Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and
arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as
I wished. My task was a very hard one; but, as I was absolutely
resolved -- as my cousins saw at length that my mind was really
and immutably fixed on making a just division of the property -- as
they must in their own hearts have felt the equity of the intention;
and must, besides, have been innately conscious that in my place
they would have done precisely what I wished to do -- they yielded
at length so far as to consent to put the affair to arbitration. The
judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided
in my opinion: I carried my point. The instruments of transfer
were drawn out: St. John, Diana, Mary, and I, each became possessed
of a competency.

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