Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


He paused: the birds went on carolling, the leaves lightly rustling.
I almost wondered they did not check their songs and whispers to
catch the suspended revelation; but they would have had to wait many
minutes -- so long was the silence protracted. At last I looked
up at the tardy speaker: he was looking eagerly at me.


"Little friend," said he, in quite a changed tone -- while his
face changed too, losing all its softness and gravity, and becoming
harsh and sarcastic -- "you have noticed my tender penchant for Miss
Ingram: don't you think if I married her she would regenerate me
with a vengeance?"

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