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As this character’s dog Pilot approaches, the protagonist believes it is a creature called a gytrash. After losing his home, this character and his future wife move to Ferndean Manor. When first meeting this character, the protagonist is scared of the horse Mesrour, (10[1])which this character falls from (10[1])after a slip on ice. This character, who gets engaged to the wealthy (10[1])socialite Blanche Ingram, (-5[1])has an affair with the opera singer Céline and looks after her daughter Adèle. This man’s first wife is the focus of Jean Rhys’s novel Wide Sargasso Sea. (-5[1])Grace Poole looks after this character’s first wife Bertha (10[1])Mason, who causes a house fire that leaves this character blind. (10[1])For 10 points, name this master of Thornfield Hall and eventual husband of Jane (10[1])Eyre. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Mr. Rochester [or Edward Rochester; prompt on Edward]
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