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You've been resident here three months?
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Yes, sir.
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And from whence do you hail?
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What's your tale of woe?
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Pardon?
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All governesses have a tale of woe. What's yours?
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I was brought up by my aunt,
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Mrs. Reed of Gateshead,
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in a house even finer than this.
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I then attended Lowood School, where I received
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as good an education as I could hope for.
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I have no tale of woe, sir.