第二十章英语音频（205字）

Chapter 20：The Midnight Scream

One night, I was awakened by a loud scream.
The sound came from a room upstairs.
The whole mansion was thrown into confusion.

I stepped out of my room and saw servants running through the hallway.
Everyone looked anxious.
But no one would tell me what had happened.

After a while, Mr. Rochester appeared.
He looked serious and told me to return to my room at once.
He said, “Don’t ask. Stay in your room.”

Although I obeyed him, my heart was full of questions.
Who had screamed? What had happened?
Why didn’t he want to tell me the truth?

The next morning, everything seemed back to normal.
But everyone was quieter and more careful.
I felt there was a secret hidden in the mansion.

I tried to ask Mr. Rochester again about that night.
But he avoided the topic with a simple answer.
His expression hid a pain he didn’t want to share.

Since then, I began to notice strange things in the house.
Sometimes I heard footsteps, sometimes whispers at night.
These things made me feel uneasy and curious.

I knew Mr. Rochester was hiding something important.
And that secret might change how I saw him forever.