Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered
here or glanced there, it was now the bearded physician, Luke,
that bent his brow; now St. John's long hair that waved; and anon
the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel, and seemed
gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor --
of Satan himself -- in his subordinate's form.


Amidst all this, I had to listen as well as watch: to listen for
the movements of the wild beast or the fiend in yonder side den.
But since Mr. Rochester's visit it seemed spellbound: all the
night I heard but three sounds at three long intervals, -- a step
creak, a momentary renewal of the snarling, canine noise, and a
deep human groan.

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