"Lowood Institution. -- This portion was rebuilt A.D. -- , by Naomi
Brocklehurst, of Brocklehurst Hall, in this county."
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." -- St. Matt.
v. 16.
I read these words over and over again: I felt that an explanation
belonged to them, and was unable fully to penetrate their import.
I was still pondering the signification of "Institution," and
endeavouring to make out a connection between the first words and
the verse of Scripture, when the sound of a cough close behind me
made me turn my head. I saw a girl sitting on a stone bench near;
she was bent over a book, on the perusal of which she seemed intent:
from where I stood I could see the title -- it was "Rasselas;" a
name that struck me as strange, and consequently attractive. In
turning a leaf she happened to look up, and I said to her directly -
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