Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte


"You have known Dr. and Mrs. Bretton so long," I suggested, "it would
be less like separation to give her to him than to another."


He reflected rather gloomily.


"True. I have long known Louisa Bretton," he murmured. "She and I are
indeed old, old friends; a sweet, kind girl she was when she was
young. You talk of beauty, Miss Snowe! _she_ was handsome, if you
will--tall, straight, and blooming--not the mere child or elf my Polly
seems to me: at eighteen, Louisa had a carriage and stature fit for a
princess. She is a comely and a good woman now. The lad is like her; I
have always thought so, and favoured and wished him well. Now he
repays me by this robbery! My little treasure used to love her old
father dearly and truly. It is all over now, doubtless--I am an
incumbrance."

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