"Mr. Brocklehurst, I believe I intimated in the letter which I wrote to you three weeks ago, that this little girl has not quite the character and disposition I could wish: should you admit her into Lowood school, I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit.
Brocklehurst: creo haberle indicado en la carta que le dirigí hace tres semanas que esta niña no tiene el carácter que yo desearía que tuviese. Me agradaría que, cuando se halle en el colegio de Lowood, las maestras la vigilen atentamente y procuren corregir su defecto más grave: la tendencia a mentir.