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ast fortnight。 How is this? I looked over the regulations; and I find no such meal as lunch mentioned。 Who introduced this innovation? and by what authority?”
“I must be responsible for the circumstance; sir;” replied Miss Temple: “the breakfast was so ill prepared that the pupils could not possibly eat it; and I dared not allow them to remain fasting till dinner…time。”
“Madam; allow me an instant。 You are aware that my plan in bringing up these girls is; not to accustom them to habits of luxury and indulgence; but to render them hardy; patient; self…denying。 Should any little accidental disappointment of the appetite occur; such as the spoiling of a meal; the under or the over dressing of a dish; the incident ought not to be neutralised by replacing with something more delicate the fort lost; thus pampering the body and obviating the aim of this institution; it ought to be improved to the spiritual edification of the pupils; by encouraging them to evince fortitude under temporary privation。 A brief address on those occasions would not be mistimed; wherein a judicious instructor would take the opportunity of referring to the sufferings of the primitive Christians; to the torments of martyrs; to the exhortations of our blessed Lord Himself; calling upon His disciples to take up their cross and follow Him; to His warnings that man shall not live by bread alone; but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God; to His divine consolations; “If ye suffer hunger or thirst for My sake; happy are ye。” Oh; madam; when you put bread and cheese; instead of burnt porridge; into these children’s mouths; you may indeed feed their vile bodies; but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!”
Mr。 Brocklehurst again paused—perhaps overe by his feelings。 Miss Temple had looked down when he first began to speak to her; but she now gazed straight before her; and her face; naturally pale as marble; appeared to be assuming also the coldness and fixity of that material; especially her mouth; closed as if it would have required a sculptor’s chisel to open it; and her brow settled gradually into petrified severity。
Meantime; Mr。 Brocklehurst; standing on the hearth with his hands behind his back; majestically surveyed the whole school。 Suddenly his eye gave a blink; as if it had met something that either dazzled or shocked its pupil; turning; he said in more rapid accents than he had hitherto used—
“Miss Temple; Miss Temple; what—what is that girl with curled hair? Red hair; ma’am; curled—curled all over?” And extending his cane he pointed to the awful object; his hand shaking as he did so。
“It is Julia Severn;” replied Miss Temple; very quietly。
“Julia Severn; ma’am! And why has she; or any other; curled hair? Why; in defiance of every precept and principle of this house; does she conform to the world so openly—here in an evangelical; charitable establishment—as to wear her hair one mass of curls?”
“Julia’s hair curls naturally;” returned Miss Temple; still more quietly。
“Naturally! Yes; but we are not to conform to nature; I wish these girls to be the children of Grace: and why that abundance? I have again and again intimated that I desire the hair to be arranged closely; modestly; plainly。 Miss Temple; that girl’s hair must be cut off entirely; I will send a barber to…morrow: and I see others who have far too much of the excrescence—that tall girl; tell her to turn round。 Tell all the first form to rise up and direct their faces to the wall。”
Miss Temple passed her handkerchief over her lips; as if to smooth away the involuntary smile that curled them; she gave the order; however; and when the first class could take in ; they obeyed。 Leaning a little back on my bench; I could see the looks and grimaces with which they mented on this man?uvre: it was a pity Mr。 Brocklehurst could not see them too; he would perhaps have felt that; whatever he might do with the outside of the cup and platter; the inside was further beyond his interference than he imagined。
He scrutinised the reverse of these living medals some five minutes; then pronounced sentence。 These words fell like the knell of doom—
“All those top…knots must be cut off。”
Miss Temple seemed to remonstrate。
“Madam;” he pursued; “I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh; to teach them to clothe themselves with shame…facedness and sobriety; not with braided hair and costly apparel; and each of the young persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaits which vanity itself might have woven; these; I repeat; must be cut off; think of the time wasted; of—”
Mr。 Brocklehurst was here interrupted: three other visitors; ladies; now entered the room。 They ought to have e a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress; for they were splendidly attired in velvet; silk; and furs。 The two younger of the trio (fine girls of sixteen and seventeen) had grey beaver hats; then in fashion; shaded with ostrich plumes; and from under the brim of this graceful head…dress fell a profusion of light tresses; elaborately curled; the elder lady was enveloped in a costly velvet shawl; trimmed with ermine; and she wore a false front of French curls。
These ladies were deferentially received by Miss Temple; as Mrs。 and the Misses Brocklehurst; and conducted to seats of honour at the top of the room。 It seems they had e in the carriage with their reverend relative; and had been conducting a rummaging scrutiny of the room upstairs; while he transacted business with the housekeeper; questioned the laundress; and lectured the superintendent。 They now proceeded to address divers remarks and reproofs to Miss Smith; who was charged with the care of the linen and the inspection of the dormitories: but I had no time to listen to what they said; other matters called off and enchanted my attention。
Hitherto; while gathering up the discourse of Mr。 Brocklehurst and Miss Temple; I had not; at the same time; neglected precautions to secure my personal safety; which I thought would be effected; if I could only elude observation。 To this end; I had sat well back on the form; and while seeming to be busy with my sum; had held my slate in such a manner as to conceal my face: I might have escaped notice; had not my treacherous slate somehow happened to slip from my hand; and falling with an obtrusive crash; directly drawn every eye upon me; I knew it was all over now; and; as I stooped to pick up the two fragments of slate; I rallied my forces for the worst。 It came。
“A careless girl!” said Mr。 Brocklehurst; and immediately after—“It is the new pupil; I perceive。” And before I could draw breath; “I must not forget I have a word to say respecting her。” Then aloud: how loud it seemed to me! “Let the child who broke her slate e forward!”
