“Ah! Jane. But I want a wife.”
“Do you, sir?”
“Yes: is it news to you?”
“Of course: you said nothing about it before.”
“Is it unwelcome news?”
“That depends on circumstances, sir-on your choice.”
“Which you shall make for me, Jane. I will abide by your decision.”
“Choose then, sir-her who loves you best.”
“I will at least choose-her I love best. Jane, will you marry me?”
“Yes, sir.”
“A poor blind man, whom you will have to lead about by the hand?”
“Yes, sir.”
Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Brontë
