Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


"Certainly, my best. And I was quite right: depend on that:
there are a thousand reasons why liaisons between governesses and
tutors should never be tolerated a moment in any well-regulated
house; firstly -- "


"Oh, gracious, mama! Spare us the enumeration! Au reste, we
all know them: danger of bad example to innocence of childhood;
distractions and consequent neglect of duty on the part of the attached
-- mutual alliance and reliance; confidence thence resulting --
insolence accompanying -- mutiny and general blow-up. Am I right,
Baroness Ingram, of Ingram Park?"

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