听名著练听力之简爱篇 第101期

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Ferndean Manor¹ was a pretty old house in the forest. As I came near, the door of the house opened and Edward Rochester came out! [-----1-----]. He looked as strong as before and his hair was still black, but in his face I saw a bitter, desperate look that was not there before. The blink² man walked slowly along the path. Many times he looked up hopefully at the sky, but [-----2-----]. After a while he stopped walking. Rain fell on his bent³ head. Finally he walked slowly back to the house and closed the door. When I knocked at the door, Mr. Rochester's old servant, John, opened it. He knew me immediately, and I asked to stay at the house that night. "But [-----3-----], Miss Eyre," said Mary, Jonh's wife. We were talking together in the kitchen. "He won't see anyone except John and I." she was lighting⁴ some candles.

"Mr. Rochester always wants candles in the sitting room, even though he's blind." "Give them to me, Mary," I said, "I'll take them to him."

Mr. Rochester was sitting near the fire in the dark room. "Put down the candles, Mary." he said.

"Here they are, sir." I said.

"Wait... you are Mary, aren't you?" he asked, listening carefully.

"Mary's in the kitchen, sir." I answered