Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


The night passed rapidly. I was too tired even to dream; I only
once awoke to hear the wind rave in furious gusts, and the rain
fall in torrents, and to be sensible that Miss Miller had taken
her place by my side. When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell
was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun
to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room. I too rose
reluctantly; it was bitter cold, and I dressed as well as I could
for shivering, and washed when there was a basin at liberty, which
did not occur soon, as there was but one basin to six girls, on
the stands down the middle of the room. Again the bell rang: all
formed in file, two and two, and in that order descended the stairs
and entered the cold and dimly lit schoolroom: here prayers
were read by Miss Miller; afterwards she called out -

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