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Quotes from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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1 The return to Thornfield was yet to be tried.
2 Remain where you are till I return; be as still as a mouse.
3 Amy and Louisa, return to your nests like a pair of doves, as you are.
4 I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me.
5 He did not insist, which I rather feared he would have done; he allowed me to return quietly to my usual seat.
6 They set out early in the forenoon, some on horseback, the rest in carriages; I witnessed both the departure and the return.
7 Mrs. Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew.
8 I had not notified to Mrs. Fairfax the exact day of my return; for I did not wish either car or carriage to meet me at Millcote.
9 Silence composes the nerves; and as an unbroken hush now reigned again through the whole house, I began to feel the return of slumber.
10 I shall return to Brocklehurst Hall in the course of a week or two: my good friend, the Archdeacon, will not permit me to leave him sooner.
11 The want of his animating influence appeared to be peculiarly felt one day that he had been summoned to Millcote on business, and was not likely to return till late.
12 When his sprain was well enough to admit of horse exercise, he rode out a good deal; probably to return these visits, as he generally did not come back till late at night.
13 It was too far to return to dinner, and an allowance of cold meat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinary meals, was served round between the services.
14 I had heard from Mrs. Fairfax in the interim of my absence: the party at the hall was dispersed; Mr. Rochester had left for London three weeks ago, but he was then expected to return in a fortnight.
15 Here the gentlemen interposed with earnest petitions to be further enlightened on these two last-named points; but they got only blushes, ejaculations, tremors, and titters, in return for their importunity.
16 I felt it would be injudicious to confine her too much at first; so, when I had talked to her a great deal, and got her to learn a little, and when the morning had advanced to noon, I allowed her to return to her nurse.
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