He landed me on the pavement. As John took his horse, and he followed me into the hall, he told me to make haste and put something dry on, and then return to him in the library; and he stopped me, as I made for the staircase, to extort a promise that I would not be long: nor was I long; in five minutes I rejoined him.
Mi posò in terra, John venne a prendere il cavallo e il signor Rochester mi seguì nel vestibolo per dirmi di andare e cambiarmi il vestito e di raggiungerlo nella biblioteca. Mentre stavo per salir le scale, mi fermò e fecemi promettere di far presto.