Of my own accord I could not have stirred; I was paralysed: but the two great girls who sit on each side of me; set me on my legs and pushed me towards the dread judge; and then Miss Temple gently assisted me to his very feet; and I caught her whispered counsel—
“Don’t be afraid; Jane; I saw it was an accident; you shall not be punished。”
The kind whisper went to my heart like a dagger。
“Another minute; and she will despise me for a hypocrite;” thought I; and an impulse of fury against Reed; Brocklehurst; and Co。 bounded in my pulses at the conviction。 I was no Helen Burns。
“Fetch that stool;” said Mr。 Brocklehurst; pointing to a very high one from which a monitor had just risen: it was brought。
“Place the child upon it。”
And I was placed there; by whom I don’t know: I was in no condition to note particulars; I was only aware that they had hoisted me up to the height of Mr。 Brocklehurst’s nose; that he was within a yard of me; and that a spread of shot orange and purple silk pelisses and a cloud of silvery plumage extended and waved below me。
Mr。 Brocklehurst hemmed。
“Ladies;” said he; turning to his family; “Miss Temple; teachers; and children; you all see this girl?”
Of course they did; for I felt their eyes directed like burning… glasses against my scorched skin。
“You see she is yet young; you observe she possesses the ordinary form of childhood; God has graciously given her the shape that He has given to all of us; no signal deformity points her out as a marked character。 Who would think that the Evil One had already found a servant and agent in her? Yet such; I grieve to say; is the case。”
A pause—in which I began to steady the palsy of my nerves; and to feel that the Rubicon was passed; and that the trial; no longer to be shirked; must be firmly sustained。
“My dear children;” pursued the black marble clergyman; with pathos; “this is a sad; a melancholy occasion; for it bees my duty to warn you; that this girl; who might be one of God’s own lambs; is a little castaway: not a member of the true flock; but evidently an interloper and an alien。 You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary; avoid her pany; exclude her from your sports; and shut her out from your converse。 Teachers; you must watch her: keep your eyes on her movements; weigh well her words; scrutinise her actions; punish her body to save her soul: if; indeed; such salvation be possible; for (my tongue falters while I tell it) this girl; this child; the native of a Christian land; worse than many a little heathen who says its prayers to Brahma and kneels before Juggernaut—this girl is—a liar!”
Now came a pause of ten minutes; during which I; by this time in perfect possession of my wits; observed all the female Brocklehursts produce their pocket…handkerchiefs and apply them to their optics; while the elderly lady swayed herself to and fro; and the two younger ones whispered; “How shocking!” Mr。 Brocklehurst resumed。
“This I learned from her benefactress; from the pious and charitable lady who adopted her in her orphan state; reared her as her own daughter; and whose kindness; whose generosity the unhappy girl repaid by an ingratitude so bad; so dreadful; that at last her excellent patroness was obliged to separate her from her own young ones; fearful lest her vicious example should contaminate their purity: she has sent her here to be healed; even as the Jews of old sent their diseased to the troubled pool of Bethesda; and; teachers; superintendent; I beg of you not to allow the waters to stagnate round her。”
With this sublime conclusion; Mr。 Brocklehurst adjusted the top button of his surtout; muttered something to his family; who rose; bowed to Miss Temple; and then all the great people sailed in state from the room。 Turning at the door; my judge said—
“Let her stand half…an…hour longer on that stool; and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day。”
There was I; then; mounted aloft; I; who had said I could not bear the shame of standing on my natural feet in the middle of the room; was now exposed to general view on a pedestal of infamy。 What my sensations were no language can describe; but just as they all rose; stifling my breath and constricting my throat; a girl came up and passed me: in passing; she lifted her eyes。 What a strange light inspired them! What an extraordinary sensation that ray
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