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Chapter ten A Conversation with Grace Poole In the morning I wanted to see Mr. Rochester but I could not find him. At first,I thought he had told his servants that the fire was an accident. When I passed his bedroom,I saw Grace Poole sitting in a chair and cleaning something. She did not look like someone who could kill another person. But I decided to talk to her. "Good morning, Grace," I said,coming into the room. "Tell me,what happened last night? Why was there a fire? All the servants are talking about it." "Good morning,Miss Eyre," She said. "Well,Master Edward was reading in bed and fell asleep. The candle must have fallen over. The candle put the sheets on fire,but he was able to put the fire out quickly with some water."