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"Jane, you are under a mistake: what is the matter with you? Why

do you tremble so violently? Would you like to drink so else you wish for, Jane? I assure you, I desire

to be your friend"

"Not you You told Mr Brocklehurst I had a bad character, a

deceitful disposition; and I'll let everybody at Lowood knohat

you are, and what you have done"

"Jane, you don't understand these things: children must be

corrected for their faults"

"Deceit is not h voice

"But you are passionate, Jane, that you must allow: and now return

to the nursery--there's a dear--and lie down a little"

"I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon,

Mrs Reed, for I hate to live here"

"I will indeed send her to school soon,"up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment

I was left there alone--winner of the field It was the hardest

battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained: I stood

awhile on the rug, where Mr Brocklehurst had stood, and I enjoyed

my conqueror's solitude First, I smiled to myself and felt elate;

but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the

accelerated throb of my pulses A child cannot quarrel with its

elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled

play, as I had given