin, John Reed², had spent all his money and most of his mother's. He had been in prison³ most of his life. He owed⁴ many people money. A week before this, he had killed himself. [-----1-----] Although she could hardly speak, she told my cousins Eliza and Georgiana that she had to see me. Why, I did not know.
Of course, I did not want to go there, but I could not refuse to see Mrs. Reed, when she might die. So I went to ask Mr. Rochester if I could travel to Gateshead for a short time.
"What is it, Jane?" he asked when I saw him. We had left the guests and were sitting alone in the library.
"Well, sir, I would like to visit my aunt, who is ill, for a week or two."
"Jane, I thought you had no family!"
"[-----2-----]"
"Well, Jane, I see you are determined⁵ to go. Where does she live, and how long will you stay?"
"She lives at Gateshead, sir. It is one hundred miles away. I'll come back as soon as I can."
"You must promise me to stay only a week," Mr. Rochester said. I wondered why he looked so worried.
"[-----3-----]"
"But you can't travel a hundred miles all alone, can you?"
"My cousins sent a carriage⁶ for me, sir, so I can leave tomorrow."
Mr. Rochester did not say anything for a moment.