Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


I knew that action would give a turn to his mood. He never liked to
see me mend pens; my knife was always dull-edged--my hand, too, was
unskilful; I hacked and chipped. On this occasion I cut my own finger
--half on purpose. I wanted to restore him to his natural state, to set
him at his ease, to get him to chide.


"Maladroit!" he cried at last, "she will make mincemeat of her hands."


He put Sylvie down, making her lie quiet beside his bonnet-grec, and,
depriving me of the pens and penknife, proceeded to slice, nib, and
point with the accuracy and celerity of a machine.

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