Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte

"You thought like a little simpleton. _I_ never thought so. When
I had time to consider Lucy's manner and aspect, which was not often,
I saw she was one who had to guard and not be guarded; to act and not
be served: and this lot has, I imagine, helped her to an experience
for which, if she live long enough to realize its full benefit, she
may yet bless Providence. But this school," he pursued, changing his
tone from grave to gay: "would Madame Beck admit my Polly, do you
think, Miss Lucy?"