Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


I feared -- or should I say, hoped? -- the allusion to me would
make Mr. Rochester glance my way; and I involuntarily shrank farther
into the shade: but he never turned his eyes.


"I have not considered the subject," said he indifferently, looking
straight before him.


"No, you men never do consider economy and common sense. You should
hear mama on the chapter of governesses: Mary and I have had, I
should think, a dozen at least in our day; half of them detestable
and the rest ridiculous, and all incubi -- were they not, mama?"

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