Quotation from: Jane Eyre

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


You have not quite forgotten little Adele, have you, reader? I
had not; I soon asked and obtained leave of Mr. Rochester, to go
and see her at the school where he had placed her. Her frantic
joy at beholding me again moved me much. She looked pale and thin:
she said she was not happy. I found the rules of the establishment
were too strict, its course of study too severe for a child of her
age: I took her home with me. I meant to become her governess
once more, but I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares
were now required by another -- my husband needed them all. So I
sought out a school conducted on a more indulgent system, and near
enough to permit of my visiting her often, and bringing her home
sometimes. I took care she should never want for anything that
could contribute to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode,
became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies.
As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great
measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in
her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and
well-principled. By her grateful attention to me and mine, she
has long since well repaid any little kindness I ever had it in my
power to offer her.

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