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Jane Eyre考研英语作文 was no possibility of taking a walk that day. we had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (mrs reed, when there was no pany, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so perating, that further outdoor eercise was now out of the question. i was glad of it; i never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the ing home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to eliza, john, and georgiana reed. the said eliza, john, and georgiana were now clustered round their mamma in the drawing-room: she lay reclined on a sofa by the fire side, and with her darlings about her (for the time neither quarrelling nor crying) looked perfectly happy. me, she had dispensed from joining the group, saying, she regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from bessie, and could discover by her own observation that i was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner — something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were — she really must eclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy little children. what does bessie say i have done? i asked. jane, i dont like cavillers or questioners, besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent. a small breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, i slipped in there. it contained a bookcase; i soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. i mounted into the window- seat: gathering up my feet, i sat cross- legged, like a turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, i was