Jane Eyre

was no longer angry

could see no fault in her dear boy.

could see no fault in her dear boy.

I lived in terrible fear of him.

Christmas passed by, with no presents or new clothes for me. Every evening I watched Eliza and Georgiana putting on their new dresses and going out to parties. Sometimes Bessie would come up to me in my lonely bedroom, bringing a piece of cake, sometimes she would tell me a story, and sometimes she would kiss me good night. When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world, but she did not always have time for me

thought for a moment. I knew very little about school, but at least it would be a change, the start of a new life

How could I tell him all the reasons for my unhappiness

Mrs Reed was too hard on her, I think.’

My head was hot, my heart beat fast

A strange idea came to me. I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly, and now, as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow, I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise