The play-hour in the evening I thought the pleasantest fraction of the day at Lowood: the bit of bread, the draught of coffee swallowed at five o'clock had revived vitality, if it had not satisfied hunger: the long restraint of the day was slackened; the schoolroom felt warmer than in the morning--its fires being allowed to burn a little more brightly, to supply, in some measure, the place of candles, not yet introduced: the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty.
A aquellas horas la habitación estaba más caliente, ya que se encontraban encendidas las dos chimeneas, cuyos fulgores suplían en parte la falta de luz. El tumulto de aquella hora, las conversaciones que entonces se permitían, inspiraban una agradable sensación de libertad.