Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


He did this at first with pleasure, indeed with unconcealed
exultation, condescending to say that he believed I was "bonne et pas
trop faible" (i.e. well enough disposed, and not wholly destitute of
parts), but, owing he supposed to adverse circumstances, "as yet in a
state of wretchedly imperfect mental development."


The beginning of all effort has indeed with me been marked by a
preternatural imbecility. I never could, even in forming a common
acquaintance, assert or prove a claim to average quickness. A
depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every new page I have
turned in life.

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