"He starved us when he had the sole superintendence of the provision department, before the committee was appointed; and he bored us with long lectures once a week, and with evening readings from books of his own inditing, about sudden deaths and judgments, which made us afraid to go to bed." "What age were you when you went to Lowood?"
-Nos mataba de hambre cuando estaba a su cargo la organización de las comidas, antes de que se nombrase un patronato. Una vez a la semana nos fatigaba con larguísimas lecturas y todas las noches nos hacía leer libros sobre la muerte repentina y el Juicio Final, que nos hacían acostarnos despavoridas...