surprise：v.使某人吃惊，此处用为动词。
Chapter Twenty-Four A Surprise at Thornfield In the morning,I told Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey,and that I would be gone for a few days. They did not know the reason for my trip,but they did not ask me questions. After a day and a half of traveling,I arrived at the village near Thornfield. I ran across the field,thinking that in a few minutes,I would see the man I loved. "He might be walking in the gardens,and I could surprise him!" I thought. But when I reached the main gate,I had a horrible shock! Thornfield Hall was nothing but a burned mountain of stones. Everything was quiet. This was why no one at Thornfield has answered my letters! There had been a terrible fire. "Is anyone hurt...or dead?" I cried out as I began to run back to the village. I had to find someone who could tell me what had happened. In the village,I stopped at a hotel and asked.