Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


Well might I ask when he offered fraternity--"Dare I rely on you?"
Well might he, doubtless knowing himself, withhold all pledge. True,
he had bid me make my own experiments--tease and try him. Vain
injunction! Privilege nominal and unavailable! Some women might use
it! Nothing in my powers or instinct placed me amongst this brave
band. Left alone, I was passive; repulsed, I withdrew; forgotten--my
lips would not utter, nor my eyes dart a reminder. It seemed there had
been an error somewhere in my calculations, and I wanted for time to
disclose it.

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