https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/ There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so pe... en https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/28/ Some time in the afternoon I raised my head, and looking round and seeing the western sun gilding the sign of its decline on the wall, I asked, “What am I to do?” https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/35/ It was near Christmas by the time all was settled: the season of general holiday approached. I now closed Morton school, taking care that the parting should not be barren on my... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/22/ Presentiments are strange things! and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key. I never laughed a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/18/ A week passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester: ten days, and still he did not come. Mrs. Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/38/ The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood. I had heard of it before. Mr. Roche... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/25/ As I rose and dressed, I thought over what had happened, and wondered if it were a dream. I could not be certain of the reality till I had seen Mr. Rochester again, and heard hi... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/29/ Two days are passed. It is a summer evening; the coachman has set me down at a place called Whitcross; he could take me no farther for the sum I had given, and I was not possess... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/11/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/11/ A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play; and when I draw up the curtain this time, reader, you must fancy you see a room in the George Inn at Millcote,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/19/ Merry days were these at Thornfield Hall; and busy days too: how different from the first three months of stillness, monotony, and solitude I had passed beneath its roof! All sa... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/21/ I had forgotten to draw my curtain, which I usually did, and also to let down my window-blind. The consequence was, that when the moon, which was full and bright (for the night... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/4/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/4/ From my discourse with Mr. Lloyd, and from the above reported conference between Bessie and Abbot, I gathered enough of hope to suffice as a motive for wishing to get well: a ch... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/26/ The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered. There was no putting off the day that advanced—the bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/16/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/16/ Mr. Rochester did, on a future occasion, explain it. It was one afternoon, when he chanced to meet me and Adèle in the grounds: and while she played with Pilot and her shuttleco... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/5/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/5/ Five o’clock had hardly struck on the morning of the 19th of January, when Bessie brought a candle into my closet and found me already up and nearly dressed. I had risen half-an... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/34/ When Mr. St. John went, it was beginning to snow; the whirling storm continued all night. The next day a keen wind brought fresh and blinding falls; by twilight the valley was d... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/33/ I continued the labours of the village-school as actively and faithfully as I could. It was truly hard work at first. Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comp... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/30/ The recollection of about three days and nights succeeding this is very dim in my mind. I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actio... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/15/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/15/ “Ah! well, come forward; be seated here.” He drew a chair near his own. “I am not fond of the prattle of children,” he continued; “for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/10/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/10/ Hitherto I have recorded in detail the events of my insignificant existence: to the first ten years of my life I have given almost as many chapters. But this is not to be a regu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/36/ He did not leave for Cambridge the next day, as he had said he would. He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/27/ Sophie came at seven to dress me: she was very long indeed in accomplishing her task; so long that Mr. Rochester, grown, I suppose, impatient of my delay, sent up to ask why I d... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/12/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/12/ The promise of a smooth career, which my first calm introduction to Thornfield Hall seemed to pledge, was not belied on a longer acquaintance with the place and its inmates. Mrs... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/13/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/13/ Mr. Rochester, it seems, by the surgeon’s orders, went to bed early that night; nor did he rise soon next morning. When he did come down, it was to attend to business: his agent... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/24/ A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. It was as if a band... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/37/ The daylight came. I rose at dawn. I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/20/ The library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sibyl—if Sibyl she were—was seated snugly enough in an easy-chair at the chimney-corner. She had on a red cloak and a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/17/ I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night: I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye. During the early part... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/31/ The more I knew of the inmates of Moor House, the better I liked them. In a few days I had so far recovered my health that I could sit up all day, and walk out sometimes. I coul... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/7/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/7/ My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/9/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/9/ But the privations, or rather the hardships, of Lowood lessened. Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/3/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/3/ The next thing I remember is, waking up with a feeling as if I had had a frightful nightmare, and seeing before me a terrible red glare, crossed with thick black bars. I heard v... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/32/ My home, then, when I at last find a home,—is a cottage; a little room with whitewashed walls and a sanded floor, containing four painted chairs and a table, a clock, a cupboard... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/8/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/8/ Ere the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea. I now ventured to descend: it was deep dusk; I retired into a co... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/23/ Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead. I wished to leave immediately after the funeral, but Georgiana entrea... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/6/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/6/ The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/2/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/2/ I resisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion Bessie and Miss Abbot were disposed to entertain of me. The fact is, I... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/1/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/1/ There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/39/ Reader, I married him. A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present. When we got back from church, I went into the kitchen of the manor-house, wher... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/14/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/14/ For several subsequent days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the mornings he seemed much engaged with business, and, in the afternoon, gentlemen from Millcote or the neighbourh...