1 I endeavoured to recall him to the main fact.
2 If they did not love me, in fact, as little did I love them.
3 Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester.
4 Mrs. Fairfax may indeed have suspected something, but she could have gained no precise knowledge as to facts.
5 Inquiry was made into the origin of the scourge, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree.
6 I did consider; and still my sense, such as it was, directed me only to the fact that we did not love each other as man and wife should: and therefore it inferred we ought not to marry.
7 This state of things should have been to me a paradise of peace, accustomed as I was to a life of ceaseless reprimand and thankless fagging; but, in fact, my racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe, and no pleasure excite them agreeably.
8 I was confirmed in this idea by the fact of her once or twice coming downstairs on very warm sunny afternoons, and being taken by Miss Temple into the garden; but, on these occasions, I was not allowed to go and speak to her; I only saw her from the schoolroom window, and then not distinctly; for she was much wrapped up, and sat at a distance under the verandah.