I discerned in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place: no longer silent as a church, it echoed every hour or two to a knock at the door, or a clang of the bell; steps, too, often traversed the hall, and new voices spoke in different keys below; a rill from the outer world was flowing through it; it had a master: for my part, I liked it better.
Constantemente llamaban a la puerta, sentíase sonar la campanilla, muchas personas atravesaban el vestíbulo y oíase hablar a varias a la vez. Si aquella racha de vida del mundo que me era desconocido y que acababa de entrar en la casa se debía al amo, me pareció que su presencia era preferible a su ausencia.