The sounds I had heard after the scream, and the words that had been uttered, had probably been heard only by me; for they had proceeded from the room above mine: but they assured me that it was not a servant's dream which had thus struck horror through the house; and that the explanation Mr. Rochester had given was merely an invention framed to pacify his guests.
Los ruidos y exclamaciones que yo oyera acaso no los hubiesen sentido los demás, ya que procedían del cuarto situado sobre el mío. Así, yo estaba segura de que lo de la pesadilla de una criada había sido mera invención para tranquilizar a los invitados.