PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER SEVEN
Mr. Rochester

"Yes, sir," I replied.
"Let's see... you aren't a servant at Thornfield. I can tell because of your black dress. You must be..." He stopped speaking, but seemed to want to know who I was, so I told him.
"I am the governess."
"Ah, the governess! Of course! I had forgotten!" He tried to stand up but his leg was still hurting him badly. "Well, I don't want you to find help, but you could help me yourself, if you like."
"Of course, sir," I said. And so he leaned his weight on my shoulder and I helped him walk to his horse. In a moment he had jupmed on to the horse's back.
"Thank you. You should go home now, it's getting dark!" he said, as he [-----1-----] away.
I walked back to the house, happy with the interesting meeting. In my mind I saw the man's dark, stong face. Even when I arrived back at Thornfield, I did not go into the house immediately. I knew I would only spend the evening quietly with old Mrs. Fairfax. Instead I stayed outside, [-----2-----] up at the moon and the stars, thinking about a different, more [-----3-----] life.
When I went inside, the servants told me that Mr. Rochester had arrived, but that he had hurt his leg when his horse slipped on the ice!

Vocabulary Focus

leaned his weight on my shoulder:把重量压在我的肩上。lean本身表示倾斜地倚靠，此处罗切斯特先生因摔伤无法行走，只能倚靠在简的身上，因此身体的重量也就压在简身上了。