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1"I like Revelations, and the book of Daniel, and Genesis and Samuel, and a little bit of Exodus, and some parts of Kings
2and Chronicles, and Job and Jonah." "And the Psalms? I hope you like them?" "No, sir." "No? oh, shocking! I have a
3little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a
4gingerbread-nut to eat or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: 'Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;' says he,
5'I wish to be a little angel here below;' he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety." "Psalms are not
6interesting," I remarked. "That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new
7and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." I was about to propound a question,
8touching the manner in which that operation of changing my heart was to be performed, when Mrs. Reed interposed, telling
9me to sit down; she then proceeded to carry on the conversation herself. "Mr. Brocklehurst, I believe I intimated in the
10letter which I wrote to you three weeks ago, that this little girl has not quite the character and disposition I could
11wish: should you admit her into Lowood school, I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to
12keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit. I mention this in your
13hearing, Jane, that you may not attempt to impose on Mr. Brocklehurst." Well might I dread, well might I dislike Mrs.
14Reed; for it was her nature to wound me cruelly; never was I happy in her presence; however carefully I obeyed, however
15strenuously I strove to please her, my efforts were still repulsed and repaid by such sentences as the above. Now,
16uttered before a stranger, the accusation cut me to the heart; I dimly perceived that she was already obliterating hope
17from the new phase of existence which she destined me to enter; I felt, though I could not have expressed the feeling,
18that she was sowing aversion and unkindness along my future path; I saw myself transformed under Mr. Brocklehurst's eye
19into an artful, noxious child, and what could I do to remedy the injury? "Nothing, indeed," thought I, as I struggled to
20repress a sob, and hastily wiped away some tears, the impotent evidences of my anguish. "Deceit is, indeed, a sad fault
21in a child," said Mr. Brocklehurst; "it is akin to falsehood, and all liars will have their portion in the lake burning
22with fire and brimstone; she shall, however, be watched, Mrs. Reed. I will speak to Miss Temple and the teachers." "I
23should wish her to be brought up in a manner suiting her prospects," continued my benefactress; "to be made useful, to
24be kept humble: as for the vacations, she will, with your permission, spend them always at Lowood." "Your decisions are
25perfectly judicious, madam," returned Mr. Brocklehurst. "Humility is a Christian grace, and one peculiarly appropriate
26to the pupils of Lowood; I, therefore, direct that especial care shall be bestowed on its cultivation amongst them. I
27have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride; and, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof
28of my success. My second daughter, Augusta, went with her mama to visit the school, and on her return she exclaimed:
29'Oh, dear papa, how quiet and plain all the girls at Lowood look, with their hair combed behind their ears, and their
30long pinafores, and those little holland pockets outside their frocks--they are almost like poor people's children!
31and,' said she, 'they looked at my dress and mama's, as if they had never seen a silk gown before.'" "This is the state
32of things I quite approve," returned Mrs. Reed; "had I sought all England over, I could scarcely have found a system
33more exactly fitting a child like Jane Eyre. Consistency, my dear Mr. Brocklehurst; I advocate consistency in all
34things." "Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties; and it has been observed in every arrangement connected
35with the establishment of Lowood: plain fare, simple attire, unsophisticated accommodations, hardy and active habits;
36such is the order of the day in the house and its inhabitants." "Quite right, sir. I may then depend upon this child
37being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects?" "Madam, you
38may: she shall be placed in that nursery of chosen plants, and I trust she will show herself grateful for the
39inestimable privilege of her election." "I will send her, then, as soon as possible, Mr. Brocklehurst; for, I assure
40you, I feel anxious to be relieved of a responsibility that was becoming too irksome." "No doubt, no doubt, madam; and
41now I wish you good morning. I shall return to Brocklehurst Hall in the course of a week or two: my good friend, the
42Archdeacon, will not permit me to leave him sooner. I shall send Miss Temple notice that she is to expect a new girl, so
43that there will be no difficulty about receiving her. Good-bye." "Good-bye, Mr. Brocklehurst; remember me to Mrs. and
44Miss Brocklehurst, and to Augusta and Theodore, and Master Broughton Brocklehurst." "I will, madam. Little girl, here is
45a book entitled the 'Child's Guide'; read it with prayer, especially that part containing 'An account of the awfully
46sudden death of Martha G----, a naughty child addicted to falsehood and deceit.'" With these words Mr. Brocklehurst put
47into my hand a thin pamphlet sewn in a cover, and having rung for his carriage, he departed. Mrs. Reed and I were left
48alone: some minutes passed in silence; she was sewing, I was watching her. Mrs. Reed might be at that time some six or
49seven and thirty; she was a woman of robust frame, square-shouldered and strong-limbed, not tall, and, though stout, not
50obese: she had a somewhat large face, the under jaw being much developed and very solid; her brow was low, her chin
51large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular; under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth; her
52skin was dark and opaque, her hair nearly flaxen; her constitution was sound as a bell--illness never came near her; she
53was an exact, clever manager; her household and tenantry were thoroughly under her control; her children only at times
54defied her authority and laughed it to scorn; she dressed well, and had a presence and port calculated to set off
55handsome attire. Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.
56In my hand I held the tract containing the sudden death of the Liar, to which narrative my attention had been pointed as
57to an appropriate warning. What had just passed; what Mrs. Reed had said concerning me to Mr. Brocklehurst; the whole
58tenor of their conversation, was recent, raw, and stinging in my mind; I had felt every word as acutely as I had heard
59it plainly, and a passion of resentment fomented now within me. Mrs. Reed looked up from her work; her eye settled on
60mine, her fingers at the same time suspended their nimble movements. "Go out of the room; return to the nursery," was
61her mandate. My look or something else must have struck her as offensive, for she spoke with extreme though suppressed
62irritation. I got up, I went to the door; I came back again; I walked to the window, across the room, then close up to
63her. Speak I must: I had been trodden on severely, and must turn: but how? What strength had I to dart retaliation at my
64antagonist? I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence-- "I am not deceitful: if I were, I should
65say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and
66this book about the liar, you may give to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I." Mrs. Reed's
67hands still lay on her work inactive: her eye of ice continued to dwell freezingly on mine. "What more have you to say?"
68she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an opponent of adult age than such as is ordinarily used
69to a child. That eye of hers, that voice stirred every antipathy I had. Shaking from head to foot, thrilled with
70ungovernable excitement, I continued--
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