I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c.; the promise pledged by Mr. Brocklehurst to apprise Miss Temple and the teachers of my vicious nature.
Yo tenía -ya lo dije- mis motivos para temer su presencia: la promesa que hiciera a mi tía de poner a Miss Temple y a las maestras en autos de mis perversas inclinaciones.