CHAPTER XII 147
" With whom?"
" With master-- Mr. Rochester-- he is just arrived." " Indeed! and is Mrs. Fairfax with him?"
" Yes, and Miss Adele; they are in the dining-room, and John is gone for a surgeon; for master has had an accident; his horse fell and his ankle is sprained."
" Did the horse fall in Hay Lane?" " Yes, coming down-hill; it slipped on some ice." " Ah! Bring me a candle will you Leah?"
Leah brought it; she entered, followed by Mrs. Fairfax, who repeated the news; adding that Mr. Carter the surgeon was come, and was now with Mr. Rochester: then she hurried out to give orders about tea, and I went upstairs to take off my things.