Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


"You need not look in that way," I said; "if you do, I'll wear
nothing but my old Lowood frocks to the end of the chapter. I'll
be married in this lilac gingham: you may make a dressing-gown
for yourself out of the pearl-grey silk, and an infinite series of
waistcoats out of the black satin."


He chuckled; he rubbed his hands. "Oh, it is rich to see and hear
her?" he exclaimed. "Is she original? Is she piquant? I would
not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk's
whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!"

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