Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


He paused for an answer: and what was I to say? Oh, for some
good spirit to suggest a judicious and satisfactory response! Vain
aspiration! The west wind whispered in the ivy round me; but no
gentle Ariel borrowed its breath as a medium of speech: the birds
sang in the tree-tops; but their song, however sweet, was inarticulate.


Again Mr. Rochester propounded his query:


"Is the wandering and sinful, but now rest-seeking and repentant,
man justified in daring the world's opinion, in order to attach
to him for ever this gentle, gracious, genial stranger, thereby
securing his own peace of mind and regeneration of life?"

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