Charlotte Bronte Quotes

I Held A Brief Debate With Myself As To Whether I Should Change My Ordinary Attire For Something Smarter. At Last I Concluded It Would Be A Waste Of Labour. "Doubtless," Though I, "she Is Some Stiff Old Maid ; For Though The Daughter Of Madame Reuter, She May Well Number Upwards Of Forty Winters; Besides, If It Were Otherwise, If She Be Both Young And Pretty, I Am Not Handsome, And No Dressing Can Make Me So, Therefore I'll Go As I Am." And Off I Started, Cursorily Glancing Sideways As I Passed The Toilet-table, Surmounted By A Looking-glass: A Thin Irregular Face I Saw, With Sunk, Dark Eyes Under A Large, Square Forehead, Complexion Destitute Of Bloom Or Attraction; Something Young, But Not Youthful, No Object To Win A Lady's Love, No Butt For The Shafts Of Cupid.

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