Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


I wrote again: there was a chance of my first letter having
missed. Renewed hope followed renewed effort: it shone like the
former for some weeks, then, like it, it faded, flickered: not
a line, not a word reached me. When half a year wasted in vain
expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed.


A fine spring shone round me, which I could not enjoy. Summer
approached; Diana tried to cheer me: she said I looked ill, and
wished to accompany me to the sea-side. This St. John opposed; he
said I did not want dissipation, I wanted employment; my present
life was too purposeless, I required an aim; and, I suppose, by way
of supplying deficiencies, he prolonged still further my lessons in
Hindostanee, and grew more urgent in requiring their accomplishment:
and I, like a fool, never thought of resisting him -- I could not
resist him.

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